Otherwise normal people who transform on the hill.īut beyond the numbers and names, which are more relevant to the newsy approach I try to fight against, what matters is the feeling. Many of these men, much like today’s hill climb champions, return to their day jobs on Monday. And indeed the race’s registry of past winners is full of talented Italians, like “Il Preside Volante” Nino Vaccarella, Edoardo Lualdi, Enrico Grimaldi (seven-time winner), the “King” Mauro Nesti, Angelo Giliberti, Eugenio Renna, and Benny Rosolia, to whom the race was dedicated. You can drive it slow and smooth, but you won’t find tourist racers attempting flat-out runs. It’s a devil’s drawing, this climb, but it’s set in the elegance of the Ericino landscape, a beautiful hell. The best drivers seem to compete more with the track and their willingness to push on and against it than they do with each other. ![]() The challenge is divided into two heats that take the cars through a spectacularly mixed course with fast sections and highly technical curves, where the pilot’s experience in the car must match their knowledge of the course if they have any chance of winning.
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