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The 2023 British Hillclimb Championship presented by Avon Tyres is the 76th running of the series, which began in 1947.

Format

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According to the Championship regulations, points are awarded according to a driver's positions in each of two Run-Offs held at every event. The Run-Offs are contested by the registered drivers who achieve the twelve best times in the preliminary class runs. The scoring system is as follows:

Points
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0

In addition, an extra point is awarded to any driver whose time is under the outright course record at the start of the event. To clarify, the extra point is awarded if that record is beaten in the second Run-Off even if a new record has been set in the first Run-Off, or in any of the class runs. Assuming the planned 28 rounds are held, a driver's best 22 scores will count towards their total, though this number will be reduced if any rounds are cancelled.[1]

The cancellation of Round 16 at Harewood due to adverse weather conditions reduced the number of rounds to 27 and the number of counting scores to 21 (see Round 15 below).

The Championship is open to drivers of many types of car, including completely unmodified production road vehicles.[2] In practice, however, it is overwhelmingly likely that the Champion will drive a single-seat race car either designed and built specially for hillclimbing or converted from a design suitable for circuit racing.

Race calendar

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Round Circuit Date
R1 Prescott Speed Hill Climb 22–23 April
R2
R3 Craigantlet Hillclimb 29 April
R4
R5 Harewood speed Hillclimb 7 May
R6
R7 Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb 27-28 May
R8
R9
R10
R11 Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb 3-4 June
R12
R13 Doune Hillclimb 17-18 June
R14
R15 Harewood speed Hillclimb 1-2 July
R16
R17 Bouley Bay Hill Climb 19 July
R18
R19 Val des Terres Hill Climb 22 July
R20
R21 Wiscombe Park 29-30 July
R22
R23 Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb 12-13 August
R24
R25 Loton Park Hill Climb 26-27 August
R26
R27 Prescott Speed Hill Climb 2-3 September
R28
R29 Loton Park Hill Climb 23-24 September
R30

References

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  1. ^ British Hillclimb Championship regulation 1.6
  2. ^ 2023 Motorsport UK Yearbook, p.355, regulation 10.1

Category:Sports car races Category:Hillclimbing series