Mont Ventoux Hill Climb is a car and motorcycle hillclimbing race course near Avignon in France. The course, up Mont Ventoux, starts from the village of Bédoin and rises for ,Road & Track, January 2010, Page 90. to the observatory at the summit, for an average gradient of 7.4%.
In 1970: "Andre Willem of Belgium was killed June 20 in practice for the Mont Ventoux Hill Climb near Carpentras. His Lotus Formula 3 car slid off the road and struck a tree."
A shortened version of the course was used in 1976. A revival meeting called "Ronde du Ventoux" was held in 2009.
Winners of the Mont Ventoux Hill Climb
YearDriverVehicleTimeSpeedNotes 1902 Paul Chauchard Panhard et Levassor 70 HP 27m 17s. 1903 Denjean Richard-Brasier 40 HP 25m 25s. 1904 Henri Rougier Turcat-Méry 21m 12.6s1905 Alessandro Cagno Fiat 19m 30s. For 1905-1907 see: International Motor Cyclopaedia, Year Book-March 1908 to March 1909, Pages 110-111, Publisher: E.E. Schwarzkopf, New York.1906 Collomb Rochet-Schneider 24m 40s. Sept 15/16.1907 Henri Rougier Lorraine-Dietrich 20m 14s. Sept 14/15.1908 Paul Bablot Brasier 120 HP 19m 8.8s.1909 Paul Bablot Brasier 120 HP 18m 41s.1910 Georges Boillot Peugeot Lion 21m 30.4s.1911 Georges Deydier Cottin et Desgouttes 21m 10.6s. 65.598 km/h Road & Track, January 2010, Page 90.1912 Georges Boillot Peugeot L76 17m 46s.1913 Georges Boillot Peugeot 17m 38s.1921 Paul Bablot Voisin 3L20m 27.6s.1922 René Thomas Delage Sprint18m 58s.1923 René Thomas Delage Sprint18m 18s.Cyril Posthumus, The Roaring Twenties, An Album of Early Motor Racing, Page 42, Blandford Press, 1980.1924 Albert Divo Delage DH18m 17.8s.1925 Albert Divo Delage Sprint II17m 23.2s.1926 No event.1927 Jourdan Salmson 110019m 52.6s1928 René Lamy Bugatti T35C16m 45.2s1929 Marcel Lanciano Bugatti T37A18m 38.4.s1930 Pierre Rey Bugatti T35C17m 38s.1931 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz SSKL15m 22s.1932 Rudolf Caracciola Alfa Romeo Monza15m 12.4s.1933 Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM14m 31.6s. For list of previous winners see: Motor Sport, October 1933, Page 572.1934 Hans Von Stuck Auto Union Type A13m 38.8s.Sept 16.1935 Cancelled.1936 René Carrière Motor Sport, December 1936, Page 29. Delahaye 13514m 52.4s.87.135 km/h1947 "Claude des Tages" Cisitalia D46 16m 38.8s. 77.853 km/h 1948 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini T11 14m 30.4s. Motor Sport, November 1948, Page 467. 1949 Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini T11 14m 3.6s. 92.176 km/h 1950 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini T15 13m 21.4s 97.030 km/h Motor Sport, December 1950, Page 616. July 9.1951 No event.1952 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini T1513m 17.7s.97.480 km/h Motor Sport, January 1953, Page 11. July 27. 1956 Cotton Mercedes-Benz14m 1.6s.92.395 km/h Motor Sport, January 1957, Page 15. July 29.1957 Willy Daetwyler Maserati 200S12m 39.5s102.383 km/hMotor Sport, January 1958, Page 22. June 30.1958 Jean Behra Porsche 1500RSK 12m 9.8s106.549 km/h Motor Sport, January 1959, Page 31. June 29.1959 Edgar Barth Porsche RSK 12m 16.8s. Motor Sport, January 1960, Page 20. June 28.1960 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T43-Climax 11m 51.8s. Motor Sport, January 1961, Page 19. June 12.1961 Heini Walter Porsche RS61 12m 9.8s. Automobile Year, No. 9, 1961-1962, Page 212. June 25; 13.42 miles.1962 Ludovico Scarfiotti Ferrari 196 SP 11m 28.8s. 112.521 km/h Automobile Year, No. 10, 1962-1963, Page 241. Scarfiotti was European Hill Climb Champion in 1962. June 17.1963 Heini Walter Porsche RS 11m 50s. 109.521 km/h Motor Sport, February 1964, Page 92. June 23.1964 Maurice Trintignant BRM P57 11m 17.2s. Motor Sport, August 1964, Page 812. Edgar Barth won the Championship class in a Porsche Prototype Flat 8. June 14.1965 Hans Herrmann Abarth 2000 SP 11m 16.5s. R 114.944 km/h Motor Sport, September 1965, Page 748.1966 Gerhard Mitter Porsche Carrera 6 10m 44.0s. R The Autocar, July 1, 1966, Page 51; Motor Sport, January 1967, Page 37. June 26; 21.6 km1967 Rolf Stommelen Porsche 910 Bergspyder 10m 53.9s. Motor Sport, January 1968, Page 31. June 18.1968 Gerhard Mitter Porsche 910 Bergspyder 10m 12.1s. Motor Sport, January 1969, Page 34. Sept 22.1969 Peter Schetty Ferrari 212 E Montagna 10m 0.5s. R 129.492 km/h1970 Johannes Ortner Abarth 3000 10m 4.8s. 128.571 km/h1971 Jimmy Mieusset Pygmée MDB15-Ford 10m 14.3s.1972 Xavier Perrot March 722-Ford9m 51.5s.131.552 km/h1973 Jimmy Mieusset March 722-Ford9m 3.6s.1974 No event.1975 No event.1976 Jimmy Mieusset March 762-BMW 6m 11s. 149.163 km/h (15.4 km) Key: R = Course Record.
See also European Hill Climb Championship Championnat de France de la Montagne
Footnotes
External links Daily Telegraph: History in French: