Christian Merli racing at the 65th Coppa Teodori at Ascoli/Italy

Christian Merli, racing for the Scuderia Pintarally Motorsport, is taking part in the 65th Coppa Paolino Teodori at Ascoli Piceno in the central Italian Marche region on Sunday. It is the 6th round of the European hill climb championship, and the event also counts for the Italian Supersalita and for the northern and southern Italian hill climb championships. The big names from all across Europe will be there. So far Christian Merli has won the European championship rounds in Austria, Spain, Czech Republic and Germany and has come in third in Portugal.

Interview with Christian

“It’s the first time I’ll be racing the Nova Proto NP01 Cosworth here. There will be two runs of 5.031 km each on a track with quite a slippery surface. The first section is mixed with narrow bends, followed by a straight stretch in the middle, a series of hairpins, and then the final stretch with a chicane. We’ll do our best to take home precious points for the European championship.”

The FIA European Hill Climb Championship programme

26 April: Rechbergrennen (Austria), 10 May: Subida al Fito (Spain), 17 May: Rampa da Falperra (Portugal), 7 June: Ecce Homo (Czech Republic), 14 June: Glasbachrennen (Germany), 28 June: Coppa Paolino Teodori (Italy), 19 July: Limanowa (Poland), 16 August: Saint-Ursanne (Switzerland), 30 August: Ilirska Bistrica (Slovenia), 20 September: Buzetski dani (Croatia).

Translation by Ruth Scheithauer