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The calendar for the 2026 road racing, hill-climbs season continues to fill up. At the end of last year, CIVS (Campionato Italiano Velocita in Salita) dates, event venues were announced. There will be six racing weekends in the same places as in 2025 season (only the San Marino meeting after last August’s premiere now missing).
After last year’s amazing season with multiple CIVS/European title crowns and new track records plus TT (step-up from Manx Grand Prix), Northwest 200 and Macau Grand Prix debuts, Maurizio Bottalico is nearing twenty Championship crowns in his hill-climb career (currently he gained nineteen titles since 2019 season consisting of European Road Race Hill Climb Championship x9, CIVS title crowns x8 plus Austrian Hill Climb Championship x2).
If you look at the final lines of this article, you will find the names of CIVS Champions, featuring Italian roads scene royalty which need no introduction such as Salvatore Sallustro, Francesco Curinga (seven CIVS titles) and Stefano Bonetti (Italian fastest TT exponent has 13 CIVS crowns – 2001 125cc – 2002 250cc, eleven times overall 600/1000 Champion).
Stefano Manici boasts 23 CIVS titles after 2025 season, there is additionally Tiziano Rosati, the late Fausto Duci, Francesco Maria Piva, the much-missed Luca Salvadori.
All these riders have enjoyed tumultuous moments at international competitions including the Isle of Man TT, Manx Grand Prix, Classic TT, IRRC events and Briggs Equipment Northwest 200. 2026 CIVS Championship rounds will be at:
(Record race track time and year of this positioned near racer’s name)
2nd-3rd May – ‘Lo Spino’ (Pieve Santo Stefano–Passo allo Spino)
Track record holder: Luca Salvadori – 1.24.93 (2024)
23rd-25th May – Deruta–Castelleone
Track record holder: Maurizio Bottalico – 1.12.90 (2025)
20th-21st June – Isola del Liri–Arpino
Track record holder: Maurizio Bottalico – 1.16.59 (2025)
11th-12th July – Spoleto–Forca di Cerro
Track record holder: Maurizio Bottalico – 1.05.45 (2025)
19th-20th September – Saline–Volterra
Track record holder: Maurizio Bottalico – 1.25.47 (2025)
An added bonus the Superbike/Supersport Champions in this millennium, at Italian hill climbs:
2025: Maurizio Bottalico (1000) / Daniele Stolli (800) / David Lignite (600)
2024: Luca Salvadori (1000) / Manuel Dal Molin (600)
2023: Maurizio Bottalico (1000) / Maurizio Bottalico (600)
2022: Salvatore Sallustro (1000) / Maurizio Bottalico (600)
2021: Stefano Bonetti (1000) / Maurizio Bottalico (600) / Maurizio Bottalico (STK 600)
2020: Stefano Bonetti (1000) / Maurizio Bottalico (600) / David Lignite (STK 600)
2019: Tommaso Niccoli Vallesi (1000) / Maurizio Bottalico (600) / Tiziano Rosati (STK 600)
2018: Francesco Maria Piva (1000 Open) / Carlo Leoncini (1000) / Stefano Nari (600 Open) / Mario Christian Ciullo (600)/ David Lignite (STK 600)
2017: Fabrizio Lannutti (1000) / Daniele Stolli (600) / David Lignite (STK 600)
2016: Stefano Bonetti (1000) / Francesco Curinga (600) / Carmine Sullo (STK 600)
2015: Stefano Bonetti (1000) / Francesco Curinga (600) / Stefano Nari (STK 600)
2014: Francesco Curinga (600) / Stefano Bonetti (STK 600)
2013: Stefano Bonetti (600) / Stefano Nari (STK 600)
2012: Giuseppe Tarquini (600) / Stefano Nari (STK 600)
2011: Stefano Bonetti (600) / Stefano Nari (STK 600)
2010: Stefano Bonetti (600) / Francesco Curinga (STK 600)
2009: Stefano Bonetti (600) / Francesco Curinga (STK 600)
2008: Stefano Manici (Open) / Loris Pedriali (600)
2007: Fausto Duci (Open) / Marco Gasparetto (600)
2006: Fausto Duci (Open) / Francesco Curinga (600)
2005: Stefano Bonetti (Open) / David Lignite (600)
2004: Stefano Manici (Open) / Stefano Bonetti (600)
2003: Stefano Manici (Open) / Francesco Curinga (600)
2002: Stefano Manici (Open) / Mauro Cavalli (600)
2001: Stefano Manici (Open) / Mauro Cavalli (600)
2000: Peter Ennemoser (Open) / Simone Cortese (600) Photo credit: Mark Corlett Words by Jan Vavra
