By The third and final FIM European Hill Climb round of 2021, the only one held outside of Italy, saw competitors making the trip to Austria to tackle the high speed Bergrennen Julbach course.
Going into the title deciding round, holding a Superbike Championship lead in excess of 30 points, a brace of top four, top five finishes would prove more than enough for 2019 Senior Classic TT runner-up Stefano Bonetti, to secure a sixth European title.
Salvatore Sallustro via fifth, third, third, fifth place finishes within the 1000cc race stints at Julbach, finishes runner-up in the final Superbike Championship standings, 35 points adrift of fellow countryman Bonetti.
Third place in the standings was secured by race three victor at Julbach, Frenchman Jean Luc David.
Titles delight for Bottalico, Testoni, Bongard:
Joining aforementioned North West 200 victor Bonetti in clinching European title success on Sunday included dominant Supersport class conqueror Maurizio Bottalico.
Untouchable on multiple occasions during 2021, Bottalico’s final Championship winning margin stood at thirty points ahead of tenacious lead chaser Tiziano Rosati.
Guido Testoni was even more dominant than Bottalico in the two stroke 250 class, ending the season with an unblemished unbeaten record via back to back Julbach course triumphs.
Reflecting upon the Supermono category, there was an identical story to the above mentioned with Philippe Bongard of Switzerland ending the season unbeaten.
European Hill Climb – Bergrennen Julach race results, read as follows:
250 GP:
Race 1
1st – Guido Testoni 1.20.228
2nd – Bernard Depierreux 1.23.659
3rd – Rolf Haller 1.27.203
4th – Marco Vigilucci 1.33.898
5th – Cosimo Sozzo 1.36.027
6th – Angelo Testoni 1.39.937
Race 2
1st – Guido Testoni 1.26.238
2nd – Bernard Depierreux 1.30.408
3rd – Rolf Haller 1.36.382
4th – Marco Vigilucci 1.45.794
5th – Angelo Testoni 1.49.251
6th – Cosimo Sozzo 1.49.866
Race 3
1st – Guido Testoni 1.15.655
2nd – Bernard Depierreux 1.18.400
3rd – Rolf Haller 1.24.787
4th – Cosimo Sozzo 1.29.589
5th – Angelo Testoni 1.31.241
6th – Marco Vigilucci 1.31.899
Race 4
1st – Guido Testoni 1.21.604
2nd – Bernard Depierreux 1.24.467
3rd – Rolf Haller 1.28.293
4th – Cosimo Sozzo 1.30.342
5th – Angelo Testoni 1.36.157
6th – Marco Vigilucci 1.36.590
Supersport:
Race 1
1st – Maurizio Bottalico 1.17.160
2nd – Tiziano Rosati 1.17.921
3rd – Mauro Poncini 1.19.357
Race 2
1st – Tiziano Rosati 1.22.423
2nd – Maurizio Bottalico 1.23.578
3rd – Mauro Poncini 1.26.907
Race 3
1st – Maurizio Bottalico 1.10.521
2nd – Mauro Poncini 1.11.732
3rd – Tiziano Rosati 1.11.837
Race 4
1st – Tiziano Rosati 1.14.830
2nd – Mauro Poncini 1.17.196
3rd – Maurizio Bottalico 1.17.211
Superbike:
Race 1
1st – Andreas Gangl 1.12.617
2nd – Jean Luc David 1.13.480
3rd – Stefano Bonetti 1.15.908
4th – Daniel Kronschlager 1.16.150
5th – Salvatore Sallustro 1.16.428
6th – Toni Rechberger 1.18.954
Race 2
1st – Andreas Gangl 1.15.537
2nd – Jean Luc David 1.19.124
3rd – Salvatore Sallustro 1.20.155
4th – Daniel Kronschlager 1.21.383
5th – Stefano Bonetti 1.26.111
6th – Toni Rechberger 1.26.879
Race 3
1st – Jean Luc David 1.09.715
2nd – Andreas Gangl 1.10.694
3rd – Salvatore Sallustro 1.12.003
4th – Stefano Bonetti 1.13.235
5th – Toni Rechberger 1.13.333
6th – Daniel Kronschlager 1.16.084
Race 4
1st – Andreas Gangl 1.10.717
2nd – Jean Luc David 1.10.945
3rd – Stefano Bonetti 1.13.817
4th – Daniel Kronschlager 1.14.539
5th – Salvatore Sallustro 1.16.429
6th – Toni Rechberger 1.17.597
Supermono:
Race 1
1st – Philippe Bongard 1.26.291
2nd – Cosimo Sozzo 1.33.446
3rd – Stefano Leone 1.46.106
Race 2
1st – Philippe Bongard 1.30.503
2nd – Cosimo Sozzo 1.41.595
3rd – Stefano Leone 2.11.804
Race 3
1st – Philippe Bongard 1.23.287
2nd – Cosimo Sozzo 1.29.282
3rd – Stefano Leone 1.43.494
Race 4
1st – Philippe Bongard 1.24.403
2nd – Cosimo Sozzo 1.29.293
3rd – Stefano Leone 1.41.819
Photo by Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
