The prize winners of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship and the FIA International Hill Climb Cup gathered in Porto to receive the trophies so deservedly won at the climax of this long and passionately contested season.
It was no great surprise that seven-time FIA European Hill Climb Champion Simone Faggioli very clearly dominated the first event of the season, at Saint Jean du Gard in France.
The international grade D licence joins the licences already admitted for participation in the competitions of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship and FIA International Hill Climb Cup.