It was signed by Tenerife native Javier Rodríguez with his Speed Car GTR and a time of 2.55,525:XNUMX.
In touring cars, Miguel Cabral clearly won with the new Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V, his sixth victory in the Las Palmas Hill Climb Championship, which confirms his provincial title.
In the San Bartolomé de Tirajana Hill Climb, the positions we saw in the morning in Fataga were practically repeated and there was also another check to the record of this route between Rosiana and Tunte. A double day with the same winners in the two categories, Javier Rodríguez and Miguel Angel Cabral, who were the great entertainers of the two Tirajana hill climbs organized by the Escudería Maspalomas and with which the 2024 Las Palmas Mountain Championship has ended.
Javier Rodríguez flew again down this ramp, which was much faster and wider than the one at Fataga, and set another record for the history books with the Speed Car GTR, with a time of 2.33,9:2. Second place in this category was again taken by David Bethencourt with another Speed Car, with category XNUMX being left vacant due to a breakdown of Willy Rodríguez's Norma.
In the touring car category, Miguel Angel Cabral was able to drive his new acquisition even more comfortably, and on the evening climb it was even more terrifying to see the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V in action, which resembles more a barquette than a touring car as it is based on. His best time was 2.38.876:XNUMX, five seconds behind the one achieved by the driver from Tenerife, although equally stratospheric for this climb. Two records that could be valid for a long time.
Juany Jorge took the SEAT León to second place again, with a more earthly time, but he was very happy because it gave him the runner-up position in the Las Palmas mountain championship.
His closest rival suffered another breakdown in the R-5 GT Turbo, but this time he was unable to repair it in order to attempt at least one heat. This means that José Calderín is virtually third in the Provincial Mountain Championship.
Only 17 drivers qualified for this climb in the speed category, which made those who resisted move up a few positions. As is the case of Alby Martel, winner of class 2 and fourth in the general classification of touring cars. Followed by René Santana and David Mendoza, the latter making a double in the FALP Promotion Trophy and is already the new champion.
REGULARITY
In Regularity Sport, the dominance of Ayoze Castellano and Eduardo Martín with the SEAT 124 extended to San Bartolomé and even more comfortably, adding 15,8 points against the 20,1 penalty of Javi Marrero-Isabel García with the Golf GTI. Third on the podium for the RS were José Manuel Martín Castellano-Sonia Alonso with the BMW 635.
And with the titles still at stake, in the Medium-low Consistency category the candidates gave it their all and on the climb to Tunte the victory went to Oscar Quintana-Jonay Rodríguez with the Toyota Corolla GT, with only 7,6 points in the sum of the two heats, against the 16 of Jorge Luján-Zeneida Jiménez with the BMW 318 and the 21,5 of Mamé Armas-Domingo del Rosario with the SEAT 127.
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The double day to end the 2024 Las Palmas Mountain Championship began with the tortuous Fataga Climb, where the most anticipated news for many years took place. From the first official heat, the Speed Car GTR of the Tenerife driver Javier Rodríguez Jorge managed to beat the official record for this slope by one second. But not satisfied with the feat, the driver of the barquetilla continued to increase the pace and set a definitive time of 2.55,525:25 that gave him the absolute victory in Fataga and with a historic record two seconds below, after 2.57,5 editions without anyone managing to lower the legendary 1998:XNUMX of Ricardo Avero with his Lola-BMW barquetilla in XNUMX. Javi Rodríguez traveled to Gran Canaria backed by his numerous victories and titles in the mountain championships of the neighboring province and his journey in the Spanish Championship, demonstrating today his mastery in Fataga.
This was undoubtedly the most outstanding news in the morning at Fataga, in addition to the absence of Iván Armas with the Porsche, which took away some of the incentive from the fight for victory in the touring car category, where Miguel Angel Cabral surprised with his new Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V, specific for circuits and mountains, and which the driver from Gran Canaria has completely rebuilt. He was equally unstoppable and his best time was 3.00,377, obtained without pressure in the second official heat and certainly improvable for the already official champion of Las Palmas in Mountains, clearly outstripping his teammates on the final podium.
These were Juany Jorge with the SEAT León with a best time of 3.14,188, second and winner of class 2. José Calderín, with the R-5 GT Turbo and a time of 3.15,331, climbed to the third step of the podium by just over a second, after having a breakdown in the first official time that made him be more conservative in the final, taking class 4 in the process. These two drivers have the runner-up position at stake and depend on the result of this afternoon's climb.
Fourth place went to Alby Martel's Porsche 911 GT3, also taking home the Class 2 trophy.
Noé Armas made his debut with the Renault Clio Rally4, finishing fifth overall and first in the 5th class. René Santana (Honda Civic) and Sergio Castro (Hyundai Coupé) were next in sixth and seventh place in their respective 5E and 5B classes. Among the BMWs, Manuel Santana won with his 325, ninth overall.
In the FALP Promotion Trophy, David Mendoza won once again with the Toyota Starlet and moved up to eighth place in Fataga.
REGULARITY
In Regularity Sport, Ayoze Castellano-Eduardo Martín won with the SEAT 124 and 12 penalty points in the sum of the two heats, which is a very fine line in this twisty climb. They beat José Manuel Martín-Sonia Alonso with the BMW 1,3 by 635 points, second on the RS podium, followed by Javier Marrero-Isabel García with the Golf GTI, with 15,6 points.
In the Classic Regularity category, Jorge Luján-Zeneida Jiménez won with the BMW 318 and 7,8 points, just 0,6 points less than the second-placed Oscar Quintana-Jonay Rodríguez with the Toyota Corolla GT. Jorge Fontanilla-José María Emperador were third on this podium with the Suzuki Swift, far behind their teammates in the points.
The Escudería Maspalomas accelerated the development of the race taking advantage of the absence of major incidents, on a day with a lot of haze and clouds, which despite everything cooled down the hot atmosphere.
The San Bartolomé Hill Climb, the second of the day, will start at 14:30 p.m. and will be more decisive for the championships due to its 1,2 points multiplier coefficient.
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