KNYSNA NEWS & VIDEO - Pratice runs for the King of the Hill at the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb have ended in Knysna for the day, with drivers now ready to take on the qualifying rounds.
Qualifying will run from today till tomorrow, Sunday May 7, until around 15:00. What follows will be the Class Finals, the Road and Supercar Shootout, the Single Seater and Sports Car Shootout and the Modified Saloon Car Shootout.
André Bezuidenhout in his 1989 Dallara Formula 1 came out in top position after practice, setting the only sub-40 second time of the day so far. He completed his attack on the hill in a time of 39.446 seconds beating 2016’s King of the Hill, Franco Scribante who set up a time of 41.092 seconds.
The battle for the King of the Hill will be very closely contested; not only with Bezuidenhout and Scribante taking no prisoners, but with the rest of the top five contenders all setting times very close to each other.
1. André Bezuidenhout, 1989 Dallara Formula 1 – 39.446 seconds
2. Franco Scribante, 1972 Chevron B26 – 41.092 seconds
3. Robert Wolk, 2004 Formula Renault F Renault – 41.314 seconds
4. Wilhelm Baard, 2014 Nissan GT-R – 41.420 seconds
5. Desmond Gutzeit, 1993 Nissan GT-R R32 – 41.652
If things progress the way they are, and the competitive spirit keeps building, the driver’s onslaught of the hill in their pursuit of the King of the Hill title will be an amazing event to behold.
Watch a video below:
ARTICLE, VIDEO & PHOTO: STEFAN GOOSEN, KNYSNA-PLETT HERALD JOURNALIST
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