Favourites Untroubled at Ovacık
Round 4 of the 2017 Turkish Hill Climb Championship, the Mapfre Sigorta Hill Climb, was organised by the Istanbul Automobile Sports Club, known as İSOK, with the support of Şile Municipality, in the village of Ovacık in Şile on 8-9 July 2017. The event drew 27 competitors from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bursa and Antalya, and was run over four runs on a 3.8-kilometre course.
In Category 1, Engin Apaydın from Bursa, the 2014 Turkish Hill Climb Category 1 champion, took the win in his Citroen Saxo VTS. Kaan Kara from Izmir was second in an Opel Corsa GSI, while Evren Altunlu from Ankara took third in a Fiat Palio.
In Category 2, Ferhat Tanrıbilir from Kocaeli, racing for Neo Motorspor in a Peugeot 208 R2, won once again, while Murat Soyçopur from Izmir, who entered for GP Garage My Team in a Renault Clio III R3, finished the category in second. Third in Category 2 went to Çağlar Ünüvar from Ankara in an Opel Astra GSI.
In Category 3, where Yasin Güleç and Kadir Murat Altuntaş were unable to finish, Okan Tanrıverdi from Antalya, racing for GP Garage My Team, took another win, with Erdal Etyemez from Istanbul second in his new Renault Clio II Sport.
In Category 4, the biggest class with seven entries, Cem Yalın, who began competing this season in a Mazda RX-8, claimed the first win of his career. Efe Albağlar from Izmir took second in a Honda Civic Type-R EP3, with Alper Coşkun from Istanbul completing the podium in another Honda Civic Type-R EP3. Efe Albağlar also won the "Fastest Run" award with a time of 01.55.06. 
GP Garage My Team were awarded the teams' title at the event, where drivers from the Apexmasters Turkish Drift Championship made demonstration runs and entertained the spectators.
After the first four rounds of the Turkish Hill Climb Championship, Engin Apaydın leads Category 1, Ferhat Tanrıbilir leads Category 2, Okan Tanrıverdi leads Category 3 and Efe Albağlar leads Category 4. The hill climb season continues on 29-30 July in Bornova, Izmir, organised by the Aegean Automobile Sports Club. 
