Kartepe Derbent: The Home of Hill Climbing

Round three of the 2017 Turkish Hill Climb Championship will be organised by the Kocaeli Automobile Sports Club (KOSDER) at Kartepe Derbent on 17-18 June. Organised with the support of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and Kartepe Municipality, the Derbent Hill Climb will see colourful scenes as ApexMasters drifting drivers join the competitors following the hill climb championship.

The event will be run on the 6km asphalt road climbing to Kartepe from opposite the Kartepe Derbent Gendarmerie Station, and begins on Saturday 17 June 2017 with administrative checks and scrutineering.On Sunday 18 June 2017, the action starts with practice runs between 09:00 and 11:30. The event will be run over three runs, with the first run starting at 12:30, the second at 14:00 and the third at 15:30. The event will conclude with the prize-giving ceremony at the Çamçeşme Restaurant at 17:15.