Simone Faggioli won the Pekes Peak
Simone Faggioli , Sunday 22 June, at the wheel of the
his NP01 , won the 2025 Pikes Peak , taking both the victory of
"Unlimited" class that the absolute.
He is the first Italian to be
managed to win this historic competition, which came
in its one hundred and third edition, leaving behind the official Ford of Romain Dumas .
The Tuscan driver stopped the
clocked at 3'37"196, a good 5 seconds ahead of the Frenchman at
steering wheel of the electric prototype Super Mustang Mach-E which, after the triumph
last year (Faggioli had come second), it was necessary
settle for victory in the "Open" class.
With this triumph on American soil,
Faggioli has completed his prestigious list of achievements : 11 titles
European and 11 national titles won in the Speed Championship in
climb.
Pikes Peak is called the 'Race To The Clouds' because it is a
time trial located at 4,300 meters along the mountain range of the same name in the
State of Colorado (USA). The race starts at 2,862 m above sea level ,
and extends over a total distance of 19.99 km , characterised by 156 curves and challenging hairpin bends ,
for a difference in height of
1,439 m , with an average gradient of 7% and maximum peaks
of 10.5%. The goal
It is at an altitude of 4,300 m, where the oxygen rarefaction
makes everything even more difficult, both from a financial point of view
both fiscal and technical.