In the first race heat of 7th FIA EHC Round – Europen Hill-Climb Challenge – there was a new sensational record of the race route. Christian Merli (IT), last year’s record-holder, improved his own result by almost two seconds, setting the new record of the route being over 5,5 kilometers long: 1:53,546 s. In the first heat, second place was taken by Simone Faggioli (IT), and the third place – by Milosz Benes (CZ). The fastest Polish driver was Waldemar Kluza driving his Skoda Fabia S 2000.