Renault Simola Hillclimb

We sent our resident track tester, Deon Joubert, to this year's Knysna Speed Festival in the mighty Jaguar XKR-S. While he also set the fastest time in Class A1 in a Renault Megane RS Trophy (here), he had great fun blasting the 405 kW Jag up the hill...

Entering a timed hillclimb event can be a challenging task. It may look easy from the spectator's seats, but the fact remains that hauling your car up a hill, via a series of tricky bends, with the knowledge that there is little or no margin for error should you over cook it, all while the stopwatch ...