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The white Lamborghini no. 44 through a tight bend past the houses

The course

4,024 m from the bridge to Osojnik: 317 m of climb, an average gradient of 8.25% and two tyre chicanes.

The road: Four kilometres, uphill

From 30 metres by the bridge to 347 metres at Osojnik. The 2026 course is longer than last year's and steeper with it.

4,024 m

Length

8.25%

Average gradient

317 m

Elevation gain

Last year the hill was 3,345 metres at 7.56%. This year it is 679 metres longer.

The course, drawn

Every corner, from the bridge to Osojnik

Same road, two configurations

Key points

  1. StartMost dr. Franja Tuđmana0.0 km30 m
  2. Chicane 1SM 30.6 km84 m
  3. HairpinSM 51.0 km115 m
  4. Chicane 2SM 81.6 km157 m
  5. PobrežjeSM 122.4 km235 m
  6. FinishOsojnik4.0 km347 m
  • 5Marshal post, numbered as in the regulations
  • Tyre chicane
  • The 679 m new for 2026

What changed

Metric20252026
Length3,345 m4,024 mChange: +679 m
Average gradient7.56 %8.25 %Change: +0.69 %
Marshal posts1720Change: +3
Chicanes12Change: +1

Last year's course is the top 3,345 metres of this year's. The start moved 679 metres down the hill, practically onto the bridge, and the first chicane now stands where last year's start line was.

Elevation profile

4,024 m - 8.25 %

Profile from terrain data along the road (EU-DEM), calibrated to the official start and finish altitudes. Sector gradients are approximate; the official average is 8.25%.

Three classic cars nose to tail through a chicane

Two chicanes

Tyre walls at marshal posts 3 and 8, twelve metres between them. Miss one and thirty seconds go on your run. Getting through them is a decision, not geometry.

Course record

Who holds this hill 

The 2026 race opened a longer course, and with it a new record. The old course keeps its own record and its winners from 2021 to 2025.

New course - 4,024 m - from 2026

Course record - best single run

2:22.376

Viliam Prodan

Porsche GT3 - AK Opatija Motorsport - Dubravko Čikor Trophy - 2026

Wet race

Winner - both runs combined

4:49.275

Ivan Pulić

Alpine A110 - AK Konavle - 2026

Wet race

Ivan Pulić's white and blue Alpine A110 GT4, number 18, in the paddock in Saturday's rain, Nagrada Dubrovnika 2026.

Old course - 3,345 m - 2021-2025

Course record - best single run

1:47.101

Matija Jurišić

Peugeot 308 TCR - AK Župa Dubrovačka - 2025

Fastest timed run

1:31.690

Christian Merli

Demo run, outside the competition - Dubravko Čikor Trophy - 2025

Christian Merli's prototype past the bales on the course, Nagrada Dubrovnika 2025.

Winners

  1. 2025Matija JurišićPeugeot 308 TCRRecord
  2. 2024Žarko KnegoHyundai Elantra TCR
  3. 2023Žarko KnegoHyundai Elantra TCR
  4. 2022Dejan DimitrijevićSeat Leon R32 Turbo
  5. 2021Domagoj PerekovićMitsubishi Lancer Evo IXWet race
  6. 2020Not held.

Five editions on the old course since 2021. Žarko Knego is the only driver to have won it twice, and Matija Jurišić's 2025 run stays its record.

Winners to 2025 from the HAKS database, 2026 from the timing service's classification. A record is the fastest single run in competition, never a training or a demo run; for earlier editions we list the winners.

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