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The twenty-second Arosa ClassicCar drew roughly 220 entries for 180 places. From 3 to 6 September 2026, nearly a century of racing machinery climbs the Schanfigg.
Somewhere in the Grisons there is a stretch of mountain road that more people want to drive than it can possibly hold, which is, when you think about it, the most flattering problem a motor race can have. This year's Arosa ClassicCar attracted around 220 entries for a grid capped at 180, so a good number of drivers will spend the summer studying a waiting list rather than a rev counter.
"We are delighted by the response and by the sustained interest in the Arosa ClassicCar," says organising committee president Markus Markwalder. "It shows the standing our event has reached within the international classic-car and motorsport scene." Hard to argue, given that the entry list reads less like a start sheet and more like a curated exhibition that happens to move at speed.
The headline arrivals make the case on their own. Urs Furter brings a rare Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupé from 1965 to Arosa for the first time, a car of which only a handful were ever made. Serge Endress counters with the Audi Quattro S1, among the most theatrical rally machines ever built and a guaranteed hairdryer for the spine.
After a long absence, Albert Dobler returns to the hill with his BMW M3 E30 DTM. The Appenzeller started here ten times between 2008 and 2018, and remains one of the recognisable faces of the Swiss motorsport scene, the sort of competitor regulars greet by first name.
The pre-war machines get their due, too, largely thanks to Daniel Sonderegger, who has spent months lobbying to give these automotive eyewitnesses greater prominence at the event. He arrives in a 1927 Bugatti 37/35B, which is less a car than a moving argument for why any of this matters in the first place.
Then there is the Sauber C3 of Erich Schellinger, and here the story does the heavy lifting. Built in 1973, it was the last of just three C3s made at Sauber in Hinwil, an early racing chapter of a Swiss company the world now knows rather well. After spells in Switzerland, Germany and Canada, the car came home in 2021. Schellinger will pilot it at Arosa for the very first time.
For those who would rather feel the thing than photograph it, the waiting list for the popular race-taxi runs is already open, and with a little luck you can experience the legendary climb from the passenger seat of a competition car. The course between Langwies and Arosa is, by any measure, a serious piece of road: 7.3 kilometres, 76 corners and 422 metres of vertical gain, which earns it a place among the most spectacular hill climbs in Europe.
Arosa ClassicCar continues, with some conviction, down its chosen path on sustainable mobility. E-fuels will again play a central role in 2026, with partners from the automotive and energy sectors demonstrating how historic cars can keep running responsibly rather than apologetically. Porsche Schweiz remains the main sponsor and Car Partner, lending weight to the marriage of tradition and innovation. Further details on this year's e-fuel activities will follow closer to the event.
Visitors travelling within Switzerland who buy a ticket in advance receive 50 per cent off return public transport travel, a quiet nudge towards arriving in Schanfigg the civilised way. The weekend itself opens on the Thursday evening with the traditional vehicle parade through the village, after which racing runs live trackside from Friday to Sunday. Large screens and food await at both the start in Langwies and the finish in Arosa, and both paddocks are open free of charge across all four days, machinery within touching distance. The full programme, tickets and VIP packages live at arosaclassiccar.ch.
Skip the grand-hotel formality and book BelArosa Chalet, a 22-suite house on Eichhörnliweg that does personal rather than starchy. It is a five-minute walk from the village centre and a few hundred metres from the railway station and cable cars, which matters when the parade is on, and you would rather stroll back than queue for parking. Rooms come with balconies, the spa runs to an indoor pool, saunas and steam baths, and the lobby bar keeps an open fire going for the evening debrief. A small, well-run base camp for a weekend of large, loud, gloriously historic cars.
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