2020 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2020 European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It is the 36th year of the championship. An eight-round season was originally slated to begin April 25 at the Hungaroring and end October 4 at the Circuito del Jarama.[1] However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was delayed, shortened, and rearranged, with a two-round season starting August 29 at Autodrom Most and ending October 18 at the Hungaroring.

Calendar edit

The original calendar saw all rounds from the 2019 season return for 2020. The rounds at the Hungaroring and the Misano World Circuit switched spots, constituting the only change in order. In addition to the eight championship rounds, test sessions at the Red Bull Ring in Austria were scheduled for June 18 and 19.[1]

Following restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was forced to be adjusted. The rounds at the Hungaroring and the Misano World Circuit were postponed, while the rounds at the Circuito del Jarama and Le Mans were moved to fit the postponed races. Additionally, the round scheduled for the Nürburgring was cancelled, leaving the new schedule with 7 rounds. The schedule was revised again with new restrictions, with the Slovakia Ring round cancelled, and the Hungaroring round postponed even further.[2] On September 6, the rounds at Circuit Zolder and Circuito del Jarama were both cancelled.[3] On September 30, the series announced the round at the Bugatti Circuit had also been cancelled.[4] On October 30, the round at Misano World Circuit was cancelled, effectively ending the season after 2 events.[5]

Round Circuit Date
1 R1   Autodrom Most, Most 29 August
R2
R3 30 August
R4
2 R1   Hungaroring, Mogyoród 17 October
R2
R3 18 October
R4
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit Original Date
  Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico 28–29 May
  Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň 6–7 June
  Nürburgring, Nürburg 18–19 July
  Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder 12–13 September
  Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 26–27 September
  Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes 3–4 October

Teams and drivers edit

A provisional entry list was released on May 15, 2020.[2]

Team Manufacturer No. Drivers Rounds Class
  Team Hahn Racing Iveco 1   Jochen Hahn All
22   Lukas Hahn 1 P
  Truck Sport Lutz Bernau MAN 2   Antonio Albacete All
  Buggyra Zero Mileage Racing Freightliner 20   Téo Calvet[6] All P
29   Aliyyah Koloc All P
55   Adam Lacko[6] All
  Anderson Racing MAN 23   Jamie Anderson 1 P
  Tankpool 24 Racing Scania[7] 24   Steffen Faas All P
  Heinrich-Clemens Hecker MAN 25   Heinrich-Clemens Hecker All P
  SL Trucksport 30 MAN 30   Sascha Lenz 1
  Révész TRT MAN 40   Norbert Kiss All
  Team Schwabentruck Iveco 44   Stephanie Halm All
  Luis Recuenco MAN 64   Luis Recuenco All P
  Lion Truck Racing MAN 66   Anthony Janiec All
  Reinert Racing Iveco 77   René Reinert 1
Icon Class
P Promoter's Cup

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Promoter's Cup winner
1 R1   Autodrom Most, Most   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Révész TRT   Jamie Anderson
R2   Sascha Lenz   Adam Lacko   Buggyra Zero Millage Racing   Jamie Anderson
R3   Norbert Kiss   Adam Lacko   Sascha Lenz   SL Trucksport 30   Téo Calvet
R4 Race cancelled due to heavy rain
2 R1   Hungaroring, Mogyoród   Adam Lacko   Adam Lacko   Adam Lacko   Buggyra Zero Millage Racing   Steffen Faas
R2   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Révész TRT   Téo Calvet
R3   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Révész TRT   Steffen Faas
R4   Norbert Kiss   Norbert Kiss   Révész TRT   Téo Calvet

Drivers championship edit

As a result of the number of rounds cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the drivers championship was not awarded for the season.[8]

Each round or racing event consists of four races. At each race, points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points (races 1 and 3) 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Points (races 2 and 4) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos. Driver MOS1
 
HUN
 
Pts.
1   Norbert Kiss 1 6 3 C 2 1 1 1 92
2   Adam Lacko 4 1 2 C 1 2 2 4 86
3   Jochen Hahn 2 3 4 C 3 5 3 2 72
4   Sascha Lenz 3 2 1 C 41
5   Stephanie Halm 5 5 6 C 8 10 5 5 38
6   Antonio Albacete 11 8 9 C 4 4 4 8 35
7   Steffen Faas 12 9 8 C 5 6 6 7 28
8   Téo Calvet Ret 11 7 C 6 3 8 6 26
9   Anthony Janiec DNS 10 5 C 7 DNS 7 3 25
10   Jamie Anderson 6 4 10 C 14
11   Heinrich-Clemens Hecker 9 12 15 C 10 7 10 9 10
12   Luis Recuenco 13 13 14 C 9 8 9 10 8
13   Lukas Hahn 10 7 11 C 5
14   Aliyyah Koloc 8 Ret 13 C 11 9 11 Ret 5
15   René Reinert 7 14 12 C 4
Pos. Driver MOS1
 
HUN
 
Pts.
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

1 Race 4 cancelled due to heavy rain.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2020 CALENDAR CONFIRMED; SUMMER TEST AT RED BULL RING ADDED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIA ETRC ANNOUNCES STRONG SEASON LINE-UP AND EVENT UPDATES". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "FIA ETRC ROUNDS AT ZOLDER AND JARAMA POSTPONED TO 2021". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. September 4, 2020. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "FIA ETRC EVENT AT LE MANS CANCELLED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "FIA ETRC EVENT IN MISANO CANCELLED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "CALVET AND KOLOC BRING YOUTHFUL PROMISE TO BUGGYRA". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. November 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "tankpool24 team will race a Scania in the ETRC". truckracing.de. bartscher.net. November 7, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "FIA ETRC TITLES NOT TO BE AWARDED IN 2020, FOCUS SHIFTS TO NEW SEASON". FIAETRC.com. European Truck Racing Championship. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

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