European Truck Racing Championship

The FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a motorsport truck road racing series for semi-tractors which is sanctioned to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and is organised by ETRA Promotion GmbH.[1]

European Truck Racing Championship
CountryEurope
Inaugural season1985
2006 (current format)
Drivers17 (2023)
Teams16 (2023)
Drivers' championHungary Norbert Kiss
Official websitefiaetrc.com
Current season
Pedro Ignacio García Marco and Jochen Hahn on the Circuito del Jarama in 2013.
Spain Grand Prix 2013

Champions edit

Drivers in bold have competed in the 2023 European Truck Racing Championship.

Drivers by number of European Truck Drivers' Championships won
Driver Titles Season(s)
  Jochen Hahn 6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
  Norbert Kiss 5 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023
  Rod Chapman 3 1985, 1987, 1989
  Richard Walker 2 1991, 1992
  Gérard Cuynet 1988, 1993
  Steve Parrish 1994, 1996
  Harri Luostarinen 1997, 2000
  Fritz Kreutzpointner 1999, 2001
  Gerd Körber 2002, 2003
  David Vrsecky 2008, 2009
  Antonio Albacete 2006, 2010
  Mel Lindsay 1 1986
  Axel Hegmann 1990
  Slim Borgudd 1995
  Ludovic Faure 1998
  Markus Oestreich 2004
  Ralf Druckenmüller 2005
  Markus Bösiger 2007
  Adam Lacko 2017
19 drivers 37 titles

1985–1993 edit

Season Class A Class B Class C
1985   Rod Chapman Ford Cargo   Richard Walker Leyland   Yves Barrat Renault
1986   Mel Lindsay Leyland Roadtrain   Slim Borgudd Volvo White   Curt Göransson Volvo N12
1987   Rod Chapman Ford Cargo   George Allen Volvo White   Slim Borgudd Volvo White
1988   Gérard Cuynet Ford Cargo   Curt Göransson Volvo N12   Rolf Björk Scania T143M
1989   Rod Chapman Volvo N12   Curt Göransson Volvo N12   Thomas Hegmann Mercedes-Benz 1450-S
1990   Axel Hegmann Mercedes-Benz   Curt Göransson Volvo N12   Steve Parrish Mercedes-Benz 1450
1991   Richard Walker Volvo White Aero   Jokke Kallio Sisu SR 340   Gerd Körber Phoenix MAN
1992   Richard Walker Volvo White Aero   Jokke Kallio Sisu SR 340   Steve Parrish Mercedes-Benz 1450-S
1993   Gérard Cuynet Mercedes-Benz 1733-S   Harri Luostarinen Sisu SR 340 Revolution   Steve Parrish Mercedes-Benz 1450-S

1994–2005 (FIA European Cups) edit

Season Super-Race-Trucks Race-Trucks
1994   Steve Parrish Mercedes-Benz 1834-S   Boije Ovebrink Volvo NL12
1995   Slim Borgudd Mercedes-Benz 1834-S   Martin Koloc Sisu SR 340
1996   Steve Parrish Mercedes-Benz 1834-S   Martin Koloc Sisu SR 340
1997   Harri Luostarinen Caterpillar TRD   Heinz-Werner Lenz Mercedes-Benz 1938-S
1998   Ludovic Faure Mercedes-Benz Atego Renntruck   Heinz-Werner Lenz Mercedes-Benz 1938-S
1999   Fritz Kreutzpointner MAN 18.423 FT   Heinz-Werner Lenz Mercedes-Benz 1938-S
2000   Harri Luostarinen Caterpillar TRD   Noël Crozier MAN 19.414
2001   Fritz Kreutzpointner MAN TR 1400   Lutz Bernau MAN 19.414
2002   Gerd Körber Buggyra MK 002   Egon Allgäuer MAN TGA
2003   Gerd Körber Buggyra MK 002/B   Lutz Bernau MAN TGA
2004   Markus Oestreich VW Titan   Stuart Oliver MAN TGA
2005   Ralf Druckenmüller VW Titan   Antonio Albacete MAN TGA
Year Super-Race-Trucks B
2001   Stan Matějovský Tatra

2006–current (FIA European Championships) edit

European Drivers' Champions by season
Season Driver Truck Tyres Poles Wins Podiums Points % Points Margin
2006   Antonio Albacete MAN TGA G 346 64.074 28
2007   Markus Bösiger Buggyra G 378 70.000 1
2008   David Vrsecky Buggyra G 414 76.666 21
2009   David Vrsecky Buggyra G 490 81.666 23
2010   Antonio Albacete MAN TGS G 387 73.018 52
2011   Jochen Hahn MAN TG G 7 12 22 402 67.000 47
2012   Jochen Hahn MAN TG G 12 16 30 517 78.333 49
2013   Jochen Hahn MAN TGS G 3 6 417 69.500 5
2014   Norbert Kiss MAN G 10 9 401 74.259 18
2015   Norbert Kiss MAN G 17 19 32 599 74.875 152
2016   Jochen Hahn MAN TGS G 8 14 30 462 85.555 55
2017   Adam Lacko Buggyra G 5 12 19 381 71.886 38
2018   Jochen Hahn Iveco Stralis G 8 12 20 387 80.625 121
2019   Jochen Hahn Iveco Stralis G 13 13 20 370 82.222 102
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021   Norbert Kiss MAN G 9 11 15 276 78.857 49
2022   Norbert Kiss MAN G 15 16 22 410 85.416 115
2023   Norbert Kiss MAN G 16 22 26 419 87.291 105
2024 TBD TBD G TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Goodyear Truck Cup edit

From 2017, the series began running the Goodyear Truck Cup within the regular drivers' championship. The competition is reserved for drivers given a "Chrome" rating by the sanctioning body; drivers are considered "Chrome" unless their past performance merits the rank of "Titan".1

Season Driver Truck
2017   José Rodrigues MAN
2018   Shane Brereton MAN
2019   Oliver Janes Freightliner
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021   Shane Brereton MAN
2022   Téo Calvet Freightliner
2023   José Eduardo Rodrigues MAN

Notes edit

1 Titan rank is awarded to drivers who have either A) won the ETRC championship within the previous 10 years, B) finished in the top 10 in the championship standings the previous season, C) has finished 6th or better in any super pole session in the previous season, D) is ranked gold or platinum in the FIA's driver ranking system or E) is judged to have had outstanding performance even if none of the previous conditions were met.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "European Truck Racing Championship". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. ^ "GRAMMER TRUCK CUP". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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