2021 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2021 European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 37th year of the championship. A seven round calendar was announced on November 17, 2020, which was slated to begin May 22, 2021 at the Misano World Circuit in Italy and conclude with October 3 at the Circuito del Jarama in Spain.^[1] However, due to continued restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the round at Misano was postponed to the end of the season, moving the round at the Hungaroring in Hungary on June 12 as the first race of the season.^[2]

For the 2021 season, began a program promoting energy sustainability by having all competitors use biodiesel, making it the first FIA sanctioned series to utilize 100% sustainable fuel sources. TotalEnergies became the exclusive fuel provider for the series and provided competitors with Hydrotreated vegetable oil as fuel.^[3]

Norbert Kiss won his third championship in the series, while Shane Brereton took his second victory in the Goodyear Cup.

Calendar edit

A 7 round championship was announced on November 17, 2020. The Slovakia Ring fell off the schedule after having appeared in several previous seasons. The original schedule was slated to begin at the Misano World Circuit, but was postponed, leaving the Hungaroring as the opening round.^[1]

The round at the Nürburgring was expanded to hold 6 races instead of the standard 4 race format, with 3 races held each day between July 17 and 18. However, the event was cancelled days before it was scheduled due to major infrastructure damage in the surrounding area caused by severe flooding.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	June 12
	R2		June 12
	R3		June 13
	R4		June 13
2	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	August 28
	R2		August 28
	R3		August 29
	R4		August 29
3	R1	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	September 11
	R2		September 11
	R3		September 12
	R4		September 12
4	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	September 25
	R2		September 25
	R3		September 26
	R4		September 26
5	R1	Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes	October 2
	R2		October 2
	R3		October 3
	R4		October 3
6	R1	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	October 16
	R2		October 16
	R3		October 17
	R4		October 17

Teams and drivers edit

The following table lists all teams and drivers who competed during the 2021 season.

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
Anderson Racing	MAN	33	Jamie Anderson	All	G
Apollo Tyres TOR Truck Racing	MAN	17	Shane Brereton	All	G
Buggyra Racing	Freightliner	20	Téo Calvet	1−3, 5–6	G
		29	Aliyyah Koloc	1−3, 5–6	G
		55	Adam Lacko	All
Don't Touch Racing	Iveco	11	André Kursim	All
Heinrich Clemens-Hecker	MAN	25	Heinrich Clemens-Hecker	1−5	G
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	66	Anthony Janiec	2, 5–6
Luis Recuenco	MAN	64	Luis Recuenco	3–4	G
MV Commercial Truck Racing	MAN	86	Thomas O'Rourke	1	G
MV Commercial Truck Racing	MAN	86	Luke Garrett	2–5	G
Reinert Racing	Iveco	77	René Reinert	All
Révész Racing	MAN	41	Norbert Kiss	All
SL Trucksport	MAN	30	Sascha Lenz	All
T Sport Bernau	MAN	23	Antonio Albacete	All
Tankpool 24 Racing	Scania	24	Steffen Faas	All	G
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	1	Jochen Hahn	All
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	22	Lukas Hahn	2, 6	G
Team Schwabentruck	Iveco	44	Stephanie Halm	All
Entries ineligible to score points
Reboconorte Racing Truck Team	MAN	14	José Rodrigues	5	G
Smith Truck Sport	MAN	81	Ryan Smith	6

Icon	Class
G	Goodyear Cup

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Goodyear Cup winner
1	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Jamie Anderson
	R2		Race cancelled due to barrier damage
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Shane Brereton
	R4			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Shane Brereton
2	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	Norbert Kiss	Sascha Lenz	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Téo Calvet
	R2			Norbert Kiss	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing	Téo Calvet
	R3		Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Téo Calvet
	R4			Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Shane Brereton
3	R1	Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Téo Calvet
	R2			Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Racing	Téo Calvet
	R3		Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Téo Calvet
	R4			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Téo Calvet
4	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Shane Brereton
	R2			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Shane Brereton
	R4			Norbert Kiss	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing	Shane Brereton
5	R1	Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Shane Brereton
	R2			Norbert Kiss	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing	Téo Calvet
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Téo Calvet
	R4			Antonio Albacete	Téo Calvet	Buggyra Racing	Téo Calvet
6	R1	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	Norbert Kiss	Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Téo Calvet
	R2			Jamie Anderson	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Téo Calvet
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész Racing	Lukas Hahn
	R4			Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Lukas Hahn

Drivers standings edit

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	HUN¹				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				MIS				Pts.
1	Norbert Kiss	Ret	C	1	1	1	3	1	5	1	8	4	1	3	1	1	5	1	4	1	5	2	3	1	6	276
2	Sascha Lenz	1	C	2	6	2	7	3	1	2	6	9	5	4	3	2	4	2	6	5	6	1	4	5	1	227
3	Adam Lacko	3	C	3	3	3	8	2	4	4	1	2	2	5	2	5	3	5	5	3	4	5	5	6	7	203
4	Jochen Hahn	2	C	6	5	Ret	10	4	Ret	12	11	1	6	1	4	3	6	3	Ret	4	9	3	1	2	5	174
5	Antonio Albacete	4	C	4	9	4	6	8	2	3	7	3	9	2	8	4	8	4	3	2	7	13	7	3	4	170
6	Stephanie Halm	5	C	8	2	5	5	9	Ret	8	2	6	7	13	11	7	7	8	2	6	2	4	13	8	3	114
7	André Kursim	Ret	C	9	8	7	1	11	10	5	4	5	8	10	9	6	1	6	1	7	3	Ret	DNS	Ret	13	93
8	Téo Calvet	9	C	7	7	8	2	5	6	7	3	7	3					Ret	8	8	1	8	2	Ret	Ret	88
9	Shane Brereton	10	C	5	4	9	9	7	3	11	9	8	4	6	7	8	2	10	10	16	13	9	8	9	11	76
10	René Reinert	8	C	11	11	10	14	Ret	12	6	5	10	Ret	DNS	12	9	9	7	Ret	15	12	7	Ret	7	2	42
11	Jamie Anderson	6	C	DSQ	DNS	11	11	12	9	9	10	14	11	7	5	DSQ	11	13	9	12	8	Ret	6	13	9	34
12	Anthony Janiec					6	4	6	7									9	11	10	11	6	12	DSQ	Ret	33
13	Steffan Faas	7	C	10	10	Ret	13	14	11	10	12	12	10	8	6	10	10	12	12	13	10	12	9	10	10	23
14	Lukas Hahn					12	12	10	8													10	10	4	8	19
15	Luke Garrett					15	17	16	13	14	Ret	11	Ret	9	10	12	12	14	13	14	Ret					3
16	Aliyyah Koloc	11	C	12	12	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	12					Ret	14	9	14	11	11	11	12	2
17	Luis Recuenco									15	14	Ret	13	11	13	11	13									0
18	Heinrich Clemens-Hecker	12	C	13	13	13	15	15	15	DNS	DNS	Ret	14	12	14	13	14	Ret	15	17	15					0
19	Thomas O'Rourke	13	C	14	DNS																					0
Drivers ineligible to score points
–	José Rodrigues																	11	7	11	Ret					0
–	Ryan Smith																					DNS	DNS	12	Ret	0
Pos.	Driver	HUN¹				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				MIS				Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 2 cancelled due to barrier damage caused by an accident on lap 1.

External links edit

Official website

References edit

^ ^a ^b "2021 FIA ETRC CALENDAR REVEALED". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "FIA ETRC RACE IN MISANO POSTPONED TO OCTOBER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. April 13, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "FIA ETRC SWITCHES TO 100% SUSTAINABLE FUEL WITH TOTALENERGIES AS EXCLUSIVE SUPPLIER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
^ "FIA ETRC AT THE NÜRBURGRING NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO FLOOD DISASTER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[calendar-1] "2021 FIA ETRC CALENDAR REVEALED". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. November 17, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

[2] "FIA ETRC RACE IN MISANO POSTPONED TO OCTOBER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. April 13, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

[3] "FIA ETRC SWITCHES TO 100% SUSTAINABLE FUEL WITH TOTALENERGIES AS EXCLUSIVE SUPPLIER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.

[4] "FIA ETRC AT THE NÜRBURGRING NOT FEASIBLE DUE TO FLOOD DISASTER". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. July 15, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

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