2012 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2012 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor racing championship using highly tuned tractor units producing over 1000 bhp. It was the 28th year of the championship and Jochen Hahn won the title for the second year with MAN.

Teams and drivers

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Rounds
1 Jochen Hahn Castrol Team Hahn Racing MAN All
2 Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa MAN All
3 Adam Lacko MKR Technology Renault All
4 Markus Östreich MKR Technology Renault All
5 David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing System Freightliner All
6 Markus Bösiger MKR Technology Renault All
9 Alex Lvov Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team MAN 6-8
10 Anthony Janiec Team 14 Renault 1–6,8-11
11 Michel Bassanelli Michel Bassanelli Foden 4, 6, 9-10
Jean-Christophe Quiret Michel Bassanelli Foden 2–3, 8, 11
12 Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team MAN 3–5, 7-11
14 Jean-Pierre Blaise BJP Racing Renault 1–2, 4–6, 8-11
15 Mika Mäkinen Mi-Ka Racing Team MAN All
16 Frankie Vojtíšek Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team MAN 3–5, 7-11
17 Olivier Bouzige Olivier Bouzige Renault 2, 5–6, 10-11
Dominique Orsini Olivier Bouzige Renault 4, 8-9
18 Jérémy Robineau Team Robineau MAN 2, 4–5, 8-11
Thomas Robineau Team Robineau MAN 6
19 Dominique Lachèze Truck Sport Lutz Bernau MAN All
20 Javier Mariezcurrena Javier Mariezcurrena MAN 3-4, 10-11
21 Matthew Summerfield Team Summerfield Truck Sport MAN 1, 5, 9, 11
22 Steve Thomas Team Thomas Racing MAN 5, 9
23 Jose Bermejo Jose Bermejo MAN 3-4, 6-11
24 Ellen Lohr Tankpool 24 Racing Mercedes-Benz 2, 4–11
25 Iurii Egorov Buggyra Int. Racing System Freighliner 6-7, 11
Mikhail Konovalov Buggyra Int. Racing System Freighliner 7
26 David Jenkins Jenkins Motorsport MAN 5
27 Gerd Körber Gerd Körber Iveco 2, 6, 8, 11
28 Heinz-Werner Lenz Heinz-Werner Lenz Mercedes-Benz 6
29 Ludovic Faure Lion Truck Racing MAN 6
30 Alberto Vila Monteserin Alberto Vila Monteserin Mercedes-Benz 3, 10
31 Enrique Alberto Vila Monteserin Enrique Alberto Vila Monteserin Mercedes-Benz 3, 10
32 Erwin Kleinnagelvoort EK-truckrace Scania 3–4, 6–11
33 Orlando Rodriguez Ruiz Orlando Rodriguez Ruiz Mercedes-Benz 3, 10
35 David Marco Bermejo David Marco Bermejo MAN 3, 10
36 Pedro Ignacio Garcia Marco Pedro Ignacio Garcia Marco Iveco 3, 10
37 David Felipe Plaza David Felipe Plaza MAN 3, 10
39 Eduardo Rodrigues Eduardo Rodrigues MAN 3, 10
40 José Rodrigues José Rodrigues MAN 3, 10
41 Lionel Montagne Team Aravi Renault 6, 9
42 Cees Zandbergen Cees Zandbergen Scania 6, 9
43 Jose Fernandes Jose Fernandes Renault 9-10
44 Steffi Halm Lion Truck Racing MAN 6
45 Michal Matejovsky Buggyra Int. Racing System Freighliner 8, 10
66 Jean-Philippe Belloc Lion Truck Racing MAN 4
77 René Reinert Reinert Racing MAN All
79 Luke Taylor Luke Taylor Renault 5

Calendar and winners

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Istanbul Park May 12–13 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R3 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
2 R1 Misano World Circuit May 19–20 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Jochen Hahn David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing System
R3 Jochen Hahn David Vršecký Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R4 Jochen Hahn David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing System
3 R1 Circuito del Jarama June 9–10 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R3 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 David Vršecký Mika Mäkinen Mi-Ka Racing Team
4 R1 Circuit Paul Armagnac June 23–24 Antonio Albacete David Vršecký Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R2 Dominique Lachèze Dominique Lachèze Truck Sport Lutz Bernau
R3 Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R4 Markus Bösiger Anthony Janiec Team 14
5 R1 Donington Park June 30–July 1 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Jochen Hahn David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing System
R3 Jochen Hahn Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R4 Jochen Hahn Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team
6 R1 Nürburgring July 14–15 Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Adam Lacko MKR Technology
R2 Jochen Hahn Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R3 David Vršecký Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 Dominique Lachèze Markus Östreich MKR Technology
7 R1 Smolensk Ring July 28–29 Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R2 Jochen Hahn Rene Reinert Reinert Racing
R3 Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
8 R1 Autodrom Most September 1–2 Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R2 Antonio Albacete Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R3 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 David Vršecký Buggyra Int. Racing System
9 R1 Circuit Zolder September 22–23 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Jochen Hahn Markus Bösiger MKR Technology
R3 Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Antonio Albacete Equipo Cepsa
R4 Jochen Hahn Adam Lacko MKR Technology
10 R1 Circuito del Jarama October 6–7 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Jochen Hahn Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team
R3 Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R4 Jochen Hahn Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team
11 R1 Bugatti Circuit October 13–14 Antonio Albacete Jochen Hahn Jochen Hahn Team Hahn Racing
R2 Antonio Albacete Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team
R3 Markus Bösiger David Vršecký Markus Bösiger MKR Technology
R4 Norbert Kiss Norbert Kiss Frankie Oxxo Truck Racing Team

Championship standings

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in races 1 & 3 of each meeting; and on a 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers in races 2 & 4 of each meeting. All scores counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver IST
MIS
JAR
NOG
DON
NÜR
SMO
MOS
ZOL
JAR
BUG
Pts
1 Jochen Hahn 1 1 1 1 1 13 2 3 1 16 1 4 2 5 2 10 1 3 3 4 3 3 1 4 2 6 1 1 2 4 1 6 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 Ret 5 517
2 Antonio Albacete 2 3 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 1 3 2 1 7 1 12 2 6 1 5 2 1 3 6 1 3 2 3 1 1 2 4 Ret 5 1 3 2 4 2 3 19 7 5 Ret 468
3 Adam Lacko 3 2 4 6 4 4 4 4 18 5 4 7 5 2 3 5 3 Ret 6 6 1 10 4 10 4 5 4 5 Ret 6 5 7 2 4 4 1 7 2 5 2 Ret 8 2 3 330
4 Markus Östreich 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 6 3 6 Ret 3 Ret 16 2 3 Ret 5 7 1 6 4 6 9 3 DSQ 4 2 5 2 5 5 3 5 4 7 6 4 22 Ret 311
5 David Vršecký 6 4 Ret 4 5 1 5 1 Ret 3 6 5 6 4 12 9 4 1 5 2 4 Ret 2 5 5 2 5 6 4 2 6 1 3 6 Ret 8 11 10 Ret 9 2 6 4 4 284
6 Markus Bösiger 4 7 6 Ret Ret 5 7 6 4 6 5 3 4 8 4 7 5 5 4 8 7 7 Ret 7 3 13 3 2 5 Ret 3 5 8 1 3 13 5 6 3 5 4 Ret 1 6 282
7 Mika Mäkinen 8 6 7 5 8 Ret 8 8 6 2 7 1 7 3 10 4 9 10 9 15 5 4 9 11 7 7 7 8 8 19 12 13 9 7 8 4 10 16 8 Ret 5 3 6 13 160
8 Dominique Lachèze 7 10 5 11 6 10 12 7 5 8 13 15 8 1 5 Ret 6 2 10 Ret 8 Ret 8 2 9 10 8 4 6 3 7 8 6 15 6 10 4 8 6 14 7 19 18 12 159
9 Anthony Janiec 9 8 9 8 7 9 6 DSQ 19 Ret 9 8 14 10 6 1 7 4 7 7 9 6 6 20 Ret 5 10 Ret 10 Ret 16 7 6 7 9 6 3 2 3 2 147
10 Norbert Kiss 20 DNS 8 Ret 12 11 7 15 8 7 8 1 DNS DNS 14 11 9 9 9 9 4 11 Ret 18 8 1 7 1 8 1 8 1 98
11 Gerd Korber 9 6 9 9 6 2 5 3 7 7 8 3 10 9 10 7 69
12 Rene Reinert 10 9 10 9 12 7 11 12 9 10 Ret Ret 13 9 8 Ret 13 Ret 14 11 18 15 Ret 16 8 1 9 7 10 8 11 DSQ 7 14 7 6 9 9 27 10 12 14 12 9 61
13 Javier Mariezcurrena 7 15 22 9 9 Ret 9 2 16 13 10 8 9 12 9 Ret 27
14 Jérémy Robineau 11 8 10 10 11 13 Ret 16 10 9 Ret 10 11 11 16 15 12 10 9 11 12 15 13 13 14 Ret 14 10 14
15 Matthew Summerfield 11 11 8 7 11 8 13 9 DNS DNS DNS DNS 13 11 17 11 12
16 Jose Bermejo 10 9 10 17 15 16 14 8 17 Ret 18 13 11 11 11 10 14 14 17 16 18 Ret 12 Ret 20 14 15 17 17 16 19 Ret 12
17 Jean-Pierre Blaise 12 Ret 11 10 10 11 13 11 Ret 12 DSQ 14 12 12 11 12 12 13 19 Ret 13 18 13 11 11 8 11 19 Ret DNS Ret 15 11 10 11 8 11
18 Frankie Vojtíšek 11 Ret 12 10 17 15 11 11 15 15 17 14 DNS 12 12 12 Ret 13 Ret 14 13 9 10 9 13 11 11 11 Ret 13 7 14 11
19 José Rodrigues 8 7 11 DNS 15 17 12 16 7
20 Jean-Philippe Belloc 10 14 Ret 6 6
21 Ellen Lohr 13 12 14 Ret 16 19 13 13 16 13 Ret DNS 11 9 13 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 16 15 Ret DNS 16 13 15 Ret 17 18 16 27 16 15 13 15 5
22 Thomas Robineau DSQ 17 17 12 1
23 Iurii Egorov 22 16 16 15 10 9 15 17 16 18 0
24 Michal Matejovsky 12 10 14 12 14 12 14 12 0
25 Lionel Montagne 15 11 11 Ret 14 Ret 14 12 0
26 David Marco Bermejo 13 11 17 13 Ret 23 22 23 0
27 David Jenkins 14 11 15 13 0
28 David Felipe Plaza Ret Ret 14 11 19 19 19 19 0
29 Steve Thomas DNS DNS 12 Ret 15 12 13 14 0
30 Eduardo Rodrigues 12 Ret 15 12 18 22 18 18 0
31 Pedro Ignacio Garcia Marco DSQ 12 16 14 22 20 20 20 0
32 Olivier Bouzige 14 14 Ret 13 17 14 Ret DNS 23 DNS Ret 19 25 25 Ret 24 Ret 20 21 17 0
33 Alberto Vila Monteserin 17 13 18 DSQ 28 28 26 26 0
34 Cees Zandbergen 16 14 15 21 Ret DNS 17 Ret 0
35 Enrique Alberto Vila Monteserin 15 14 21 DSQ 27 27 25 25 0
36 Orlando Rodriguez Ruiz 14 Ret 20 DSQ 26 29 24 28 0
37 Erwin Kleinnagelvoort 16 DSQ DNS Ret Ret 17 Ret DNS 20 19 20 Ret DNS DNS DNS DNS DSQ 17 18 17 DNS 16 18 15 21 24 17 21 18 18 15 16 0
38 Dominique Orsini 18 18 15 Ret 17 16 Ret DNS Ret DNS 20 DNS 0
39 Jean-Christophe Quiret DNS 15 Ret Ret DSQ DSQ 19 16 DNS DNS 19 Ret 20 21 20 19 0
40 Luke Taylor Ret DNS 16 16 0
41 Michel Bassanelli DNS DNS DNS DNS 21 18 21 18 17 17 19 16 23 21 21 22 0
42 Jose Fernandes 19 18 21 17 24 26 23 Ret 0
Pos Driver IST
MIS
JAR
NOG
DON
NÜR
SMO
MOS
ZOL
JAR
BUG
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)

Teams' Championship

Points were awarded on the same scale as the Drivers' Championship, with non-registered teams being ignored.

Pos Team No. IST
MIS
JAR
NOG
DON
NÜR
SMO
MOS
ZOL
JAR
BUG
Pts
1 MKR Technology 3 3 2 4 6 4 4 4 4 18 5 4 7 5 2 3 5 3 Ret 6 6 1 10 4 10 4 5 4 5 Ret 6 5 7 2 4 4 1 7 2 5 2 Ret 8 2 3 1000
4 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 2 6 3 6 Ret 3 Ret 16 2 3 Ret 5 7 1 6 4 6 9 3 DSQ 4 2 5 2 5 5 3 5 4 7 6 4 22 Ret
2 / Pneu Bösiger/Team 14 6 4 7 6 Ret Ret 5 7 6 4 6 5 3 4 8 4 7 5 5 4 8 7 7 Ret 7 3 13 3 2 5 Ret 3 5 8 1 3 13 5 6 3 5 4 Ret 1 6 766
10 9 8 9 8 7 9 6 DSQ 19 Ret 9 8 14 10 6 1 7 4 7 7 9 6 6 20 Ret 5 10 Ret 10 Ret 16 7 6 7 9 6 3 2 3 2
3 Blaise / Bouzige Truck Racing 14 10 11 13 11 Ret 12 DSQ 14 12 12 11 12 12 13 19 Ret 13 18 13 11 11 8 11 19 Ret DNS Ret 15 11 10 11 8 341
17 14 14 Ret 13 18 18 15 Ret 17 14 Ret DNS 23 DNS Ret 19 17 16 Ret DNS Ret DNS 20 DNS 25 25 Ret 24 Ret 20 21 17
Pos Team No. IST
MIS
JAR
NOG
DON
NÜR
SMO
MOS
ZOL
JAR
BUG
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)