European Truck Racing Championship

European Truck Racing Championship
CountryEurope
Inaugural season1985
2006 (current format)
Drivers17 (2025)
Teams17 (2025)
Drivers' champion Norbert Kiss
Official websitefiaetrc.com
Current season

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]

Champions

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 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
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

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)

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)

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 Norbert Kiss MAN G 14 19 24 397 94.524 98

Goodyear Truck Cup

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
2024 José Eduardo Rodrigues MAN

Notes

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

  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.