2013 European Truck Racing Championship
The 2013 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units producing over 1000 bhp. It was the 29th year of the championship and Jochen Hahn won the title for the third year in a row with MAN.
Since Heinz-Werner Lenz, who between 1997 and 1999 won the Race-Trucks Class title at three consecutive years on his Mercedes-Benz 1938-S, and for the first time since the Super-Race-Truck Class was abolished prior to the opening of the 2006 season, Jochen Hahn is the first truck racer to win the title hat-trick on his Castrol Team Hahn Racing MAN race truck.
In 1988, 1989 and 1990, Curt Göransson was the first one to achieve such a success by winning three Class B titles in a row on his Volvo N12 race truck.
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 | Truck Sport Lutz Bernau | MAN | All |
| 6 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | Renault | All |
| 7 | Mika Mäkinen | Mad Croc Racing, Castrol Team Hahn Racing | MAN | All |
| 9 | Anthony Janiec | Team 14 | Renault | 1–5, 7-10 |
| 10 | Norbert Kiss | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | MAN | All |
| 12 | Benedek Major | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | MAN | All |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Blaise | 2CVRT | Renault | 1-5, 7-10 |
| 15 | Erwin Kleinnagelvoort | EK-truckrace | Scania | 2-5, 7-10 |
| 18 | Jérémy Robineau | Robineau Competition | MAN | 1-3, 5, 8-10 |
| 19 | Florian Orsini | Team Orsini | Mercedes-Benz | 2-3, 7-10 |
| Dominique Orsini | Team Orsini | Mercedes-Benz | 1, 4-5 | |
| 21 | Frankie Vojtíšek | Frankie Truck Racing Team | MAN | 1-5, 7-10 |
| 22 | Gregory Ostaszewski | Frankie Truck Racing Team | MAN | 1-3, 5, 7, 10 |
| 23 | José Fernandes Teodosio | Vitry Truck Racing | Renault | All |
| 24 | Ellen Lohr | Tankpool 24 Racing | Mercedes-Benz | 1, 3-5, 7-8 |
| Andre Kursim | Tankpool 24 Racing | Mercedes-Benz | 9-10 | |
| 25 | Iurii Egorov | Red Ice Racing | Freightliner | 1-3, 5-6 |
| Michal Matějovský | Red Ice Racing | Freightliner | 7 | |
| Ellen Lohr | Red Ice Racing | Freightliner | 9-10 | |
| 33 | David Vršecký | Buggyra Int. Racing System | Freightliner | All |
| 44 | Steffi Halm | Lion Truck Racing | MAN | 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9 |
| 77 | René Reinert | Reinert Racing | MAN | All |
Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:
| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Javier Mariezcurrena | Javier Mariezcurrena | MAN | 2-3, 9-10 |
| 26 | Orlando Rodriguez | Orlando Rodriguez | Mercedes-Benz | 2, 9 |
| 27 | Gerd Körber | Team Schwaben-Truck | Iveco | 1, 5, 7, 10 |
| 28 | Markus Altenstrasser | Team Schwaben-Truck | Iveco | 4,5 |
| 29 | David Felipe Plaza | Racing Truck La Roda | MAN | 2, 9 |
| 30 | Enrique Vila | Alvi Truck Sports | Mercedes-Benz | 2, 9 |
| 31 | Alberto Vila | Alvi Truck Sports | Mercedes-Benz | 2, 9 |
| 32 | Pedro Ignacio García | Pedro Ignacio García | Iveco | 2, 9 |
| 34 | David Marco Bermejo | David Marco Bermejo | MAN | 2, 9 |
| 35 | Sascha Lenz | S.L. Truck Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | 5 |
| 36 | Heinz-Werner Lenz | S.L. Truck Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | 5 |
| 37 | Eduardo Rodrigues | Reboconort Racing Truck Team | MAN | 9 |
| 38 | José Rodrigues | Reboconort Racing Truck Team | MAN | 9 |
Calendar and winners
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | May 18–19 | Jochen Hahn | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |
| R2 | Mika Mäkinen | Mad Croc Racing, Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |||||
| R3 | Norbert Kiss | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | ||||
| R4 | Mika Mäkinen | Mad Croc Racing, Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |||||
| 2 | R1 | Circuito de Navarra | June 1–2 | Norbert Kiss | Markus Oestreich | Truck Sport Lutz Bernau | |
| R2 | Adam Lacko | MKR Technology | |||||
| R3 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | ||||
| R4 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | |||||
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac | June 15–16 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | |
| R2 | Benedek Major | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |||||
| R3 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | ||||
| R4 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | |||||
| 4 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | July 6–7 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | |
| R2 | Adam Lacko | MKR Technology | |||||
| R3 | Markus Oestreich | Markus Oestreich | Truck Sport Lutz Bernau | ||||
| R4 | David Vršecký | Buggyra Int. Racing System | |||||
| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring | July 12–14 | Antonio Albacete | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |
| R2 | Adam Lacko | MKR Technology | |||||
| R3 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | ||||
| R4 | Norbert Kiss | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |||||
| 6 | R1 | Smolensk Ring | July 27–28 | Antonio Albacete | Norbert Kiss | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |
| R2 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | |||||
| R3 | Antonio Albacete | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | ||||
| R4 | Mika Mäkinen | Mad Croc Racing, Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |||||
| 7 | R1 | Autodrom Most | August 31 - September 1 | Jochen Hahn | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |
| R2 | Benedek Major | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |||||
| R3 | Jochen Hahn | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | ||||
| R4 | David Vršecký | Buggyra Int. Racing System | |||||
| 8 | R1 | Circuit Zolder | September 21–22 | Norbert Kiss | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | |
| R2 | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |||||
| R3 | David Vršecký | David Vršecký | Buggyra Int. Racing System | ||||
| R4 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | |||||
| 9 | R1 | Circuito del Jarama | October 5–6 | Markus Oestreich | Antonio Albacete | Equipo Cepsa | |
| R2 | Markus Oestreich | Truck Sport Lutz Bernau | |||||
| R3 | Norbert Kiss | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | ||||
| R4 | Benedek Major | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |||||
| 10 | R1 | Bugatti Circuit | October 12–13 | Norbert Kiss | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | |
| R2 | Markus Bösiger | MKR Technology | |||||
| R3 | Norbert Kiss | Jochen Hahn | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | ||||
| R4 | Benedek Major | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | |||||
Championship overall standings
Drivers' championship
Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At the races 1 and 3, the points awarded according to the ranking was on a 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis to the top 10 finishers – at the races 2 and 4 with reversed grid, the points awarded were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (rank 1 - 10) respectively.
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Team championship
| Rank | Team | Drivers | Trucks | Points |
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| 1 | Truck Sport Lutz Bernau | Antonio Albacete, Markus Oestreich | MAN | 777 |
| 2 | Castrol Team Hahn Racing | Jochen Hahn, Mika Mäkinen | MAN | 630 |
| 3 | MKR Technology | Adam Lacko, Markus Bösiger | Renault | 503 |
| 4 | OXXO Energy Truck Race Team | Norbert Kiss, Benedek Major | MAN | 457 |
| 5 | Team Blaise Janiec | Anthony Janiec, Jean-Pierre Blaise | Renault | 168 |
| 6 | Lion Truck Racing | Jérémy Robineau, Steffi Halm | MAN | 83 |
| 7 | Frankie Truck Racing Team | Frankie Vojtíšek, Gregory Ostaszewski | MAN | 65 |
| 8 | Tankpool 24 Racing | Dominique Orsini, Florian Orsini, Kursim | Mercedes-Benz | 10 |
Source of data:[3]
References
- "2013 Rankings". Truck Race Organisation. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- "Overall Standings 2013". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- "Overall Standings 2013". André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR. Retrieved 2013-10-17.