2017 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2017 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 33rd year of the championship. Adam Lacko won the championship with Freightliner.^[1]^[2]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Buggyra International Racing System	Freightliner	33	Alen Draganović	1
			Enes Draganović	2
			David Vršecký	3-9
		55	Adam Lacko	All
Czech Truck Racing Team	MAN	91	Frankie Vojtíšek	4-6, 9
David Bermejo	MAN	25	David Bermejo	9
EK Truck Race	Scania	15	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort	1, 3-9
EK Truck Race	DAF	51	Henry Tijhuis	3, 7
Heinz-Werner Lenz	Mercedes-Benz	36	Heinz-Werner Lenz	3
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	6	Anthony Janiec	3
OXXO Energy Racing	MAN	88	Ryan Smith	1, 5-6
Pedro Ignacio García	Iveco	26	Pedro Ignacio García	9
Reboconorte Racing Truck Team	MAN	11	Eduardo Rodrigues	1-6, 9
		14	José Rodrigues	All
		38	José Eduardo Rodrigues	7-9
Reinert Racing GmBH	MAN	44	Stephanie Halm	All
S.L Truck Racing Team	MAN	30	Sascha Lenz	All
T-Sport Racing	MAN	37	Terry Gibbon	1
Team 14	Renault	76	Grzegorz Ostaszewski	6
Team Cees Zandbergen	Scania	45	Cees Zandbergen	3, 8
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	1	Jochen Hahn	All
Team Luxo Sport	Volvo	94	Manu Rodrigues	3, 6, 8
Team Oliver Racing	MAN	17	Shane Brereton	5-6, 8
Team Orsini Racing	Mercedes-Benz	19	Dominique Orsini	2, 4-7
Team Robineau	MAN	21	Thomas Robineau	2, 7
Team Robineau	MAN	21	Jeremy Robineau	3
Team Schwaben-Truck	Iveco	27	Gerd Körber	All
		28	Markus Altenstrasser	1
		28	Steffen Faas	3-4
Team Tankpool 24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	24	Norbert Kiss	All
Team Tankpool 24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	42	André Kursim	All
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	MAN	23	Antonio Albacete	All
Vitry Truck Racing	Renault	22	José-Manuel de Sousa	3, 7
Vitry Truck Racing	Renault	99	José Teodosio	3, 7
Ultima Vuelta	Mercedes-Benz	13	Orlando Rodríguez-Ruiz	9
		35	Enrique Alberto Vila	9
		66	Jose Alberto Vila	9
Entries ineligible for points
Team Digraph Racing	MAN	69	David Jenkins	8

Calendar and winners[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Red Bull Ring	12–14 May	Jochen Hahn	Stephanie Halm	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Jochen Hahn	José Rodrigues	Reboconorte Racing Truck Team
	R3			Stephanie Halm	Jochen Hahn	Stephanie Halm	Reinert Racing GmBH
	R4				Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	26–28 May	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R2				Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R3			Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
3	R1	Nürburgring	30 June–2 July	Jochen Hahn	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R2				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				Race cancelled ^{[N 1]}
4	R1	Slovakia Ring	14–16 July	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sport Lutz Bernau
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Stephanie Halm	Reinert Racing GmBH
5	R1	Hungaroring	25–27 August	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R2				Jochen Hahn	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
6	R1	Autodrom Most	1–3 September	Jochen Hahn	Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Stephanie Halm	Ryan Smith	OXXO Energy Racing
	R3			Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				Ryan Smith	Shane Brereton	Team Oliver Racing
7	R1	Circuit Zolder	15–17 September	Adam Lacko	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R2				Antonio Albacete	André Kursim	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R3			Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				André Kursim	André Kursim	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
8	R1	Bugatti Circuit	22–24 September	Stephanie Halm	Stephanie Halm	Stephanie Halm	Reinert Racing GmBH
	R2				Sascha Lenz	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R3			Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R4				Sascha Lenz	Gerd Körber	Team Schwaben-Truck
9	R1	Circuito del Jarama	6–8 October	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sport Lutz Bernau
	R2				Jochen Hahn	David Vršecký	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Team Tankpool 24 Racing
	R4				Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sport Lutz Bernau

Championship standings[edit]

Drivers' Championship[edit]

Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At each race, points were 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	RBR				MIS				NUR				SVK				HUN				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				Pts.
1	Adam Lacko	4	4	5	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	C	2	3	4	4	4	1	1	1	2	4	1	7	Ret	5	1	4	7	8	1	4	2	6	3	7	381
2	Jochen Hahn	1	5	2	1	5	1	8	DNS	3	4	7	C	3	4	3	2	2	2	5	4	1	7	2	6	2	4	2	8	2	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	343
3	Norbert Kiss	6	2	10	Ret	2	9	2	3	2	9	2	C	1	8	1	3	1	Ret	2	Ret	3	17†	5	4	1	2	5	3	3	1	4	5	16†	5	1	6	315
4	Stephanie Halm	2	6	1	Ret	3	2	4	2	7	5	6	C	4	2	5	1	3	5	3	2	4	2	4	3	16†	7	4	6	1	6	5	2	5	8	4	4	298
5	Antonio Albacete	10	7	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	Ret	9	C	5	1	2	7	11	6	4	9	5	6	3	5	4	3	3	5	6	2	9	9	1	2	8	1	255
6	Sascha Lenz	5	8	6	3	6	6	5	9	5	6	12	C	10	7	7	5	5	10	7	6	7	3	6	8	3	6	6	7	5	11	2	11	7	7	6	5	184
7	Gerd Körber	3	3	11	5	7	5	6	6	8	3	8	C	8	5	8	6	7	8	8	15†	10	8	Ret	9	8	9	10	9	8	3	7	1	6	3	7	3	153
8	David Vršecký									12	15	5	C	6	6	6	8	8	4	9	3	6	5	7	2	5	10	7	2	4	5	6	6	4	1	5	Ret	150
9	André Kursim	12	10	7	Ret	9	8	11	7	10	7	4	C	7	13†	Ret	9	9	9	10	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	6	1	8	1	10	10	8	7	9	9	10	9	88
10	José Rodrigues	7	1	4	Ret	8	7	Ret	8	9	12	10	C	12	Ret	9	10	13	Ret	11	11	12	9	9	11	7	8	9	10	9	7	11	12	8	10	9	8	70
11	Ryan Smith	9	14†	8	Ret													6	3	Ret	5	8	1	Ret	10													39
12	Shane Brereton																	10	7	6	7	9	10	8	1					11	9	12	10					35
13	Anthony Janiec									6	2	3	C																									27
14	Thomas Robineau					10	10	7	5																	9	11	11	DNS									14
15	Steffen Faas									11	8	13	C	9	9	10	Ret																					8
16	Alen Draganović	14	13	9	6																																	7
17	Markus Altenstrasser	8	9	Ret	DNS																																	5
18	Terry Gibbon	15	Ret	12	7																																	4
19	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort	13	11	14	8					16	13	17	C	13	11	12	12	15	11	Ret	10	14	12	11	13	11	13	12	12	13	13	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	11	11	4
20	Eduardo Rodrigues	11	12	13	9	11	11	10	10	18	17	18	C	14	12	13	14	14	DSQ	12	13	15	14	13	14									12	13	13	14	4
21	Frankie Vojtíšek													11	10	11	11	12	13†	14†	12	11	11	10	15									Ret	11	Ret	10	3
22	Enes Draganović					DNS	Ret	9	11																													2
23	José Teodosio									13	14	14	C													10	12	Ret	11									1
24	Jeremy Robineau									15	10	11	C																									1
25	José Eduardo Rodrigues																									14	15	Ret	13	14	14	13	14	10	12	12	12	1
26	Pedro Ignacio García																																	11	Ret	14	13	0
27	Heinz-Werner Lenz									14	11	15	C																									0
28	Dominique Orsini					12	12	12	Ret					Ret	DNS	14	13	16	12	13	14	16	15	14	DNS	13	16†	DNS	DNS									0
29	Grzegorz Ostaszewski																					13	13	12	12													0
30	José-Manuel de Sousa									DNS	Ret	19	C													12	14	13	14									0
31	Jose Alberto Vila																																	13	15	Ret	16	0
32	Cees Zandbergen									17	16	16	C																	15	15	14	15					0
33	Enrique Alberto Vila																																	14	16	15	17	0
34	David Bermejo																																	Ret	14	16†	15	0
35	Henry Tijhuis									20	DNS	21	C													15	Ret	14	Ret									0
36	Manu Rodrigues									19	18	20	C									DNS	16	15	Ret					16	16	15	16					0
37	Orlando Rodríguez-Ruiz																																	15	17†	Ret	DNS	0
Drivers ineligible to score points
	David Jenkins																													12	12	10	8
Pos.	Driver	RBR				MIS				NUR				SVK				HUN				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes[edit]

^ Race cancelled due to unsafe track conditions^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Adam Lacko – 2017 Champion! | Official Site of FIA European Truck Racing Championship". www.fiaetrc.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
^ whitecrossmedia. "European Truck Racing Championship 2017 in Jarama: Erster Titel für Adam Lacko" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-07.
^ "Race Four cancelled at Nurburgring". fiaetrc.com. fiaetrc. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

External links[edit]

[4] Race cancelled due to unsafe track conditions^[3]

[1] "Adam Lacko – 2017 Champion! | Official Site of FIA European Truck Racing Championship". www.fiaetrc.com. Retrieved 2018-01-07.

[2] whitecrossmedia. "European Truck Racing Championship 2017 in Jarama: Erster Titel für Adam Lacko" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-07.

[3] "Race Four cancelled at Nurburgring". fiaetrc.com. fiaetrc. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

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