2018 European Truck Racing Championship

The 2018 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 34th year of the championship. Jochen Hahn took his fifth victory in the championship driving an Iveco.^[1]

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Anderson Racing	MAN	7	Jamie Anderson	1–2, 5–8
Buggyra International Racing System	Freightliner	1	Adam Lacko	All
Buggyra International Racing System	Freightliner	22	Oliver Janes	All
Czech Truck Racing Team	MAN	91	Frankie Vojtíšek	1, 3–5, 7–8
Don't Touch Racing	Iveco	11	André Kursim	All
EK Truck Race	Scania	15	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort	2–8
GFS Motorsport Egyesület	MAN	88	Ryan Smith	1–3
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	6	Anthony Janiec	1, 3, 8
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	20	Teo Calvet	3
LRS	MAN	12	Ray Coleman	1–2, 4, 6–8
Orlando Rodríguez-Ruiz	Mercedes-Benz	33	Orlando Rodríguez-Ruiz	8
Pedro Ignacio García	Iveco	26	Pedro Ignacio García	8
Pedro Marco Sanchez	MAN	25	Pedro Marco Sanchez	8
Reboconort Racing Truck Team	MAN	14	José Rodrigues	3, 5–8
		38	Eduardo Rodrigues	1, 3, 7–8
		38	José Eduardo Rodrigues	5–6
		4	José Eduardo Rodrigues	8
Reinert Racing GmbH	MAN	77	René Reinert	All
SL Trucksport	MAN	30	Sascha Lenz	All
T-Sport Racing	MAN	37	Terry Gibbon	2–3, 5, 7–8
Tankpool 24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	3	Norbert Kiss	All
Tankpool 24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	24	Steffen Faas	All
Team Cees Zandbergen	Scania	45	Frans Smit	1, 8
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	2	Jochen Hahn	All
Team Robineau	MAN	21	Thomas Robineau	1, 3
Team Schwabentruck Racing	Iveco	27	Gerd Körber	1, 3
Team Schwabentruck Racing	Iveco	44	Stephanie Halm	All
TOR Truck Racing	MAN	17	Shane Brereton	All
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	MAN	23	Antonio Albacete	All
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	MAN	32	Luis Recuenco	All
Ultima Vuelta	MAN	66	Jose Alberto Vila	8
Ultima Vuelta	MAN	68	Alejandro Diaz	8
Entries ineligible for points
Ryan Smith	MAN	81	Ryan Smith	7

Calendar and winners[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Misano World Circuit	26–27 May	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Jochen Hahn	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Stephanie Halm	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Ryan Smith	Ryan Smith	GFS Motorsport Egyesület
2	R1	Hungaroring	16–17 June	Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Sascha Lenz	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH
3	R1	Nürburgring	29 June–1 July	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sports Lutz Bernau
	R2				Ryan Smith	Stephanie Halm	Team Schwabentruck Racing
	R3			Jochen Hahn	René Reinert	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Sascha Lenz	Anthony Janiec	Lion Truck Racing
4	R1	Slovakia Ring	14–15 July	Adam Lacko	Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sports Lutz Bernau
	R2				Stephanie Halm	Shane Brereton	TOR Truck Racing
	R3			Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				René Reinert	Norbert Kiss	Tankpool 24 Racing
5	R1	Autodrom Most	1–2 September	Antonio Albacete	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R2				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Stephanie Halm	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH
6	R1	Circuit Zolder	15–16 September	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sports Lutz Bernau
	R2				Adam Lacko	Stephanie Halm	Team Schwabentruck Racing
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Jochen Hahn	José Rodrigues	Reboconort Racing Truck Team
7	R1	Bugatti Circuit	29–30 September	Sascha Lenz	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Jochen Hahn	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sports Lutz Bernau
8	R1	Circuito del Jarama	6–7 October	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Sascha Lenz	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Jochen Hahn	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH

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	MIS				HUN				NUR				SVK				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				Pts.
1	Jochen Hahn	1	4	1	8	1	6	1	17	2	12	1	4	2	2	1	4	3	6	1	5	3	2	1	3	1	4	1	3	1	7	1	4	387
2	Adam Lacko	2	2	9	Ret	8	1	3	4	4	3	4	2	3	8	2	5	1	1	2	4	2	17	3	7	5	3	12	8	3	9	3	5	266
3	Antonio Albacete	3	10	5	3	9	8	16	6	1	6	2	3	1	6	EX	11	4	Ret	5	9	1	4	2	6	4	5	7	1	2	6	2	6	249
4	Sascha Lenz	7	1	7	2	5	4	8	2	9	9	10	5	5	5	5	2	2	7	3	6	6	6	4	4	2	6	2	7	4	5	4	8	229
5	Norbert Kiss	DSQ	5	3	4	2	5	4	3	3	4	19	6	4	4	6	1	5	3	4	2	4	8	12	5	3	7	4	10	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	207
6	Stephanie Halm	4	8	2	5	3	3	5	9	5	1	Ret	7	15	7	3	6	7	4	10	7	7	1	6	2	7	2	5	4	7	3	7	3	205
7	René Reinert	Ret	7	4	7	6	2	7	1	Ret	13	3	10	6	3	7	7	8	2	6	1	5	5	7	Ret	6	Ret	13	9	6	1	5	1	171
8	André Kursim	11	DNS	6	6	4	7	6	5	7	5	5	12	7	15	4	3	6	5	9	8	8	3	5	Ret	8	1	3	6	DNS	DNS	9	Ret	146
9	José Rodrigues									6	10	7	17					9	8	7	3	9	7	8	1	9	9	6	5	5	4	6	2	95
10	Shane Brereton	DNS	9	11	Ret	7	Ret	14	8	10	11	11	9	8	1	9	9	DNS	12	8	10	10	10	14	15	10	10	9	14	8	2	8	9	58
11	Ryan Smith	12	Ret	8	1	16	10	2	7	Ret	8	9	8													EX	8	8	2					41
12	Anthony Janiec	6	3	DNS	DNS					12	7	8	1																	10	10	11	DNS	33
13	Gerd Körber	5	Ret	10	9					8	2	6	Ret																					29
14	Steffen Faas	10	Ret	15	10	11	9	11	15	13	14	13	EX	11	10	8	8	12	10	11	11	Ret	11	11	8	DSQ	Ret	17	12	9	8	14	11	20
15	Oliver Janes	DNS	11	Ret	11	14	11	13	16	20	17	Ret	11	13	13	10	10	10	9	12	15	11	12	9	9	13	11	10	13	11	11	10	13	13
16	Jamie Anderson	8	Ret	DSQ	12	13	Ret	9	10									11	13	13	13	14	9	10	10	11	Ret	19	11	DNS	19	15	10	12
17	Thomas Robineau	9	6	12	Ret					11	Ret	12	14																					7
18	Ray Coleman	13	13	13	14	10	14	17	12					10	9	12	12					16	13	16	11	EX	15	14	15	14	12	17	14	4
19	Luis Recuenco	16	EX	17	13	12	13	15	13	19	16	Ret	18	9	12	Ret	14	16	15	14	12	13	14	13	12	DSQ	13	18	16	DNS	14	13	Ret	2
20	Terry Gibbon					17	12	10	11	18	20	14	13					14	Ret	15	17					12	12	11	19	16	16	12	12	2
—	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort					15	15	12	14	17	18	16	15	12	14	13	15	13	14	16	16	15	16	17	14	14	16	15	18	13	13	18	15	0
—	Teo Calvet									15	15	18	EX																					0
—	Eduardo Rodrigues	14	12	14	15					16	19	17	16													DSQ	14	16	17	12	15	16	16	0
—	Frankie Vojtíšek	DNS	WD							14	21	15	DNS	14	11	11	13	15	11	Ret	DSQ					DNS	17	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	WD		0
—	Frans Smit	15	14	16	16																									18	17	19	17	0
—	José Eduardo Rodrigues																	17	16	17	14	12	15	15	13					DNS	DNS	21	18	0
—	Pedro Ignacio García																													17	18	20	19	0
—	Jose Alberto Vila																													15	Ret	DNS	DNS	0
—	Alejandro Diaz																													DNQ		DNQ		0
—	Orlando Rodríguez-Ruiz																													DNQ		DNQ		0
—	Pedro Marco Sanchez																													DNQ		WD		0
Pos.	Driver	MIS				HUN				NUR				SVK				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

References[edit]

^ "History-making Hahn takes fifth title with win". fiaetrc.com. FIA. September 30, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "History-making Hahn takes fifth title with win". fiaetrc.com. FIA. September 30, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

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