2015 European Truck Racing Championship Explained

The 2015 FIA European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It was the 31st year of the championship and Norbert Kiss won the title for the second year in a row with MAN.^{[1] [2]}

Teams and drivers

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Race drivers without fixed number, whose number is defined race by race:

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Rounds

Calendar and winners

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	25–26 April	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Castrol Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				David Vršecký	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	15-17 May	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
3	R3	Misano World Circuit	23–24 May	Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Jochen Hahn	Castrol Team Hahn Racing
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
4	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac	19–21 June	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Norbert Kiss	OXXO Energy Truck Race Team
	R4				Jochen Hahn	Anthony Janiec	OXXO Energy Truck Race Team
5	R1	Nürburgring	26–28 June	Norbert Kiss	Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	OXXO Energy Truck Race Team
	R2				Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
6	R1	Autodrom Most	28–30 August	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R2				Adam Lacko	David Vršecký	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Jochen Hahn	Castrol Team Hahn Racing
	R4				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
7	R1	Hungaroring	4-6 September	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Stephanie Halm	Reinert Racing GmbH
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
8	R1	Circuit Zolder	19–20 September	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R2				Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Norbert Kiss	David Vršecký	Buggyra International Racing System
9	R1	Circuito del Jarama	3-4 October	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss
	R2				Antonio Albacete	Adam Lacko	Buggyra International Racing System
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Norbert Kiss
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Jochen Hahn	Castrol Team Hahn Racing
10	R1	Bugatti Circuit	10-11 October	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Equipo Cepsa
	R2				Norbert Kiss	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete
	R4				Antonio Albacete	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH

Championship overall standings

Drivers' championship

Each round or racing event consisted of four races. At each race, 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.

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver VAL RBR MIS NOG NUR MOS HUN ZOL JAR LMS valign=middle    1 Norbert Kiss 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 7 1 1 5 1 5 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3 1 11 3 3 2 Ret 599 2 Adam Lacko 3 3 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 7 2 6 8 1 3 2 8 1 2 Ret Ret 5 2 1 Ret 13 7 1 3 3 2 5 3 5 447 3 Jochen Hahn 1 7 3 2 3 2 3 6 1 5 2 5 2 6 3 2 3 4 5 Ret 2 8 1 3 3 4 2 4 7 2 3 6 3 4 7 1 5 2 6 11 434 4 David Vrsecky 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 2 4 5 5 9 4 3 2 3 8 1 6 2 4 2 4 3 4 4 7 1 8 2 4 5 4 6 4 4 405 5 Antonio Albacete 5 5 6 1 5 6 6 3 4 6 4 4 3 3 4 6 8 1 3 6 4 6 3 12 Ret 9 7 1 3 5 2 5 2 5 2 4 1 8 1 6 385 6 René Reinert 6 2 5 6 7 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 7 10 5 7 6 3 5 7 4 5 6 5 4 8 10 8 13 6 5 6 4 3 4 6 8 2 7 1 7 1 278 7 Anthony Janiec 7 15 Ret 7 9 9 8 8 6 3 9 6 8 2 8 1 10 10 9 7 11 12 10 6 6 6 6 8 9 8 5 4 6 8 5 7 6 7 8 3 191 8 Stephanie Halm 6 8 7 4 6 8 6 Ret 7 3 12 5 8 1 3 7 5 7 6 8 8 4 10 8 139 9 Gerd Körber 6 3 5 Ret Ret 7 5 Ret 7 2 7 2 5 7 5 10 9 9 5 2 124 10 Ellen Lohr 8 6 7 8 11 8 9 7 Ret 8 15 9 9 9 9 8 9 Ret 11 8 10 10 7 7 7 5 5 9 6 7 6 8 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 7 109 11 Sascha Lenz 15 11 12 11 9 13 14 Ret 11 13 12 9 Ret 11 13 14 9 10 9 11 8 12 9 9 9 9 10 6 11 11 11 10 28 12 Frankie Vojtisek 12 9 10 12 9 9 Ret 15 5 7 11 10 11 11 Ret 10 15 12 12 9 23 13 Erwin Kleinnagelvoort 9 8 8 9 11 11 Ret 10 15 12 14 11 14 13 14 11 12 11 10 13 10 9 12 12 12 15 12 13 13 14 14 12 15 14 Jeremy Robineau 8 12 11 8 Ret 11 13 14 Ret 11 8 7 13 15 Roland Rehfeld 13 Ret Ret Ret 10 9 12 Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret 11 9 11 13 8 12 Ret 10 11 10 12 16 Ryan Smith 8 7 11 9 10 10 10 Ret 12 17 José Rodrigues 7 Ret 8 7 13 12 11 12 11 18 Eduardo Rodrigues 10 10 9 10 14 12 14 13 11 Ret 17 12 12 13 11 11 16 15 Ret 15 5 19 Markus Altenstrasser 10 10 10 10 4 20 Jose Teodosio Ret 10 10 Ret 11 13 10 14 3 21 David Felipe Plaza 9 11 Ret 13 19 16 Ret Ret 2 22 Pedro Garcia 13 11 10 12 14 14 12 Ret 14 13 13 15 1 23 Michel Bassanelli 13 15 Ret 14 0 24 José de Sousa 12 14 16 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 0 25 André Kursim 12 Ret 13 12 Ret 11 13 11 14 14 Ret 13 13 12 12 14 12 14 Ret 11 12 13 13 13 0 26 Mika Mäkinen 14 16 15 14 0 27 David Marco 12 12 11 11 13 12 Ret 12 15 14 14 14 0 28 Florian Orsini 16 15 16 15 0 29 Orlando Rodriguez Ret 13 13 14 18 19 17 Ret 0 30 Alain Treuvey 14 Ret Ret 13 0 31 Alberto Vila 14 14 14 Ret 16 18 15 16 0 32 Enrique Vila 15 Ret 12 15 17 17 16 17 0 valign=middle valign=middle Driver VAL RBR MIS NOG NUR MOS HUN ZOL JAR LMS valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Source of information:^[3] and^[4]

References

1. News: FIA European Truck Racing Championship: Speedline Truck Team and the local hero Norbert Kiss - Daily News Hungary. 2016-08-16. Daily News Hungary. 2018-01-07. en-US.
2. News: Highlights of the 2015 FIA European Truck Racing Championship. 2015-11-16. FOX Sports. 2018-01-07. en-US.
3. Web site: 2015 Rankings. 2015-10-31. Truck Race Organisation.
4. Web site: Overall Standings 2015. 2015-10-31. André & Wolfgang Bartscher GbR.

External links

• • Truck Race Organization
• TruckRacing.de
• Race and championship results as table sheets