2019 European Truck Racing Championship Explained

The 2019 FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It is the 35th year of the championship. The eight-round season began May 25 at the Misano World Circuit and ended October 6 at the Circuito del Jarama. Jochen Hahn dominated the season en route to his sixth career ETRC championship, securing the title one round early at the Bugatti Circuit in France.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
Anderson Racing	MAN	7	Jamie Anderson	All	G
Buggyra Racing	Freightliner	22	Oliver Janes	All	G
		55	Adam Lacko	All
Czech Racing Truck Team	MAN	9	Frankie Vojtíšek	4	G
Don't Touch Racing	Iveco	11	André Kursim	All
EK Truck Race	Scania	15	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort	4–8	G
Franck Conti Racing	Volvo	39	Franck Conti	4	G
Heinrich-Clemens Hecker	MAN	25	Heinrich-Clemens Hecker	4	G
Jennifer Janiec	MAN	75	Jennifer Janiec	4	G
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	6	Anthony Janiec	1, 4–5, 8
		20	Tèo Calvet	4	G
Mad Croc Racing	Freightliner	71	Mika Mäkinen	5
Reboconorte Racing Truck Team	MAN	14	José Rodrigues	1–2, 4–8
		38	José Eduardo Rodrigues	1, 4, 6–8	G
			Eduardo Rodrigues	2–3, 5	G
Reinert Racing GmbH	Iveco	77	René Reinert	All
SL Trucksport	MAN	30	Sascha Lenz	All
T-Sport Racing	MAN	37	Terry Gibbon	2, 4–8	G
Tankpool 24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	5	Norbert Kiss	All
		24	Fabio Citignola	All	G
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	1	Jochen Hahn	All
Team Orsini Racing	Mercedes-Benz	19	Dominique Orsini	1–3, 5–8	G
Team Robineau	MAN	21	Thomas Robineau	1, 4	G
Team Schwabentruck	Iveco	27	Gerd Körber	4
		44	Stephanie Halm	All
TOR Truck Racing	MAN	17	Shane Brereton	4, 7
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	MAN	23	Antonio Albacete	All
		64	Luis Recuenco	All	G
Entries ineligible to score points
David Jenkins Motorsport Developments	MAN	69	David Jenkins	6	G

Drivers who did not participate in any of the first five events of the championship are not eligible to score points.^[2]

Calendar and winners

All rounds from the 2018 season returned for 2019. A switch in order between the rounds in Slovakia and Germany was the only change in the schedule from the preceding year.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Grammer Cup winner
1	R1	Misano World Circuit	May 25–26	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Luis Recuenco
	R2				René Reinert	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH	Luis Recuenco
	R3			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Tankpool 24 Racing	Oliver Janes
	R4				Anthony Janiec	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Jamie Anderson
2	R1	Hungaroring	June 22–23	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Oliver Janes
	R2				Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Terry Gibbon
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R4				Jochen Hahn	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing	Jamie Anderson
3	R1	Slovakia Ring	July 6–7	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Luis Recuenco
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Jamie Anderson
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R4				Norbert Kiss	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	Jamie Anderson
4	R1	Nürburgring	July 20–21	Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Thomas Robineau
	R2				Jochen Hahn	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Sascha Lenz	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Thomas Robineau
	R4				Antonio Albacete	Norbert Kiss	Tankpool 24 Racing	Fabio Citignola
5	R1	Autodrom Most	August 31–September 1	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Terry Gibbon
	R2				Jochen Hahn	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH	Terry Gibbon
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Race 3 and 4 cancelled due to heavy rain.^[3]
	R4
6	R1	Circuit Zolder	September 14–15	Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Terry Gibbon
	R2				Stephanie Halm	René Reinert	Reinert Racing GmbH	Oliver Janes
	R3			Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R4				Antonio Albacete	Antonio Albacete	Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	Jamie Anderson
7	R1	Bugatti Circuit	September 27–29	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Luis Recuenco
	R2				André Kursim	André Kursim	Don't Touch Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R3			Adam Lacko	Antonio Albacete	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Racing	Oliver Janes
	R4				Sascha Lenz	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport	Jamie Anderson
8	R1	Circuito del Jarama	October 5–6	Jochen Hahn	Antonio Albacete	Jochen Hahn	Team Hahn Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R2				Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Tankpool 24 Racing	Oliver Janes
	R3			Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Racing	Fabio Citignola
	R4				Jochen Hahn	Norbert Kiss	Tankpool 24 Racing	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort

Championship standings

Drivers championship

Each round or racing event consists of four races. At each race, points are 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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS HUN SVK NUR MOS ZOL LMS JAR valign=middle 1 Jochen Hahn 1 11 3 1 1 6 1 4 1 5 1 7 1 3 1 6 1 4 C C 1 6 1 8 1 6 3 2 1 3 2 2 370 2 Antonio Albacete 3 2 5 6 2 7 4 3 Ret 8 7 1 2 7 2 3 4 2 C C 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 6 2 2 3 4 268 3 Adam Lacko 2 4 2 4 DSQ 8 6 Ret 3 3 4 4 6 1 3 7 2 3 C C 3 5 2 Ret 4 3 1 5 5 6 1 5 261 4 Stephanie Halm 5 3 9 5 5 3 2 5 2 2 3 5 Ret 5 15 Ret 3 6 C C 6 2 4 5 5 2 6 3 4 12 6 3 212 5 Sascha Lenz 6 8 6 2 7 1 16 7 4 1 8 3 4 2 4 8 18 5 C C 17 8 16 6 2 7 4 1 3 4 4 6 192 6 Norbert Kiss 4 7 1 Ret 6 5 3 6 5 4 5 2 3 Ret 7 1 14 11 C C 5 3 3 4 DSQ DNS Ret Ret 6 1 5 1 190 7 René Reinert 7 1 4 7 8 2 5 2 8 Ret 2 6 Ret 8 6 5 6 1 C C 7 1 7 3 Ret DNS 10 Ret 8 9 8 Ret 146 8 André Kursim 11 6 11 Ret 4 4 7 1 DNS 7 6 Ret Ret 9 8 2 7 8 C C 4 7 5 2 6 1 5 4 11 8 9 7 138 9 José Rodrigues 15 13 8 8 3 14 9 9 7 4 9 9 5 7 C C 12 9 Ret Ret 7 9 15 11 7 5 14 8 70 10 Jamie Anderson 13 Ret 12 9 Ret 13 8 8 Ret 6 9 8 10 10 Ret 12 9 Ret C C 11 12 8 7 13 8 8 7 9 DNS 11 14 42 11 Oliver Janes 9 9 10 10 9 11 12 10 7 12 10 10 15 16 11 Ret 13 12 C C 10 10 9 11 11 10 7 8 12 10 Ret 11 30 12 Gerd Körber 5 6 5 4 28 13 Anthony Janiec Ret 10 7 3 8 Ret 12 10 12 9 C C 10 7 Ret 9 26 14 Luis Recuenco 8 5 16 14 10 10 13 11 6 10 11 9 13 11 13 16 10 17 C C 13 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 12 9 14 Ret 12 15 25 15 Terry Gibbon 11 9 10 Ret 11 13 Ret 14 8 10 C C 8 13 10 10 14 11 16 12 13 Ret 10 Ret 14 16 Shane Brereton 12 Ret WD 8 4 11 14 10 17 Fabio Citignola 16 14 14 11 12 12 11 13 9 9 12 DNS Ret Ret 16 11 16 14 C C 16 DNS 13 DNS 15 13 9 13 DNS Ret 7 13 10 18 Thomas Robineau 10 Ret 13 13 9 14 10 15 4 19 Erwin Kleinnagelvoort 18 15 18 19 17 16 C C 14 Ret 11 12 10 12 13 Ret 15 13 15 10 2 20 José Eduardo Rodrigues 12 12 15 12 16 17 17 17 15 11 14 13 12 14 14 10 16 11 13 12 1 21 Eduardo Rodrigues 13 15 14 12 10 11 13 11 15 15 C C 1 22 Dominique Orsini 14 15 17 DNS 14 16 15 14 11 13 WD Ret Ret C C DSQ Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 17 DNS 17 14 16 DNS 0 23 Mika Mäkinen 11 13 C C 0 24 Tèo Calvet 14 12 14 13 0 25 Frankie Vojtíšek 17 21 DNS 18 0 26 Heinrich-Clemens Hecker 19 18 19 21 0 27 Franck Conti 20 19 20 Ret 0 28 Jennifer Janiec 21 20 21 20 0 Drivers ineligible to score points – David Jenkins 9 15 Ret 9 – valign=middle valign=middle Driver MIS HUN SVK NUR MOS ZOL LMS JAR valign=middle

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes: Races 3 and 4 at Autodrom Most cancelled due to heavy rain.

Grammer Truck Cup

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
valign=middle		valign=middle	Driver	MIS				HUN				SVK				NUR				MOS				ZOL				LMS				JAR				valign=middle
1	Oliver Janes	2	2	1	2	1	3	4	2	2	5	2	3	6	7	2	Ret	4	2	C	C	3	1	2	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	Ret	2	320
2	Jamie Anderson	5	Ret	2	1	Ret	5	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	2	1	Ret	2	2	Ret	C	C	4	3	1	1	5	1	2	1	1	DNS	3	5	289
3	Luis Recuenco	1	1	6	6	2	2	5	3	1	3	3	2	4	2	3	6	3	6	C	C	5	5	5	Ret	1	Ret	4	3	4	Ret	4	6	270
4	Terry Gibbon					3	1	2	Ret					3	4	Ret	4	1	1	C	C	1	4	3	3	6	3	7	5	3	Ret	2	Ret	192
5	Fabio Citignola	7	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	3	2	4	DNS	Ret	Ret	5	1	6	3	C	C	8	DNS	6	DNS	7	5	3	6	DNS	Ret	1	4	191
6	José Eduardo Rodrigues	4	3	5	4									7	8	6	7					7	2	7	6	4	6	6	4	6	2	5	3	134
7	Erwin Kleinnagelvoort													9	6	7	9	7	5	C	C	6	Ret	4	5	2	4	5	Ret	5	3	6	1	110
8	Thomas Robineau	3	Ret	3	5									1	5	1	5																	83
9	Eduardo Rodrigues					5	6	6	4	4	4	5	4					5	4	C	C													73
10	Dominique Orsini	6	5	7	DNS	5	7	7	6	5	6	WD					Ret	Ret	C	C	DSQ	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	DNS	7	4	7	DNS	69
11	Tèo Calvet													5	3	4	3																	34
12	Frankie Vojtíšek													8	12	DNS	8																	6
13	Heinrich-Clemens Hecker													10	9	8	11																	6
14	Franck Conti													11	10	9	Ret																	3
15	Jennifer Janiec													12	11	10	10																	2
Drivers ineligible to score points
–	David Jenkins																					2	6	Ret	2									–

Races 3 and 4 at Autodrom Most were cancelled due to heavy rain.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAHN TAKES HISTORIC SIXTH TITLE. September 28, 2019. September 29, 2019. FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship.
2. https://www.fia.com/regulation/category/105 FIA ETRC Sporting Regulations
3. Web site: SUNDAY RACES CANCELLED AT MOST. September 1, 2019. September 2, 2019. FIAETRC.com.