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European Truck Racing

Team REINERT Racing Sponsoring

Committed with heart and soul, we are also in our anniversary year when it comes to our passion "Truck Race".

In the 2018 FIA European Truck Racing Championship, we will once again be the main sponsor of the racing team REINERT Racing. For the fifth time in succession, we are supporting the team headed by owner René Reinert, who will again be driving the MAN racing truck this season. The freight forwarder and truck racer had paused last year as a driver. In the Truck Race season 2016, he had taken the successful 3rd place in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship.

This motorsport series is after Formula 1, the second largest in Europe with almost 450,000 spectators on site and 98 million TV viewers.

As in previous years, we will equip the racing truck of the REINERT Racing team with brakes and other parts of our EUROPART Premium Parts brand throughout the season. EUROPART own-brand products have already proven their quality and reliability in more than 30 truck races in the FIA Truck Race European Championship.

Profile: René Reinert and his race truck

Race Truck
Base MAN TGS 18.480
Weight 5,400 Kg
Engine 6-cylinder inline Type D 2627 RT
Data transmission Mechanical Gearbox ZF 16 S221
Power 1,100 hp
Torque 5.500 Nm
   
   
   
   
   
Race Pilot  
Name René Reinert
Date of birth 07.12.1970
Place of birth Trebendorf
Nationality German
Hobbies Hockey, Sport, Trucks
   
   
Racing career René Reinert
Year Placement
2012 Debut - 12th place
2013 9th place
2014 7th place
2015 6th place
2016 3rd place
2017 Pauses

 

Race dates

Events Racetrack Country Length of the race track Homepage
         
26th - 27th May 2018 Misano World Circuit Italy, Misano 4.048 Km Misanocircuit
16th - 17th June 2018 Hungaroring Hungary, Budapest 4.381 Km Hungaroring
29th June - 01st July 2018 Nürburgring Germany, Nürburg 3.629 Km Truck Grand Prix
14th - 15th July 2018 Slovakia Ring Slovakia, Orechová Potôn 5.922 Km Slovakiaring
01st - 02nd September 2018 Most Autodrom Czech, Most 4.212 Km Autodrom Most
15th - 16th September 2018 Circuit Zolder Belgium, Zolder 4.011 Km Circuit Zolder
29th - 30th September 2018 Circuit Bugatti France, Le Mans 4.273 Km Le Mans
06th - 07th October 2018 Circuito del Jarama Spain, Jarama 3.850 Km Camion GP


The race results can be found here daily.

Set of rules for Truck Race

The spectacular world of the FIA European Truck Racing Championship (FIA ETRC) has been thrilling fans year-on-year with wheel-to-wheel action across Europe.        

The FIA ETRC events are organised over two days and made up of four “Championship” races at each event.

    
Day 1:    

  • 2 free practice sessions of 20 minutes (these sessions may be held the day before if necessary, in which case a 15-minute warm-up session will be organised at the beginning of the following day)     
  • 1 qualifying practice session of 20 minutes (Q1) for all the trucks    
  • 1 qualifying practice session of 10 minutes, called “Super Pole”, for the 10 trucks that set the best times during Q1
  • 2 championship races of 45km +/- 1 lap (Race 1 and 2)     


Day 2:    

  • 1 warm up of 15 minutes    
  • 1 qualifying practice session of 20 minutes (Q2)    
  • 1 qualifying practice session of 10 minutes, called “Super Pole”, for the 10 trucks that set the best times during Q2 and which will serve to determine the first 10 positions on the starting grid for Race 3    
  • 2 championship races of 45km +/- 1 lap (Race 3 and 4)    

    
The Series   
8 rounds of the FIA ETRC in 2018 with each of these rounds retaining its regional name (f. e. Internationaler ADAC Truck-Grand-Prix)     
    
The Grid
The Grid for Race 1 will be set in Qualifying of Day 1. The Grid for Race 2 will be determined by the finishing order of Race 1 (with the top 8 in reverse order). The Grid for Race 3 will be set in Qualifying of Day 2. The Grid for Race 4 will be determined by the finishing order of Race 3 (with the top 8 in reverse order). Those trucks not finishing Race 1 / Race 3 to be placed at the back on the grid of Race 2 / Race 4 according to: 1) the greatest distance covered and 2) the best lap time.     
    
The Points
In each Race 1 / Race 3, points for all titles will be awarded to each driver and team properly entered with the FIA (Article 6 of the present regulations) at each Competition according to the following scale:

1st 20 points
2nd 15 points
3rd 12 points
4th 10 points
5th 8 points
6th 6 points
7th 4 points
8th 3 points
9th 2 points
10th 1 point


In each Race 2 / Race 4, points for all titles will be awarded to each driver and team properly entered with the FIA at each Competition according to the following scale:

1st 10 points
2nd 9 points
3rd 8 points
4th 7 points
5th 6 points
6th 5 points
7th 4 points
8th 3 points
9th 2 points
10th 1 point

 

Die The Drivers' Championship
There are 2 types of competitor in the FIA ETRC Drivers’ Championship:    

  1. Season entrants – these are the drivers who expect to appear at all 8 rounds of the championship. In 2018 the season entrants are Norbert Kiss, Adam Lacko, Jochen Hahn, René Reinert, Steffi Halm, Sascha Lenz, André Kurism
  2. Race-by-Race entrants – fans will see some of the race-by-race competitors at a number of rounds of the FIA ETRC, so drivers can feature quite high up in the Drivers’ Championship. Other race-by-race entrants just do one or two rounds, usually in their native countries.    

    
Die The Team Championship
The FIA ETRC also has a Team Championship, with each entrant consisting of 2 drivers. So teams that only have 1 season entrant can become partners to enter the Teams Championship. 2018 had the following entrants list:

  • Team Reinert Adventure: Sascha Lenz und René Reinert
  • Die Bullen von IVECO Magirus: Steffi Halm und Jochen Hahn
  • Tankpool 24 Racing: Norbert Kiss und Steffen Faas
  • Truck Sport Bernau: Antonio Albacete und Luis Recuenco
  • BUGGYRA Racing 1969: Adam Lacko und Oliver Janes
  • Reboconort Truck Racing Team: José Rodrigues und Eduardo Rodrigues 
  • TBA: Shane Brereton und Ryan Smith