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The 2020 European Truck Racing Championship was a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It is the 36th year of the championship. An eight-round season was originally slated to begin April 25 at the Hungaroring and end October 4 at the Circuito del Jarama. However, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was delayed, shortened, and rearranged, with a two-round season starting August 29 at Autodrom Most and ending October 18 at the Hungaroring.

Calendar

The original calendar saw all rounds from the 2019 season return for 2020. The rounds at the Hungaroring and the Misano World Circuit switched spots, constituting the only change in order. In addition to the eight championship rounds, test sessions at the Red Bull Ring in Austria were scheduled for June 18 and 19.

Following restrictions put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schedule was forced to be adjusted. The rounds at the Hungaroring and the Misano World Circuit were postponed, while the rounds at the Circuito del Jarama and Le Mans were moved to fit the postponed races. Additionally, the round scheduled for the Nürburgring was cancelled, leaving the new schedule with 7 rounds. The schedule was revised again with new restrictions, with the Slovakia Ring round cancelled, and the Hungaroring round postponed even further. On September 6, the rounds at Circuit Zolder and Circuito del Jarama were both cancelled. On September 30, the series announced the round at the Bugatti Circuit had also been cancelled. On October 30, the round at Misano World Circuit was cancelled, effectively ending the season after 2 events.

Round		Circuit	Date
1	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	29 August
	R2
	R3		30 August
	R4
2	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	17 October
	R2
	R3		18 October
	R4
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
Circuit			Original Date
Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico			28–29 May
Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň			6–7 June
Nürburgring, Nürburg			18–19 July
Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder			12–13 September
Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans			26–27 September
Circuito del Jarama, San Sebastián de los Reyes			3–4 October

Teams and drivers

A provisional entry list was released on May 15, 2020.

Team	Manufacturer	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
Team Hahn Racing	Iveco	1	Jochen Hahn	All
		22	Lukas Hahn	1	P
Truck Sport Lutz Bernau	MAN	2	Antonio Albacete	All
Buggyra Zero Mileage Racing	Freightliner	20	Téo Calvet	All	P
		29	Aliyyah Koloc	All	P
		55	Adam Lacko	All
Anderson Racing	MAN	23	Jamie Anderson	1	P
Tankpool 24 Racing	Scania	24	Steffen Faas	All	P
Heinrich-Clemens Hecker	MAN	25	Heinrich-Clemens Hecker	All	P
SL Trucksport 30	MAN	30	Sascha Lenz	1
Révész TRT	MAN	40	Norbert Kiss	All
Team Schwabentruck	Iveco	44	Stephanie Halm	All
Luis Recuenco	MAN	64	Luis Recuenco	All	P
Lion Truck Racing	MAN	66	Anthony Janiec	All
Reinert Racing	Iveco	77	René Reinert	1

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Promoter's Cup winner
1	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész TRT	Jamie Anderson
	R2			Sascha Lenz	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Zero Millage Racing	Jamie Anderson
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Adam Lacko	Sascha Lenz	SL Trucksport 30	Téo Calvet
	R4		Race cancelled due to heavy rain
2	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Adam Lacko	Buggyra Zero Millage Racing	Steffen Faas
	R2			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész TRT	Téo Calvet
	R3		Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész TRT	Steffen Faas
	R4			Norbert Kiss	Norbert Kiss	Révész TRT	Téo Calvet

Drivers championship

As a result of the number of rounds cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the drivers championship was not awarded for the season.

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:

Pos. Driver MOS HUN Pts. 1 Norbert Kiss 1 6 3 C 2 1 1 1 92 2 Adam Lacko 4 1 2 C 1 2 2 4 86 3 Jochen Hahn 2 3 4 C 3 5 3 2 72 4 Sascha Lenz 3 2 1 C 41 5 Stephanie Halm 5 5 6 C 8 10 5 5 38 6 Antonio Albacete 11 8 9 C 4 4 4 8 35 7 Steffen Faas 12 9 8 C 5 6 6 7 28 8 Téo Calvet Ret 11 7 C 6 3 8 6 26 9 Anthony Janiec DNS 10 5 C 7 DNS 7 3 25 10 Jamie Anderson 6 4 10 C 14 11 Heinrich-Clemens Hecker 9 12 15 C 10 7 10 9 10 12 Luis Recuenco 13 13 14 C 9 8 9 10 8 13 Lukas Hahn 10 7 11 C 5 14 Aliyyah Koloc 8 Ret 13 C 11 9 11 Ret 5 15 René Reinert 7 14 12 C 4 Pos. Driver MOS HUN Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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

Race 4 cancelled due to heavy rain.

References

1. ^ "2020 CALENDAR CONFIRMED; SUMMER TEST AT RED BULL RING ADDED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
2. ^ "FIA ETRC ANNOUNCES STRONG SEASON LINE-UP AND EVENT UPDATES". fiaetrc.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
3. "FIA ETRC ROUNDS AT ZOLDER AND JARAMA POSTPONED TO 2021". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. September 4, 2020. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
4. "FIA ETRC EVENT AT LE MANS CANCELLED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
5. "FIA ETRC EVENT IN MISANO CANCELLED". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
6. ^ "CALVET AND KOLOC BRING YOUTHFUL PROMISE TO BUGGYRA". FIAETRC.com. FIA European Truck Racing Championship. November 15, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
7. "tankpool24 team will race a Scania in the ETRC". truckracing.de. bartscher.net. November 7, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
8. "FIA ETRC TITLES NOT TO BE AWARDED IN 2020, FOCUS SHIFTS TO NEW SEASON". FIAETRC.com. European Truck Racing Championship. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.

External links

• fiaetrc.com

• European Truck Racing Championship seasons
• 2020 in motorsport
• 2020 in European sport
• Motorsport events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic