Norbert Kiss

Norbert Kiss (born 2 May 1985 in Szombathely) two-time FIA European Truck Racing Championship champion, one of the most successful Hungarian speed race drivers.

See also: Norbert Kiss (bowler)
Norbert Kiss
Norbert Kiss in 2016
Nationality Hungary
Born (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985
Szombathely
FIA European Truck Racing Championship career
Years active2011-
TeamsTankpool24 Racing
OXXO Energy Truck Racing
Championship titles
2014, 20152

Career

He began racing with a car race simulator, the Live for Speed. The success he achieved made people aware of him 2005. Norbert Kiss raced for a short season in the Opel Astra Cup with four wins and was nominated Rookie of the Year. In 2006 he won the most prestigious brand cup in Hungary, the Renault Clio Cup at the first attempt. In this series he won ten times and only missed the top three once. At the end of that year he received the Rookie of the Year award. 2007 he competed in the Hungarian SEAT León Cup, which was started that year, for the IMC Motorsport and he became champion with Gábor Wéber being second. His success continued 2008, even though he had to face serious competition from Wéber and Norbert Michelisz. At the end of the year he could celebrate the champion’s title again. The next year he raced in two categories, the Suzuki Swift Cup and the E category among the formula cars, with the Formula Renault. He won the Suzuki Cup (8 wins) and he also landed top spot in the Formula Renault Group, he finished second in the absolute evaluation. In 2010 he featured the Zengő Motorsport in the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa for an incomplete season: 1 win, 2 second places and several good places. He was third in the absolute behind Carol and Nogues, but as his car was badly damaged in Jerez, he could not race at the final weekend and finished in sixth place. 2014 and 2015 he became the champion in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship.

Results

2005
  • Mobil 1 Opel Astra Cup, 4 wins, 5th place
  • Rookie of the Year

2006
  • Shell V-Power Renault Clio Cup champion, 10 wins
  • Speed Car Racer of the Year

2007
  • Hungarian SEAT León Supercup champion, eight wins
  • Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race, 16th place

2008
  • SEAT León Supercopa champion, 4 victories, 4 second places, 1 third place, 1 retirement

2009
  • Genex Suzuki Swift Cup champion, 8 wins, 1 third grid, 1, 1 retirement
  • Single-seater Formula cars (E group) championship 2. place
  • Formula Renault Group champion

2010
  • Spanish SEAT León Supercopa 6. place

2011
  • FIA European Truck Racing Championship, 12th place with the #12 truck

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Full ETRC results
Year # Team Truck 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
2011 12 OXXO Racing Team MAN GBR ITA ESP FRA GER RUS CZE BEL ESP FRA 12th 63
8 4 6 4 12 8 8 1 8 3 7 2
2012 12 OXXO Racing Team MAN TUR ITA ESP FRA GBR GER RUS CZE BEL ESP FRA 10th 98
20 DNS 8 Out 12 11 7 15 8 7 8 1 DNS DNS 14 11 9 9 9 9 4 11 Out 18 8 1 7 1 8 1 8 1
2013 10 OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA ESP FRA AUT GER RUS CZE BEL ESP FRA 4th 301
13 Out 2 7 10 7 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 2 3 2 7 Out 3 1 1 5 Out NI 9 Out 4 Out 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 Out 2 4 2 Out
2014 4 OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA ESP FRA AUT GER CZE BEL ESP FRA 1st 401
5 1 1 10 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 2 1 3 3 2 2 3 5 3 1 6 7 Out 2 2 1 6 1 5 1 6 1 3 1 6
2015 1 OXXO Racing Team MAN ESP AUT ITA FRA GER CZE HUN BEL ESP FRA 1st 599
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 Out
2016 1 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT ITA FRA GER HUN CZE BEL ESP FRA 5th 216
8 Out 6 6 8 4 3 11 1 6 DNS DNS 4 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 10 6 6 4 6 15 4 Out 9 7 5 18 2 5 Out DNS
2017 24 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT ITA GER SVK HUN CZE BEL FRA ESP 3rd 315
6 2 10 Out 2 9 2 3 2 9 2 C 1 8 1 3 1 Out 2 Out 3 Out 5 4 1 2 5 3 3 1 4 5 Out 5 1 6
2018 3 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz ITA HUN GER SVK CZE BEL FRA ESP 4.* 203*
DQ 5 3 4 2 5 4 3 3 4 19 6 4 4 6 1 4 3 4 2 4 8 12 5 3 7 4 10
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