Reigning champion Norbert Kiss delivered a dominant efficiency at Misano, successful all 4 races of the 2025 Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship’s opening spherical, to settle into a cushty lead within the standings forward of Jochen Hahn and Steffi Halm
Norbert Kiss made a strong assertion in defence of his Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship crown with a flawless efficiency at Misano, successful all 4 races to depart the opening spherical with a commanding 60 factors.
Regardless of a troubled begin to the weekend, lacking Saturday’s qualifying attributable to steering points in his newly-built MAN truck, the reigning champion fought by way of the sector in Race 1 from sixteenth on the grid to complete simply behind Jochen Hahn. A five-second penalty for Hahn handed Kiss his first win of the season.
The Hungarian driver continued his cost in Race 2, ranging from the fourth row of the reverse grid and taking the lead by lap six, a place he would management till the chequered flag.
On Sunday, Kiss transformed pole into one other commanding win in Race 3, keeping off an early assault from Hahn earlier than sustaining a cushty result in the end. He accomplished the clear sweep in Race 4 after surviving a chaotic restart (following a purple flag attributable to Antonio Albacete and Luke Garrett coming collectively on the opening lap), and a dramatic Flip 1 overtake, the place he leapt from eighth to fifth.
Whereas Hahn was constant throughout the weekend, with three second-place finishes, his Race 1 penalty and lack of a win left him 15 factors adrift of Kiss within the championship standings. Steffi Halm’s regular performances, together with two podiums, positioned her third general with 37 factors.
The championship is about to renew with Spherical 2 on the Lausitzring on 24–25 Might 2025, the place the Goodyear FIA ETRC will share the invoice with DTM, Germany’s premier racing sequence.
Goodyear FIA ETRC standings after spherical 1:
- Norbert Kiss 60 factors
- Jochen Hahn 45 factors
- Steffi Halm 37 factors
