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First entry list in 2012

First entry list in 2012

25. April 2012Last Tuesday the FIA Truck Racing Commission held its last conference in Paris before the start of the new season. The new entry list of the season 2012 is out now. Until the registration deadline last Friday, 19 truck racers signed up for the FIA European Truck Racing Championship. 9 drivers will be driving MAN trucks; there will be 6 Renault trucks, one Mercedes-Benz, one Foden, one Scania and one Buggyra – Freightliner. At this point the whole thing still looks incomplete. Starting numbers have not yet been distributed. Currently, the drivers are listed in an alphabetical order in a list named “Drivers 2012”. Due to the fact that the maximum number of 26 drivers has not been reached, it is still possible that there will be further registrations. So far only 3 teams signed up for the Team Championship – several with Renault trucks. When talking with MAN drivers they said that it is their main goal to win in both categories – the driver championship and the team championship. At the introduction of the Frankie OXXO Truck Racing Team a few weeks ago in Prague they announced that even they want to put up two teams for the Championship. A total of 14 race trucks have registered for the first race of the season in Istanbul and for the trip from Istanbul to Trieste. It is rather unlikely that more people will sign up in the near future. Despite all debates the third round of the FIA ETRC which had been relocated from Albacete to Jamara (near Madrid) at the last minute, is now going to take place on June 9th and 10th in Jamara.