2021 FIA European Truck Racing Championship - Le Mans Preview
The 2021 FIA European Truck Racing Championship heads to France for round 4 of this season’s Championship this coming weekend 25th-26th September 2021.
2021 FIA European Truck Racing Championship
Le Mans Preview
The 2021 FIA European Truck Racing Championship heads to France for round 4 of this season’s Championship this coming weekend 25th-26th September 2021.
Le Mans is the venue staging a complete weekend of truck racing which generates large crowds flocking into the circuit for the event, not only are the FIA European Truck Racing Championship competitors in town but also what is now going to be the Final Round of the French Truck Racing Championship following the announcement of the cancellation of Le Castellet in early October.
The MV Commercial Race Team have high hopes of continuing their improvements following a mixed weekend in Zolder where Luke Garrett secured the first podium finish for the MV Commercial Race Team.
Seven of the drivers have all tasted success on the 4.273km Bugatti Circuit since 2016, Jochen Hahn leads the way with five victories, Steffi Halm has three wins under her belt, two each for Adam Lacko and Andre Kursim, whilst Norbert Kiss, Antonio Albacete and Sasha Lenz have also taken the top step of the podium.
This season Norbert Kiss heads to France with a 14 point advantage over Adam Lacko with Sasha Lenz a further 4 points back in third place.
In the ‘Goodyear Cup’ standings for Chrome rated drivers, Teo Calvet with seven race victories from the last eight heads the table 23 points clear of the Apollo Tyres Tor Truck Racing Team and Shane Brereton. Jamie Anderson and Steffen Faas are separated by only three points in the battle for third place.
This weekend Calvet is committed to the French Championship and will not contest the FIA ETRC rounds, giving an opportunity to the chasing pack to close the gap to the young French driver and with 60 points at stake over the weekend it is all to play for.
‘Zolder was frustrating for the MV Commercial Race Team, the highlight being the podium success of course’, MV Commercial Race Team Driver Luke Garret commented.
‘Looking ahead to Le Mans we know how important qualifying is for the main Championship Races and we will be looking to continue our improvements in this area, we are making progress with each round we compete in, we are starting to understand what the truck is capable of and we are learning new circuits’, added the MV Commercial Race Team Driver.
Garrett will once again be piloting the MV Commercial Race Team MAN around the Bugatti Circuit at the iconic French race track in his arrangement with team owner Tom O’Rourke.
‘We remain optimistic that we have addressed the reliability issues we suffered at Zolder. Le Mans will provide challenges for us over the weekend, but they are challenges we shall endeavour to overcome and we shall take any opportunity to repeat our success in Belgium in a very competitive Championship’.
The MV Commercial Race Team driver sits in eighth place in the ‘Goodyear Cup’ standings having contested only two rounds of this season’s FIA / ETRC amassing 33 points in the process.
Live Broadcasts will start with qualifying followed by the two races on Saturday 25th September and the same format for the action on Sunday 26th September.
Timings for the Live Streaming are below: FIA ETRC Live Link or Fleet Speak website link on you tube
Saturday 25th September
12.20 – 12.55 Qualifying
15.10 – 15.35 Race One
17.50 – 18.15 Race Two
Sunday 26th September
09.50 – 10.15 Qualifying
14.15 – 14.40 Race 3
17.00 – 17.25 Race 4
Timing is Local / CET
