Norbert Kiss

Norbert Kiss
Norbert Kiss in 2016
Nationality	Hungary
Born	(1985-05-02) May 2, 1985 Szombathely
FIA European Truck Racing Championship career
Years active	2011-
Teams	Tankpool24 Racing OXXO Energy Truck Racing
Championship titles
2014, 2015	2

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.

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 fisnished in sixth place. 2014 and 2015 he became the champion in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship.

Results

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

External links

• Best moments 1
• One lap at the Hungaroring
• Best moments 2