Norbert Kiss made history in Le Mans. With a commanding victory in Race 3, the Hungarian clinched the 2025 Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship, becoming the first driver ever to win seven titles. Dominant, relentless, and record-breaking – Kiss has cemented his status as the most successful driver in the series.
Race 3 victory has seen Norbert Kiss claim the 2025 Goodyear FIA ETRC title and become the first to manage this seven times in the series’ history.
It was a clean race from everyone involved, keeping the eleven laps incident free. Jochen Hahn tried to make the pass on Kiss going up towards the Dunlop Bridge, but the now seven-time champion was expecting it and covered it off to retain the lead. From there, it was plain sailing for Kiss to cruise to the line and secure the 2025 title.
“I’m very proud,” Kiss said after the race. “Ten years ago, I never thought we would get here but finally we are here. I’m very thankful to the team. They did an incredible job the last six years. Especially this year when we built a new race truck for the season and start winning races right away. The team can be really proud of the job they have done. To achieve the seventh title with a brand new tuck I think is a very special achievement.
“I’m very happy that Jochen is still here in the field and I’ve won all my titles against him. It makes this achievement even more special. I think he’s a great driver, he’s always a challenge and you can never count him out. I am really proud to race against him and achieve these results together with him.”
Sascha Lenz was able to get past José Eduardo Rodrigues to pick up another podium this weekend, now passing Steffi Halm for third in the overall standings. Considering the start of the season Lenz had, this is a great achievement to be in strong contention to place third at the end of the season.
RACE 4
Since Zolder Race 4, René Reinert has won every even-numbered race, giving the Révész-Reinert Racing Team a major boost in the teams’ championship.
Starting from second on the grid, Reinert made light work of Clemens Hecker on reverse grid pole to secure his fourth victory of the season. Leading all 11 laps, the German barely broke sweat in the heat of Le Mans Bugatti to take the top step of the podium. Albeit a strong period of results for him in the latter half of the season, he still sits a comfortable fifth in the overall standings, 34 points behind Steffi Halm in third.
Halm tried everything she could to find a way past Reinert but he kept his cool and drove a controlled race to the end, never giving her the opportunity. With third in the standings still on the line, it was too much of a risk for Halm to be ultra aggressive for the additional point, settling for the nine she got ahead of championship rival Sascha Lenz’ six.
Lenz still leaves the weekend third in the overall standings, but the pair are separated by just one point. It’s all going to come down to Jarama to see who will take third this season.
Hecker nearly made it a Chrome on the overall podium, driving brilliantly to keep Antonio Albacete behind him for third for a majority of the race. It was only when Jochen Hahn found his way past the Spaniard that Hecker slipped backwards, losing the two positions in one corner. His sixth overall was still enough to secure him another Chrome win, making him the Chrome leader as the championship leaves France.
