Jochen Hahn in the Castrol Team Hahn Racing , driving his MAN truck racing on Goodyear tyres still leads the FIA European Truck Race Championship after the sixth round, which took place at N\u00fcrburgring Germany on July 13 – 15.
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\nOn the Saturday, the first race was won by Adam Lacko in the MKR Technology team driving a Renault and the second race was won by Antonio Albacete in the team Equipo Cepsa driving an MAN. \u00a0On Sunday Jochen Hahn in the Castrol Team Hahn Racing won the first race and Markus \u00d6streich MKR Technology team driving a Renault) won the second. \u00a0The next event will take place at Smolensk on July 28 and 29.<\/p>\n
Two of the European Truck Racing Championship 2012 locations are Formula One circuits: Turkey and N\u00fcrburgring. It is interesting to compare two forms of motor sport as diverse as Truck Racing and Formula 1. \u00a0On one hand are the massive trucks that started life on a production line and were designed to haul goods and on the other the pinnacles of engineering excellence, designed for the sole purpose of being the fastest cars on the track.<\/p>\n
So what are the technical comparisons? \u00a0The rules of both series limit the weights: for a race truck it is a minimum of 5500 kgs and for an F1 car 640 kg. \u00a0 Typically a race truck has a 12-litre turbocharged diesel engine producing in excess of 736 kW (1000 bhp) whereas an F1 car has a 2.4-litre gasoline fuelled naturally aspirated engine with KERS developing as much as 650 kW (870 bhp): So the truck has a power to weight ratio of 134 kW\/tonne and the F1 car 970 kW\/tonne. \u00a0 While these figures seem a long way apart the truck\u2019s figure allows it to accelerate from 0 \u2013 160 km\/h quicker than a Porsche 911 so they are by no means slow. \u00a0For safety reasons, race trucks are limited to 160 km\/h top speed but F1 cars are unrestricted. \u00a0At the German Grand Prix in 2011, F1 cars were reaching around 300 km\/h. \u00a0Both vehicles have rear wheel drive and disc brakes all round, although the race trucks have water cooling to ensure maximum braking throughout the races.<\/p>\n
Tyres of course play a crucial role in both types of racing and it can be argued that truck racing tyres have a tougher job to do than those in Formula 1. \u00a0In truck racing the Goodyear Truck Racing tyre has been specially developed as such. \u00a0The fact that the casings on which the Truck Racing tyres are built are similar to those used in Goodyear\u2019s regular truck tyres, shows just how robust Goodyear\u2019s on-road truck tyres are. \u00a0A special compound and tread pattern on the Truck Racing tyre allow optimised grip in both wet and dry conditions. \u00a0In Formula 1, a range of tyres is used with a choice of types for dry use and further options for wet conditions.<\/p>\n
The one factor shared in both types of racing is the spectacle and excitement but it has to be said that there is far more overtaking in truck racing and a lot more action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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