Fórmula Truck

Fórmula Truck was a Brazilian Truck racing series.

Fórmula Truck
CategoryTruck racing
CountryBrazil & South America
Inaugural season1996
Folded2017
ConstructorsFord, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes Benz, Scania, Volvo and Volkswagen
Last Drivers' champion Felipe Giaffone (2016)
Last Teams' championRM Competições (2016)
Last Makes' championMercedes-Benz (2016)
Official websiteformulatruck.com
Current season

History

The idea for the racing series came from discussions between Aurélio Batista Félix, a truck driver from Santos, and Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos.

The first race took place on September 6th, 1987 at the Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel circuit in Paraná. The contest involved 35 competitors, and was named I Copa Brasil de Caminhões ("First Brazilian Trucks' Cup"). It served as a trial contest to ascertain the safety of the new type of racing. However, there was a fatal accident involving one of the participants; Jeferson Ribeiro da Fonseca, a driver who was also the president of Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel. Jeferson Ribeiro's death had an extremely profound impact and led to Francisco Santos leaving Fórmula Truck three years later.

In 1994, a new event for truck drivers and businessmen was created, with safety a top priority, at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo. The contest begun in 1995, with the four trial races held in the cities of Cascavel and Londrina (PR), Tarumã (RS) and Goiânia (GO). In Goiânia, over 120,000 people attended the event.

The first championship with defined rules took place in 1996, and was approved by the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo (Brazilian Automobile Confederation). The first official competition took place in Guaporé (RS), and had 13 trucks on the grid.

Renato Martins (#9), first champion of the category in 1996.
2006 in Curitiba.

On March 5, 2008, the creator of Formula Truck, Aurélio Batista Félix, died of a stomach hemorrhage. He had heart problems and suffered a heart attack during the first stage of the 2008 season, which was being held in Guaporé.

In 2010, the organisation announced a South American championship, and Roberval Andrade was crowned champion. In 2011, three races were announced for the South American Championship.

Organization

The qualifying session that decides the starting grid is held the Saturday before the race. Each pilot can have a warm-up lap, three timed laps and a slowdown lap. If he gives up his back, he is entitled to a single attempt at the end of training.

In Formula Truck the number of laps varies between 30 and 35, depending on the length of the track and the conditions of the racetrack. During the race of Ceará, which was included in 2006, the number of laps was 60, due to the length of the track. The laps completed with Pace Truck are not counted as valid. In restarts, pairing of the trucks is stopped and overtaking is allowed only after the checkered flag, or when the green light is lit.

Pace Truck of 2006 championship.

In 2006, when the 12th lap is valid, the pilots will receive a checkered flag in green and yellow, which scores the first five places. At this point, the trail enters the Pace Truck, which neutralises the race for cleaning and removal of vehicles on the track, remaining for three to five laps. After restart, trucks complete the preset number of laps and make the podium in accordance with their respective classification in the race, less time penalties, if applicable.

The trucks have enough power to exceed 200 km/h, but at one point in the circuit there is a speed limit of 160 km/h, to ensure sufficient safety. Adherence to this safety limit is monitored with the help of radars installed at varied points around the track.

Scoring System
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14thPPFL Lap 121st2nd3rd4th5th
Points2520171412108765432111 Points54321

Champions

Brazilian
Year Driver Truck Team Manufacturer
1996 Renato Martins Scania Marfran Not held
1997 Oswaldo Drugovich, Jr. Scania Drugovich Auto Peças
1998 Oswaldo Drugovich, Jr. Scania Drugovich Auto Peças
1999 Jorge Fleck Volvo ABF Volvo
2000 Jorge Fleck Volvo Thermoid-Melitta-Volvo
2001 Wellington Cirino Mercedes-Benz ABF Mercedez-Benz
2002 Roberval Andrade Scania Muffatão
2003 Wellington Cirino Mercedes-Benz ABF Mercedez-Benz
2004 Beto Monteiro Ford DF Motorsport Ford
2005 Wellington Cirino Mercedes-Benz ABF Mercedez-Benz Scania
2006 Renato Martins Volkswagen RM Competições Mercedes-Benz
2007 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen RM Competições Volkswagen
2008 Wellington Cirino Mercedes-Benz ABF Mercedez-Benz Mercedes-Benz
2009 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen RM Competições Volkswagen
2010 Roberval Andrade Scania RVR Corinthians Motorsport Volkswagen
2011 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen RM Competições Volkswagen
2012 Leandro Totti Mercedes-Benz ABF Racing Team Mercedes-Benz
2013 Beto Monteiro Iveco Scuderia Iveco Mercedes-Benz
2014 Leandro Totti Volkswagen RM Competições MAN
2015 Leandro Totti Volkswagen RM Competições MAN
2016 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen RM Competições Mercedes-Benz
2017 Series cancelled

South American
Year Driver Truck Team Manufacturer
2011 Felipe Giaffone Volkswagen RM Competições Volkswagen
2012 Leandro Totti Mercedes-Benz ABF Racing Team Volkswagen
2013 Beto Monteiro Iveco Scuderia Iveco Iveco
2014 Leandro Totti Volkswagen MAN RM Competições MAN

End

In 2017, several teams left the organisation to create a new championship called Copa Truck. After two rounds of the 2017 season, the lack of audience, partners and drivers forced the postponement of the third race twice. After that, it was announced via the organisation's website that the 2017 season was cancelled and that they would try to return in 2018.

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