Fórmula Truck

Fórmula Truck

Category	Truck racing
Country	Brazil & South America
Inaugural season	1996
Constructors	Ford, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes Benz, Scania, Volvo and Volkswagen
Drivers' champion	Leandro Totti
Teams' champion	ABF Racing Team
Makes' champion	Mercedes-Benz
Official website	formulatruck.com
Current season

Fórmula Truck is a Brazilian motorsport series, competed by truck tractor units.

History

Origin of the category came from the contact between the truck Aurélio Batista Félix Santos and Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos. On September 6, 1987 was the first race on the circuit Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel in Paraná. The proof display joined 35 riders and was named I Copa Brasil de Caminhões," and serve as a test to ascertain the safety of the novel type of race.

However, there was a fatal accident with one of the participants: the pilot and president of Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel Jeferson Ribeiro da Fonseca, which shook the project and Francisco Santos made to leave three years later.

In 1994 the concern for safety was a priority for the realization of a new presentation of the category back to truck drivers and businessmen in the sector at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo.

The consolidation began in 1995 with the dispute four demonstrative evidence, held in the cities of Cascavel and Londrina (PR), Tarumã (RS) and Goiânia (GO). In the latter city the public exceeded the number of 120 000 people.

In the year 1996 was the first championship, with defined rules and approved by the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo. 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 creator of Formula Truck, Aurélio Batista Félix, died of a stomach hemorrhage. Felix had heart problems and suffered a heart attack in the first stage of the 2008 season, in Guaporé.

In 2010 the organization announced the inclusion of the South American championship, Roberval Andrade was crowned champion, in 2011 it was announced three races 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 and more of a slowdown. If he gives up his back, is entitled to a single attempt at the end of training.

Formula Truck in the number of turns of a step varies between 30 and 35, depending on the length of the track and the conditions of the racetrack, the step of Ceará, which was included in 2006, because the runway is short, the event was planned with 60 laps. The laps completed with Pace Truck are not counted as valid. In relargadas starts and there is a pairing of the trucks 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 neutralizes the race for cleaning and removal of vehicles on the track, staying three to five turns. After relargada, trucks complete the preset number and make the podium in accordance with the classification in the race, plus the times of the penalties, if applicable.

The trucks have enough power to pass the 200 km / h, but, just in one point of the circuit, is a speed limit of 160 km / h, to ensure better security. The inspection takes place with the help of "radar" installed at some points around the track.

Scoring System

Champions

Brazilian

Year	Driver	Truck	Team	Manufacturer
1996	Renato Martins	Scania	Marfran	No Manufacturer championship
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

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fórmula Truck.

• Official website of the Fórmula Truck (in Portuguese) - (Portuguese)