Truck racing title for Iveco

By Colin Windell

Iveco is the overall winner of the 2018 European Truck Racing Championship, having secured the title before the final event of the season that toook place in Jarama, Spain recently.

Iveco is truck racing champion with Jochen Hahn 

Jochen Hahn, driving his Iveco Stralis, was crowned FIA European Truck Racing champion for an historic fifth time, one week before the final round of the series to confirm the domination the team has displayed throughout the year – winning 14 races.

Iveco dominates the FIA European Team Championship 2018 with Die Bullen von Iveco Magirus Team, while thanks to the performances of Jochen Hahn, it is also in first place in the drivers’ ranking.

The pilot was crowned FIA European Truck Racing champion for an historic fifth time, while Steffi Halm sealed sixth place in her debut season on the Iveco Truck 44 as new team leader of the Schwabentruck team and the only woman competing in the Championship.

Pierre Lahutte, Iveco Brand President, commented: “Iveco has finally achieved the most important goal together with Die Bullen von Iveco Magirus Team. On road and on tracks we are the Champions!

“In these last few months, we have been cheering on the Schwabentruck and Hahn Teams, who have joined forces under the name Die Bullen von Iveco Magirus to compete for the title in the European Truck Race Championship.

“We know we have a very competitive and reliable truck, which yet again, has shown it is able to compete at the highest level on the track, just like when it is used by our customers. Once again team work has been rewarded, with the many technicians, engineers and mechanics who have worked alongside the pilots to achieve this great result.”

Iveco has taken part in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship 2018 as technical sponsor of Die Bullen von Iveco Magirus, the partnership between the Hahn Racing and Schwabentruck Teams. The Schwabentruck Team has represented the brand for the past nine years, while Team Hahn competed on board a Stralis race truck for the second year running.

The brand supported the team with two Stralis 440 E 56 XP-R 5,3-tonne race trucks powered by an Iveco Cursor 13 engine that delivers an impressive 1 180 hp and more than 5 000 Nm torque. These vehicles are specifically designed and equipped to reach 160 km/h, the maximum speed allowed by sporting regulations and are the result of extensive upgrades carried out by the teams.

This year, the team’s sponsors included Italian loader crane manufacturer Fassi Gru, the market leader among Italian producers, which exports, distributes and supports its wide range of cranes across the world.