The 2023 European Truck Racing Championship, also known as the Goodyear European Truck Racing Championship for sponsorship reasons, will be a motor-racing championship using highly tuned tractor units. It is the 39th year of the championship. A nine-round season was announced on 7 December 2022, with the season beginning on 20 May at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli and ending on 1 October at the Circuito del Jarama. [1] The season was shortened to eight rounds pre-season due to construction work at the Hungaroring.
A nine-round season was announced on 7 December 2022. All venues from the 2022 season were initially slated to return. Additionally, a new event at Tor Poznań in Poland was added for 2023. [1]
On 11 April, the series announced that the scheduled round in Hungary at the Hungaroring was cancelled due to reconstruction work occurring at the venue, dropping the season to eight events. [2]
Round | Circuit | Date | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() | 20 May |
R2 | |||
R3 | 21 May | ||
R4 | |||
2 | R1 | ![]() | 10 June |
R2 | |||
R3 | 11 June | ||
R4 | |||
3 | R1 | ![]() | 24 June |
R2 | |||
R3 | 25 June | ||
R4 | |||
4 | R1 | ![]() | 15 July |
R2 | |||
R3 | 16 July | ||
R4 | |||
5 | R1 | ![]() | 26 August |
R2 | |||
R3 | 27 August | ||
R4 | |||
6 | R1 | ![]() | 9 September |
R2 | |||
R3 | 10 September | ||
R4 | |||
7 | R1 | ![]() | 23 September |
R2 | |||
R3 | 24 September | ||
R4 | |||
8 | R1 | ![]() | 30 September |
R2 | |||
R3 | 1 October | ||
R4 | |||
The full season entry list was released on 1 May. [3] Race-by-race entries will be announced throughout the season.
The following table lists all teams and drivers to compete in the 2023 championship.
Team | Manufacturer | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Class |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | MAN | 33 | ![]() | 2–8 | |
![]() | Freightliner | 55 | ![]() | 5 | |
![]() | Iveco | 11 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | Scania | 15 | ![]() | 4 | G |
![]() | Scania | 25 | ![]() | 1, 3–8 | G |
![]() | MAN | 66 | ![]() | 1, 3, 6, 8 | G |
![]() | Iveco | 64 | ![]() | All | G |
![]() | MAN | 18 | ![]() | All | G |
![]() | MAN | 14 | ![]() | 7–8 | |
38 | ![]() | All | G | ||
![]() | MAN | 1 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | MAN | 3 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | MAN | 23 | ![]() | All | |
![]() | Scania | 24 | ![]() | All | G |
![]() | MAN | 81 | ![]() | All | G |
![]() | Iveco | 2 | ![]() | All | |
22 | ![]() | 3–5 | G | ||
![]() | Iveco | 44 | ![]() | All | |
Icon | Class |
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G | Goodyear Cup |
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Goodyear Cup winner | |
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R3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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R3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
R4 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
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At each race, points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points (races 1 and 3) | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points (races 2 and 4) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
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