Norbert Kiss

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Norbert Kiss
Norbert Kiss 2016.jpg
Norbert Kiss in 2016
NationalityFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Born (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985 (age 38)
Szombathely
FIA European Truck Racing Championship career
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Years active2011-
TeamsRévész Racing
Tankpool24 Racing
OXXO Energy Truck Racing
Championship titles
2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 20235

Norbert "Norbi" Kiss (born 2 May 1985 in Szombathely) is a Hungarian truck race driver. He is a five-time FIA European Truck Racing Championship champion. He is one of the most successful Hungarians in motorsport.

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Career

He began racing with race car simulator, Live for Speed. The success he achieved in the simulator made people become aware of him. In 2005 Norbert Kiss raced for a short season in the Opel Astra Cup with four wins and was nominated Rookie of the Year. In 2006 he won the most prestigious brand cup in Hungary, the Renault Clio Cup at the first attempt. In the series he won ten times and only missed the rostrum once. At the end of that year he received the Rookie of the Year award. In 2007 he competed in the Hungarian SEAT León Cup, which started competition that year, for the IMC Motorsport and he became champion with Gábor Wéber finishing runner up. His success continued in 2008, even though he had to face serious competition from Wéber and Norbert Michelisz. At the end of the year he won the championship title again. The next year he raced in two categories, the Suzuki Swift Cup and the E category among the formula cars, with the Formula Renault. He won the Suzuki Cup (8 wins) and also landed top spot in the Formula Renault Group, he finished second in the absolute evaluation. In 2010 he featured the Zengő Motorsport in the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa for an incomplete season: 1 win, 2 second places and several good finishes throughout the year. He was third behind Carol and Nogues, but as his car was badly damaged in Jerez, he could not race at the final weekend and finished in sixth place. In 2014 and 2015 he became the champion in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship. 2021 he achieved his third European Champion title, in 2022 he won the championship with five races before the end of the season and thus defended his title for his fourth European Championship.

Over the years he never stopped pursuing virtual motorsports. He started racing in popular racing sim game iRacing and competed with a variety of Hungarian teams over the years, mainly in endurance races like the 24 hours of the Nürburgring. In 2021 he joined Team Racewerk.com, a German simracing team sponsored by a simracing hardware manufacturer and celebrated multiple wins and podium results in high rated endurance races, most notably the DNLS championship in the SP9 class, for which he partnered with Mercedes-AMG E-Sports Team HTR. [1] In 2022 he joined getcloserracing Team, a team sponsored by a virtual motorsport business located in Dortmund, Germany. Norbi also functions as one of the brand ambassadors for getcloserracing and regularly competes in online endurance racing events with the team on iRacing. [2]

Results

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Full ETRC results

Year#TeamTruck1234567891011PosPts
2011 12OXXO Racing Team MAN GBR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg RUS Flag of Russia.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 12th63
8464128818372
2012 12OXXO Racing Team MAN TUR Flag of Turkey.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg GBR Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg RUS Flag of Russia.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 10th98
20DNS8Ret12117158781DNSDNS14119999411Ret1881718181
2013 10OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA Flag of Italy.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg AUT Flag of Austria.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg RUS Flag of Russia.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 4th301
13Ret2710724345332327Ret3115RetNI9Ret4Ret2333422Ret242Ret
2014 4OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA Flag of Italy.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg AUT Flag of Austria.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 1st401
511102222263213322353167Ret221615161316
2015 1OXXO Racing Team MAN ESP Flag of Spain.svg AUT Flag of Austria.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg FRA Flag of France.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 1st599
2114111131137115151414241312131213111332Ret
2016 1 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT Flag of Austria.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg FRA Flag of France.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg FRA Flag of France.svg 5th216
8Ret668431116RetRet43342323106646Ret4Ret975Ret24RetRet
2017 24 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT Flag of Austria.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg 3rd315
6210Ret2923292C18131Ret2Ret317†541253314516†516
2018 3Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz ITA Flag of Italy.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg 5th207
DSQ534254334196446153424812537410DNSRetRet7
2019 5Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz ITA Flag of Italy.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg 6th190
471Ret653654523Ret711411CC5334DSQDNSRetRet6151
2020 40Révész TRT MAN CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg -92
163C2111
2021 41Révész Racing MAN HUN Flag of Hungary.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg ITA Flag of Italy.svg 1st276
RetC1113151841311514152316
2022 1Révész Racing MAN ITA Flag of Italy.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg 1st410
13181DNS11121114421417221912141516
2023 1Révész Racing MAN ITA Flag of Italy.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg POL Flag of Poland.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg 1st419
Ret1151111151311121411Ret11113141113
2024 1Révész Racing MAN ITA Flag of Italy.svg HUN Flag of Hungary.svg SVK Flag of Slovakia.svg GER Flag of Germany.svg CZE Flag of the Czech Republic.svg BEL Flag of Belgium (civil).svg FRA Flag of France.svg ESP Flag of Spain.svg TBD*TBD*

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References

  1. "Mercedes-AMG E-Sports Team HRT ist nach Herzschlagfinale DNLS-Meister in der SP9". 6 March 2022.
  2. https://www.facebook.com/GetCloserRacing/posts/pfbid034oVC6cHv3kDC3XwgfA4AFvtfSpseMgpQ6b5AExHQoPip8zuZTwMwFbXwrY9Xsx5bl [ user-generated source ]