Norbert Kiss

Norbert Kiss
Norbert Kiss
	Norbert Kiss in 2016
Nationality	Hungary
Born	May 2, 1985 (age 39); Szombathely
FIA European Truck Racing Championship career
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Years active	2011-
Teams	Révész Racing; Tankpool24 Racing; OXXO Energy Truck Racing
Championship titles
2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023	5

Last updated June 25, 2024

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.

Career

Kiss with a MAN at the 2024 FIA ETRC Truck Race of Slovakia, where he won all four races of the weekend.

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

Mobil 1 Opel Astra Cup, 4 wins, 5th place
Rookie of the Year

2006

Shell V-Power Renault Clio Cup champion, 10 wins
Speed Car Racer of the Year

2007

Hungarian SEAT León Supercup champion, eight wins
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup race, 16th place

2008

SEAT León Supercopa champion, 4 victories, 4 second places, 1 third place, 1 retirement

2009

Genex Suzuki Swift Cup champion, 8 wins, 1 third grid, 1, 1 retirement
Single-seater Formula cars (E group) championship 2. place
Formula Renault Group champion

2010

Spanish SEAT León Supercopa 6. place

2014

European Truck Racing Championship, 1st European Championship with the #4 truck

2015

European Truck Racing Championship, 2nd European Championship with the #1 truck, defending his title

2016

European Truck Racing Championship, 5th place with the #1 truck

2017

European Truck Racing Championship, 3rd place with #24 truck

2018

European Truck Racing Championship, 5th place with the #3 truck

2019

European Truck Racing Championship, 6th place with the #5 truck

2020

European Truck Racing Championship, 1st place with the #40 truck; the season was ended after only two events out of a planned 8, mainly due to COVID-19 restrictions. No title was awarded in 2020.

2021

European Truck Racing Championship, 3rd European Championship with the #41 truck

2022

European Truck Racing Championship, 4th European Championship with the #1 truck, defending his title 5 races before the end of the season

2023

European Truck Racing Championship, 5th European Championship with the #1 truck, defending his title 5 races before the end of the season

Full ETRC results

Year	#	Team	Truck	1				2				3				4				5				6				7				8				9				10				11				Pos	Pts
2011	12	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	GBR				ITA				ESP				FRA				GER				RUS				CZE				BEL				ESP				FRA								12th	63
2011	12	OXXO Racing Team	MAN																													8	4	6	4	12	8	8	1	8	3	7	2					12th	63
2012	12	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	TUR				ITA				ESP				FRA				GBR				GER				RUS				CZE				BEL				ESP				FRA				10th	98
2012	12	OXXO Racing Team	MAN									20	DNS	8	Ret	12	11	7	15	8	7	8	1					DNS	DNS	14	11	9	9	9	9	4	11	Ret	18	8	1	7	1	8	1	8	1	10th	98
2013	10	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	ITA				ESP				FRA				AUT				GER				RUS				CZE				BEL				ESP				FRA								4th	301
2013	10	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	13	Ret	2	7	10	7	2	4	3	4	5	3	3	2	3	2	7	Ret	3	1	1	5	Ret	NI	9	Ret	4	Ret	2	3	3	3	4	2	2	Ret	2	4	2	Ret					4th	301
2014	4	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	ITA				ESP				FRA				AUT				GER				CZE				BEL				ESP				FRA												1st	401
2014	4	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	5	1	1	10	2	2	2	2	2	6	3	2	1	3	3	2	2	3	5	3	1	6	7	Ret	2	2	1	6	1	5	1	6	1	3	1	6									1st	401
2015	1	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	ESP				AUT				ITA				FRA				GER				CZE				HUN				BEL				ESP				FRA								1st	599
2015	1	OXXO Racing Team	MAN	2	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	7	1	1	5	1	5	1	4	1	4	2	4	1	3	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	3	1	11	3	3	2	Ret					1st	599
2016	1	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	AUT				ITA				FRA				GER				HUN				CZE				BEL				ESP				FRA												5th	216
2016	1	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	8	Ret	6	6	8	4	3	11	1	6	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	3	10	6	6	4	6	Ret	4	Ret	9	7	5	Ret	2	4	Ret	Ret									5th	216
2017	24	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	AUT				ITA				GER				SVK				HUN				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP												3rd	315
2017	24	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	6	2	10	Ret	2	9	2	3	2	9	2	C	1	8	1	3	1	Ret	2	Ret	3	17†	5	4	1	2	5	3	3	1	4	5	16†	5	1	6									3rd	315
2018	3	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	ITA				HUN				GER				SVK				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP																5th	207
2018	3	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	DSQ	5	3	4	2	5	4	3	3	4	19	6	4	4	6	1	5	3	4	2	4	8	12	5	3	7	4	10	DNS	Ret	Ret	7													5th	207
2019	5	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	ITA				HUN				SVK				GER				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP																6th	190
2019	5	Tankpool24 Racing	Mercedes-Benz	4	7	1	Ret	6	5	3	6	5	4	5	2	3	Ret	7	1	14	11	C	C	5	3	3	4	DSQ	DNS	Ret	Ret	6	1	5	1													6th	190
2020	40	Révész TRT	MAN	CZE				HUN																																								-	92
2020	40	Révész TRT	MAN	1	6	3	C	2	1	1	1																																					-	92
2021	41	Révész Racing	MAN	HUN				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP				ITA																								1st	276
2021	41	Révész Racing	MAN	Ret	C	1	1	1	3	1	5	1	8	4	1	3	1	1	5	1	4	1	5	2	3	1	6																					1st	276
2022	1	Révész Racing	MAN	ITA				HUN				SVK				GER				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP																1st	410
2022	1	Révész Racing	MAN	1	3	1	8	1	DNS	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	4	2	1	4	1	7	2	2	1	9	1	2	1	4	1	5	1	6													1st	410
2023	1	Révész Racing	MAN	ITA				SVK				POL				GER				CZE				BEL				FRA				ESP																1st	419
2023	1	Révész Racing	MAN	Ret	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	5	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	4	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	1	1	3													1st	419
2024	1	Révész Racing	MAN	ITA				SVK				BEL				GER				CZE				FRA				ESP																				1st*	178*
2024	1	Révész Racing	MAN	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3																																	1st*	178*

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