Fórmula Truck

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Fórmula Truck

Category	Truck racing
Country	Brazil & South America
Inaugural season	1996
Folded	2017
Constructors	Ford, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes Benz, Scania, Volvo and Volkswagen
Last Drivers' champion	Felipe Giaffone (2016)
Last Makes' champion	Mercedes-Benz (2016)
Last Teams' champion	RM Competições (2016)
Official website	formulatruck.com
Current season

Fórmula Truck is a Brazilian Truck racing series. It ran from 1996 to 2017, when it folded and was reorganized into the Copa Truck. However, the series managed to return to its original name and format in 2021.

History[]

The idea for the racing series came from discussions between Aurélio Batista Félix, a truck driver from Santos, and Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos.

The first race took place on September 6, 1987 at the Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel circuit in Paraná. The contest involved 35 competitors, and was named I Copa Brasil de Caminhões ("First Brazilian Trucks' Cup"). It served as a trial contest to ascertain the safety of the new type of racing. However, there was a fatal accident involving one of the participants; Jeferson Ribeiro da Fonseca, a driver who was also the president of Autodromo Internacional de Cascavel. Jeferson Ribeiro's death had an extremely profound impact and led to Francisco Santos leaving Fórmula Truck three years later.

In 1994, a new event for truck drivers and businessmen was created, with safety a top priority, at the Interlagos circuit in São Paulo. The contest begun in 1995, with the four trial races held in the cities of Cascavel and Londrina (PR), Tarumã (RS) and Goiânia (GO). In Goiânia, over 120,000 people attended the event.

The first championship with defined rules took place in 1996, and was approved by the Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo (Brazilian Automobile Confederation). 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, the creator of Formula Truck, Aurélio Batista Félix, died of a stomach hemorrhage. He had heart problems and suffered a heart attack during the first stage of the 2008 season, which was being held in Guaporé.

In 2010, the organisation announced a South American championship, and Roberval Andrade was crowned champion. In 2011, three races were announced 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 laps and a slowdown lap. If he gives up his back, he is entitled to a single attempt at the end of training.

In Formula Truck the number of laps varies between 30 and 35, depending on the length of the track and the conditions of the racetrack. During the race of Ceará, which was included in 2006, the number of laps was 60, due to the length of the track. The laps completed with Pace Truck are not counted as valid. In restarts, pairing of the trucks is 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 neutralises the race for cleaning and removal of vehicles on the track, remaining for three to five laps. After restart, trucks complete the preset number of laps and make the podium in accordance with their respective classification in the race, less time penalties, if applicable.

The trucks have enough power to exceed 200 km/h, but at one point in the circuit there is a speed limit of 160 km/h, to ensure sufficient safety. Adherence to this safety limit is monitored with the help of radars installed at varied points around the track.

Scoring System[]

Champions[]

Brazilian[]

Year	Driver	Truck	Team	Manufacturer
1996	Renato Martins	Scania	Marfran	Not held
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
2014	Leandro Totti	Volkswagen	RM Competições	MAN
2015	Leandro Totti	Volkswagen	RM Competições	MAN
2016	Felipe Giaffone	Volkswagen	RM Competições	Mercedes-Benz
2017	Series cancelled

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
2014	Leandro Totti	Volkswagen MAN	RM Competições	MAN

End[]

In 2017, several teams left the organisation to create a new championship called Copa Truck. After two rounds of the 2017 season, the lack of audience, partners and drivers forced the postponement of the third race twice. After that, it was announced via the organisation's website that the 2017 season was cancelled and that they would try to return in 2018.^{[needs update]}

Finally, in November 2020 it was announced that Formula Truck would return under new management for the 2021 season.

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fórmula Truck.

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