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Norbert Kiss

See also: Norbert Kiss (bowler)

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

Norbert Kiss
Norbert Kiss in 2016
Nationality Hungary
Born (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985 (age 39)
Szombathely
FIA European Truck Racing Championship career
Racing licence FIA Gold
Years active2011-
TeamsRévész Racing
Tankpool24 Racing
OXXO Energy Truck Racing
Championship titles
2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 20246

Career

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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. In 2021, he achieved his third European Champion title, and in the following year he won the championship with five races before the end of the season, 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

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2005

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

2006

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

2007

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

2008

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

2009

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  • 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

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  • Spanish SEAT León Supercopa 6. place

2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

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  • 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

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2022

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2023

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2024

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Full ETRC results

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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
8 4 6 4 12 8 8 1 8 3 7 2
2012 12 OXXO Racing Team MAN TUR   ITA   ESP   FRA   GBR   GER   RUS   CZE   BEL   ESP   FRA   10th 98
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
2013 10 OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA   ESP   FRA   AUT   GER   RUS   CZE   BEL   ESP   FRA   4th 301
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
2014 4 OXXO Racing Team MAN ITA   ESP   FRA   AUT   GER   CZE   BEL   ESP   FRA   1st 401
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
2015 1 OXXO Racing Team MAN ESP   AUT   ITA   FRA   GER   CZE   HUN   BEL   ESP   FRA   1st 599
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
2016 1 [1] Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT   ITA   FRA   GER   HUN   CZE   BEL   ESP   FRA   5th 216
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
2017 24 [2] Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz AUT   ITA   GER   SVK   HUN   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   3rd 315
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
2018 3 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz ITA   HUN   GER   SVK   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   5th 207
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
2019 5 Tankpool24 Racing Mercedes-Benz ITA   HUN   SVK   GER   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   6th 190
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
2020 40 Révész TRT MAN CZE   HUN   - 92
1 6 3 C 2 1 1 1
2021 41 Révész Racing MAN HUN   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   ITA   1st 276
Ret C 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 8 4 1 3 1 1 5 1 4 1 5 2 3 1 6
2022 1 Révész Racing MAN ITA   HUN   SVK   GER   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   1st 410
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
2023 1 Révész Racing MAN ITA   SVK   POL   GER   CZE   BEL   FRA   ESP   1st 419
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
2024 1 Révész Racing MAN ITA   SVK   BEL   GER   CZE   FRA   ESP   1st* 344*
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 4 1 4
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References

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  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]
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