ADAC Truck Grand Prix draws positive balance for 2024: Successful triad of race, fair, and festival

The audience response shows that our new concept combining motorsport, trade fair, and festival was a full success. My thanks go to our numerous helpers who, with their tireless efforts, contributed to the success of our 37th Truck Grand Prix," said Rudi Speich, Chairman of ADAC Mittelrhein e.V.

In the first race of the four European Championship runs of truck racing, the podium looked like this:

1. Place: Norbert Kiss (Hungary)
2. Place: Jochen Hahn (Germany)
3. Place: Sascha Lenz (Germany)

The following result was recorded for the second run:

1. Place: Stefanie Halm (Germany)
2. Place: Jochen Hahn (Germany)
3. Place: Norbert Kiss (Hungary)

The podium for the third race was as follows:

1. Place: Norbert Kiss (Hungary)
2. Place: Jochen Hahn (Germany)
3. Place: Sascha Lenz (Germany)

Craig Reid and Erwin Kleinnagelvoort won the 1st and 3rd race of the Dutch Truck Racing ADAC Mittelrhein Cup. The second race had to be abandoned due to an accident. In addition to the drivers of the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship, the drivers of the ADAC GT Masters were also on the Grand Prix circuit. Salman Owega and David Schumacher won the first race on Saturday ahead of Tom Kalender/Elias Seppänen and Marcel Marchewicz/Julian Hanses (all Mercedes).

In the second race on Sunday, the podium looked as follows:

1. Place: Owega/Schumacher
2. Place: Finn Wiebelhaus/Jannes Fittje
3. Place: Leon Köhler/Maxime Oosten

Antonio Albacete, Hahn, Lenz: That is the podium of the fourth and final race at the Nürburgring.

Sustainability also played a role.

Georg Fuchs, Managing Director of ETRA Promotion GmbH, said, "The issue of sustainability is one of our most important strategic goals both on and off the track. We want to establish the Goodyear FIA ETRC as the leading platform for promoting sustainable practices and technologies and have committed to net-zero emissions by 2038. We are very pleased that just before the Truck Grand Prix, we achieved the highest environmental standard set by the FIA. The FIA's three-star environmental accreditation confirms our various sustainability initiatives in motorsports."