Truck Racing 2011

TRUCK RACING 2011
EUROPEAN TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP

One aspect of the close relationship Renault Trucks has with its customers and drivers is the passion for trucks it shares with them. Fully committed to the sport of Truck Racing since 2007, the manufacturer became the European Team Champion in 2010 in association with MKR Technology, which it supplied with its ‘engine’ technology and assistance during races throughout the season. Standing out with its impressively original and sharp design created by the Renault Trucks Design Team, the Premium Racing demonstrated that it was also the best performing vehicle in the competition. The 2010 season gave the manufacturer the opportunity of sharing its passion and enthusiasm with over 4,000 customers who were invited to the tracks and with the general public via the 2010 version of its Truck Racing by Renault Trucks videogame, which remains available for free download at www.renaulttrucks.com/truckracing. For the 2011 season, the aim remains the same - to win!

Renault Trucks has been a major competitor in truck racing since 2007. This commitment enables Renault Trucks to combine passion, competitive spirit and high technology. Extremely popular in the world of trucks, Truck Racing allows the manufacturer to enhance its image among members of the general public and build strong ties with its customers. The partnership between Renault Trucks and MKR Technology in these races enabled the whole team to start from scratch and rethink the vehicle’s design in a new light to create a new Renault Trucks Racing identity.

Season after season, spectators’ enthusiasm for truck races during the FIA European championship never flags. Over 500,000 of them attended events at the tracks in 2010 (430,000 in 2009), including almost 200,000 at the famous Nürburgring track in Germany.

Renault Trucks Racing

Renault Trucks’ involvement as an engine manufacturer in the European Championships since 2007 reflects its commitment to Truck Racing. In 2010, the French truck manufacturer decided to create its own Renault Trucks Racing brand identity in line with its new Renault Trucks Deliver corporate claim.

Renault Trucks maintains a high profile in the paddocks with its dedicated assistance semi-trailer. This Renault Trucks Racing semi-trailer, pulled by a Magnum, is divided into two areas. One is a storage zone for engines and spare parts, while the other is fitted out as an office for the Renault Trucks engine and chassis engineers. These specialists are on hand to constantly analyse the way the vehicles perform throughout these racing weekends. Between the trial sessions, they provide the adjustments necessary to optimise the trucks’ performance according to lap times, drivers’ impressions, track profile and weather conditions.

The experience gained by racing is a unique opportunity for the brand’s engineers. For this laboratory, the most exacting imaginable, is able to provide the most significant developments which subsequently result in very real benefits for customers operating their production vehicles.

Renault Trucks, the MKR Technology Team’s main partner

Renault Trucks achieved the objectives it set itself by winning the European Team Championship crown in partnership with the MKR Technology team.

This team is managed by Mario Kress, a well-known specialist in the discipline (with 8 European titles to his credit during the last 10 years) and consists of experienced Truck Racing professionals. This season it will be fielding a pair of trucks entrusted to two drivers with impressive track records: the Swiss Markus Bösiger and the German Markus Oestreich.

In 2011, Renault Trucks is continuing to provide assistance to Team 14, a team made up of current or former Renault Trucks personnel from the Blainville plant in the Calvados region of France, and supplying them with a ‘customer’ DXi13 engine.

 


Renault Trucks Racing

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