2017 Copa Truck season

The 2017 Brazilian Truck Cup Championship is the first season of the Truck Cup.

The category's origins came after nine teams left Formula Truck due to disagreements with the problematic management of Neusa Navarro Félix. These teams joined in an association to create the category that replaced Formula Truck.[1][2] The new category brings together teams and drivers from the old category.

In November 2017, it was approved by the Brazilian Automobile Confederation (CBA) and recognized as an official championship. Carlos Col, former head of the Stock Car Pro Series, is its promoter.[3]

The Truck Cup was officially launched on April 27, 2017, in São Paulo. In the first season, the championship was divided into three regional cups: Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast. The first stage took place on May 28, in Goiânia, with 17 trucks on the grid.

The association is made up of the following teams: RM Competições, AJ5 Sports, DF Motorsport, RVR Motorsports, Dakar Motors, Fábio Fogaça Motorsports, Lucar Motorsports and Clay Truck Racing.[4]

The beginning of everything

It was 1987 when truck driver Aurélio Batista Félix and Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos decided to organize the category's first race. This first Brazilian championship was a huge success, with 35 drivers and an attendance of 20,000 fans. Over time, the category evolved and gained popularity, and today the Truck Cup is the main truck racing category in Brazil, with 36 drivers from 12 teams competing in nine rounds throughout the year, with two races per round in the Pro and Super Elite categories.[5][6]

Differences between racing and street trucks

The first, and most obvious, is the height: while a standard truck measures 3.6 meters, Copa Truck vehicles are much lower, at about 2.5 meters. Another big difference, of course, is the power: 1,000 horsepower, twice that of an average transport truck. The brakes are also different, with pads capable of withstanding braking at speeds over 200 km/h. And let's not forget the tires, with a special shape and pressure, lower and rounded than those of a road vehicle, to increase grip.[7][8][9][10][11]

Security

You can't be too cautious when you're inside a truck going 200 km/h, so in addition to the structure of a normal vehicle, the Copa Truck has stabilizer bars, a type of "cage" that offers extra protection to the driver, a special "bucket" type racing seat and five-point seat belts, in addition to all the inspections carried out by professionals to ensure the safety of the drivers.[12]

Women in the Truck Cup

Women have a place in the Truck Cup, with two drivers vying for the top spot on the podium. In addition to Débora Rodrigues, one of the sport's pioneers, the category now also features Bia Figueiredo,[13] who has competed in everything from Formula 3 Sudamericana to the Indianapolis 500.[14]

Teams and drivers

All drivers were Brazilian.

Team Constructor Tyre No. Driver Rounds
AJ5-RM Competições Volkswagen P 5 Adalberto Jardim All
RM Competições Volkswagen P 4 Vinícius Palma 1–2
Felipe Giaffone 3–12
7 Débora Rodrigues All
9 Renato Martins 1–8
35 David Muffato 1–8
55 Paulo Salustiano 9–12
MAN P 9 Renato Martins 9–12
11 Rodrigo Belinati 1–4
13 Witold Ramasauskas 5–12
Império Truck Racing/AM Motorsports Mercedes-Benz P 6 Wellington Cirino 3–8, 11–12
77 André Marques 3–8, 11–12
53 Ronaldo Kastropil 9–10
Boessio Competições Volvo P 83 Régis Boessio All
Maistro Clay Truck Racing Volvo P 73 Leandro Totti 1–8
33 Pablo Alves 9–12
DF Motorsport Ford P 27 Fábio Fogaça 1–4, 7–12
53 Sérgio Ramalho 5–6
72 Djalma Fogaça All
Lucar Motorsport Iveco P 88 Beto Monteiro All
99 Luiz Lopes All
Dakar-Corinthians Motorsports Iveco P 15 Roberval Andrade All
Corinthians–RVR Motorsports Scania P 28 Danilo Dirani All
25 Jaidson Zini 3–6, 9–12
Original Reis Peças Scania P 12 José Maria Reis 1–8, 11–12
Ford P 33 Pablo Alves 3–8
133 Eurípedes Reis 11–12
Luhrs Motorsport Scania P 47 Duda Bana All
44 Joel Mendes Júnior 1–8, 11–12
Grupo Biriba Volvo P 100 Júnior Biriba 9–10

Calendar

Schedule

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit City
1 May 28 Grande Prêmio de Goiás Autódromo Ayrton Senna Goiânia, GO
2 June 11 Grande Prêmio de Mato Grosso do Sul Autódromo Orlando Moura Campo Grande, MS
3 July 9 Grande Prêmio de Pernambuco Autódromo Ayrton Senna Caruaru, PE
4 July 23 Grande Prêmio do Ceará Autódromo Virgílio Távora Fortaleza, CE
5 October 15 Grande Prêmio do Rio Grande do Sul Autódromo de Tarumã Viamão, RS
6 December 17 Grande Prêmio de São Paulo Autódromo de Interlagos São Paulo, SP

Results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Constructor Ref.
1 Autódromo Ayrton Senna Roberval Andrade Adalberto Jardim Roberval Andrade Dakar-Corinthians Motorsports Iveco [15]
2 No dispute Beto Monteiro Beto Monteiro Lucar Motorsport Iveco [15]
3 Autódromo Orlando Moura Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone RM Competições Volkswagen [16]
4 No dispute Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone RM Competições Volkswagen [16]
5 Autódromo Ayrton Senna Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone RM Competições Volkswagen [17]
6 No dispute Wellington Cirino André Marques Império Truck Racing/AM Motorsports Mercedes-Benz [17]
7 Autódromo Virgílio Távora Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone Felipe Giaffone RM Competições Volkswagen [18]
8 No dispute Felipe Giaffone Roberval Andrade Dakar-Corinthians Motorsports Iveco [18]
9 Autódromo de Tarumã Danilo Dirani Danilo Dirani Danilo Dirani Motul-GG Motorsport Scania [19]
10 No dispute Danilo Dirani Witold Ramasauskas RM Competições MAN
11 Autódromo de Interlagos Felipe Giaffone Roberval Andrade Felipe Giaffone RM Competições Volkswagen [20]
12 No dispute Felipe Giaffone Roberval Andrade Dakar-Corinthians Motorsports Iveco [21]

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver
GOI
CGR
CAR
FOR
TAR
INT 		Pts
1 Felipe Giaffone 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 184
2 Roberval Andrade 1 5 RET 8 6 6 2 1 4 2 3 1 175
3 Renato Martins 5 9 10 6 8 4 8 9 7 RET 7 2 127
4 Beto Monteiro 8 1 4 2 13 10 RET 5 5 RET 4 RET 117
5 Débora Rodrigues 3 4 7 RET 9 12 RET 7 6 5 9 5 114
6 Luiz Lopes 6 7 8 RET 10 7 9 8 11 7 11 7 109
7 Adalberto Jardim RET RET 2 RET 4 5 RET NL 9 4 5 8 93
8 Régis Boessio 4 2 6 4 RET RET 5 RET 13 NL RET 6 90
9 Fábio Fogaça 7 6 14 10 7 6 RET 9 RET 9 72
10 Witold Ramasauskas 11 9 RET 10 8 1 8 RET 64
11 Wellington Cirino NL NL 2 2 6 RET 6 RET 64
12 José Maria Reis 9 8 15 9 14 RET 11 11 13 10 64
13 Danilo Dirani 2 RET 5 RET RET NL RET NL 1 10 RET RET 63
14 André Marques RET RET 5 1 4 3 RET RET 63
15 David Muffato RET 3 3 3 RET 13 RET 4 61
16 Jaidson Zini 12 11 12 8 10 11 10 RET 56
17 Djalma Fogaça 12 RET 11 7 3 RET RET NL RET 8 RET RET 52
18 Paulo Salustiano 3 DSQ 2 4 50
19 Duda Bana 11 RET 9 5 RET RET 10 RET RET RET RET RET 41
20 Leandro Totti RET RET RET RET 7 NL 3 NC 31
21 Rodrigo Belinati 10 11 13 RET 22
22 Ronaldo Kastropil 12 6 18
23 Pablo Alves NL RET RET 11 RET RET 12 RET 13
24 Joel Mendes Jr RET 10 16 RET RET NL RET RET RET RET 6
— Vinícius Palma RET RET 0
— Sérgio Ramalho NL RET 0
Pos Driver
GOI
CGR
CAR
FOR
TAR
INT 		Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd-place finish
Bronze 3rd-place finish
Green Top 5 finish
Light Blue Top 10 finish
Dark Blue Other flagged position
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrew (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did Not Start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
Blank Did not participate

Points standings

It is fair to dismiss the three worst results of the season.

Points 1° 2° 3° 4° 5° 6° 7° 8° 9° 10° 11° 12° 13° 14° 15°
Race 1 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5
Race 2 18 16 14 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Here you will find all the race results.

Link
https://www.fastcrono.com.br/resultados/resultados-automobilismo/resultados-copa-truck/

Television coverage

The Races of the Copa Truck are broadcast on Cable Television including: ESPN, Fox Sports, Movistar+, CBS Sports y NBC Sports.

Coverage in Brazil

Transmissão[22]

SporTV 		Narration: Burno Fonseca
Narration: Rogério Rockenbach
Commentator: Luciano Burti
Commentator: Rafael Lopes
Transmissão[23]

Band 		Narration: Luc Monteiro
Narration: Márcio Possamai
Commentator: Gilberto Bertarello
Commentator: Ana Coser Mazutti
Transmissão[24]

BandSports 		Narration: Octávio Muniz
Narration: Marcelo Bonucci
Commentator: Robson Amaral
Commentator: Claudia Refatti Benato
Transmissão[23]

YouTube 		Narration: Rodrigo Vicente
Narration: Bruno Vicaria
Commentator: Ivar Castagnetti
Commentator: Henrique Gava

Other countries

Internet (Global)
YouTube
Motorsport.tv
Facebook
Zoome
Catve.com
Auto Videos
Twitch

See also

References

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