Norbert Kiss


Norbert Kiss two-time FIA European Truck Racing Championship champion, one of the most successful Hungarian speed race drivers.

Career

He began racing with a car race simulator, the Live for Speed. The success he achieved made people aware of him 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 this series he won ten times and only missed the top three once. At the end of that year he received the Rookie of the Year award. 2007 he competed in the Hungarian SEAT León Cup, which was started that year, for the IMC Motorsport and he became champion with Gábor Wéber being second. His success continued 2008, even though he had to face serious competition from Wéber and Norbert Michelisz. At the end of the year he could celebrate the champion’s 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 and he 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 places. He was third in the absolute 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. 2014 and 2015 he became the champion in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship.

Results

2005