Sunday was a day dominated by German drivers at Red Bull Ring as Steffi Halm and Jochen Hahn took a win apiece after two action-packed encounters on Sunday afternoon.

Halm clinched a tense victory in race three in her Reinert Racing MAN truck, while reigning champion Jochen Hahn took his second success of the weekend in his Hahn Racing run IVECO.

A large crowd enjoyed some incredible action during the two 20-lap races as battles raged throughout the field. 

RACE 3
Steffi Halm took victory in a nail-biting victory in race three of the 2017 FIA European Truck Racing Championship at Red Bull Ring this afternoon.

The Reinert Racing driver resisted massive pressure from fellow front-row starter Jochen Hahn to take her first win since her success at Le Mans last October.  It was also Halm’s first ever non-reverse grid victory.

The German managed to hold off Hahn for the 16-lap race which was shortened due to a red flag brought out after an incident between Ryan Smith (OXXO MAN) and Alen Draganovic (Buggyra International Racing System).

Reigning champion Jochen Hahn took his second podium of the weekend. The Hahn Racing IVECO driver tried mightily to find a way passed Halm but was thwarted by some superb defensive driving.

Halm held off Hahn’s IVEO at the start of the 20-lap race but soon came under intense pressure from her fellow German. On lap six the reigning champion had a look down the inside of turn one but Halm defended firmly and was able to hold on to take the win.

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RACE 4

Jochen Hahn took the final race victory of the weekend to capture his second win from the first event of the 2017 FIA European Truck Racing Championship at Red Bull Ring.

The IVECO driver pulled off a superb opportunistic move to go from third place to the lead in one manoeuvre after contact between the leading pair of Sascha Lenz and Adam Lacko.

This turning point of the race had brewed nicely from the beginning as Lenz’s initial lead was hunted down by Lacko and Hahn.

Despite his best efforts Lenz was unable to hold off Lacko and the two touched at turn one on lap 14 handed the lead to a grateful Hahn who took an early lead in points standings.

From this point on Hahn was able to pull out a slight gap to the Buggyra International Racing System driver and take the chequered flag 0.9s ahead of Lacko to register his second success of the weekend.

Lenz just held on to a podium but had to defend strongly from a charging Antonio Albacete (Truck Sport Lutz Bernau) who took third position.

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