# 2011 Fórmula Truck season

The 2011 Fórmula Truck season was the 16th Fórmula Truck season, the South American championship began on February 27 at Santa Cruz do Sul, while Brazilian Championship on April 3 in Rio de Janeiro and ended on December 4 at Brasília after ten rounds.
Felipe Giaffone and Volkswagen won the title of South American and Brazilian championships.

## Teams and drivers

All drivers were Brazilian-registered, excepting Luis Pucci, who raced under Argentine racing license.
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Scania | Ticket Car Corinthians Motorsport | 1 | Roberval Andrade | All |
| Scania | Ticket Car Corinthians Motorsport | 99 | Luiz Lopes | All |
| Scania | Original Reis Peças | 12 | José Maria Reis | 1–7, 9–10 |
| Scania | Original Reis Peças | 45 | Leandro Reis | 1–7, 9–10 |
| Scania | Muffatão Racing | 20 | Pedro Muffato | 1–6, 8–10 |
| Volkswagen | RM Competições | 2 | Valmir Benavides | All |
| Volkswagen | RM Competições | 4 | Felipe Giaffone | All |
| Volkswagen | RM Competições | 7 | Débora Rodrigues | All |
| Volkswagen | RM Competições | 9 | Renato Martins | All |
| Volkswagen | AJ5 Motorsport | 23 | Adalberto Jardim | 3–10 |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Mercedes-Benz | 3 | Geraldo Piquet | All |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Mercedes-Benz | 6 | Wellington Cirino | All |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Desenvolvimento Team | 73 | Leandro Totti | All |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Desenvolvimento Team | 83 | Régis Boessio | All |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Grêmio Competições | 100 | Gérson Trindade | 3 |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Grêmio Competições | 100 | Pedro Gomes | 5–6 |
| Mercedes-Benz | ABF Grêmio Competições | 100 | Viginaldo Fizio | 7–10 |
| Volvo | DB Motorsport | 11 | Diumar Bueno | 2–10 |
| Volvo | Clay Truck Racing | 14 | João Maistro | 1–6, 8–10 |
| Volvo | TNT Energy Team | 32 | Luis Pucci | 1–2, 4–10 |
| Volvo | TNT Energy Team | 77 | André Marques | All |
| Ford | AJ5 Motorsport | 23 | Adalberto Jardim | 1–2 |
| Ford | DF Motorsport | 70 | Danilo Dirani | All |
| Ford | DF Motorsport | 71 | Cristina Rosito | All |
| Iveco | Marinelli Competições | 50 | Fred Marinelli | 1–2, 4–10 |
| Iveco | Scuderia Iveco | 55 | Paulo Salustiano | All |
| Iveco | Scuderia Iveco | 88 | Beto Monteiro | All |

## Calendar

For the 2011 season of Fórmula Truck was created the South American Championship with three races, the first in Santa Cruz do Sul along with the Top Race, the second at Interlagos and the third in Argentina on Juan y Oscar Gálvez also with Top Race. Two changes occurred in the calendar, Santa Cruz do Sul replaces Velopark and Campo Grande leaves the calendar for the return to Goiânia.
| Round | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Autódromo Internacional de Santa Cruz do Sul | February 27 |
| 2 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro | April 3 |
| 3 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Caruaru | May 15 |
| 4 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia | June 5 |
| 5 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | July 3 |
| 6 | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Londrina | August 7 |
| 7 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | September 4 |
| 8 | Autódromo Internacional de Guaporé | October 9 |
| 9 | Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba | November 6 |
| 10 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília | December 4 |
Key:

## Results

| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | Santa Cruz do Sul | February 27 | Beto Monteiro | Leandro Totti | Felipe Giaffone | RM Competições |
| 2 | Jacarepaguá | April 3 | Felipe Giaffone | Danilo Dirani | Geraldo Piquet | ABF Mercedes-Benz |
| 3 | Caruaru | May 15 | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | Felipe Giaffone | RM Competições |
| 4 | Goiânia | June 5 | Roberval Andrade | Roberval Andrade | Wellington Cirino | ABF Mercedes-Benz |
| 5 | Interlagos | July 3 | Felipe Giaffone | Danilo Dirani | Felipe Giaffone | RM Competições |
| 6 | Londrina | August 8 | Felipe Giaffone | Geraldo Piquet | Felipe Giaffone | RM Competições |
| 7 | Buenos Aires | September 4 | Valmir Benavides | Roberval Andrade | Geraldo Piquet | ABF Mercedes-Benz |
| 8 | Guaporé | October 9 | Diumar Bueno | Roberval Andrade | Valmir Benavides | RM Competições |
| 9 | Curitiba | November 6 | Danilo Dirani | Danilo Dirani | Danilo Dirani | DF Motorsport |
| 10 | Brasília | December 4 | Wellington Cirino | Leandro Totti | Felipe Giaffone | RM Competições |

## Championship standings

* Points were awarded as follows:
| Pos | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | PP | FL |
| Race | 25 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12th Lap | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |

### Drivers' championships
#### Brazilian

| Pos | Driver | Truck | RIO | CAR | GOI | LON | GUA | CUR | BRA | Extra | Points |
| 1 | Felipe Giaffone | Volkswagen | Ret | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 122 |
| 2 | Geraldo Piquet | Mercedes-Benz | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | DSQ | 12 | 6 | 89 |
| 3 | Valmir Benavides | Volkswagen | Ret | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 88 |
| 4 | Régis Boessio | Mercedes-Benz | 4 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 72 |
| 5 | Wellington Cirino | Mercedes-Benz | 2 | Ret | 1 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | 69 |
| 6 | Renato Martins | Volkswagen | Ret | 2 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| 7 | Leandro Totti | Mercedes-Benz | 6 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 61 |
| 8 | Danilo Dirani | Ford | 15 | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 11 | 56 |
| 9 | Beto Monteiro | Iveco | 5 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 9 | 12 | 54 |
| 10 | João Maistro | Volvo | 3 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | | 46 |
| 11 | Adalberto Jardim | Ford | Ret | | | | | | | 3 | 43 |
| 11 | Adalberto Jardim | Volkswagen | | 12 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 3 | DNS | 3 | 43 |
| 12 | Pedro Muffato | Scania | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | | 37 |
| 13 | Fred Marinelli | Iveco | Ret | | 7 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 5 | | 35 |
| 14 | André Marques | Volvo | 7 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Roberval Andrade | Scania | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 16 | Leandro Reis | Scania | 13 | 4 | Ret | 13 | | Ret | Ret | 7 | 25 |
| 17 | Paulo Salustiano | Iveco | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | 11 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 24 |
| 18 | Luis Pucci | Volvo | 9 | | 14 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 7 | | 23 |
| 19 | Luiz Lopes | Scania | 10 | Ret | 18 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 10 | | 22 |
| 20 | Débora Rodrigues | Volkswagen | 14 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | | 20 |
| 21 | Cristina Rosito | Ford | 11 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 12 | 9 | DNS | | 19 |
| 22 | Diumar Bueno | Volvo | 12 | Ret | 16 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | | 17 |
| 23 | José Maria Reis | Scania | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | | Ret | 8 | | 7 |
| 24 | Gerson Trindade | Mercedes-Benz | | 11 | | | | | | | 4 |
| | Viginaldo Fizio | Mercedes-Benz | | | | | Ret | DNS | Ret | | 0 |
| | Pedro Gomes | Mercedes-Benz | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Truck | RIO | CAR | GOI | LON | GUA | CUR | BRA | Extra | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

##### Notes

The top five after the race ensures a place on the podium.
Piquet scored no points in Brasília.

#### South American

| Pos | Driver | Truck | SCS | INT | JOG | Extra | Points |
| 1 | Felipe Giaffone | Volkswagen | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 66 |
| 2 | Danilo Dirani | Ford | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
| 3 | Geraldo Piquet | Mercedes-Benz | Ret | 5 | 1 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Valmir Benavides | Volkswagen | 5 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Roberval Andrade | Scania | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Adalberto Jardim | Ford | 12 | | | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Adalberto Jardim | Volkswagen | | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 |
| 7 | Renato Martins | Volkswagen | 3 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Beto Monteiro | Iveco | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 9 | André Marques | Volvo | 10 | 9 | 4 | | 26 |
| 10 | Wellington Cirino | Mercedes-Benz | Ret | 2 | DNS | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Paulo Salustiano | Iveco | 7 | 7 | Ret | | 16 |
| 12 | Débora Rodrigues | Volkswagen | 8 | 11 | 12 | | 14 |
| 13 | José Maria Reis | Scania | 14 | 14 | 6 | | 12 |
| 14 | Régis Boessio | Mercedes-Benz | 9 | 12 | Ret | | 9 |
| 14 | Luis Pucci | Volvo | 15 | 13 | 8 | | 9 |
| 16 | Fred Marinelli | Iveco | 17 | DSQ | 7 | | 8 |
| 17 | Leandro Totti | Mercedes-Benz | 11 | 16 | Ret | | 5 |
| 18 | Cristina Rosito | Ford | 13 | 17 | Ret | | 2 |
| 18 | Luiz Lopes | Scania | Ret | 19 | 13 | | 2 |
| | Diumar Bueno | Volvo | | 15 | 15 | | 0 |
| | João Maistro | Volvo | 16 | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Leandro Reis | Scania | Ret | 18 | Ret | | 0 |
| | Pedro Muffato | Scania | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| | Viginaldo Fizio | Mercedes-Benz | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Pedro Gomes | Mercedes-Benz | | Ret | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Truck | SCS | INT | JOG | Extra | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Manufacturers' championships
#### Brazilian

| Pos | Manufacturer | RIO | CAR | GOI | LON | GUA | CUR | BRA | Points |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 1 | 57 | 26 | 54 | 57 | 28 | 49 | 272 |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz | 59 | 14 | 62 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 243 |
| 3 | Volvo | 31 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 108 |
| 4 | Iveco | 12 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 98 |
| 5 | Scania | 14 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 90 |
| 6 | Ford | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 61 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | RIO | CAR | GOI | LON | GUA | CUR | BRA | Points |

##### Notes

Three best trucks of each brand.

#### South American

| Pos | Manufacturer | SCS | INT | JOG | Points |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 54 | 49 | 37 | 141 |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz | 10 | 35 | 25 | 70 |
| 3 | Ford | 25 | 14 | 17 | 56 |
| 4 | Scania | 15 | 11 | 18 | 44 |
| 5 | Iveco | 18 | 13 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Volvo | 5 | 8 | 22 | 35 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | SCS | INT | JOG | Points |