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Revision as of 06:13, 27 January 2014

2014 Formula Challenge season
GPVWC Banner.png
Competition Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor TBC
Platform Used RFactor.png rFactor v1.255
Rounds 17
Mod Used Custom
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s) GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s) GPVWC
Drivers
Teams 20
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
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GPVWC series in 2014
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Superleague
Supercup
Formula Challenge
Open Series

Other series

Masters Series
World Sport Series
International Touring Cup (2013/14)
International Touring Cup (2014)

The 2014 Formula Challenge season will be the third GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2014 participation.

Team Team Owner No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Finland Tanskanen Racing Finland Juha Tanskanen 0 England James Johnson  
2 England Jonathan Holmes
England Royal Blue Racing England Matthew Clipp 3 Scotland Paul Joseph  
4 Netherlands Kevin Budie
Netherlands Racing Team Schroten Netherlands Roy Schroten 5 England Ben Warren England Scott Moore
Sweden Marcus Sundstrom
6 Netherlands Mike Schroten
Wales Airastream Motorsport Wales Matt Richards 7 Scotland John Munro Wales Matt Richards
8 Norway Scott Sovik
England JRT England Jack Nicholls 9 England Jack Nicholls  
10  
England Backmarker Brigade England Simon Smith 11 England Simon Smith  
12  
England YTF1 England Matthew Allington 14 Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra  
15 Turkey Adam Ozgur
Denmark
Viking Racing
Denmark
Morten Wernersen
16 England Ben Hackeson  
17 Wales Ben Horrill
England Velocity Racing England Ben Warren 18 England Ollie Woods Australia William Tringas
19 Finland Teemu Toikka
England Zedderick Racing Scotland Doug Hilliard 20 Netherlands Roy Verzijl Scotland Doug Hilliard
21 Wales Matt Harvey
England THR Germany Robert Wiesenmueller 22
Switzerland
David Jundt
Sweden Adrian Holm
Germany Robert Wiesenmueller
23 England Toby Davis
Netherlands Katana Motorsports Netherlands Tom van der Voort 24 Malta [[Terence Grech][  
25  
England Knight Racing England Chris Knight 26 England Ben Willis England Chris Knight
27 England Joshua Anderson
United Kingdom Aurora Motorsports United Kingdom Lewis McGlade 28 United Kingdom Lewis McGlade  
29 England Sam Jones
England Enterprise GP England James Kirk 30 England Scott Berrisford  
31 Netherlands Hansko Mebius
Germany Team Proline Germany Maurice Brackhahn 32 Germany Thomas Pfadler  
33 Portugal Victor Silva
Finland Bastvik Grand Prix Finland Mikael Tuomaala 34 Scotland Jon MacLean  
35  
England Smile Power Racing England Mike Bell 36 England James Kirk  
Finland Tommi Ojala
37
Denmark
Jesper Taulborg
England Playseat® Racing England Cameron Brewster 38 England Matthew Williams  
39 England Michael Ballard
Romania Walk Racing Romania Andrei Caramidaru 40 England Matt Clipp  
41 England Lewis Travis

2014 Calendar

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Conditions Mod Date Start Time
Track time GMT
1 Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 25th February 16:00 19:00
2 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 11th March 16:00 19:00
3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 25th March 15:00 19:00
4 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 8th April 15:00 19:00
5 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 22nd April 14:00 19:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 6th May 14:00 19:00
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 20th May 14:00 19:00
8 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 3rd June 14:00 19:00
9 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 17th June 13:00 19:00
10 German Grand Prix German GP Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 1st July 14:00 19:00
11 Hungarian Grand Prix French GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 15th July 14:00 19:00
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 12th August 14:00 19:00
13 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 26th August 14:00 19:00
14 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 9th September 13:00 19:00
15 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 23rd September 17:00 19:00
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 7th October 15:00 19:00
17 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 21st October 14:00 19:00

Testing

The 2014 testing schedule is as follows:

Test Date Venue
Preseason Test 11th Feb 2014 Turkey Istanbul Park, Istanbul

Calendar changes

  • The calender was shortened to 17 races - 1 less than the previous season.
  • The Korean, Turkish and French Grands Prix were all removed from the calender
  • The location of the German Grand Prix changed from the Nurburgring to the Hockenheimring; the first time the German round of Formula Challenge would be held there.
  • The location of the United States Grand Prix also changed. Another first in Formula Challenge history, the Circuit of the Americas would be used to host the event.
  • The Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix would make their debut in Formula Challenge during the 2014 season.

Rule changes

Sporting

  • Movement up into the Supercup would now be automatic for the winning driver and team of the 2014 season.
  • The amount of teams allowed to enter the series was capped for the first time at 20 teams.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole Position Pole Time Fastest Lap F/L Time Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R1 Australia Challenge Australian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R2   -    
2 R3 Malaysia Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R4   -    
3 R5 Bahrain Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R6   -    
3 R7 China Challenge Chinese Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R8   -    
5 R9 Spain Challenge Spanish Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R10   -    
6 R11 Monaco Challenge Monaco Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R12   -    
7 R13 Canada Challenge Canadian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R14   -    
8 R15 Austria Challenge Austrian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R16   -    
9 R17 United Kingdom Challenge British Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R18   -    
10 R19 Germany Challenge German Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R20   -    
11 R21 Hungary Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R22   -    
12 R23 Belgium Challenge Belgian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R24   -    
13 R25 Italy Challenge Italian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R26   -    
14 R27 United States Challenge United States Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R28   -    
15 R29 United Arab Emirates Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R30   -    
16 R31 Japan Challenge Japanese Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R32   -    
17 R33 Brazil Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix   -   -     Report
R34   -    

See also

Preceded by:
2013 Formula Challenge season
GPVWC Formula Challenge season
2014
Succeeded by:
Current Season