2014 Monaco Grand Prix

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25px   2014 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of the 2014 Superleague season
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Date 8th May, 2014
Official name 2014 Spearhead Platoon Monaco Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.080 mi / 3.340 km
Distance 78 laps, 162.240 mi / 260.520 km
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Pole position
Driver England David Fidock CSG Racing-Potentia
Time 1:11.961
Fastest Lap
Driver England David Fidock CSG Racing-Potentia
Time 1:12.690
Podium
First England Lewis Redshaw CSG Racing-Potentia
Second Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek Nijo-Trinity
Third England David Fidock CSG Racing-Potentia


The 2014 Spearhead Platoon Monaco Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2014 Superleague season and took place on the Circuit de Monaco on the 8th May. CSG Racing's David Fidock took pole and fastest lap of the race, but it was team-mate Lewis Redshaw who took the victory, jumping ahead as Fidock was forced to take a 10-second penalty for speeding; Fidock then misunderstood the penalty and had to come into the pits twice. Ruud Heesterbeek finished second ahead of Fidock. As it finished, Redshaw and Fidock were tied on points at the top of the championship, with Redshaw retaking the lead based on a superior number of race victories.

Conversely, Midnight Motorsport, CSG's closest rivals, had a torrid round, with both cars retiring. Monaco being Monaco, attrition was quite high; only 16 cars finished the race while 6 cars never made it to the end of lap 2. As usual, however, there were some who profited from this; struggling ST Racing got their first top-10 finish of the season, thanks to Sven de Vries, while Mikael Tuomaala's 9th scored Green Stripes' first points of the season; ironic given that Tuomaala and his teammate Tommi Koivunen crashed into each other.

Report

Background

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Qualifying

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Race

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Post-race

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Results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
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1 England Lewis Redshaw 113
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2 England David Fidock 113
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3 Italy Giuseppe Rainieri 95
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4 Netherlands Ruud Heesterbeek 70
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5 England Nick Rowland 47

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
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1 England CSG Racing-Potentia 226
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2 England Midnight-Potentia 142
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3 England Nijo Racing-Trinity 114
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4 United States Torrent-Trinity 66
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5 Greece Red Archer-Krevder 63

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

External links

Preceded by:
2014 Spanish Grand Prix
GPVWC Superleague
2014 season
Succeeded by:
2014 Canadian Grand Prix
Preceded by:
2013 Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Grand Prix
Succeeded by:
2015 Monaco Grand Prix