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Revision as of 08:06, 18 January 2015
Competition | Formula Challenge |
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Title Sponsor | N/A |
Platform Used | rFactor v1.255 |
Rounds | 17 |
Mod Used | Custom |
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Engine Supplier(s) | GPVWC |
Tyre Supplier(s) | GPVWC |
Drivers | 91 |
Teams | 21 |
Drivers' Champion | Petar Brljak |
Teams' Champion | Walk Racing |
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The 2014 Formula Challenge season was the third season of the GPVWC Formula Challenge championship. At total of twenty-one teams and ninety-one drivers contested the thirty-four races over sixteen rounds that made up the calendar for the 2014 season, which started in Australia on 25th February 2014 and ended in Brazil on 21st October.
The 2014 season would be the first in which a cap on team numbers would be introduced, resulting in a maximum twenty teams participating at any one time. Airastream Motorsport withdrew from the first four rounds and were ultimately replaced by Cosmo Autosport. Attendance remained very high; although a few teams struggled on occasion to field cars, the number of participants usually sat in the mid-to-high thirties, with thirty-two starters at Race 1 in Brazil being the very lowest number.
Petar Brljak won the 2014 championship having secured 12 race victories and 531 points in total, over a hundred more points than runner-up David Jundt. Brljak's team, Walk Racing, won the teams' championship having secured 701 points, 96 points more than runners-up Tanskanen Racing, who themselves only beat third-placed Enterprise GP by just two points.
Despite the dominance of Brljak and Walk's championship victories, the level of competition throughout the season was very high; a total of 11 drivers and 10 teams secured at least one race victory; over two-thirds of all drivers who took part scored at least one point and not one team failed to score any points.
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Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers took part in the 2014 season.
- 1 Airastream Motorsport initially took part in the championship, but withdrew prior to the Monaco round. Their slot was taken over by Cosmo Autosport from Monaco onward though the team's debut was delayed to the Canadian round.
- 2 At round 8 at Austria, Rob Mason drove car #14 in race one in place of Wopke Hoekstra who drove it in race two.
2014 Calendar
Testing
The 2014 testing schedule was as follows:
Test | Date | Venue |
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Preseason Test | 11th Feb 2014 | Istanbul Park, Istanbul |
Calendar changes
- The calender was shortened to 17 rounds - 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
- 1 Though Tim Heinemann did take pole position at the 2014 Challenge Japanese Grand Prix, due to a ten-place grid penalty he had picked up from the previous round at Abu Dhabi it was in fact Petar Brljak who started Race 1 from pole position.
Drivers' standings
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Bold - Pole |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' standings
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Bold - Pole |
† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
See also
Preceded by: 2013 Formula Challenge season |
GPVWC Formula Challenge season 2014 |
Succeeded by: 2015 Formula Challenge season |