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2014 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod base	Custom
Carshape base	F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s)	Krevder, Martex, Potentia, Trinity
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
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The 2014 Superleague season will be the 15th GPVWC Superleague season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2014 participation.

Superleague Team	Base	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	No.	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-04	Potentia PGE-02	G	0	Nick Rowland	1-7	Alex Cooper
						2	Giuseppe Rainieri	1-7
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-14	Trinity TRIN002	G	3	Ruud Heesterbeek	1-6	David Jundt
							David Jundt	7
						4	Tom van der Voort	1-7
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH	Torrent	TMo-2	Trinity TRIN002	G	5	Jim Parisis	1-3, 5	Adam Rouse
							Adam Rouse	4, 7
						6	Giorgos Manousakis	1
							Petter Kaasa	2-7
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjoen	NR007	Martex MX-02	G	7	Agustin Canapino	1-7	Thomas Jacobs
						8	Toby Davis	1-2, 4-7
							Thomas Jacobs	3
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-14	Potentia PGE-02	G	9	Harley Hamnett	1, 3-7	Oskari Kantonen
							Oskari Kantonen	2
						10	Gergo Baldi	1-7
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA214	Krevder SA14	G	11	Tommy Hagen	1, 3-7	Ben Horrill
							Jason Muscat	2
						12	Deividas Misiulis	1-4, 6-7
							Ben Horrill	5
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW3	Krevder SA14	G	14	Lee Morris	1-5	Menno Klont
							Matt Richards	6-7
						15	Sam Millar	1-3
							Menno Klont	4, 6
							Jason Muscat	5
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR14a	Trinity TRIN002	G	16	Danny Asbury	1-7	Ben Warren
						17	Roy Schroten	1-6
Phoenix F1	Gold Coast, Australia	Phoenix	PF1-06	Potentia PGE-01	G	18	Kieran Ryan	1-7	Mikko Jakonen
						19	Boyd Bryson	1-7
Green Stripes Racing	Muehlen, Germany	Green Stripes	GSR-14	Martex MX-02	G	20	Mikael Tuomaala	1-7	Vinodh Moodley
						21	Tommi Koivunen	1, 3-7
							Vinodh Moodley	4
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	STR02-14	Martex MX-02	G	22	Calvin Hermse	1-4, 6-7	James Kirk
							Sven de Vries	5
						23	Mark Fuller	2-3, 5, 7
							Sven de Vries	1, 4, 6
CSG Racing	Manchester, England	CSG	CSG-03	Potentia PGE-02	G	24	Lewis Redshaw	1-7	Florian Geier
						25	David Fidock	1-7
Target Racing	Oslo, Norway	Target	TR-01	Trinity TRIN002	G	26	Mindaugas Klumbis	1-4, 6-7	Mark Stanton
						27	Jordan Weekes	1-7
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP14	Potentia PGE-02	G	28	Morten Wernersen	1-4, 6-7	Bart De Vos
							Bart De Vos	5
						29	Kenney Lybeer	1, 3-5, 7
							Bart De Vos	2
							Jonathan Holmes	6

Team changes

• Halcyon Racing, after retiring from the 2013 Superleague season following the Belgian Grand Prix, chose not to re-apply for 2014.
• Constant Racing, after serving five years in the Superleague, also chose not to re-apply after a troubled 2013 season.

New entries

The number of team entries increased to 14 for the 2014 Superleague season with 3 spots available for new teams. All three new entries were promoted from the Supercup.

• CSG Racing returned to the Superleague after a 3 year break and were accepted after storming to the 2013 Supercup season Teams' Championship.
• Target Racing also were promoted to the Superleague after a strong campaign in the 2013 Supercup season which saw them take four wins.
• Vod:Bul Racing, though finishing mid-table in the 2013 Supercup season, proved their worth by fielding a solid line-up to every race and taking multiple podiums. The team was expected to show this same commitment in its return to the Superleague after a 5 year absence.

2014 Calendar

Round	Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
							Track time	GMT
1	Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	TBC	rFactor v1255	27th February	16:00	19:00
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	TBC	rFactor v1255	13th March	16:00	19:00
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	TBC	rFactor v1255	27th March	15:00	19:00
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	TBC	rFactor v1255	10th April	15:00	19:00
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	TBC	rFactor v1255	24th April	14:00	19:00
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	TBC	rFactor v1255	8th May	14:00	19:00
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	TBC	rFactor v1255	22nd May	14:00	19:00
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian GP	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	TBC	rFactor v1255	5th June	14:00	19:00
9	British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	TBC	rFactor v1255	19th June	13:00	19:00
10	German Grand Prix	German GP	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	TBC	rFactor v1255	3rd July	14:00	19:00
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	17th July	14:00	19:00
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	14th August	14:00	19:00
13	Italian Grand Prix	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	28th August	14:00	19:00
14	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	11th September	13:00	19:00
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	25th September	17:00	19:00
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	TBC	rFactor v1255	9th October	15:00	19:00
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	23rd October	14:00	19:00

Testing

The 2014 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test #1	23rd Jan 2014	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Preseason Test #2	30th Jan 2014	Nürburgring, Nürburg
Preseason Test #3	6th Feb 2014	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Preseason Test #4	13th Feb 2014	Istanbul Park, Istanbul
Young Driver Test	6th Nov 2014	TBC

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 Grand Prix was to be held there since 2008.
• The location of the United States Grand Prix also changed. For the first time in Superleague history, the Circuit of the Americas would be used to host the event.
• The Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix made their return to Superleague calender after a 2 and 1 year absence respectively.

Rule changes

Technical

• 2014 will see the introduction of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). KERS would allow drivers a new level of strategy when lapping providing limited additional accelerative power at the driver's discretion. The KERS battery is fully recharged every lap.
• A brand new engine limit will be imposed; eight being the maximum amount of engines one car can use. If a ninth engine or more were to be used, then a penalty would be handed to the driver using the car. As a consequence of this rule change, reliability will become a new option for engine manufacturers to upgrade.
• R&D will see a massive overhaul seeing the progression system change from a 10-step model to a 1-100% model.

Sporting

• Official Free Practice sessions will now be limited to Race Drivers only with no R&D points to be gained during the session. Instead, R&D points and eRD points can be earned on a separate server to be used exclusively by Test Drivers in their own 30 minute session during the race evening.
• In-season testing has been removed from the Superleague schedule.
• Pre-season testing will now enforce a cap on mileage and the freedom of personal team testing programmes during pre-season testing.
• All costs and gains - of R&D points and for fuel - will be based now on mileage, not laps.
• All teams have the option of buying 2013-spec engines for a reduced price to 2014-spec. The advantage of these engines will be better initial reliability. However, the main disadvantage to the 2013-spec engines will be that they will not get upgraded like the 2014-specs.
• An expansion of the personnel system will see the ability to add different ranges of staff to different areas. The ability to 'max out' staff has been prohibited however to prevent a major gap between teams in terms of creativity of personnel.
• 'Hospitality' will be a new area to the Managerial system. Teams will be able to host up to three big events and four medium or small hospitality events (in addition to the standard marketing operations) to attract new sponsors: these will result in the gain of Marketing Points to be used in the 2015 sponsorship negotiations.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd.	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Redshaw (1:24.121)	Lewis Redshaw (1:24.841)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG Racing-Potentia	Report
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Ruud Heesterbeek (1:32.086)	David Fidock (1:32.702)	Ruud Heesterbeek	Nijo Racing-Trinity	Report
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	David Fidock (1:28.795)	David Fidock (1:29.488)	David Fidock	CSG Racing-Potentia	Report
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:32.469)	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:33.088)	Giuseppe Rainieri	Midnight-Potentia	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:15.399)	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:16.104)	Giuseppe Rainieri	Midnight-Potentia	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	David Fidock (1:11.961)	David Fidock (1:12.690)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG Racing-Potentia	Report
7	Canadian Grand Prix	Lewis Redshaw (1:13.771)	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:14.243)	Lewis Redshaw	CSG Racing-Potentia	Report
8	Austrian Grand Prix	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:05.034)	Giuseppe Rainieri (1:05.507)	Giuseppe Rainieri	Midnight-Potentia	Report
9	British Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
10	German Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
12	Belgian Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
14	United States Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
15	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	( - )	( - )		-	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 Lewis Redshaw 1 2 2 6 4 1 1 2 158 2 David Fidock 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 149 3 Giuseppe Rainieri 3 4 3 1 1 Ret 21 1 120 4 Ruud Heesterbeek 9 1 11 4 Ret 2 9 77 5 Nick Rowland 5 16 Ret 3 2 Ret 3 4 76 6 Deividas Misiulis 12 15 7 5 6 6 8 53 7 Tom van der Voort 7 10 Ret 7 7 5 17 7 53 8 Gergo Baldi Ret Ret 5 23 5 4 18 6 45 9 Lee Morris 6 7 6 8 11 42 10 Agustin Canapino 8 24 9 10 8 Ret 5 Ret 40 11 Petter Kaasa 5 13 13 10 7 13 Ret 35 12 Kenney Lybeer Ret 4 11 Ret 9 12 29 13 Jim Parisis 4 8 10 Ret 27 14 Harley Hamnett 16 Ret 18 6 10 20 5 27 15 Toby Davis Ret 11 14 Ret 11 4 25 16 Morten Wernersen 17 20 8 Ret Ret 7 10 23 17 Mikael Tuomaala 18 22 18 19 Ret 9 8 11 20 18 Mindaugas Klumbis 10 9 14 Ret 15 Ret 16 16 19 Tommy Hagen 15 16 9 17 13 12 15 20 Jason Muscat 6 14 12 21 Sven de Vries Ret 16 12 8 12 22 Boyd Bryson 11 19 19 22 Ret Ret 10 Ret 11 23 Kieran Ryan Ret 17 12 15 13 Ret 15 Ret 9 24 Ben Horrill 9 Ret 7 25 Adam Rouse 12 Ret 14 6 26 Roy Schroten 19 13 15 17 15 Ret 15 6 27 Danny Asbury Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 5 28 Oskari Kantonen 12 4 29 Jonathan Holmes 12 4 30 Giorgos Manousakis 13 3 31 Pavel Loknovski 13 3 32 Jordan Weekes Ret 18 20 Ret 16 14 22 Ret 2 33 Tommi Koivunen 20 Ret 20 Ret 16 14 Ret 2 34 Sam Millar 14 21 Ret 2 35 Bart de Vos 14 Ret 2 36 Mark Fuller Ret 21 18 16 18 0 37 Mark Wicks 17 0 38 Calvin Hermse 21 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 19 0 39 Matt Richards Ret 19 Ret 0 40 David Jundt 23 0 41 Menno Klont DSQ Ret 0 42 Vinodh Moodley Ret 0 43 Ben Warren Ret 0 Pos Driver AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Constructors' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 CSG-Potentia 24 1 2 2 6 4 1 1 2 307 25 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 Midnight-Potentia 0 5 16 Ret 3 2 Ret 3 4 196 2 3 4 3 1 1 Ret 21 1 3 Nijo-Trinity 3 9 1 11 4 Ret 2 23 9 130 4 7 10 Ret 7 7 5 17 7 4 Red Archer-Krevder 11 15 6 16 9 17 13 12 Ret 85 12 12 15 7 5 9 6 6 8 5 Nordsjoen-Martex 7 8 24 9 10 8 Ret 5 Ret 68 8 Ret 11 17 14 Ret 11 4 13 6 Hawkeye-Potentia 9 16 12 Ret 18 6 10 20 5 76 10 Ret Ret 5 23 5 4 18 6 7 Torrent-Trinity 5 4 8 10 12 Ret Ret 59 6 13 5 13 13 10 7 13 Ret 8 Vod:Bul-Potentia 28 17 20 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 10 58 29 Ret 14 4 11 Ret 12 9 12 9 Kernow-Krevder 14 6 7 6 8 11 Ret 17 46 15 14 21 Ret DSQ 14 Ret 19 Ret 10 Green Stripes-Martex 20 18 22 18 19 Ret 9 8 11 22 21 20 Ret Ret 20 Ret 16 14 Ret 11 Phoenix F1-Potentia 18 Ret 17 12 15 13 Ret 15 Ret 20 19 11 19 19 22 Ret Ret 10 Ret 12 Target-Trinity 26 10 9 14 Ret 15 Ret 18 27 Ret 18 20 Ret 16 14 22 Ret 13 ST Racing-Martex 22 21 Ret Ret 21 12 Ret Ret 19 12 23 Ret Ret 21 16 18 8 16 18 14 Woods-Trinity 16 Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 16 11 17 19 13 15 17 15 Ret 15 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Blank Did not participate (-) Excluded (EX) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap