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2014 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	TBC
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod Used	Custom
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	21
Drivers' Champion
Teams' Champion
Formula Challenge Seasons
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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)
{{}} FIN 0	James Johnson	1-16	[[ Juha Tanskanen ]]	FC-02	G	2	Jonathan Holmes	1-16	n/a
Tanskanen Racing| {{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 3	Matthew Clipp	3-10	[[ Matthew Clipp ]]	FC-02	G	4	Paul Joseph	1-16	Florian Engel
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} NED 5	Ben Warren	1-16	[[ Roy Schroten ]]	FC-02	G	6	Mike Schroten	1-16	n/a
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{1}} WAL 7	John Munro	1-4	[[ Matt Richards ]]	FC-04	G	8	Scott Sovik	1-2, 5-8
		David Carter				5-6
		Philipp Konig				7-8
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{1}} ENG 7	Ben Horrill	13-16	[[ Joshua Anderson ]]	FC-02	G	8	Richard Coxon	13-16	Scott Sovik
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 9	Jack Nicholls	1-2, 7-8, 15-16	[[ Jack Nicholls ]]	FC-04	G	10	Ric Scott	1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-16	n/a
		Santiago Niza				5-6
		Sven Smits				9-10
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 11	Simon Smith	1-16	[[ Simon Smith ]]	FC-02	G	12	Marco Vandenbroeck	1-12	n/a
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 14	Wopke Hoekstra	1-14, 16	[[ Matthew Allington ]]	FC-04	G	15	Adam Ozgur	1-8, 11-12, 15-16
		Rob Mason					9-10	Rob Mason
Rob Mason	15
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} DEN 16	Ben Hackeson	1-6, 9-16	[[ Morten Wernersen ]]	FC-05	G	17	Matt Richards	1-2
		Olli Pelkonen					3-4, 7-16
Ben Horrill	5-6	n/a
Ryan Walker	7-8
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 18	Ollie Woods	3-4, 9-10, 15-16	[[ Ben Warren ]]	FC-03	G	19	Teemu Toikka	1-16	William Tringas
		William Tringas				5-8, 11-14
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 20	Roy Verzijl	1-16	[[ Doug Hilliard ]]	FC-04	G	21	Pedro Gomes	1-12
Sandeep Choda	13-14
Andrejs Pestovs	15-16	Doug Hilliard Sandeep Chodha
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 22	David Jundt	1-16	[[ Robert Wiesenmueller ]]	FC-05	G	23	Robert Wiesenmueller	1-2
Adrian Holm	3-6
David Carter	7-8
Juha Tuunainen	11-16	Adrian Holm
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} NED 24	Terence Grech	1-8, 10-14, 16	[[ Tom van der Voort ]]	FC-03	G	25	Mark Wicks	1-6, 9-16
Chris Williamson	7-8	Chris Williamson
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 26	Ben Willis	1-16	[[ Chris Knight ]]	FC-03	G	27	Fran Lopez	3-4, 7-14
Chris Knight	5-6	Chris Knight
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 28	Lewis McGlade	1-2, 5-16	[[ Lewis McGlade ]]	FC-03	G	29	Sam Jones	1-16	n/a
		Petar Brljak				3-4
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 30	Scott Berrisford	1-2, 5-16	[[ James Kirk ]]	FC-03	G	31	Hansko Mebius	1-16	Teemu Valkeejärvi
		David Carter				3-4
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} GER 32	Thomas Pfadler	1-12	[[ Maurice Brackhahn ]]	FC-03	G	33	Victor Silva	1-8, 11-16	n/a
		Dave van Gils				15
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} FIN 34	Jon MacLean	1-2, 5-12	[[ Mikael Tuomaala ]]	FC-07	G	35	Santiago Niza	1-2
		James Kirk					3-4, 7-9, 13-16
		Benediktas Sinkevicius					5-6
Dovydas Polaras	11-12	n/a
Santiago Niza	3-4
Dovydas Polaras	13-14, 16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 36	Tommi Ojala	1-14	[[ Mike Bell ]]	FC-03	G	37	Jesper Taulborg	1-16	n/a
		Eric Stranne				15-16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 38	Matthew Williams	1-8	[[ Cameron Brewster ]]	FC-06	G	39	Lee McLaughlin	1-2, 7-8, 11-16
		Philip Morby					3-6
		Tim Straub					9-10	n/a
Nico Schweinzer	9-12
Tim Straub	13-14
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{{}} ROM 40	Matias Canapino	1-2	[[ Andrei Caramidaru ]]	FC-06	G	41	Lewis Travis	1-6
		Patrick Wannemuller					7-10
Benediktas Sinkevicius	13-14
Justinas Ribelis	15-16	n/a
Petar Brljak	5-16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}

• ¹ Airastream Motorsport initially took part in the championship, but withdrew prior to the Challenge Monaco Grand Prix. Their slot was taken over by Cosmo Autosport from Monaco onward though the team's debut was delayed to the Challenge Canadian Grand Prix.

2014 Calendar

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

Testing

The 2014 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
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

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Jesper Taulborg	1:35.910	Jonathan Holmes	1:36.099	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing	Report
	R2				James Johnson	1:36.242	David Jundt	THR
2	R3	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:44.030	Jonathan Holmes	1:45.150	Petar Brljak	Aurora Motorsports	Report
	R4				Jonathan Holmes	1:45.620	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
3	R5	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:41.788	Jonathan Holmes	1:42.050	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R6				Jonathan Holmes	1:41.849	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
4	R7	Challenge Chinese Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:45.532	Petar Brljak	1:46.054	Scott Berrisford	Enterprise GP	Report
	R8				Petar Brljak	1:46.052	Philipp Konig	Airastream Motorsport
5	R9	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:27.975	Petar Brljak	1:28.312	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R10				Petar Brljak	1:28.428	Fran Lopez	Knight Racing
6	R11	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:21.048	Scott Berrisford	1:21.864	Scott Berrisford	Enterprise GP	Report
	R12				Petar Brljak	1:21.657	Dovydas Polaras	Bastvik Grand Prix
7	R13	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:25.466	Petar Brljak	1:25.680	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R14				David Jundt	1:26.079	David Jundt	THR
8	R15	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Jesper Taulborg	1:19.791	Petar Brljak	1.17.971	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R16				Roy Verzijl	1:17.450	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
9	R17	Challenge British Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R18					-
10	R19	Challenge German Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R20					-
11	R21	Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R22					-
12	R23	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R24					-
13	R25	Challenge Italian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R26					-
14	R27	Challenge United States Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R28					-
15	R29	Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R30					-
16	R31	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R32					-
17	R33	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix		-		-			Report
	R34					-

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 David Jundt 13 1 213 2 Petar Brljak 201 3 James Johnson 1 3 186 4 Scott Berrisford 4 8 160 5 Jonathan Holmes 2 19 155 6 Jesper Taulborg 21 13 129 7 Roy Verzijl 27 Ret 78 8 Ben Warren 11 12 76 9 Fran Lopez 73 10 Mike Schroten 16 9 70 11 Paul Joseph 7 7 65 12 Tommi Ojala 10 5 64 13 Terence Grech 24 Ret 60 14 Hansko Mebius 19 Ret 56 15 Olli Pelkonen 45 16 Thomas Pfadler 5 16 39 17 Dovydas Polaras 39 18 Robert Wiesenmueller 3 2 36 19 Wopke Hoekstra 22 Ret 33 20 James Kirk 33 21 Teemu Toikka 12 15 31 22 Pedro Gomes 15 10 26 23 Philipp Konig 25 24 Adrian Holm 24 25 Eric Stranne 24 26 Santiago Niza 8 25 22 27 Lewis Travis Ret Ret 22 28 John Munro 6 6 20 29 Jack Nicholls 9 4 20 30 Nico Schweinzer 16 31 Victor Silva 30 18 16 32 Benediktas Sinkevicius 15 33 Patrick Wannemuller 15 34 Ben Horrill 13 35 Juha Tuunainen 13 36 Ryan Walker 13 37 Mark Wicks 29 11 13 38 Lee McLaughlin 35 17 11 39 Adam Ozgur 17 Ret 11 40 David Carter 10 41 Ben Hackeson 14 14 9 42 Jon MacLean 23 Ret 9 43 Lewis McGlade 33 20 8 44 Matt Clipp 5 45 Sam Jones 18 22 2 46 Matthew Williams 26 24 2 47 Joshua Anderson 0 48 Matias Canapino 28 Ret 0 49 Sandeep Chodha 0 50 Richard Coxon 0 51 Chris Knight 0 52 Rob Mason 0 53 Philip Morby 0 54 Andrejs Pestovs 0 55 Justinas Ribelis 0 56 Matt Richards 20 Ret 0 57 Ric Scott 25 21 0 58 Simon Smith 32 26 0 59 Sven Smits 0 60 Scott Sovik Ret Ret 0 61 Tim Straub 0 62 William Tringas 0 63 Dave van Gils 0 64 Marco Vandenbroeck 34 23 0 65 Chris Williamson 0 66 Ben Willis 31 Ret 0 67 Ollie Woods 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.

Teams' standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 Tanskanen Racing 0 1 3 3 1 8 1 4 12 28 Ret 3 14 24 Ret 5 1 341 2 2 19 2 20 18 6 2 23 3 6 6 12 7 Ret 3 2 2 THR 22 13 1 5 7 3 8 12 2 4 5 2 13 3 1 4 3 286 23 3 2 6 13 5 20 30 26 18 Ret 17 4 21 Ret 3 Smile Power Racing 36 10 5 26 22 13 10 19 11 13 4 8 Ret 11 12 2 12 240 37 21 13 4 3 4 5 3 5 14 3 5 6 2 6 29 18 4 Enterprise GP 30 4 8 18 6 2 2 1 7 7 15 1 2 20 Ret 6 Ret 226 31 19 Ret 9 10 28 13 22 15 21 10 13 5 10 8 16 11 5 Walk Racing 40 Ret Ret 7 Ret 16 4 8 Ret 23 9 Ret 18 32 25 213 41 28 Ret 1 3 11 Ret 1 2 4 9 1 14 1 4 6 Racing Team Schroten 5 11 12 8 5 25 Ret 9 8 9 18 15 8 8 7 26 20 146 6 16 9 16 8 9 Ret Ret 30 DSQ DSQ 22 7 12 3 8 5 7 Bastvik Grand Prix 34 23 Ret 20 9 21 9 15 Ret Ret 15 5 Ret DNS 13 109 35 8 26 17 11 10 7 8 DNS 17 1 15 11 10 10 8 Zedderick Racing 20 27 Ret 10 4 12 12 6 4 Ret 16 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 7 104 21 15 10 32 19 17 15 13 6 17 13 14 18 18 21 30 28 9 Knight Racing 26 31 Ret Ret 30 38 26 31 Ret Ret 24 28 Ret 26 22 25 Ret 73 27 21 14 39 24 14 DNS 2 1 23 17 4 5 10 Katana Motorsports 24 24 Ret 11 2 31 Ret 10 10 DNS 17 16 3 9 17 DNS 16 73 25 29 11 19 17 30 Ret 26 24 10 14 21 Ret 29 Ret Ret 17 11 Royal Blue Racing 3 Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 17 Ret DNS 70 4 7 7 13 9 27 11 15 3 11 11 27 11 19 16 20 23 12 Viking Racing 16 7 7 13 9 27 11 15 3 11 11 27 11 19 16 20 23 67 17 20 Ret 28 Ret 24 Ret 7 21 5 8 26 10 13 10 19 14 13 Team Proline 32 5 16 Ret 18 6 Ret 28 25 Ret Ret 11 4 Ret DNS 55 33 30 18 22 12 21 Ret 17 13 DNS 22 20 Ret 21 Ret 15 8 14 Airastream Motorsport 7 6 6 Ret Ret 35 16 16 1 45 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 16 15 YTF1 14 22 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 23 22 12 12 Ret 16 14 2 28 26 44 15 17 Ret 20 24 29 Ret 27 19 16 20 12 19 16 DNS 9 22 16 Playseat® Racing 38 26 25 24 25 23 14 6 7 9 Ret 32 Ret WD WD 39 39 35 17 31 26 32 23 24 27 29 25 Ret 20 22 9 12 Ret 17 Aurora Motorsports 28 33 20 1 Ret 26 21 20 Ret 20 19 10 Ret 25 19 14 27 35 29 18 22 27 28 15 18 29 18 25 26 30 21 33 20 24 15 18 Velocity Racing 18 29 Ret 33 19 35 20 26 Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret 31 24 32 19 12 15 12 15 19 Ret 32 Ret 18 Ret 7 Ret 27 15 11 9 19 JRT 9 9 4 7 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 18 Ret 29 10 25 21 DNS 27 37 17 24 Ret 31 Ret 17 21 20 Cosmo Autosport 7 WD WD 23 Ret 13 6 13 8 WD WD 30 Ret 23 Ret 21 BackMarker Brigade 11 32 23 23 29 22 25 25 29 27 21 24 Ret 34 23 22 19 0 12 34 24 30 21 36 27 33 31 Ret 23 29 22 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

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

See also