2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season

The 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season was a formula racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimao, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands.[1] The series featured 12 teams that represented the nations in which they were founded. Their drivers did not have that nationality per sé, but the car represented the flag. This concept was similar to the one used in the former A1 Grand Prix series, whose vehicles were used in FA1. To attract young, yet serious, racing drivers, the 2014 winning driver/team was promised the full budget for the 2015 FA1 season and a test day in a GP2 Series car in Abu Dhabi.[2]

Acceleration 2014
Current season summary

2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season
2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season
2014 Legend SuperCup season
2014 European Stock 1000 season
2014 European Stock 600 season

Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1) was the most prominent part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.[3] Next to FA1, there was the MW-V6 Pickup Series, based on the former Dutch racing series BRL V6, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 600 and 1000 Series, which featured motorcycle racing for 15- and 16-year-olds. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances from international DJs.[4]

The championship was dominated by Nigel Melker and Mirko Bortolotti, taking eight of the ten race victories between them. Melker clinched the championship title after Bortolotti skipped the final round at Assen. Third place in the championship went to Richard Gonda, who achieved a trio of podium finishes but without victory. Indeed, the only other driver to take a race victory besides Melker and Bortolotti was Felix Rosenqvist, who completed a double at Monza; he finished the season in fifth place, three points behind Sebastian Balthasar. Netherlands won the nations' championship by 10.5 points ahead of Italy.

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that the series would be merged with Auto GP in 2015, to ensure that at least 18 cars will participate in each race. It was also announced that the 2015 champion will be granted a Formula One test.[5][6]

Calendar

The 2014 calendar consisted of five race weekends. Originally, nine were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014[7] and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.[8]

DateEventCircuitCity
29–30 Nov 2013 Testing Circuito de Navarra Navarra, Spain
26–27 Mar 2014 Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia, Spain
22–23 Apr 2014 Autódromo Internacional do Algarve Portimão, Portugal
25–27 Apr 2014 Acceleration at Portimão
2–4 May 2014 Acceleration at Navarra Circuito de Navarra Navarra, Spain
23–25 May 2014 Acceleration at Nürburgring Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
6–8 Jun 2014 Acceleration in Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
17–19 Oct 2014 Acceleration in Assen TT Circuit Assen Assen, Netherlands

Race format
DayDurationEvent
Friday30 minFree practice 1
30 minFree practice 2
30 minQualifying for race 1 (1 point for pole position)
Saturday30 minQualifying for race 2 (1 point for pole position)
30 minRace 1 (1 mandatory pit stop)
Sunday45 minRace 2 (2 mandatory pit stops)

Entrants
TeamNo.DriverRounds
China 8 Steijn Schothorst 4
29 Oliver Campos-Hull 1
Armando Parente 2–3
32 Nathanaël Berthon 5
France 17 Alessio Picariello 3–5
32 Sergio Campana 1
Nathanaël Berthon 2
Germany 4 Sebastian Balthasar All
Italy 16 Mirko Bortolotti 1–4
18 Gian Maria Gabbiani 5
42 Sergio Campana 5
Mexico 22 Kevin Kleveros 5
38 Luis Michael Dörrbecker All
39 Picho Toledano 1–4
Netherlands 6 Bas Schouten 5
7 Nigel Melker All
Portugal 21 Jeroen Mul 5
42 Armando Parente 1
Sergio Campana 2–4
Slovakia 64 Richard Gonda All
Spain 10 Victor Garcia 1
Oliver Campos-Hull 2–3
11 Marco Barba 4–5
Sweden 19 Craig Dolby 5
23 Felix Rosenqvist 1, 4
24 Jimmy Eriksson 3
45 Dennis Lind 2
United Kingdom 69 Dani Clos 5
Venezuela 20 Rodolfo González 1–2
45 Dennis Lind 3–4

[9][10][11][12][13][14]

Notes

Technical specifications

All cars were mechanically identical and were built with reducing costs in mind, which led to an approximate price for the whole season of €450,000. FA1 used the Lola B05/52, used in A1 Grand Prix between 2005 and 2008.[2]

Championship standings
Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 drivers in both races, regardless of whether the driver finished or not. The pole-sitter for each race received one point, and one point was also given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. At the end of the season, the FA1 Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points. There was also a Nations' championship, which grouped the represented nations by totalling the average of the points scored by the drivers of the same nationality (e.g.: with 5 Dutch drivers competing in a race, the Netherlands scored in that race the addition of the points scored by each driver divided by 5).[2][16]

Sprint race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1
Feature race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1

Drivers' championship
Pos. Driver No. Team Races Points
ALG
 NAV
 NÜR
 MNZ
 ASS
1 Nigel Melker 7 Netherlands 2 2 1 1 1 DNS 2 2 1 1 183
2 Mirko Bortolotti 16 Italy 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 11 135
3 Richard Gonda 64 Slovakia 5 9 3 11 4 2 4 4 3 6 94
4 Sebastian Balthasar 4 Germany 3 4 7 3 12 5 9 3 7 9 76
5 Felix Rosenqvist 23 Sweden 4 3 1 1 73
6 Sergio Campana 32 France 8 7 72
42 Portugal 6 12 11 3 5 9
Italy 2 3
7 Armando Parente 42 Portugal 6 5 40
29 China 9 4 5 9
8 Alessio Picariello 17 France 4 4 8 6 12 14 34
9 Luis Michael Dörrbecker 38 Mexico 9 10 8 5 6 8 10 7 11 12 33
10 Dani Clos 69 United Kingdom 5 2 28
11 Dennis Lind 45 Sweden 4 7 24
Venezuela 9 10 7 10
12 Nathanaël Berthon 32 France 10 10 22
China 4 5
13 Oliver Campos-Hull 29 China 7 6 20
10 Spain 11 8 7 11
14 Picho Toledano 39 Mexico WD WD 12 6 10 7 12 8 19
15 Craig Dolby 19 Sweden 14 4 12
16 Jimmy Eriksson 24 Sweden 8 6 11
17 Rodolfo González 20 Venezuela 11 11 5 9 10
18 Steijn Schothorst 8 China 11 5 10
19 Marco Barba 11 Spain 6 12 13 8 10
20 Kevin Kleveros 22 Mexico 8 7 9
21 Jeroen Mul 21 Portugal 6 13 6
22 Victor Garcia 10 Spain 10 8 5
23 Bas Schouten 6 Netherlands 9 10 3
24 Gian Maria Gabbiani 18 Italy 10 11 1
Pos. Driver No. Team ALG
 NAV
 NÜR
 MNZ
 ASS
 Points
Races
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship
Pos. Team No. Races Points
ALG
 NAV
 NÜR
 MNZ
 ASS
1 Netherlands 6 9 10 161
7 2 2 1 1 1 DNS 2 2 1 1
2 Italy 16 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 11 150.5
18 10 11
42 2 3
3 Sweden 19 14 4 112
23 4 3 1 1
24 8 6
45 4 7
4 Slovakia 64 5 9 3 11 4 2 4 4 3 6 94
5 Germany 4 3 4 7 3 12 5 9 3 7 9 76
6 China 8 11 5 66
29 7 6 9 4 5 9
32 4 5
7 Portugal 21 6 13 55
42 6 5 6 12 11 3 5 9
8 France 17 4 4 8 6 12 14 45
32 8 7 10 10
9 Mexico 22 8 7 32
38 9 10 8 5 6 8 10 7 11 12
39 WD WD 12 6 10 7 12 8
10 United Kingdom 69 5 2 28
11 Spain 10 10 8 11 8 7 11 23
11 6 12 13 8
12 Venezuela 20 11 11 5 9 18
45 9 10 7 10
Pos. Driver No. ALG
 NAV
 NÜR
 MNZ
 ASS
 Points
Races
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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