2014 GP3 Series
The 2014 GP3 Series was the fifth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the moniker of GP3 Series, a motor racing feeder series for Formula One and sister series GP2. The series continued to use Pirelli tyres.[1]
The title was claimed by Red Bull Junior driver Alex Lynn, despite the fact he had fewer wins than Dean Stoneman; Lynn surpassed him by 44 points.[2]
This was also the only season in the GP3 Series in which a team other than
Teams and drivers
The following teams competed in the 2014 season:[3]
Driver changes
Entering/Re-entering GP3
- Carlin.[16]
- Former Trident.[28]
- Alfonso Celis Jr. joined the series with Status Grand Prix.[35]
- Having been without a drive for 2013, Roman de Beer joined the series for 2014, racing with Trident.[31]
- German Formula Three champion Marvin Kirchhöfer competes for ART Grand Prix in his first year in the series.[5]
- 2013 European Formula 3 Championship, moved into the series – as a Red Bull Junior Team member – with Carlin.[15]
- FIA European Formula Three Championship to the GP3 Series, racing for Arden International.[10]
- European F3 Open Championship.[23]
- Denis Nagulin enters the series with Trident, having finished 19th in the 2013 European F3 Open season.[32]
- After competing in the last round of the 2013 GP3 Series season with
- 2011.[34]
- Ivan Taranov graduated from the Protyre Formula Renault Championship to GP3 with Hilmer Motorsport.[20]
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2013, made his series début with Jenzer Motorsport.[25]
- Koiranen GP.[14]
- 2010, returned to the series with Jenzer Motorsport, the team he competed with in 2010.[25]
- ADAC Formel Masters to the GP3 Series, racing with Hilmer Motorsport.[23]
Changing teams
- After completing the 2013 season with Koiranen GP.[13]
- Adderly Fong moved from Status Grand Prix to Jenzer Motorsport.[25]
- Bamboo Engineering to Koiranen GP.[11]
- Patrick Kujala moved to Marussia Manor Racing after competing his debut season with Koiranen GP.[18]
- Patric Niederhauser joined Arden International after two seasons with Jenzer Motorsport.[9]
- Jenzer Motorsport's Alex Fontana and Marussia Manor Racing's Dino Zamparelli moved to ART Grand Prix.[4][6]
- Nick Yelloly, who competed for Carlin switched to Status Grand Prix.[33]
Leaving GP3
- Robert Cregan, Samin Gómez, Eric Lichtenstein, Melville McKee, Aaro Vainio and Lewis Williamson left the series after failing to secure seats in 2014.
- Both
- Blancpain Sprint Series.[38]
- Indy Lights.
- European Le Mans Series.[39]
- 2013 GP3 champion, MW Arden driver Daniil Kvyat stepped up to Formula One, racing with Scuderia Toro Rosso.[40]
- Facu Regalia left the GP3 Series and move to parent series GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport.
- Formula Renault 3.5 Seriesfull-time for 2014.
- British GT Championship.[41]
- International GT Open.[42]
- Josh Webster, who drove for Status Grand Prix in 2013, left the series and switched to Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.[43]
Mid-season changes
- Russian driver Formula Renault 3.5 Series.[21] Riccardo Agostini also joined Hilmer at the Red Bull Ring, as he replaced Beitske Visser.[24]
- German driver Trident at the same round.[22]
- Austrian driver Christopher Höher replaced Hong Kong-based Adderly Fong at Jenzer Motorsport for the round at the Hungaroring, as Fong had a race in the Audi R8 LMS Cup that weekend.[26] Kevin Ceccon replaced Höher for the next round at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[27]
- Trident replaced their whole line-up for the round at Spa-Francorchamps. Instead of Victor Carbone, Roman de Beer and Mitchell Gilbert, the team fielded Konstantin Tereshchenko, John Bryant-Meisner and Luca Ghiotto.[29]
- Ryan Cullen did the same move as Kujala in Abu Dhabi.[30]
- Kang Ling made his GP3 Series début at Abu Dhabi with Trident.[30]
Team changes
- Bamboo Engineering left series after the last race of the 2013 season. Their place was due to be taken by GP2 Series champions Russian Time,[46] but after Motopark Academy parted ways with the team after the death of team founder Igor Mazepa,[47] their place was taken by GP2 Series team Hilmer Motorsport.[19]
- MW Arden changed its name to Arden International and was re-registered as a British, rather than an Australian team.[7] The changes coincided with Mark Webber's retirement from Formula One and subsequent move to the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Calendar
After the final race of the
Round | Circuit/Location | Country | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona | Spain | 10 May | Spanish Grand Prix |
R2 | 11 May | ||||
2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | Austria | 21 June | Austrian Grand Prix |
R2 | 22 June | ||||
3 | R1 | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | United Kingdom | 5 July | British Grand Prix |
R2 | 6 July | ||||
4 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | Germany | 19 July | German Grand Prix |
R2 | 20 July | ||||
5 | R1 | Hungaroring, Budapest | Hungary | 26 July | Hungarian Grand Prix |
R2 | 27 July | ||||
6 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps | Belgium | 23 August | Belgian Grand Prix |
R2 | 24 August | ||||
7 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
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Italy | 6 September | Italian Grand Prix |
R2 | 7 September | ||||
8 | R1 | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi[49] | Russia | 11 October | Russian Grand Prix |
R2 | 12 October | ||||
9 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 22 November | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
R2 | 23 November |
Calendar changes
- The stand-alone round at the 2013, was discontinued for 2014.
- The GP3 Series visited two circuits — the Red Bull Ring in Austria and the Sochi Autodrom in Russia — for the first time in 2014.[48]
Results
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2.
- Race 1 points
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
- Race 2 points
Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | FL |
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Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Drivers' championship
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Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
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Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Footnotes
- ^ Sá Silva is an Angolan driver who was forced to compete under a Macanese licence.
- ^ Cullen is an Irish driver who competed under a British racing licence.
- ^ Cullen is an Irish driver who competed under a British racing licence.
- ^ Roman de Beer set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Richie Stanaway was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Mitchell Gilbert set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Patric Niederhauser was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Mathéo Tuscher set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dean Stoneman was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Jimmy Eriksson set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marvin Kirchhöfer was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Alex Fontana set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dino Zamparelli was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
- ^ Patric Niederhauser won the race, but she was later disqualified for a technical violation.[51]
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