2014 Auto GP Series

The 2014 Auto GP Series was the fifth year of the Auto GP, and the fifteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 13 April in Marrakech, Morocco and finished on 19 October at the Autódromo do Estoril, after eight double-header rounds.[1]

Despite missing two rounds during the season, Euronova Racing driver Kimiya Sato was crowned champion, after winning six races over the course of the season. Sato won the championship by 14 points over Tamás Pál Kiss, who was a three-time race winner during the 2014 season. Super Nova International's Markus Pommer completed the championship top three in third position, 27 points in arrears of Pál Kiss, having won races in Marrakech and Monza. Aside from them, other drivers to win races were Andrea Roda at the Red Bull Ring, Kevin Giovesi, who won at Le Castellet and Monza, Shinya Michimi, who won the season's final race at Estoril, while Michela Cerruti became the first woman to win a race in the series, with a victory at Imola. In the teams' championship, Super Nova International fended off Virtuosi UK in a tight title race, with Super Nova prevailing by just six points.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Super Nova International[2] 1 Germany Markus Pommer[3] All
2 Angola Ricardo Teixeira[4] 2
Italy Francesco Dracone[5] 4–5, 7–8
Italy Vittorio Ghirelli[6] 3
88 Italy Michela Cerruti[2] 1–7
Italy Vittorio Ghirelli 8
United Kingdom Virtuosi UK[7] 4 Italy Andrea Roda[7] All
6 Slovakia Richard Gonda[8] 1–2
11 Belgium Sam Dejonghe[8] 1–3
Norway Pål Varhaug[9] 5
Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[10] 6–8
Spain Ibiza Racing[11] 7 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani[12] 1–7
20 Italy Francesco Dracone[8] 1
Italy Niccolò Schirò[4] 2
Austria Zele Racing[13] 8 Italy Sergio Campana[14] 1
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda[4] 2–3
Switzerland Christof von Grünigen[15] 4–6
Brazil Antônio Pizzonia[16] 8
9 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[17] 1–5
Angola Luís Sá Silva[18] 8
10 Venezuela Samin Gómez[19] 4–5
Italy Euronova Racing[20] 15 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda[8] 1, 7
Japan Shinya Michimi[21] 4, 8
16 Japan Kimiya Sato[22] 1–3, 5–7
Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda 4
77 Italy Salvatore de Plano[23] 5
Japan Shinya Michimi 6
Italy Eurotech Engineering[20]
FMS Racing[24]
 28 Italy Kevin Giovesi[25] All
69 Italy Loris Spinelli[25] 1–5
99 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli[24] 5
Italy Salvatore de Plano 6–8
Italy MLR 71 by Euronova[26] 71 Italy Michele La Rosa[26] All

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2014 season was released on 26 January 2014,[1] with the series' definitive calendar released on 8 March 2014.[27]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 12 April Italy Kevin Giovesi Germany Markus Pommer Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
R2 13 April Germany Markus Pommer Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Super Nova International
2 R3 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 19 April Italy Kevin Giovesi Japan Kimiya Sato Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Austria Zele Racing FIA WTCC Race of France
R4 20 April Germany Markus Pommer Italy Kevin Giovesi Italy Eurotech Engineering
3 R5 Hungary Hungaroring 3 May Germany Markus Pommer Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
R6 4 May Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing
4 R7 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 31 May Germany Markus Pommer Japan Shinya Michimi Germany Markus Pommer United Kingdom Super Nova International Italian GT Championship
R8 1 June Germany Markus Pommer Italy Kevin Giovesi Italy Eurotech Engineering
5 R9 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 28 June Germany Markus Pommer Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing ACI Racing Weekend
R10 29 June Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Michela Cerruti United Kingdom Super Nova International
6 R11 Austria Red Bull Ring 20 July Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring
R12 Japan Shinya Michimi Italy Andrea Roda United Kingdom Virtuosi UK
7 R13 Germany Nürburgring 16 August Germany Markus Pommer Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R14 17 August Japan Kimiya Sato Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss United Kingdom Virtuosi UK
8 R15 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril 19 October Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss United Kingdom Virtuosi UK 4 Hours of Estoril
R16 Japan Shinya Michimi Japan Shinya Michimi Italy Euronova Racing

Championship standings
  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race One 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race Two 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

In addition:

  • Two points were awarded for Pole position for Race One
  • One point were awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver MAR
Morocco		 LEC
France		 HUN
Hungary		 MNZ
Italy		 IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 EST
Portugal		 Points
1 Japan Kimiya Sato 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 8† 1 3 221
2 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss Ret 3 1 2 2 7 2 5 9 9 2 2 4 1 1 4 207
3 Germany Markus Pommer 8 1 2 4 9 6 1 3 Ret 5 5 Ret 3 2 3 5 180
4 Italy Andrea Roda 7† 4 5 7 3 5 4 2 3 8 3 1 5 4 5 8 166
5 Italy Kevin Giovesi Ret Ret 4 1 4 4 8 1 2 2 4 7† 2 6 WD WD 155
6 Italy Michela Cerruti 4 5 7 5 10 10 3 7 5 1 Ret 3 6 5 113
7 Italy Michele La Rosa 2 6 9 9 7 9 5 Ret 12† 11 8 5 9 8 8 6 73
8 Japan Shinya Michimi 11† 6 6 4 6 1 55
9 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli 8 2 10 6 2 Ret 44
10 Belgium Sam Dejonghe 5 8† Ret 6 5 3 41
11 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani 3 7 10 10 12† Ret 7 8 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 38
12 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda WD WD 8 8 6 11 10 4 7 7 36
13 Italy Francesco Dracone 9† 9† 6 10 6 10 8 10 Ret 7 31
14 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia 4 3 25
15 Norway Pål Varhaug 4 3 24
16 Angola Luís Sá Silva 7 2 21
17 Italy Loris Spinelli 6 Ret 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 11 WD WD 19
18 Switzerland Christof von Grünigen Ret 9 7 7 7 Ret 18
19 Italy Salvatore de Plano 11 12 10 6 Ret 11 9 9 11
20 Venezuela Samin Gómez 9 Ret WD WD 2
21 Italy Sergio Campana 10† Ret 1
22 Slovakia Richard Gonda 11† Ret WD WD 0
Italy Niccolò Schirò Ret Ret 0
Angola Ricardo Teixeira WD WD 0
Pos Driver MAR
Morocco		 LEC
France		 HUN
Hungary		 MNZ
Italy		 IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 EST
Portugal		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship
Pos Team MAR
Morocco		 LEC
France		 HUN
Hungary		 MNZ
Italy		 IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 EST
Portugal		 Points
1 United Kingdom Super Nova International 4 1 2 4 8 2 1 3 5 1 5 3 3 2 3 5 339
8 5 7 5 9 6 3 7 6 5 Ret Ret 8 5 2 7
2 United Kingdom Virtuosi UK 5 4 5 6 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 4 1 1 4 333
7 8 Ret 7 5 5 4 8 3 2 5 4 5 8
3 Italy Euronova Racing 1 2 3 3 1 1 10 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 6 1 297
WD WD 11† 6 11 12 6 8† 7 7
4 Italy Eurotech Engineering
Italy FMS Racing		 6 Ret 4 1 4 4 8 1 2 2 4 6 2 6 9 9 190
Ret Ret 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 11 10 6 10 7† Ret Ret WD WD
5 Austria Zele Racing 10† 3 1 2 2 6 2 5 7 7 7 Ret 4 2 187
Ret Ret 8 8 7 11 9 9 9 9 7 3
6 Italy MLR 71 by Euronova 2 6 9 9 7 9 5 Ret 12† 11 8 5 9 8 8 6 73
7 Spain Ibiza Racing 3 7 10 10 12 Ret 7 8 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 42
9† 9† Ret Ret
Pos Team MAR
Morocco		 LEC
France		 HUN
Hungary		 MNZ
Italy		 IMO
Italy		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 EST
Portugal		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

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