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Revision as of 19:18, 17 January 2014

2014 Superleague season
GPVWC Banner.png
Competition Superleague
Title Sponsor TBA
Platform Used RFactor.png 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
Superleague Seasons
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GPVWC series in 2014
Career Ladder

Superleague
Supercup
Formula Challenge
Open Series

Other series

Masters Series
World Sport Series
International Touring Cup (2013/14)
International Touring Cup (2014)

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)
England SimCraft Midnight Motorsport England Manchester, England Midnight MM-04 Potentia PGE-02 G 1 Germany Lukas Euler 31 England Alex Cooper
2 Italy Giuseppe Rainieri
England Nijo Racing England Nantwich, England Nijo NR-14 Trinity TRIN002 G 3 Netherlands Tom van der Voort 32  
4  
United States Torrent Motorsports United States Columbus, OH Torrent TMo-2 Trinity TRIN002 G 5 Greece Jim Parisis 33 England Adam Rouse
6 Norway Petter Kaasa
Italy Nordsjøen Racing Wales Cardiff, Wales Nordsjoen NR007 Martex MX-02 G 7 Argentina Agustin Canapino 34 England Thomas Jacobs
8  
England Hawkeye Racing England Kendal, England Hawkeye RS-14 Potentia PGE-02 G 9 Australia Harley Hamnett 35 Finland Oskari Kantonen
10 Hungary Gergo Baldi
Greece Red Archer Virtual Racing Team Greece Rethymno, Greece Red Archer RA214 Krevder SA14 G 11 Norway Tommy Hagen 36 Wales Ben Horrill
12
Denmark
Dennis Lind
England Kernow Sport England St.Austell, England Kernow MW3 Krevder SA14 G 14   37  
15  
England Woods Racing England Southampton, England Woods WR14a Trinity TRIN002 G 16 United States Danny Asbury 38 England Ben Warren
17 Netherlands Roy Schroten
England Phoenix F1 Australia Gold Coast, Australia Phoenix PF1-06 G 18 Ireland Kieran Ryan 39 Finland Mikko Jakonen
19 South Africa Boyd Bryson
Germany Green Stripes Racing Germany Muehlen, Germany Green Stripes GSR-14 G 20 Finland Mikael Tuomaala 40 South Africa Vinodh Moodley
21 Finland Tommi Koivunen
England ST Racing England Chandler's Ford, England ST STR02-14 Martex MX-02 G 22 Netherlands Calvin Hermse 41 England James Kirk
23 England Mark Fuller
England CSG Racing England Manchester, England CSG CSG-03 Potentia PGE-02 G 24 England Lewis Redshaw 42 Germany Florian Geier
25 England David Fidock
Norway Target Racing Norway Oslo, Norway Target TR-01 Trinity TRIN002 G 26   43  
27  
England Vod:Bul Racing England Liverpool, England Vod:Bul VBMP14 Potentia PGE-02 G 28
Denmark
Morten Wernersen
44 Belgium Bart De Vos
29 Belgium Kenney Lybeer

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 Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 27th February 16:00 19:00
2 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Selangor TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 13th March 16:00 19:00
3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 27th March 15:00 19:00
4 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 10th April 15:00 19:00
5 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 24th April 14:00 19:00
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 8th May 14:00 19:00
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 22nd May 14:00 19:00
8 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian GP Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 5th June 14:00 19:00
9 British Grand Prix British GP United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 19th June 13:00 19:00
10 German Grand Prix German GP Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 3rd July 14:00 19:00
11 Hungarian Grand Prix French GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 17th July 14:00 19:00
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 14th August 14:00 19:00
13 Italian Grand Prix Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 28th August 14:00 19:00
14 United States Grand Prix United States GP United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 11th September 13:00 19:00
15 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 25th September 17:00 19:00
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie TBC RFactor.png rFactor v1255 9th October 15:00 19:00
17 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo TBC RFactor.png 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 San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
Preseason Test #2 30th Jan 2014 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg
Preseason Test #3 6th Feb 2014 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Preseason Test #4 13th Feb 2014 Turkey 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 Australia Australian Grand Prix  
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2 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix  
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3 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix  
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4 China Chinese Grand Prix  
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    Report
5 Spain Spanish Grand Prix  
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    Report
6 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix  
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7 Canada Canadian Grand Prix  
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8 Austria Austrian Grand Prix  
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9 United Kingdom British Grand Prix  
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10 Germany German Grand Prix  
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11 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix  
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12 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix  
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13 Italy Italian Grand Prix  
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14 United States United States Grand Prix  
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15 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix  
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16 Japan Japanese Grand Prix  
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17 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix  
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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
MYS
Malaysia
BAH
Bahrain
CHN
China
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
UAE
United Arab Emirates
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
Points
1 England Midnight-Potentia 1 0
2
2 England Nijo-? 3 0
4
3 United States Torrent-? 5 0
6
4 Italy Nordsjoen-Martex 7 0
8
5 England Hawkeye-? 9 0
10
6 Greece Red Archer-? 11 0
12
7 England Kernow-Krevder 14 0
15
8 England Woods-Trinity 16 0
17
9 England Phoenix F1-? 18 0
19
10 Germany Green Stripes-? 20 0
21
11 England ST Racing-? 22 0
23
12 England CSG-? 24 0
25
13 Norway Target-? 26 0
27
14 England Vod:Bul-? 28 0
29
Pos Constructor Car
No.
AUS
Australia
MYS
Malaysia
BAH
Bahrain
CHN
China
ESP
Spain
MON
Monaco
CAN
Canada
AUT
Austria
GBR
United Kingdom
GER
Germany
HUN
Hungary
BEL
Belgium
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
UAE
United Arab Emirates
JPN
Japan
BRA
Brazil
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.

Preceded by:
2013 Superleague season
GPVWC Superleague season
2014
Succeeded by:
2015 Superleague season