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{{Infobox WSS2013Update race report
| Type = WSS
| Race Flag       = File:Flag of Monaco.png
| Country         = Flag of Monaco.png
| Sport Series    = Monaco
| Date            = April 30th
| Round_No        = 3
| Season_No       = 10
| Year            = 2014
| Image           = Circuit de Monaco - 2003 Layout.png
| Official name   = 2014 Monaco Sport Series
| Location        = [[Circuit de Monaco]]<br>Monte Carlo, Monaco
| Course          = Road Course
| Course_mi       = 2.094
| Course_km       = 3.370 
| Distance_laps   = 20 x2
| Weather         = Sunny
| Pole_Driver     = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eric Stranne]]
| Pole_Team       = [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| Pole_Time       = 1:36.289
| Fast_Driver_1   = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eric Stranne]]
| Fast_Team_1     = [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| Fast_Time_1     = 1:36.042
| First_Driver_1  = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eric Stranne]]
| First_Team_1    = [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| Second_Driver_1 = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sven de Vries]]
| Second_Team_1   = [[Edonis Engineering]]
| Third_Driver_1  = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Adrian Holm]]
| Third_Team_1    = [[Aurora Motorsports]]
| Fast_Driver_2   = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eric Stranne]]
| Fast_Team_2     = [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| Fast_Time_2     = 1:36.885
| First_Driver_2  = {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
| First_Team_2    = [[Smile Power Racing]]
| Second_Driver_2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Bell]]
| Second_Team_2   = [[Measuric Racing]]
| Third_Driver_2  = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Oskari Kantonen]]
| Third_Team_2    = [[Draig Racing|Draig Racing VBM]]
}}

The '''2014 Monaco Sport Series''' was a [[World Sport Series]] simulation race that was held on 30th April 2014 in Monte Carlo. The round was contested over two races of 20 laps each at the [[Circuit de Monaco]] and was the third round of the [[2014 World Sport Series season]]. It was the third running of the [[Monaco Sport Series]] on the World Sport Series calender. 

The races were won by [[Eric Stranne]] of [[Ice Cold Racing]] and [[David Jundt]] of [[Smile Power Racing]] with Jundt becoming the first two-time race winner of the 2014 season and ending the streak of a new winner every race. 

==Report==
===Background===

After a disastrous first event in Bahrain, [[SGP Team]] pulled out of the championship without notice not allowing the introduction of a new team until the [[2014 German Sport Series]]. Also absent from Spain were [[Riku Sarpila]] of [[Measuric Racing]] and [[Roy Schroten]] of [[Woods Racing]] whilst [[Ross McGregor]] was introduced as the second [[Ice Cold Racing]] driver.

Spain also saw a number of replacements at various teams; [[Matt Richards]] replaced the disappointing [[Alex Cooper]] at [[Midnight Motorsport]], [[Tommi Ojala]] replaced [[Ben Warren]] at Woods, [[Douwe Tapper]] came in for [[Oskari Kantonen]] at [[Draig Racing|Draig Racing VBM]], [[Martin Palm]] took over from the underwhelming [[Petter Kaasa]] at [[Torrent Motorsports]], [[Harley Hamnett]] filled in for [[Bart De Vos]] at [[Triple Twenty]], [[Riaan van der Westhuizen]] replaced [[Dimitri Demeulemeester]] at [[Deltec Racing]] but perhaps most crucially, [[Lewis McGlade]] would be driving in place of Drivers' Championship leader [[Chris Butcher]].

===Qualifying===

The fifteen minute session was to prove an interesting spectacle as for the first time in the [[World Sport Series]], weight penalties would be applied to the top five in the championship. The absence of [[Chris Butcher]] denied viewers the chance to see what damage the full 45kg of weight penalty could do over a super pole lap but funnily enough, [[Jesper Taulborg]] of [[Smile Power Racing]] would defy his 9kg to take pole position himself. [[Jordan Weekes]] for [[Torrent Motorsports]], despite his Race 1 penalty in Bahrain, continued to look impressive taking P5 on the grid despite holding 27kg of weight though the other drivers with weight did suffer; [[Tom Parker]] down in P16 with [[David Jundt]] P18. [[Agustin Canapino]] put in a much more impressive showing for [[Enterprise GP]] leading to his first front row start of the season whilst [[Ruud Heesterbeek]] maintained his high qualifying record by taking P3. [[Martin Palm]], in for [[Petter Kaasa]], put in a solid yet uninspiring effort to qualify P14 for second placed [[Torrent Motorsports]] whilst a Butcher-less [[Aurora Motorsports]] struggled with [[Lewis McGlade]] taking P19 and [[Gary Lennon]] starting outside the top twenty.

===Races===

[[File:WSSMonaco.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Stranne holds off the competition into 'Sainte Devote'.]] The Spanish Sport Series suffered one casualty before the grid had even formed as [[Riann van der Westhuizen]] could not race with technical issues on his debut for [[Deltec Racing Team]]. The start of Race One in Montmeló proved to be much more clean than the madness of Bahrain with the most drama coming from [[Jordan Weekes]] pushing [[Sven de Vries]] onto the run-off area and the grass on the pit straight. Unfortunately, there was an early casualty in the form of fourth in the Drivers' Championship [[Tom Parker]] who's scrap in the midfield came to a destructive end heading into 'La Caixa'. 

Further up the road, [[Agustin Canapino]] made an early stab for the lead but ended up losing out to [[Ruud Heesterbeek]] behind. The three would continue to wage war right throughout the race as a few more drivers came to grief behind them. [[Aurora Motorsport]]'s [[Gary Lennon]] and [[Rob Mason]] of [[Cosmo Autosport]] racked up their first retirements of the year through midfield scrapping though three laps later, a bizarre incident occurred as [[Sven de Vries]] suffered an explosive second engine failure on the pit straight just a lap from home, the Scot [[Paul Joseph]] getting caught in the accident. 

Further madness was to ensue however as a resurgent Canapino made a last effort dive on race leader [[Jesper Taulborg]], who had led since lights out (with the exception of Canapino's extremely brief lead on Lap 2), and was hit and had a tyre punctured as a result. Taulborg fell to third as Canapino took the chequered flag ahead of Heesterbeek. Second in the championship [[David Jundt]] endured an awful race ending up only 20th whilst [[Jordan Weekes]] after an uncertain and wild start came home a decent 5th. Series debutant [[Douwe Tapper]] (driving for [[Draig Racing|Draig Racing VBM]]) was selected post-race to be on pole position for Race 2. [[File:2014Monaco2WSS.jpg|thumb|left|220px|The leaders head through 'Piscine'.]] 

[[File:2014Monaco3WSS.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Holm's Race 2 comes to an early end.]]
Another pre-race loss slightly marred Race 2 as [[Matthew Allington]], driving for [[Enterprise GP]] and set to start from P3 on the reverse grid, could not take to the grid due to technical issues. However, where Enterprise lost out, [[Woods Racing]] gained as the late signing of [[Pavel Loknovski]] enabled the English outfit to put out two cars. Another change came at [[Midnight Motorsport]] as, after a disastrous Race 1, Parker was replaced by [[Alex Cooper]]. The start brought with it yet another lightning start from Cosmo's [[Cameron Brewster]] who jumped both [[Lusitania Racing Team]]'s [[Victor Silva]] and the aforementioned Tapper. It was also another clean start with no retirements in the first lap though [[Harley Hamnett]] was lost on Lap 2 following contact from Taulborg.

The key move of the race came on Lap 4 when [[Fran Lopez]], after slicing his way through Silva and Bell, made a move on race leader Brewster into 'Renault'. The Spaniard made it stick despite the pressure of Bell threatening to make a move from behind. Following the move, Lopez was able to stretch his legs though near the end of the race unfortunately a few more were broken. [[Tommi Ojala]] recorded his first retirement of the season whilst Van der Westhuizen recorded his second in two races, both out with suspension damage, whilst Lusitania's other driver [[Menno Klont]] pulled in on the penultimate lap with an unspecified car problem. 

Ultimately, Lopez won at his home track (the first driver to do so since [[Oscar Hardwick]] at the [[2013 British Sport Series]]) by 9.453 seconds ahead of the mightily impressive Brewster who took his first podium of the season. He was able to lose Bell who, in the closing laps was overtaken by Taulborg, and had a hard job in the final moments of the race trying to fend off Lopez' team mate [[Ross McGregor]] who had a very impressive and consistent first event at [[GPVWC]]. The man with 45kg, Agustin Canapino, came home a very impressive 6th matching [[Chris Butcher]]'s feat from Bahrain whilst the 9kg burdened Jordan Weekes had a tougher race following an early off at 'Repsol'. The Englishman finished 13th. [[File:2014Monaco4WSS.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Jundt and Bell avoid Silva's mistake at 'Massenet'.]]

===Post-Races===

The post-race penalties in Spain proved to be a lot more damaging than in Bahrain. [[Agustin Canapino]] was stripped of his win in Race 1 following the contact with [[Jesper Taulborg]] therefore leading to [[Ruud Heesterbeek]] inheriting his first win of the season. Meanwhile, [[Tom Parker]] picked up a ten-place grid penalty for Monaco following the destruction he caused in the early stages of the race which ultimately led to his own retirement. For Race 2 however, Jesper himself came under the axe after contact leading to [[Harley Hamnett]]'s retirement led to the Dane receiving a time penalty himself and stripping him of his podium which was inherited by [[Mike Bell]]. [[Wauters Automotive]]'s [[Ryan Walker]] and [[Aurora Motorsports]]' [[Lewis McGlade]] both also received time penalties for contact in the race.

For the first time this season, penalties were also given out due to failures to present the newly implemented rf_Scan Logs at the end of an event. [[Kyle Williams]], both [[Deltec Racing Team]] drivers and [[Pavel Loknovski]] all fell foul to the offense. 

Late in the season, [[Harley Hamnett]] was excluded from this and all 2014 events he had taken part in at [[GPVWC]] due to evidence being found that the Australian had been using illegal aids.

==Classification==

===Qualifying===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Weight (kg) !! Lap !! Gap
|-
! 1
| 14
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eric Stranne]]
| [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 1:36.289
| align="center"| &mdash;
|-
! 2
| 33
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sven de Vries]]
| [[Edonis Engineering]]
| align="center"| 0
| 1:36.455
| +0.166
|-
! 3
| 2
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alex Cooper]]
| [[Midnight Motorsport]]
| align="center"| 0 
| 1:36.463
| +0.174
|-
! 4
| 32
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Heesterbeek]]
| [[Edonis Engineering]]
| align="center"| 45 
| 1:36.532
| +0.243
|-
! 5
| 25
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Adrian Holm]]
| [[Aurora Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0
| 1:36.753
| +0.464
|-
! 6
| 21
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Taulborg]]
| [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="center"| 36
| 1:36.982
| +0.693
|-
! 7
| 24
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Butcher]]
| [[Aurora Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0 
| 1:37.321
| +1.032
|-
! 8
| 8
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustin Canapino]]
| [[Enterprise GP]]
| align="center"| 0 
| 1:37.333
| +1.044
|-
! 9
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Martin Palm]]
| [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0 
| 1:37.398
| +1.110
|-
! 10
| 19
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
| [[Triple Twenty]]
| align="center"| 0
| 1:37.536
| +1.247
|}

*Note: Only the top ten qualifiers are covered on this page. If you wish to view the full results click [[http://www.gpvwc.com/competitions/results/?comp_id=7&target=513&sess=Q|here]].

===Race 1===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Team !! Weight (kg) !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Points
|-
! 1
| 32
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Heesterbeek]]
| [[Edonis Engineering]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| 24:41.852
| 3
| 0
| '''25'''
|-
! 2
| 21
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Taulborg]]
| [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="center"| 9
| 14
| +1.390
| 1
| 0
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 17
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jordan Weekes]]
| [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 27
| 14
| +9.345
| 5
| 0
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 14
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ross McGregor]]
| [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +9.808
| 4
| 0
| '''13'''
|-
! 5
| 27
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
| [[Wauters Automotive]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +10.622
| 8
| 0
| '''11'''
|-
! 6
| 18
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ilija Brekalo]]
| [[Triple Twenty]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +16.194
| 9
| 0
| '''10'''
|-
! 7
| 0
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Matt Richards]]
| [[Midnight Motorsport]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +17.292
| 17
| 0
| '''9'''
|-
! 8
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Martin Palm]]
| [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +17.381
| 14
| 0
| '''8'''
|-
! 9
| 8
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustin Canapino]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[Enterprise GP]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +19.415
| 2
| 0
| '''7'''
|-
! 10
| 35
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Bell]]
| [[Measuric Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +20.309
| 10
| 0
| '''6'''
|-
! 11
| 15
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fran Lopez]]
| [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +23.498
| 11
| 0
| '''5'''
|-
! 12
| 26
| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Benediktas Sinkevicius]]
| [[Wauters Automotive]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +24.172
| 12
| 0
| '''4'''
|-
! 13
| 5
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tommi Ojala]]
| [[Woods Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +25.849
| 13
| 0
| '''3'''
|-
! 14
| 39
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cameron Brewster]]
| [[Cosmo Autosport]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +28.441
| 20
| 0
| '''2'''
|-
! 15
| 7
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matthew Allington]]
| [[Enterprise GP]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +28.646
| 21
| 0
| '''1'''
|-
! 16
| 41
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Victor Silva]]
| [[Lusitania Racing Team]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +31.797
| 23
| 0
| 0
|-
! 17
| 10
| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Douwe Tapper]]'''
| [[Draig Racing|Draig Racing VBM]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +31.932
| 25
| 0
| 0
|-
! 18
| 3
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Watkins]]
| [[TWR]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +35.839
| 24
| 0
| 0
|-
! 19
| 20
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
| [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="center"| 36
| 14
| +36.122
| 18
| 0
| 0
|-
! 20
| 24
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lewis McGlade]]
| [[Aurora Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +37.443
| 19
| 0
| 0
|-
|}

<small>{{sup|†}}</small> Driver retired from the race, but completed more than 75% distance and so remained as a classified finisher.<br>

*<sup>1</sup> [[Agustin Canapino]] initially won the race however fell to 9th following a twenty second time penalty for contact with fellow race rival [[Jesper Taulborg]].

*Note: Only the top twenty drivers are covered on this page. If you wish to view the full results click [[http://www.gpvwc.com/competitions/results/?comp_id=7&target=506&sess=R1|here]].  
*Note: The driver in '''BOLD''' was the driver who received the reverse grid pole position for Race 2

===Race 2===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Team !! Weight (kg) !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Points
|-
! 1
| 15
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fran Lopez]]
| [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| 24:48.857
| 7
| 0
| '''25'''
|-
! 2
| 39
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Cameron Brewster]]
| [[Cosmo Autosport]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +9.453
| 4
| 0
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 35
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mike Bell]]
| [[Measuric Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +11.545
| 8
| 0
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 14
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ross McGregor]]
| [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="center"| 9
| 14
| +11.758
| 13
| 0
| '''13'''
|-
! 5
| 8
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Agustin Canapino]]
| [[Enterprise GP]]
| align="center"| 45
| 14
| +13.978
| 18
| 0
| '''11'''
|-
! 6
| 16
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Martin Palm]]
| [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +14.149
| 9
| 0
| '''10'''
|-
! 7
| 18
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ilija Brekalo]]
| [[Triple Twenty]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +14.483
| 11
| 0
| '''9'''
|-
! 8
| 41
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[Victor Silva]]
| [[Lusitania Racing Team]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +20.412
| 2
| 0
| '''8'''
|-
! 9
| 33
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sven de Vries]]
| [[Edonis Engineering]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +20.466
| 30
| 0
| '''7'''
|-
! 10
| 10
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Douwe Tapper]]
| [[Draig Racing|Draig Racing VBM]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +20.736
| 1
| 0
| '''6'''
|-
! 11
| 20
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
| [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +21.307
| 20
| 0
| '''5'''
|-
! 12
| 17
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jordan Weekes]]
| [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="center"| 18
| 14
| +24.369
| 14
| 0
| '''4'''
|-
! 13
| 21
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Taulborg]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="center"| 27
| 14
| +30.432
| 16
| 0
| '''3'''
|-
! 14
| 0
| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Matt Richards]]
| [[Midnight Motorsport]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +30.863
| 10
| 0
| '''2'''
|-
! 15
| 38
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rob Mason]]
| [[Cosmo Autosport]]
| align="center"| 0
| 14
| +31.499
| 31
| 0
| '''1'''
|-
|}

<small>{{sup|†}}</small> Driver retired from the race, but completed more than 75% distance and so remained as a classified finisher.<br>

*<sup>1</sup> [[Jesper Taulborg]] initially finished on the podium. However, following contact which took [[Harley Hamnett]] out of the race, he took a time penalty giving the final podium place to [[Mike Bell]].

*Note: Only the top fifteen drivers are covered on this page. If you wish to view the full results click [[http://www.gpvwc.com/competitions/results/?comp_id=7&target=506&sess=R2|here]].

==Standings after the Round==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Driver
! Points
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jordan Weekes]]
| align="right"| 48
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Heesterbeek]]
| align="right"| 45
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fran Lopez]]
| align="right"| 45
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Jesper Taulborg]]
| align="right"| 45
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
| align="right"| 39
|}
{{col-2}}
;Teams' Championship standings
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Constructor
! Points
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Smile Power Racing]]
| align="right"| 84
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Torrent Motorsports]]
| align="right"| 81
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ice Cold Racing]]
| align="right"| 71
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Edonis Engineering]]
| align="right"| 60
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Enterprise GP]]
| align="right"| 42
|}
{{col-end}}

==External links==

* [http://youtu.be/Y5Xdo1-zo7A| Round Replay]
* [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.702743189782229.1073741859.157839720939248&type=3| Race 1 Images]
* [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.702840906439124.1073741860.157839720939248&type=3| Race 2 Images]

{{S-start}}
{{Succession box
| before = [[2014 Bahrain Sport Series]]
| title = 2014 Spanish Sport Series
| years=[[2014 World Sport Series season|2014]]
| after =[[2014 Monaco Sport Series]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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[[Category:Spanish Sport Series]]