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2014 Superleague season

Competition	Superleague
Title Sponsor	TBA
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod base	Custom
Carshape base	F1 Based
Engine Supplier(s)	TBA
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers	-
Teams	14
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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)
SimCraft Midnight Motorsport	Manchester, England	Midnight	MM-04		G	1	Lukas Euler		31	Alex Cooper
						2	Giuseppe Rainieri
Nijo Racing	Nantwich, England	Nijo	NR-14		G	3	Tom van der Voort		32
						4
Torrent Motorsports	Columbus, OH	Torrent	TMo-2		G	5	Jim Parisis		33	Adam Rouse
						6	Petter Kaasa
Nordsjøen Racing	Cardiff, Wales	Nordsjoen	NR007		G	7	Agustin Canapino		34	Thomas Jacobs
						8
Hawkeye Racing	Kendal, England	Hawkeye	RS-14		G	9	Harley Hamnett		35
						10	Gergo Baldi
Red Archer Virtual Racing Team	Rethymno, Greece	Red Archer	RA214		G	11			36
						12
Kernow Sport	St.Austell, England	Kernow	MW3		G	14			37
						15
Woods Racing	Southampton, England	Woods	WR14a		G	16	Danny Asbury		38	Ben Warren
						17	Roy Schroten
Phoenix F1	Gold Coast, Australia	Phoenix	PF1-06		G	18	Kieran Ryan		39	Mikko Jakonen
						19	Boyd Bryson
Green Stripes Racing	Muehlen, Germany	Green Stripes	GSR-14		G	20	Mikael Tuomaala		40	Vinodh Moodley
						21	Tommi Koivunen
ST Racing	Chandler's Ford, England	ST	STR02-14		G	22	Calvin Hermse		41	James Kirk
						23	Mark Fuller
CSG Racing	Manchester, England	CSG	CSG-03		G	24	Lewis Redshaw		42	Florian Geier
						25	David Fidock
Target Racing	Oslo, Norway	Target	TR-01		G	26			43
						27
Vod:Bul Racing	Liverpool, England	Vod:Bul	VBMP14		G	28			44
						29

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

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 Midnight-Potentia 1 0 2 2 Nijo-? 3 0 4 3 Torrent-? 5 0 6 4 Nordsjoen-Martex 7 0 8 5 Hawkeye-? 9 0 10 6 Red Archer-? 11 0 12 7 Kernow-Krevder 14 0 15 8 Woods-Trinity 16 0 17 9 Phoenix F1-? 18 0 19 10 Green Stripes-? 20 0 21 11 ST Racing-? 22 0 23 12 CSG-? 24 0 25 13 Target-? 26 0 27 14 Vod:Bul-? 28 0 29 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA 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.
^‡