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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

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

Race calendar and results

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

Championship standings

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  • 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

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Pos Driver MAR
  		LEC
  		HUN
  		MNZ
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		NÜR
  		EST
  		Points
1   Kimiya Sato 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 8† 1 3 221
2   Tamás Pál Kiss Ret 3 1 2 2 7 2 5 9 9 2 2 4 1 1 4 207
3   Markus Pommer 8 1 2 4 9 6 1 3 Ret 5 5 Ret 3 2 3 5 180
4   Andrea Roda 7† 4 5 7 3 5 4 2 3 8 3 1 5 4 5 8 166
5   Kevin Giovesi Ret Ret 4 1 4 4 8 1 2 2 4 7† 2 6 WD WD 155
6   Michela Cerruti 4 5 7 5 10 10 3 7 5 1 Ret 3 6 5 113
7   Michele La Rosa 2 6 9 9 7 9 5 Ret 12† 11 8 5 9 8 8 6 73
8   Shinya Michimi 11† 6 6 4 6 1 55
9   Vittorio Ghirelli 8 2 10 6 2 Ret 44
10   Sam Dejonghe 5 8† Ret 6 5 3 41
11   Giuseppe Cipriani 3 7 10 10 12† Ret 7 8 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 38
12   Yoshitaka Kuroda WD WD 8 8 6 11 10 4 7 7 36
13   Francesco Dracone 9† 9† 6 10 6 10 8 10 Ret 7 31
14   Antônio Pizzonia 4 3 25
15   Pål Varhaug 4 3 24
16   Luís Sá Silva 7 2 21
17   Loris Spinelli 6 Ret 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 11 WD WD 19
18   Christof von Grünigen Ret 9 7 7 7 Ret 18
19   Salvatore de Plano 11 12 10 6 Ret 11 9 9 11
20   Samin Gómez 9 Ret WD WD 2
21   Sergio Campana 10† Ret 1
22   Richard Gonda 11† Ret WD WD 0
  Niccolò Schirò Ret Ret 0
  Ricardo Teixeira WD WD 0
Pos Driver MAR
  		LEC
  		HUN
  		MNZ
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		NÜR
  		EST
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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

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Pos Team MAR
  		LEC
  		HUN
  		MNZ
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		NÜR
  		EST
  		Points
1   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   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   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   Eurotech Engineering
  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   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   MLR 71 by Euronova 2 6 9 9 7 9 5 Ret 12† 11 8 5 9 8 8 6 73
7   Ibiza Racing 3 7 10 10 12 Ret 7 8 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 9 42
9† 9† Ret Ret
Pos Team MAR
  		LEC
  		HUN
  		MNZ
  		IMO
  		RBR
  		NÜR
  		EST
  		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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

References

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