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2014 Formula Challenge season

Competition	Formula Challenge
Title Sponsor	N/A
Platform Used	rFactor v1.255
Rounds	17
Mod Used	Custom
Carshape
Engine Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Tyre Supplier(s)	GPVWC
Drivers
Teams	21
Drivers' Champion	Petar Brljak
Teams' Champion	Walk Racing
Formula Challenge Seasons
2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019· 2020 · 2021

The 2014 Formula Challenge season will be the third GPVWC Formula Challenge season.

Teams and drivers

The following teams have confirmed their 2014 participation.

Team	Team Owner	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
{{}} FIN 0	James Johnson	1-16	[[ Juha Tanskanen ]]	FC-02	G	2	Jonathan Holmes	1-16	n/a
Tanskanen Racing| {{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 3	Matthew Clipp	3-10	[[ Matthew Clipp ]]	FC-02	G	4	Paul Joseph	1-16	Florian Engel
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} NED 5	Ben Warren	1-16	[[ Roy Schroten ]]	FC-02	G	6	Mike Schroten	1-16	n/a
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{1}} WAL 7	John Munro	1-4	[[ Matt Richards ]]	FC-04	G	8	Scott Sovik	1-2, 5-8
		David Carter				5-6
		Philipp Konig				7-8
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{1}} ENG 7	Ben Horrill	13-21	[[ Joshua Anderson ]]	FC-05	G	8	Richard Coxon	13-16, 19-20, 23-
		Scott Sovik					17-18
Tim Heinemann	20-21	Scott Sovik
Patrick Wannemuller	22-23
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 9	Jack Nicholls	1-2, 7-8, 15-16	[[ Jack Nicholls ]]	FC-04	G	10	Ric Scott	1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-16	n/a
		Santiago Niza				5-6
		Sven Smits				9-10
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 11	Simon Smith	1-16	[[ Simon Smith ]]	FC-02	G	12	Marco Vandenbroeck	1-12	n/a
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 14	Wopke Hoekstra	1-14, 16	[[ Matthew Allington ]]	FC-04	G	15	Adam Ozgur	1-8, 11-12, 15-16
		Rob Mason					9-10	Rob Mason
Rob Mason	15
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} DEN 16	Ben Hackeson	1-6, 9-16	[[ Morten Wernersen ]]	FC-05	G	17	Matt Richards	1-2
		Olli Pelkonen					3-4, 7-16
Ben Horrill	5-6	n/a
Ryan Walker	7-8
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 18	Ollie Woods	3-4, 9-10, 15-16	[[ Ben Warren ]]	FC-03	G	19	Teemu Toikka	1-16	William Tringas
		William Tringas				5-8, 11-14
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 20	Roy Verzijl	1-16	[[ Doug Hilliard ]]	FC-04	G	21	Pedro Gomes	1-12
Sandeep Choda	13-14
Andrejs Pestovs	15-16	Doug Hilliard Sandeep Chodha
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 22	David Jundt	1-16	[[ Robert Wiesenmueller ]]	FC-05	G	23	Robert Wiesenmueller	1-2
Adrian Holm	3-6
David Carter	7-8
Juha Tuunainen	11-16	Adrian Holm
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} NED 24	Terence Grech	1-8, 10-14, 16	[[ Tom van der Voort ]]	FC-03	G	25	Mark Wicks	1-6, 9-16
Chris Williamson	7-8	Chris Williamson
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 26	Ben Willis	1-16	[[ Chris Knight ]]	FC-03	G	27	Fran Lopez	3-4, 7-14
Chris Knight	5-6	Chris Knight
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 28	Lewis McGlade	1-2, 5-16	[[ Lewis McGlade ]]	FC-03	G	29	Sam Jones	1-16	n/a
		Petar Brljak				3-4
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 30	Scott Berrisford	1-2, 5-16	[[ James Kirk ]]	FC-03	G	31	Hansko Mebius	1-16	Teemu Valkeejärvi
		David Carter				3-4
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} GER 32	Thomas Pfadler	1-12	[[ Maurice Brackhahn ]]	FC-03	G	33	Victor Silva	1-8, 11-16	n/a
		Dave van Gils				15
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} FIN 34	Jon MacLean	1-2, 5-12	[[ Mikael Tuomaala ]]	FC-07	G	35	Santiago Niza	1-2
		James Kirk					3-4, 7-9, 13-16
		Benediktas Sinkevicius					5-6
Dovydas Polaras	11-12	n/a
Santiago Niza	3-4
Dovydas Polaras	13-14, 16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 36	Tommi Ojala	1-14	[[ Mike Bell ]]	FC-03	G	37	Jesper Taulborg	1-16	n/a
		Eric Stranne				15-16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}
{{}} ENG 38	Matthew Williams	1-8	[[ Cameron Brewster ]]	FC-06	G	39	Lee McLaughlin	1-2, 7-8, 11-16
		Philip Morby					3-6
		Tim Straub					9-10	n/a
Nico Schweinzer	9-12
Tim Straub	13-14
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{{}} ROM 40	Matias Canapino	1-2	[[ Andrei Caramidaru ]]	FC-06	G	41	Lewis Travis	1-6
		Patrick Wannemuller					7-10
Benediktas Sinkevicius	13-14
Justinas Ribelis	15-16	n/a
Petar Brljak	5-16
{{{12}}}	{{{13}}}

• ¹ Airastream Motorsport initially took part in the championship, but withdrew prior to the Challenge Monaco Grand Prix. Their slot was taken over by Cosmo Autosport from Monaco onward though the team's debut was delayed to the Challenge Canadian Grand Prix.

2014 Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Conditions	Mod	Date	Start Time
						Track time	GMT
1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne	Dry	rFactor v1255	25th February	16:00	19:00
2	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	Dry	rFactor v1255	11th March	16:00	19:00
3	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Mixed	rFactor v1255	25th March	15:00	19:00
4	Challenge Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	Dry	rFactor v1255	8th April	15:00	19:00
5	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	Dry	rFactor v1255	22nd April	14:00	19:00
6	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	Dry	rFactor v1255	6th May	14:00	19:00
7	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	Dry	rFactor v1255	20th May	14:00	19:00
8	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Mixed	rFactor v1255	3rd June	14:00	19:00
9	Challenge British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire	Dry	rFactor v1255	17th June	13:00	19:00
10	Challenge German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Dry	rFactor v1255	1st July	14:00	19:00
11	Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Budapest	TBC	rFactor v1255	15th July	14:00	19:00
12	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	TBC	rFactor v1255	12th August	14:00	19:00
13	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	TBC	rFactor v1255	26th August	14:00	19:00
14	Challenge United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	TBC	rFactor v1255	9th September	13:00	19:00
15	Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	TBC	rFactor v1255	23rd September	17:00	19:00
16	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie	TBC	rFactor v1255	7th October	15:00	19:00
17	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	TBC	rFactor v1255	21st October	14:00	19:00

Testing

The 2014 testing schedule is as follows:

Test	Date	Venue
Preseason Test	11th Feb 2014	Istanbul Park, Istanbul

Calendar changes

• The calender was shortened to 17 rounds - 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 round of Formula Challenge would be held there.
• The location of the United States Grand Prix also changed. Another first in Formula Challenge history, the Circuit of the Americas would be used to host the event.
• The Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix would make their debut in Formula Challenge during the 2014 season.

Rule changes

Sporting

• Movement up into the Supercup would now be automatic for the winning driver and team of the 2014 season.
• The amount of teams allowed to enter the series was capped for the first time at 20 teams.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round		Grand Prix	Pole Position	Pole Time	Fastest Lap	F/L Time	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Challenge Australian Grand Prix	Jesper Taulborg	1:35.910	Jonathan Holmes	1:36.099	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing	Report
	R2				James Johnson	1:36.242	David Jundt	THR
2	R3	Challenge Malaysian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:44.030	Jonathan Holmes	1:45.150	Petar Brljak	Aurora Motorsports	Report
	R4				Jonathan Holmes	1:45.620	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
3	R5	Challenge Bahrain Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:41.788	Jonathan Holmes	1:42.050	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R6				Jonathan Holmes	1:41.849	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
4	R7	Challenge Chinese Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:45.532	Petar Brljak	1:46.054	Scott Berrisford	Enterprise GP	Report
	R8				Petar Brljak	1:46.052	Philipp Konig	Airastream Motorsport
5	R9	Challenge Spanish Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:27.975	Petar Brljak	1:28.312	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R10				Petar Brljak	1:28.428	Fran Lopez	Knight Racing
6	R11	Challenge Monaco Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:21.048	Scott Berrisford	1:21.864	Scott Berrisford	Enterprise GP	Report
	R12				Petar Brljak	1:21.657	Dovydas Polaras	Bastvik Grand Prix
7	R13	Challenge Canadian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:25.466	Petar Brljak	1:25.680	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R14				David Jundt	1:26.079	David Jundt	THR
8	R15	Challenge Austrian Grand Prix	Jesper Taulborg	1:19.791	Petar Brljak	1.17.971	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R16				Roy Verzijl	1:17.450	James Johnson	Tanskanen Racing
9	R17	Challenge British Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:42.057	Petar Brljak	1:42.363	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R18				Petar Brljak	1:42.105	David Jundt	THR
10	R19	Challenge German Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:24.793	Petar Brljak	1:25.183	Jesper Taulborg	Smile Power Racing	Report
	R20				Petar Brljak	1:25.138	Eric Stranne	Enterprise GP
11	R21	Challenge Hungarian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:27.956	Jonathan Holmes	1:29.205	Jonathan Holmes	Tanskanen Racing	Report
	R22				Eric Stranne	1:29.208	Eric Stranne	Enterprise GP
12	R23	Challenge Belgian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	2:00.405	Petar Brljak	2:00.683	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R24				Petar Brljak	2:00.439	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing
13	R25	Challenge Italian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:34.813	Petar Brljak	1:35.422	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R26				Petar Brljak	1:35.981	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing
14	R27	Challenge United States Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:47.972	Eric Stranne	1:48.737	Eric Stranne	Enterprise GP	Report
	R28				Terence Grech	1:49.618	Terence Grech	Katana Motorsports
15	R29	Challenge Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Jonathan Holmes	1:50.266	Jonathan Holmes	1:51.161	Jonathan Holmes	Tanskanen Racing	Report
	R30				Eric Stranne	1:51.398	Eric Stranne	Enterprise GP
16	R31	Challenge Japanese Grand Prix	Tim Heinemann1	1:43.618	Petar Brljak	1:44.117	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R32				Peter Duivelaar	1:44.350	Jonathan Holmes	Tanskanen Racing
17	R33	Challenge Brazilian Grand Prix	Petar Brljak	1:18.499	Petar Brljak	1:18.981	Petar Brljak	Walk Racing	Report
	R34				Petar Brljak	1:18.888	David Jundt	THR

• ¹ Though Tim Heinemann did take pole position at the 2014 Challenge Japanese Grand Prix, due to a ten-place grid penalty he had picked up from the previous round at Abu Dhabi it was in fact Petar Brljak who started Race 1 from pole position.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver AUS MYS BAH CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA UAE JPN BRA Points 1 Petar Brljak 1 Ret 1 3 11 Ret 1 2 4 9 1 14 1 4 1 7 2 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 Ret 1 6 1 4 531 2 David Jundt 13 1 5 7 3 8 12 2 4 5 2 13 3 1 4 3 16 1 12 18 Ret 8 8 12 8 7 17 5 13 5 3 10 13 1 354 3 Jonathan Holmes 2 19 2 20 18 6 2 23 3 6 6 12 7 Ret 3 2 2 2 18 6 1 17 Ret Ret 1 1 11 15 1 2 2 351 4 Eric Stranne 2 12 10 12 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 1 Ret 3 1 2 3 4 3 320 5 James Johnson 1 3 3 1 8 1 4 12 28 Ret 3 14 24 Ret 5 1 8 5 4 15 5 8 31 23 9 3 25 15 17 5 273 6 Jesper Taulborg 21 13 4 3 4 5 3 5 14 3 5 6 2 6 29 18 4 24 1 2 6 10 3 9 249 7 Scott Berrisford 4 8 2 2 1 7 7 15 1 2 20 Ret 6 Ret 3 3 192 8 Terence Grech 24 Ret 11 2 31 Ret 10 10 17 16 3 9 17 16 11 13 16 4 5 3 DNS DNS 25 9 15 1 7 4 5 20 7 19 183 9 Peter Duivelaar 6 16 10 8 4 14 9 5 2 19 10 8 8 6 4 5 3 7 158 10 Teemu Toikka 12 15 12 15 19 Ret 32 Ret 18 Ret 7 Ret 27 15 11 9 18 4 9 3 7 4 10 4 9 15 19 4 Ret 15 16 9 9 12 149 11 Hansko Mebius 19 Ret 9 10 28 13 22 15 21 10 13 5 10 8 16 11 13 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 12 3 16 17 24 17 11 7 6 8 6 8 139 12 Ben Warren 11 12 8 5 25 Ret 9 8 9 18 15 8 8 7 26 20 14 8 7 7 26 11 21 16 21 16 13 13 23 26 Ret Ret 10 17 121 13 Lewis McGlade 33 20 26 21 20 Ret 20 19 10 Ret 25 19 14 27 9 10 26 17 8 5 18 22 4 10 5 7 19 2 8 11 8 16 120 14 Mike Schroten 16 9 16 8 9 Ret Ret 30 DSQ DSQ 22 7 12 3 8 5 12 18 11 9 15 Ret 15 8 14 22 23 13 24 Ret 16 11 106 15 Roy Verzijl 27 Ret 10 4 12 12 6 4 Ret 16 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 7 7 11 5 25 17 Ret 14 26 105 16 Tim Heinemann 25 6 2 3 4 Ret 7 2 88 17 Sandeep Chodha 18 21 23 12 10 19 4 21 10 5 Ret DNS 6 9 11 4 5 Ret 86 18 Dovydas Polaras 17 1 5 Ret 13 5 6 8 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 22 Ret 77 19 Tommi Ojala 10 5 26 22 13 10 19 11 13 4 8 Ret 11 12 21 Ret Ret 13 6 24 26 Ret 19 29† Ret 77 20 Fran Lopez 21 14 14 2 1 23 17 4 5 73 21 Rasmus Salo 6 Ret 5 2 4 12 5 Ret 69 22 James Kirk 25 16 21 9 8 15 11 10 10 17 Ret 6 Ret 12 16 29 11 26 11 7 Ret 66 23 Paul Joseph 7 7 13 9 27 11 15 3 11 11 27 11 19 16 20 23 65 24 Thomas Pfadler 5 16 Ret 18 6 Ret 28 25 Ret Ret 11 4 31 6 27 20 11 11 59 25 Olli Pelkonen 28 Ret 7 21 5 8 26 10 13 10 19 14 15 21 16 7 19 19 55 26 Juha Tuunainen 18 Ret 17 4 21 Ret 23 Ret Ret 10 24 Ret 7 3 8 Ret 14 Ret 54 27 Victor Silva 30 18 22 12 21 Ret 17 13 22 20 Ret 21 Ret 15 8 20 9 19 19 10 10 18 14 7 Ret 14 44 28 Mark Wicks 29 11 19 17 29 Ret 10 14 21 Ret 29 Ret Ret 17 25 15 17 13 13 12 19 18 11 18 9 14 12 22 27 18 42 29 Wopke Hoekstra 22 Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 23 22 12 12 Ret 16 14 2 26 Ret 27 18 8 28 Ret 27 21 41 30 Robert Wiesenmueller 3 2 36 31 Erik Teske 11 14 29 13 9 13 20 6 30 32 Ben Horrill 24 Ret 23 Ret 13 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 6 12 27 33 Bruno Sousa Ferreira 30 21 13 17 18 24 Ret 6 Ret 22 Ret 10 12 12 Ret 27 34 Adam Ozgur 17 Ret 20 24 30 Ret 27 19 12 19 16 9 22 21 Ret 14 14 18 15 13 10 30 21 Ret DNS 16 14 25 Ret 27 35 Nico Schweinzer 6 7 9 Ret 26 36 Pedro Gomes 15 10 32 19 17 15 13 6 17 13 14 18 26 37 Philipp Konig 16 1 25 38 Adrian Holm 6 13 5 20 24 39 Lewis Travis Ret Ret 7 Ret 16 13 22 40 Santiago Niza 8 25 17 11 7 Ret 22 41 Sam Jones 18 22 27 28 15 18 29 18 25 26 30 21 33 20 24 15 24 17 24 16 14 13 25 7 17 27 21 12 30 17 15 20 21 42 Jack Nicholls 9 4 Ret Ret 18 Ret 20 43 John Munro 6 6 Ret Ret 20 44 Richard Coxon 30 22 23 34 Ret 20 22 13 12 24 18 6 15 17 18 Ret 26 28 18 45 Benediktas Sinkevicius 10 7 Ret 18 15 Ret 15 46 Patrick Wannemuller 8 Ret 23 9 27 15 47 Ryan Walker 5 14 13 48 Ben Hackeson 14 14 14 Ret 34 22 19 Ret 19 Ret 28 13 27 Ret 22 Ret 29 Ret 15 Ret 14 15 28 Ret Ret 13 49 Sven Schubert 11 9 23 16 12 50 Lee McLaughlin 35 17 24 27 Ret 20 22 9 12 Ret 11 51 David Carter 18 6 35 16 30 26 10 52 Jon MacLean 23 Ret 20 9 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 20 20 9 53 Mikko Suokas 9 Ret 7 54 Sven Smits 22 Ret Ret 9 7 55 Matt Clipp Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 17 Ret 5 56 Matthew Williams 26 24 24 25 23 14 34 28 2 57 Rob Mason 16 20 28 19 14 30 20 Ret 31 28 27 20 22 2 58 Alexander van der Woude 32 22 Ret 22 28 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 59 Ben Willis 31 Ret 34 30 38 26 31 35 34 24 28 24 26 23 25 31 27 Ret 31 28 19 23 Ret Ret 20 15 1 60 Andrejs Pestovs 30 28 26 20 20 24 29 25 22 24 16 Ret 19 30 22 18 0 61 Scott Sovik Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 19 0 62 Paul Mckenna DNS 25 16 19 0 63 Tobias Olsson 20 28 29 16 26 10 0 64 Ric Scott 25 21 27 37 17 24 30 31 35 17 21 0 65 Chris Williamson 26 24 26 17 0 66 Thomas Hinss 18 22 23 Ret 0 67 Simon Smith 32 26 23 29 22 25 25 29 27 21 24 Ret 34 24 22 19 31 27 22 Ret 20 19 23 29 0 68 William Tringas 33 19 35 20 25 25 36 25 34 25 0 69 Matt Richards 20 Ret 0 70 Todor Pangev 21 20 0 71 Marco Vandenbroeck 34 23 30 21 36 27 33 31 Ret 23 29 22 30 26 32 32 0 72 William Neron 28 22 0 73 Arjan Zijlstra 32 22 0 74 Ollie Woods 29 34 26 32 31 24 28 23 27 Ret 23 Ret 28 Ret 27 21 0 75 Philip Morby 31 26 32 23 0 76 Tim Straub 29 25 32 26 35 33 27 Ret 23 Ret Ret Ret 0 77 Chris Knight 39 24 0 78 Justinas Ribelis 32 25 0 79 Jayden Wright 25 Ret 0 80 Nico De Koninck 29 26 0 81 Joshua Anderson Ret DSQ 30 26 0 82 Florian Engel 28 28 Ret 29 32 Ret DNS 0 83 Matias Canapino 28 Ret 0 84 Dave van Gils Ret DNS 0 85 Emil Sallberg Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver 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