2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship 2013 none The 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the 20th British Formula Renault Championship organised by the British Automobile Racing Club and the third season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 4 May and ended on 28 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings at six events all held in England, with three triple header events. The championship was won by Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, for the MGR Motorsport team. Fittipaldi won 10 of the season's 15 races, including a streak of 8 successive wins over a trio of meetings between May and August. Fittipaldi won the championship by 65 points (on dropped scores) from Scorpio Motorsport's Piers Hickin, who won a pair of races, and like Fittipaldi, recorded 12 podium finishes. Fittipaldi's team-mate Matteo Ferrer finished third in the championship, edging out Fortec Motorsport driver Alex Gill, by five points; both drivers recorded a single win during the season. The only other winner during the season was a third MGR Motorsport driver, as Colin Noble won one of the two races in support of the British Touring Car Championship, at Silverstone. Teams and drivers All teams were British-registered. 2014 Entry Listhttp://www.paddockscout.com/2014-protyre-formula-renault-season-preview/ 2014 Protyre Formula Renault season preview David Gruz 5 April 2014 Paddock Scout 8 May 2014 Team No. Car number Driver name Rounds Fortec Motorsports 7 GBR Alex Gill All 14 GBR Ben Barnicoat 1 88 BEL Wolfgang Reip 1 Circulation Motorsport 8 FIN Niklas Tiihonen 1 Scorpio Motorsport 9 GBR Piers Hickin All SWB Motorsport 18 GBR Samuel Oram-Joneshttp://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultbarc/newsstory/501/Oram-Jones-to-make-single-seater-debut-with-SWB-in-Protyre-FR Oram-Jones to make single-seater debut with SWB in Protyre FR 22 May 2014 Renaultsport UK Renault Sport 28 May 2014 2 27 FIN Atte Lehtonen 1–3 44 GBR Michael Epps 6 96 GBR Jack Butel All MGR Motorsport 20 ITA Matteo Ferrer All 21 BRA Pietro Fittipaldi All 22 IND Tarun Reddy 1–5 45 GBR Colin Noble All Cliff Dempsey Racing 23 CAN Patrick Dussault All 28 USA Travis Jordan Fischer All Hillspeed 33 GRC Dimitris Papanastasiou 1–3 Gold Wolf Racinghttp://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultbarc/newsstory/503/Edmonds---Jinkawa-sign-eleventh-hour-deals-for-Donington Edmonds & Jinkawa sign eleventh hour deals for Donington 28 May 2014 Renaultsport UK Renault Sport 28 May 2014 37 JPN Yudai Jinkawa 2 MTECH Lite 89 GBR Hayden Edmonds 2–4 Race calendar and results The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and at six events, with three triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 20 November 2013, with the final round once again in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship. All rounds were held in the United Kingdom.http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultbarc/newsstory/405/BTCC-support-date-confirmed-for-2014-Protyre-Formula-Renault-calendar BTCC support date confirmed for 2014 Protyre Formula Renault calendar 8 May 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Renault Sport UK 8 May 2014 Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Rockingham Motor Speedway(International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire) 5 April ITA Matteo Ferrer ITA Matteo Ferrer BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R2 6 April ITA Matteo Ferrer GBR Alex Gill ITA Matteo Ferrer MGR Motorsport R3 ITA Matteo Ferrer ITA Matteo Ferrer GBR Alex Gill Fortec Motorsports 2 R4 Donington Park(National Circuit, Leicestershire) 31 May GBR Alex Gill BRA Pietro Fittipaldi BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R5 GBR Alex Gill GBR Piers Hickin BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R6 1 June GBR Piers Hickin ITA Matteo Ferrer BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 3 R7 Brands Hatch(Kent) 27 July ITA Matteo Ferrer ITA Matteo Ferrer BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R8 BRA Pietro Fittipaldi GBR Piers Hickin BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 4 R9 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit(300 Circuit, Norfolk) 30 August GBR Alex Gill BRA Pietro Fittipaldi BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R10 31 August GBR Alex Gill BRA Pietro Fittipaldi BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport R11 BRA Pietro Fittipaldi GBR Alex Gill BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 5 R12 Croft Circuit(North Yorkshire) 21 September ITA Matteo Ferrer BRA Pietro Fittipaldi GBR Piers Hickin Scorpio Motorsport R13 GBR Alex Gill BRA Pietro Fittipaldi BRA Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 6 R14 Silverstone Circuit(National Circuit, Northamptonshire) 27 September GBR Colin Noble BRA Pietro Fittipaldi GBR Colin Noble MGR Motorsport R15 28 September BRA Pietro Fittipaldi BRA Pietro Fittipaldi GBR Piers Hickin Scorpio Motorsport Championship standings A driver's best 14 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded. Pos Driver ROC DON BRH SNE CRO SIL Points 1 BRA Pietro Fittipaldi 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 431 453 total, 22 dropped 2 GBR Piers Hickin 2 3 3 2 6 3 Ret 3 6 2 3 1 3 2 1 366 3 ITA Matteo Ferrer 3 1 2 5 10 4 2 2 3 6 7 3 5 3 5 347 358 total, 11 dropped 4 GBR Alex Gill Ret 2 1 3 2 5 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 6 9 342 5 GBR Colin Noble 4 9 7 4 5 2 Ret 8 10 7 6 6 4 1 2 286 6 USA Travis Jordan Fischer Ret 7 13 6 Ret 8 6 7 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 240 7 CAN Patrick Dussault 8 10 9 9 4 6 5 5 9 8 10 Ret Ret 7 8 203 8 GBR Jack Butel 11 14 12 13 12 12 9 10 8 10 8 7 8 9 7 175 182 total, 7 dropped 9 GBR Hayden Edmonds 11 8 10 8 9 7 9 9 111 10 IND Tarun ReddyTarun Reddy was ineligible for points from the Brands Hatch round onwards, due to him competing with an Indian international licence. 6 8 6 7 3 9 4 6 2 3 4 Ret 7 103 11 GRC Dimitris Papanastasiou 12 13 8 8 6 7 7 Ret 97 12 FIN Atte Lehtonen 9 11 10 10 11 11 DNS 11 75 13 GBR Ben Barnicoat 5 5 5 60 14 BEL Wolfgang Reip 7 6 14 41 15 GBR Michael Epps 8 6 32 16 FIN Niklas Tiihonen 10 12 11 30 17 GBR Samuel Oram-Jones 12 9 Ret 21 Pos Driver ROC DON BRH SNE CRO SIL Points Notes "N" References External links http://www.renaultsport.co.uk/championships/formularenaultbarc/ The official website of the Protyre Formula Renault Championship Category:Formula Renault seasons Category:2014 in British motorsport Renault BARC