2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series

2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series
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The 2014 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series was the fourth year of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series, and the thirteenth season of the former Swiss Formula Renault Championship. The championship began on 5 April at Imola and finished on 5 October at Jerez after fourteen races held at seven meetings.^[1]

Koiranen GP driver Nyck de Vries, in his second season of competing in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and his third season in Formula Renault overall, dominated the championship from the opening round, clinching the overall championship title with a round to spare.^[2] De Vries took nine overall wins during the season, with an additional class victory at Jerez, behind wildcard driver Bruno Bonifacio, who took the overall win. The remaining wins were shared between junior championship frontrunners Charles Leclerc and Matevos Isaakyan, who took doubles at Monza and the Red Bull Ring respectively. Leclerc prevailed in both championship battles; he beat Isaakyan by 19 points in the overall championship for second place, while Leclerc padded the advantage to 33 points for the junior championship honours. Koiranen GP comfortably won the teams' championship, finishing almost 150 points clear of the next best team, Fortec Motorsports.

Drivers and teams

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Prema Powerteam[3]	1	Alex Bosak[4]	All
	2	Andrew Tang[5]	1
	60	Bruno Bonifacio[5]	1, 6–7
	61	Hans Villemi[5]	1, 6
	62	Dennis Olsen[5]	1, 6–7
Tech 1 Racing[6]	3	Luke Chudleigh[6]	All
	4	Hugo de Sadeleer[7]	All
	21	Philo Paz Patric Armand[7]	All
	29	Akash Nandy[7]	All
	51	Anthoine Hubert[5]	1, 6–7
	52	Vasily Romanov[5]	1, 6
	53	Egor Orudzhev[5]	1, 6–7
Arta Engineering[8]	5	Simon Gachet[9]	All
	6	James Allen[9]	All
Koiranen GP[3]	7	Mikhail Tarasov[10]	1–2
	8	Kang Ling[11]	1–2, 4
	9	Vitaly Larionov[10]	1–2
	10	George Russell[5]	All
	19	Nyck de Vries[12]	All
	22	Pietro Fittipaldi[13]	7
	70	Hong Li Ye[11]	1, 4–7
	78	Ignazio D'Agosto[14]	3
		Bo Yuan[15]	4–5
Jenzer Motorsport[8]	11	Denis Korneev[16]	1–3
	12	Marek Böckmann[16]	All
	13	Bo Yuan[17]	1
	14	Dennis Anoschin[16]	1–3
Fortec Motorsports[18]	15	Martin Kodrić[19]	All
	16	Thiago Vivacqua[20]	All
	17	Charles Leclerc[18]	All
	18	Ben Barnicoat[21]	2, 4–5
		Sebastian Morris[5]	1
	38		4
	57	Matt Parry[22]	1, 6–7
	58	Jack Aitken[5]	1, 5–7
	59	Martin Rump[5]	1, 7
	72	Jorge Cevallos[23]	4, 6
MGR Motorsport[15]	22	Pietro Fittipaldi[15]	4–6
JD Motorsport[24]	25	Matevos Isaakyan[25]	All
	26	Denis Korneev[15]	4–7
BVM Racing[26]	27	Dario Capitanio[26]	All
	28	Semen Evstigneev[5]	All
	42	Danylo Pronenko[27]	5–7
Cram Motorsport[24]	31	Vasily Romanov[28]	7
	32	Alessio Rovera[29]	1–6
	33	Stefan Riener[30]	4–7
China BRT by JCS[8]	35	Nick Cassidy[31]	1
	36	Mathéo Tuscher[5]	1
	37	Sun Zheng[5]	1, 4–5
Brixia Horse Power	39	Andrea Baiguera[32]	6
AS Motorsport by GSK[24]	42	Danylo Pronenko[33]	1–4
GSK Grand Prix[34]	45	Daniele Cazzaniga[14]	3–7
	96	Matteo Cairoli[34]	1
Strakka Racing[35]	50	Jake Hughes[35]	7
TS Corse[8]	63	Matteo Gonfiantini[36]	1–6
	73	Pietro Peccenini[8]	All
Mark Burdett Motorsport[15]	66	Raoul Owens[15]	4

Race calendar and results

The seven-event calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 28 November 2013.^[1] As in 2012, only three rounds were held in Italy (Monza, Imola and Mugello), versus six in 2013. The four rounds outside Italy consisted of races at the Pau Grand Prix, the Red Bull Ring, Spa-Francorchamps and – for the first time – Jerez.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Junior Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	5 April	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	George Russell
	R2		6 April	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	George Russell
2	R1	Pau Circuit, Pau	10 May	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		11 May	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Charles Leclerc
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	24 May	Matevos Isaakyan[N 1]	Nyck de Vries	Matevos Isaakyan	JD Motorsport	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		25 May	Matevos Isaakyan[N 1]	Semen Evstigneev	Matevos Isaakyan	JD Motorsport	Matevos Isaakyan
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 June	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
	R2		8 June	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	5 July	Stefan Riener	Stefan Riener	Charles Leclerc	Fortec Motorsports	Charles Leclerc
	R2		6 July	Charles Leclerc	Jack Aitken	Charles Leclerc	Fortec Motorsports	Charles Leclerc
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	6 September	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Charles Leclerc
	R2		7 September	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Charles Leclerc
7	R1	Circuito de Jerez	5 October	Bruno Bonifacio	Bruno Bonifacio	Bruno Bonifacio	Prema Powerteam	Charles Leclerc
	R2			Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Nyck de Vries	Koiranen GP	Matevos Isaakyan

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MUG JER Points 1 Nyck de Vries 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 6 1 1 2 1 300 2 Charles Leclerc Ret Ret 6 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 7 199 3 Matevos Isaakyan [N 2] 2 Ret 1 1 2 2 Ret 2 7 3 8 6 180 4 George Russell 6 9 4 Ret 2 5 8 7 WD WD 5 7 13 8 123 5 Simon Gachet 3 3 3 8 11 7 23 Ret Ret 7 32 18 16 11 78 6 Alessio Rovera Ret 20 17 Ret 6 2 14 8 2 3 20 23 65 7 Dario Capitanio Ret 14 10 6 8 8 DSQ 6 11 4 15 10 18 19 55 8 Denis Korneev 11 11 15 9 Ret 11 9 12 Ret Ret 14 33 12 9 46 9 Pietro Fittipaldi Ret 13 12 5 4 8 19 10 43 10 Stefan Riener 20 Ret 3 Ret 9 14 14 12 37 11 Alex Bosak 14 13 9 Ret 9 6 27 9 10 11 21 20 15 14 37 12 Luke Chudleigh Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 9 4 Ret 6 DNS 19 21 24 17 36 13 Akash Nandy 17 15 7 Ret 21 12 5 10 8 Ret 13 12 Ret 13 35 14 Ben Barnicoat 5 Ret Ret 4 5 21 32 15 Sebastian Morris 12 6 6 Ret 31 16 Hugo de Sadeleer 18 Ret 11 3 19 17 19 26 Ret Ret 12 11 21 21 27 17 Andrew Tang 8 7 24 18 Philo Paz Patric Armand 21 22 Ret 4 14 Ret 7 11 Ret 8 24 28 25 23 23 19 Martin Kodrić 27 16 12 5 Ret 10 24 17 7 20 18 Ret 20 25 18 20 Marek Böckmann 13 26 Ret Ret 12 16 10 24 19 13 23 15 17 22 10 21 Semen Evstigneev Ret Ret 16 7 13 21 DSQ DNS 13 19 17 16 30 16 6 22 Matteo Gonfantini 22 Ret 19 10 16 18 12 15 9 10 26 30 5 23 James Allen 20 24 13 Ret 10 19 Ret 22 Ret 16 30 29 Ret 15 2 24 Dennis Anoshin 15 18 22 Ret 18 13 2 25 Pietro Peccenini Ret 28 21 11 20 20 18 23 18 18 31 31 29 24 0 26 Thiago Vivacqua 23 17 18 Ret 17 14 DSQ 14 15 14 33 22 27 20 0 27 Daniele Cazzaniga 15 Ret 17 21 14 Ret 25 26 23 Ret 0 28 Kang Ling 25 21 14 Ret 15 18 0 29 Danylo Pronenko Ret Ret 20 Ret DNS 15 22 27 16 15 27 32 28 Ret 0 30 Sun Zheng DNS DNS 16 20 Ret 17 0 31 Bo Yuan Ret 23 21 25 Ret Ret 0 32 Mikhail Tarasov 26 29 WD WD 0 33 Nick Cassidy Ret 30 0 Vitaly Larionov Ret Ret WD WD 0 Matteo Cairoli Ret DNS 0 Mathéo Tuscher WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Bruno Bonifacio 2 2 3 4 1 Ret Egor Orudzhev 16 Ret 10 6 3 2 Matt Parry 9 25 11 13 4 3 Jack Aitken 4 4 Ret 12 34 19 7 Ret Dennis Olsen 5 8 8 5 5 4 Hans Villemi 7 5 16 24 Jake Hughes 9 5 Raoul Owens Ret 5 Anthoine Hubert 10 10 6 9 11 Ret Ignazio D'Agosto 7 22 Hong Li Ye 19 19 13 16 17 9 28 17 22 18 Vasily Romanov 24 27 22 25 10 Ret Jorge Cevallos 11 19 WD WD Martin Rump Ret 12 26 Ret Andrea Baiguera 29 27 Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MUG JER Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Juniors' championship

Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MUG JER Points 1 Charles Leclerc Ret Ret 6 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 6 7 249 2 Matevos Isaakyan [N 2] 2 Ret 1 1 2 2 Ret 2 7 3 8 6 216 3 George Russell 6 9 4 Ret 2 5 8 7 WD WD 5 7 13 8 183 4 Akash Nandy 17 15 7 Ret 21 12 5 10 8 Ret 13 12 Ret 13 113 5 Pietro Fittipaldi Ret 13 12 5 4 8 19 10 81 6 Martin Kodrić 27 16 12 5 Ret 10 24 17 7 20 18 Ret 20 25 75 7 Marek Böckmann 13 26 Ret Ret 12 16 10 24 19 13 23 15 17 22 73 8 Philo Paz Patric Armand 21 22 Ret 4 14 Ret 7 11 Ret 8 24 28 25 23 71 9 Hugo de Sadeleer 18 Ret 11 3 19 17 19 26 Ret Ret 12 11 21 21 68 10 Ben Barnicoat 5 Ret Ret 4 5 21 48 11 Matteo Gonfantini 22 Ret 19 10 16 18 12 15 9 10 26 30 45 12 Thiago Vivacqua 23 17 18 Ret 17 14 DSQ 14 15 14 33 22 27 20 44 13 Semen Evstigneev Ret Ret 16 7 13 21 DSQ DNS 13 19 17 16 30 16 44 14 James Allen 20 24 13 Ret 10 19 Ret 22 Ret 16 30 29 Ret 15 40 15 Dennis Anoshin 15 18 22 Ret 18 13 34 16 Kang Ling 25 21 14 Ret 15 18 15 17 Mikhail Tarasov 26 29 WD WD 1 Vitaly Larionov Ret Ret WD WD 0 Pos Driver IMO PAU RBR SPA MNZ MUG JER Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Teams' championship

Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.^[39]

Pos	Team	Points
1	Koiranen GP	423
2	Fortec Motorsports	274
3	JD Motorsport	206
4	Tech 1 Racing	115
5	Cram Motorsport	102
6	Arta Engineering	80
7	BVM Racing	61
8	Prema Powerteam	61
9	MGR Motorsport	35
10	Jenzer Motorsport	30
11	TS Corse	5
	GSK Grand Prix	0
	AS Motorsport by GSK	0
	China BRT by JCS	0
Guest teams ineligible for points
	Strakka Racing	0
	Mark Burdett Motorsport	0
	Brixia Horse Power	0

Footnotes

1. Charles Leclerc, Simon Gachet and George Russell recorded the fastest times in qualifying for the races at the Red Bull Ring, but they were penalised after a stewards' decision. Matevos Isaakyan was recognised as the pole-sitter for the races.^[37]
2. Isaakyan was entered for the opening round at Imola, but he was ineligible to compete in the races as he was not yet aged sixteen. However, he was able to take part in free practice sessions.^[38]

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External links

• Official website of the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship