2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series

The 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season was a pickup truck racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands.[citation needed] MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.[citation needed] Next to MW-V6, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 600 and 1000 Series, which featured motorcycle racing for 15- and 16-year-olds. To attract young, yet serious, racing drivers, the 2014 MW-V6 winning driver was promised half the budget for the 2015 FA1 season and a test day in the FA1 car, or the full budget for the 2015 MW-V6 season plus an FA1 test.[1] As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.[citation needed]

The drivers' championship was won by Danny van Dongen, after he won seven races during the season. He had trailed Eoin Murray by five points after four meetings, but Murray did not contest the final two meetings. This resulted in van Dongen winning the championship by 122 points. Murray, with five wins, still amassed enough points to finish as the championship runner-up, while Alx Danielsson finished third in the series, eight points in arrears of Murray. Danielsson was a two-time race winner at Portimão, while three other drivers took race victories during the season; Jacky van der Ende won twice at the Nürburgring, Daniël de Jong was a race winner at Assen, while Davit Kajaia took a race victory at the Slovakia Ring. The nations' championship was won by the Netherlands, finishing 32.63 points clear of Sweden.

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that the FA1 series would be merged with Auto GP in 2015, to ensure that at least 18 cars participate in each race. The fate of the supporting Acceleration series was not specified.[2]

Calendar

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The 2014 calendar consisted of six race weekends. Originally, ten were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014[3] and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.[4]

Date Event Circuit City
29–30 Nov 2013 Testing Circuito de Navarra Navarra, Spain
26–27 Mar 2014 Circuit Ricardo Tormo Valencia, Spain
10 Apr 2014 Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
25–27 Apr 2014 Acceleration at Portimão Autódromo Internacional do Algarve Portimão, Portugal
2–4 May 2014 Acceleration at Navarra Circuito de Navarra Navarra, Spain
23–25 May 2014 Acceleration at Nürburgring Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
6–8 Jun 2014 Acceleration in Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
4–6 Jul 2014 Acceleration at Slovakia Ring Automotodróm Slovakia Ring Orechová Potôň, Slovakia
17–19 Oct 2014 Acceleration in Assen TT Circuit Assen Assen, Netherlands

Race format

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Day Duration Event
Friday 30 min Free practice 1
30 min Free practice 2
20 min Qualifying for race 1
Saturday 20 min Qualifying for race 2
25 min Race 1 (Rolling start)
25 min Race 2 (Rolling start)
Sunday 40 min Race 3 (Rolling start and mandatory pitstop)

The starting order of race 3 was decided by a combined result of Q1 and Q2 with the first 8 reversed.

Technical specifications

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The cars were based on those used in the Dutch racing series BRL V6 and BRL Light.

  • Engine: 4.0L V6 Ford, 325 hp
  • Gearbox: Drenth DG 400
  • Minimum weight: 950 kg
  • Tyres: Michelin

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in all three races. The pole-sitter for race 1 and 2 received one point, and one point was also given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. At the end of the season, the MW-V6 Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points.

Points allocation for race 1 and 2
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1
Points allocation for race 3
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

There was also a Nations' championship, which grouped the represented nations by totalling the average of the points scored by the drivers of the same nationality (e.g.: with 5 Dutch drivers competing in a race, the Netherlands scored in that race the addition of the points scored by each driver divided by 5).

Drivers' championship

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Pos. No. Driver Races Points
ALG
Portugal
NAV
Spain
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
SVK
Slovakia
ASS
Netherlands
1 4 Netherlands Danny van Dongen 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 282
2 44 Republic of Ireland Eoin Murray 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 160
3 23 Sweden Alx Danielsson 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 152
4 80 Netherlands Daniël de Jong 10 5 4 2 1 4 70
5 87 Netherlands Jacky van der Ende 2 1 1 61
6 10 Spain Carlos Alvarez 3 3 3 9 10 5 52
7 16 Italy Giacomo Ricci 2 2 2 51
8 47 Georgia (country) Davit Kajaia 1 2 3 50
9 90 Netherlands Pim van Riet 4 3 2 41
10 41 Netherlands Bas Koeten 5 6 8 5 4 38
11 83 Spain Mikel Azcona 3 3 4 36
12 17 Netherlands Niels Bouwhuis 4 4 3 35
13 93 Netherlands Jan-Paul van Dongen 8 6 10 5 5 6 34
14 7 Netherlands Leon Rijnbeek 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 8 32
15 9 Netherlands Kelvin Snoeks 2 4 7 31
16 6 Germany Andreas Gulden 6 4 3 31
17 30 Slovakia Filip Sladecka 6 6 2 30
18 5 Austria Bernd Herndlhofer 4 4 5 30
19 92 Belgium Fréderique Jonckheere 3 7 5 26
20 32 Czech Republic Christian Malchárek 3 7 5 26
21 31 Hungary Attila Barta 7 3 6 24
22 8 Netherlands Bas Schouten 5 5 7 14 12 11 23
23 94 Italy Gian Maria Gabbiani 7 WD WD 8 8 4 22
24 88 Netherlands Priscilla Speelman 9 10 9 6 7 7 21
25 50 Denmark Tom Pedersen 4 11 5 20
26 18 Belgium Erik Qvick 6 5 7 20
27 48 Georgia (country) Konstantine Koliashvili 4 5 WD 18
28 8 Netherlands Bert de Heus 12 9 10 9 9 5 17
29 68 United States Jeremiah Wagner 4 9 8 16
30 19 Netherlands Johan Kraan 5 6 9 16
31 85 Spain Javier Morcillo 7 8 6 15
32 12 Netherlands Joey Affolter 8 8 6 14
33 35 United Kingdom John Mickel 7 12 6 12
34 16 Netherlands Herman Peene 7 7 8 12
35 45 Republic of Ireland Michael Devaney 6 7 10 11
36 12 Spain Francesc Gutiérrez 8 6 9 11
37 41 Netherlands Michel Schaap 4 10
38 14 Netherlands Maik Barten 6 7 WD 10
39 24 Sweden Will Wright 12 9 6 10
40 17 Italy Alberto Cola 9 WD WD 2
41 84 Spain Joaquin Egozkcue de los Santos 10 11 WD 1
42 96 Belgium Ward Sluys
Netherlands Fred Cavanagh
11 WD WD 0
43 11 Spain Christian Cano 13 WD 12 0
95 Netherlands Melvin de Groot
Belgium Steve van Bellingen
WD WD WD
33 Slovakia Lubomir Jakubik WD WD WD
99 Netherlands Huub Delnoij WD WD WD
Pos. No. Driver ALG
Portugal
NAV
Spain
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
SVK
Slovakia
ASS
Netherlands
Points
Races
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
Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' championship

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Pos. Nation No. Races Points
ALG
Portugal
NAV
Spain
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
SVK
Slovakia
ASS
Netherlands
1  The Netherlands 4 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 175.63
7 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 8
8 12 9 10 5 5 7 14 12 11 9 9 5
9 2 4 7
12 8 8 6
14 6 7 WD
16 7 7 8
17 4 4 3
19 5 6 9
41 5 6 8 5 4 4
80 10 5 4 2 1 4
87 2 1 1
88 9 10 9 6 7 7
90 4 3 2
93 8 6 10 5 5 6
95 WD WD WD
99 WD WD WD
2  Sweden 23 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 143
24 12 9 6
3  Ireland 44 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 130.5
45 6 7 10
4  Spain 10 3 3 3 9 10 5 42.3
11 13 WD 12
12 8 6 9
83 3 3 4
84 10 11 WD
85 7 8 6
5  Georgia 47 1 2 3 41.5
48 4 5 WD
6  Belgium 18 6 5 7 40
92 3 7 5
96 11 WD WD
7  Italy 16 2 2 2 35.5
17 9 WD WD
94 7 WD WD 8 8 4
8  Germany 6 6 4 3 31
9  Slovakia 30 6 6 2 30
33 WD WD WD
10  Austria 5 4 4 5 30
11  Czech Republic 32 3 7 5 26
12  Hungary 31 7 3 6 24
13  Denmark 50 4 11 5 20
14  Great Britain 35 7 12 6 12
Pos. Nation No. ALG
Portugal
NAV
Spain
NÜR
Germany
MNZ
Italy
SVK
Slovakia
ASS
Netherlands
Points
Races
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
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "MW-V6 Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  2. ^ Kaligis, Bas (22 December 2014). "Auto GP en FA1 bundelen krachten in nieuw kampioenschap" [Auto GP and FA1 join forces in new championship] (in Dutch). RaceXpress. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Seven events for Acceleration 2014". Acceleration14.com. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  4. ^ "Race programma cancelled for Acceleration Hungary". Acceleration14.com. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
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