2014 Eurocup Clio

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The 2014 Eurocup Clio season was the fourth season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that formed part of the World Series by Renault. For the 2014 season, the series used the Renault Clio RS 197 as its car of choice.

For the second time in three years, the championship was won by Spanish driver Oscar Nogués for the Italian Rangoni Corse team. Nogués won five out of the season's eight races, and also recorded two pole positions and five fastest laps during the campaign. He won the championship by 40 points ahead of compatriot Mikel Azcona, who won races at Le Castellet and Jerez for PCR Sport. Éric Trémoulet finished third in the championship, taking six podium finishes during the season for the Vic'Team. The season's only other winner was Composit Motorsport's Massimiliano Pedalà, who won at the Nürburgring.

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 20 October 2013, the final day of the 2013 season. [1] All four rounds formed meetings of the 2014 World Series by Renault season.

RoundCircuitCountryDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning DriverWinning Team
1R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 26 April Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Files Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Files Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Italy.svg Rangoni Corse
R227 April Flag of France.svg Éric Trémoulet Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Italy.svg Rangoni Corse
2R1 Nürburgring Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 12 July Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Della Motta Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Pedalà Flag of Italy.svg Composit Motorsport
R213 July Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Files Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Italy.svg Rangoni Corse
3R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet Flag of France.svg  France 27 September Flag of France.svg Éric Trémoulet Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona Flag of Spain.svg PCR Sport
R228 September Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Pedalà Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Italy.svg Rangoni Corse
4R1 Circuito de Jerez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 18 October Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Italy.svg Rangoni Corse
R219 October Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona Flag of Spain.svg PCR Sport

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

PosDriver ALC
Flag of Spain.svg
NÜR
Flag of Germany.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
JER
Flag of Spain.svg
Points
1 Flag of Spain.svg Oscar Nogués 11715112161
2 Flag of Spain.svg Mikel Azcona 34841621121
3 Flag of France.svg Éric Trémoulet421132233112
4 Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Pedalà 73154454102
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Morgan12101023Ret4559
6 Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Della MottaRet14397Ret10636
7 Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan PulićDSQ8146Ret391034
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Files 2961732
9 Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Martín91715111157727
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renee Steenmetz141341388111526
11 Flag of Romania.svg Salvatore Arcarese5121210611Ret923
12 Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Gryazin10115814823
13 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Martínez6716
14 Flag of Spain.svg Manuel Leon1912101061314
15 Flag of France.svg Olivier Jouffret115RetDNS11
16 Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Villanueva9716Ret10
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Finlay Crocker22221715131215141
Flag of Portugal.svg Fabio Mota161613110
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andro Pertot18191816RetRet12120
Flag of Croatia.svg Filip Romić15130
Flag of Spain.svg Santi Navarro13200
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Artyushin19242014141416170
Flag of Italy.svg Ronnie Marchetti171516RetRetDNS0
Flag of France.svg Clément Mateu15Ret0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Bentley Yeung18160
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Xu17180
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Lamic20180
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yi21190
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kenneth Ma 19Ret0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Xing Ping20Ret0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Hui LinRet200
Flag of France.svg Jean-Laurent Navarro21210
Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Gioia2323DNSDNS0
Flag of Italy.svg Marco AmpoloRetRet0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Zhen LinDNSRet0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Pekař2Ret0
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Fjordbach860
Flag of Italy.svg Aldo Ponti1278Ret0
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stephane Polderman13DNS990
PosDriver ALC
Flag of Spain.svg
NÜR
Flag of Germany.svg
LEC
Flag of France.svg
JER
Flag of Spain.svg
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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