2014 Florida Winter Series

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The 2014 Florida Winter Series season was the inaugural and only season for the Florida Winter Series, a non-championship racing series organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy in Florida. The season started with a collective test on 22 January 2014 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, [1] before a total of 12 races were held over 4 race meetings at Sebring International Raceway, Palm Beach International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The Florida Winter Series is a single-seater racing category organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy. The series was launched on October 18, 2013 and held its inaugural season in 2014.

Ferrari Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari to promote young talent inside its own organisation, with several drivers being selected and funded by the team, being under long-term contracts.

Sebring International Raceway motorsport track in the United States

Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility in the southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida.

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One of the Academy's driver roster, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps competitor Antonio Fuoco, was one of two drivers to win four races along with Nicholas Latifi, who had contested the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2013. KZ1 karting world champion Max Verstappen won races at Palm Beach and Homestead, as he contested his first single-seater races prior to a campaign in the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, while Dennis van de Laar and Tatiana Calderón each won races at Sebring, as they also prepared for their respective FIA European Formula Three Championship campaigns.

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia.

Antonio Fuoco Italian racing driver

Antonio Fuoco is a professional Italian racing driver who currently serves as a development driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team. He previously competed in Formula 2 for Charouz Racing System, and was a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Nicholas Latifi is a Canadian racing driver. He formerly served as Racing Point Force India's F1 development driver, and in 2019 he became Williams's test and reserve driver.

The series used the Tatuus FA010B chassis. This car is also used in Formula Abarth and other regional championships. The car is built to Formula 3 safety regulations to ensure the drivers safety. The car is powered by a 1400cc Fiat-FPT engine producing 190hp.

Drivers

No.DriverPrevious seriesRounds
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Jones [2] British Formula 3 Championship National ClassAll
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen [2] Karting KZ1 All
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar [2] FIA European Formula Three Championship All
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll [2] Karting KF1 All
6 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco [2] Formula Renault 2.0 Alps All
7 Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón [2] FIA European Formula Three Championship All
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Anderson Formula Ford 16001
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Buxton none2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Marriagenone4
11 Flag of Poland.svg Alex Bosak [2] Formula Renault 2.0 Alps All
17 Flag of Russia.svg Vasily Romanov [2] Karting KF1 All
18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi [2] FIA European Formula Three Championship All
23 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kasai [2] Karting KF1 All
53 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello [2] FIA European Formula Three Championship All

Race calendar and results

All rounds were held in Florida, United States.

RoundCircuitLocationDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driver
1R1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida January 26 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar
R2January 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón
R3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
2R4 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 4 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
R5February 5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi
R6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen
3R7 Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Homestead, Florida February 13 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
R8February 14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi
R9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
4R10 Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Mod Homestead, Florida February 18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi
R11February 19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi
R12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Jones [N 1] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen

Results

All races were non-championship, with no points awarded.

Driver SEB PAL HMS1 HMS2
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco 2211115151245
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi 3NC57112412112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen 4Ret82713Ret3451
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar 1Ret3443Ret45Ret3Ret
Flag of Colombia.svg Tatiana Calderón Ret16556666910†Ret
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ed Jones 632362538323
Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele Marciello 5RetRet82112745Ret4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll 744634Ret27RetDNSDNS
Flag of Poland.svg Alex Bosak 105710Ret7Ret101169†7
Flag of Russia.svg Vasily Romanov96101088789Ret68
Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Kasai1171111998910786
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Marriage879
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Anderson8Ret9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Will Buxton 121010
Legend
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place (Top 5)
Light Blue6th–10th place (Top 10)
Dark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish (DNF)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrew (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race abandoned (C)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Driver replacement (Rpl)
Race not held (NH)
Not competing
In-Line Notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
miscellaneous notation

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

Notes

  1. Antonio Fuoco took pole position, but was dropped five places because of an earlier jump start. Therefore, Ed Jones was handed the pole position.

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References

  1. "Series info". Florida Winter Series. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "FWS drivers" (PDF). ferrari.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.