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.

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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.

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 190 hp.

Drivers

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

Calendar

All rounds were held in Florida, United States.

RoundCircuitLocationRace 1Race 2Race 3
1 Sebring Raceway Sebring, Florida January 26January 27January 27
2 Palm Beach International Raceway Jupiter, Florida February 4February 5February 5
3 Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Homestead, Florida February 13February 14February 14
4 Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Mod Homestead, Florida February 18February 19February 19
Source: [6]

Results

All rounds were held in Florida, United States.

RoundCircuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver
1R1 Sebring Raceway Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar
R2 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 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
R5 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 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco
R8 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 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fuoco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi
R11 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
Sources: [5] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Drivers' 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
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
BlankDid not participate (DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap

 — Did not finish, but classified

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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