2014 Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic | |||
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Parent series: Scandinavian Touring Car Championship |
The 2014 Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic season was the second season of the Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic, a series running 1600cc Formula Renault machinery in similar fashion to the French F4 Championship. The series began on 3 May at Karlskoga Motorstadion and ended on 20 September at Mantorp Park, after seventeen races held in seven venues. Most of these rounds were held in support of the 2014 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season, joint organiser of the series along with the FIA Northern European Zone Organisation.
The series uses all-carbon Signatech chassis, 1.6-litre 140bhp Renault K4MRS engines, and Dunlop tyres. [1]
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Sundahl Racing | 1 | Lukas Sundahl | All |
Aabol Racing | 6 | Kevin Aabol | All |
FinnDrive | 7 | Joonas Lappalainen | All |
8 | Ilmari Korpivaara | All | |
Scuderia Nordica | 9 | Oliver Söderström | 1–2, 4, 6–7 |
89 | Ralf Aron | 1–2, 4–7 | |
Trackstar Racing | 11 | Pontus Fredricsson | All |
12 | Paul Blomqvist | All | |
81 | David Nordgren | 1, 7 | |
99 | Karl Ero | All | |
BR Motorsport | 14 | Robin Hansson | 1 |
Magic Racing | 23 | Otto Tjäder | 1, 3 |
Lyran Engineering | 44 | Rasmus Eriksson | 1, 3–5, 7 |
Svensson Racing | 47 | Robert Svensson | All |
Fredriksson Racing | 67 | Robin Fredriksson | All |
Most rounds took place in Sweden, with the second round held in Finland and the fourth round held in Estonia. With the exception of the season-opening venue, all Swedish rounds were held in support of the STCC championship.
Rounds denoted with a blue background were a part of the Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ Championship.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | |
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1 | R1 | Karlskoga Motorstadion, Karlskoga | 3 May | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | Robin Hansson |
R2 | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | |||
2 | R1 | Botniaring Racing Circuit, Kurikka | 17 May | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen |
R2 | 18 May | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | Joonas Lappalainen | ||
R3 | Joonas Lappalainen | Lukas Sundahl | Ralf Aron | |||
3 | R1 | Falkenbergs Motorbana, Bergagård | 12 July | Lukas Sundahl | Lukas Sundahl | Lukas Sundahl |
R2 | Lukas Sundahl | Robert Svensson | Lukas Sundahl | |||
R3 | 13 July | Pontus Fredricsson | Robert Svensson | Pontus Fredricsson | ||
R4 | Race cancelled due to heavy rain | |||||
4 | R1 | Audru Ring, Audru | 9 August | Kevin Aabol | Ralf Aron | Oliver Söderström |
R2 | Ralf Aron | Paul Blomqvist | Robert Svensson | |||
5 | R1 | Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd | 23 August | Joonas Lappalainen | Kevin Aabol | Joonas Lappalainen |
R2 | Kevin Aabol | Joonas Lappalainen | Kevin Aabol | |||
6 | R1 | Solvalla, Stockholm | 6 September | Joonas Lappalainen | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron |
R2 | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron | |||
7 | R1 | Mantorp Park, Mantorp | 20 September | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron |
R2 | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron | Ralf Aron |
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. No points were awarded for pole or fastest lap.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Parallel to the main championship, two other championships were held: the Formula Renault 1.6 Junior Svenskt Mästerskap (JSM) for drivers under 26 years old holding a Swedish driver license, and the Formula Renault 1.6 Northern European Zone (NEZ) championship at selected rounds. Points to these championships were awarded using the same system.
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | KAR | BOT | FAL | AUD | KNU | SOL | MAN | Pts | ||||||||||
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1 | Lukas Sundahl | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | C | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 262 |
2 | Robert Svensson | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 255 |
3 | Pontus Fredricsson | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | C | 2 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 246 |
4 | Paul Blomqvist | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 3 | C | 10 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 169 |
5 | Oliver Söderström | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 166 | ||||||
6 | Robin Fredriksson | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 7 | C | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 137 |
7 | Karl Ero | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | Ret | C | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | 82 |
8 | Rasmus Eriksson | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | C | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 70 | |||||
9 | Robin Hansson | 1 | 2 | 50 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Otto Tjäder | DNS | DNS | 6 | 7 | 5 | C | 37 | |||||||||||
11 | David Nordgren | 13 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | KAR | BOT | FAL | AUD | KNU | SOL | MAN | Pts |
Pos | Driver | BOT | AUD | MAN | Pts | ||||
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1 | Joonas Lappalainen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 118 |
2 | Ralf Aron | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 95 |
3 | Kevin Aabol | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 82 |
4 | Pontus Fredricsson | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 3 | 77 |
5 | Robert Svensson | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 71 |
6 | Lukas Sundahl | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 71 |
7 | Oliver Söderström | 6 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 70 |
8 | Ilmari Korpivaara | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 60 |
9 | Paul Blomqvist | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 41 |
10 | Robin Fredriksson | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 17 |
11 | Karl Ero | 11 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 4 |
12 | Rasmus Eriksson | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 1 | |||
13 | David Nordgren | 13 | 11 | 0 | |||||
Pos | Driver | BOT | AUD | MAN | Pts |
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