2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

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2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship
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The 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the 20th British Formula Renault Championship organised by the British Automobile Racing Club and the third season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 4 May and ended on 28 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings at six events all held in England, with three triple header events.

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The championship was won by Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, for the MGR Motorsport team. Fittipaldi won 10 of the season's 15 races, including a streak of 8 successive wins over a trio of meetings between May and August. Fittipaldi won the championship by 65 points (on dropped scores) from Scorpio Motorsport's Piers Hickin, who won a pair of races, and like Fittipaldi, recorded 12 podium finishes. Fittipaldi's team-mate Matteo Ferrer finished third in the championship, edging out Fortec Motorsport driver Alex Gill, by five points; both drivers recorded a single win during the season. The only other winner during the season was a third MGR Motorsport driver, as Colin Noble won one of the two races in support of the British Touring Car Championship, at Silverstone.

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Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

2014 Entry List^[1]
Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Fortec Motorsports	7	Alex Gill	All
	14	Ben Barnicoat	1
	88	Wolfgang Reip	1
Circulation Motorsport	8	Niklas Tiihonen	1
Scorpio Motorsport	9	Piers Hickin	All
SWB Motorsport	18	Samuel Oram-Jones^[2]	2
	27	Atte Lehtonen	1–3
	44	Michael Epps	6
	96	Jack Butel	All
MGR Motorsport	20	Matteo Ferrer	All
	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	All
	22	Tarun Reddy	1–5
	45	Colin Noble	All
Cliff Dempsey Racing	23	Patrick Dussault	All
Cliff Dempsey Racing	28	Travis Jordan Fischer	All
Hillspeed	33	Dimitris Papanastasiou	1–3
Gold Wolf Racing^[3]	37	Yudai Jinkawa^[3]	2
MTECH Lite^[3]	89	Hayden Edmonds^[3]	2–4

Race calendar and results

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and at six events, with three triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 20 November 2013, with the final round once again in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship. All rounds were held in the United Kingdom.^[4]

The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	5 April	Matteo Ferrer	Matteo Ferrer	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
	R2		6 April	Matteo Ferrer	Alex Gill	Matteo Ferrer	MGR Motorsport
	R3		6 April	Matteo Ferrer	Matteo Ferrer	Alex Gill	Fortec Motorsports
2	R4	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	31 May	Alex Gill	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
	R5		31 May	Alex Gill	Piers Hickin	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
	R6		1 June	Piers Hickin	Matteo Ferrer	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
3	R7	Brands Hatch (Kent)	27 July	Matteo Ferrer	Matteo Ferrer	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
3	R8	Brands Hatch (Kent)	27 July	Pietro Fittipaldi	Piers Hickin	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
4	R9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (300 Circuit, Norfolk)	30 August	Alex Gill	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
	R10		31 August	Alex Gill	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
	R11		31 August	Pietro Fittipaldi	Alex Gill	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
5	R12	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	21 September	Matteo Ferrer	Pietro Fittipaldi	Piers Hickin	Scorpio Motorsport
5	R13	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	21 September	Alex Gill	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	MGR Motorsport
6	R14	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	27 September	Colin Noble	Pietro Fittipaldi	Colin Noble	MGR Motorsport
6	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	Pietro Fittipaldi	Pietro Fittipaldi	Piers Hickin	Scorpio Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 14 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos	Driver	ROC			DON			BRH		SNE			CRO		SIL		Points
1	Pietro Fittipaldi	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	3	431
2	Piers Hickin	2	3	3	2	6	3	Ret	3	6	2	3	1	3	2	1	366
3	Matteo Ferrer	3	1	2	5	10	4	2	2	3	6	7	3	5	3	5	347
4	Alex Gill	Ret	2	1	3	2	5	3	4	4	4	2	4	2	6	9	342
5	Colin Noble	4	9	7	4	5	2	Ret	8	10	7	6	6	4	1	2	286
6	Travis Jordan Fischer	Ret	7	13	6	Ret	8	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	240
7	Patrick Dussault	8	10	9	9	4	6	5	5	9	8	10	Ret	Ret	7	8	203
8	Jack Butel	11	14	12	13	12	12	9	10	8	10	8	7	8	9	7	175
9	Hayden Edmonds				11	8	10	8	9	7	9	9					111
10	Tarun Reddy^{[N 1]}	6	8	6	7	3	9	4	6	2	3	4	Ret	7			103
11	Dimitris Papanastasiou	12	13	8	8	6	7	7	Ret								97
12	Atte Lehtonen	9	11	10	10	11	11	DNS	11								75
13	Ben Barnicoat	5	5	5													60
14	Wolfgang Reip	7	6	14													41
15	Michael Epps														8	6	32
16	Niklas Tiihonen	10	12	11													30
17	Samuel Oram-Jones				12	9	Ret										21
Pos	Driver	ROC			DON			BRH		SNE			CRO		SIL		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Notes

↑ Tarun Reddy was ineligible for points from the Brands Hatch round onwards, due to him competing with an Indian international licence.

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References

↑ David, Gruz (5 April 2014). "2014 Protyre Formula Renault season preview". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ "Oram-Jones to make single-seater debut with SWB in Protyre FR". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Edmonds & Jinkawa sign eleventh hour deals for Donington". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
↑ "BTCC support date confirmed for 2014 Protyre Formula Renault calendar". Protyre Formula Renault. Renault Sport UK. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

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[5] Tarun Reddy was ineligible for points from the Brands Hatch round onwards, due to him competing with an Indian international licence.

[1] David, Gruz (5 April 2014). "2014 Protyre Formula Renault season preview". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

[2] "Oram-Jones to make single-seater debut with SWB in Protyre FR". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[Gold_MTECH-3] 1 2 3 4 "Edmonds & Jinkawa sign eleventh hour deals for Donington". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[4] "BTCC support date confirmed for 2014 Protyre Formula Renault calendar". Protyre Formula Renault. Renault Sport UK. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.