2014 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

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Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
5–18 January 36th Dakar Rally [1]
25–26 January 52nd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
23 February 56th Daytona 500 [3]
25 May 72nd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
98th Indianapolis 500 [5]
24 May-6 June 96th Isle of Man TT [6]
14–15 June 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
21–22 June 42nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring [8]
6 July 24th Zandvoort Masters [9]
26–27 July 66th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
27 July 37th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
12 October 57th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
16 November 61st Macau Grand Prix [13]
13–14 December 26th Race of Champions [14]

Established championships/events

First raceChampionshipRef
25-26 January United SportsCar Championship [15]
3-4 May FIA World Rallycross Championship [16]

Disestablished championships/events

Last raceChampionshipRef
14 September British Formula Three Championship [17]
5 October German Formula Three Championship [17]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
19May Jack Brabham 88AustralianRacing driver Formula One World Champion (1959-1960, 1966). [18]
29August Björn Waldegård 70SwedishRally driver World Rally champion (1979). [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2014 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport . Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "2014 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "2014 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "2014 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 2014". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 2014". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "19. – 22. Juni 2014: 42. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de.
  9. ↑ "ZANVOORT MASTERS" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 2014 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2014 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "2014 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "2014 Barbados". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "RALLYCROSS: FINAL 2014 DECISIONS AND CALENDARS". fia.com. FIA. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  17. 1 2 Khorounzhiy, Valentin (6 January 2016). "German F3 organizers call off 2015 season". formulascout.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Jack Brabham". ESPN . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Björn Waldegård". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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