2014 Acceleration in Monza

Acceleration in Monza was the fourth weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment.[1][2] The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, to be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in Portimao, Portugal and ending 17–19 October in Assen, Netherlands. The various racing competitions were Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1),[3] the MW-V6 Pickup Series,[4] the Legend SuperCup (LSC),[5] the European Stock 1000 Series (ACC 1000)[6] and the European Stock 600 Series (ACC 600).[6]

2014 Italian Acceleration Grand Prix
Race details
Date 6–8 June 2014
Official name 2014 Acceleration in Monza
Location Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.600 miles)

Every driver entering Acceleration 2014 was eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment, David Hasselhoff was the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, and others. Saturday evenings were filled with performances of international DJs.[7]

FA1 results edit

Driver changes edit

Marco Barba replaced Oliver Campos-Hull at Acceleration Team Spain. Felix Rosenqvist came back to the Swedish team, taking over from Jimmy Eriksson. Steijn Schothorst made his debut in the series, in a car run by the Venezuelan Team Lazarus, which also employed Dennis Lind. With Armando Parente missing in Monza, Schothorst raced for China.

Free practices edit

Pos. No. Driver Team FP1 FP2
1 23   Felix Rosenqvist   Sweden 1:37.976 1:37.394
2 8   Steijn Schothorst   China 1:40.600 1:37.896
3 42   Sergio Campana   Portugal 1:39.361 1:37.920
4 7   Nigel Melker   Netherlands 1:38.045 1:38.298
5 45   Dennis Lind   Venezuela 1:41.063 1:38.342
6 64   Richard Gonda   Slovakia 1:39.214 1:38.509
7 16   Mirko Bortolotti   Italy 1:39.492 1:38.816
8 11   Marco Barba   Spain 1:40.035 1:39.087
9 4   Sebastian Balthasar   Germany 1:39.279 1:39.662
10 17   Alessio Picariello   France 1:39.327 1:39.842
11 39   Picho Toledano   Mexico 1:40.077 1:40.773
12 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker   Mexico 1:40.987 1:41.549

Qualifying sessions edit

Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pos. No. Driver Team Time
1 23   Felix Rosenqvist   Sweden 1:35.873 1 42   Sergio Campana   Portugal 1:35.628
2 42   Sergio Campana   Portugal 1:35.969 2 7   Nigel Melker   Netherlands 1:35.805
3 7   Nigel Melker   Netherlands 1:36.309 3 16   Mirko Bortolotti   Italy 1:36.024
4 45   Dennis Lind   Venezuela 1:36.578 4 23   Felix Rosenqvist   Sweden 1:36.031
5 64   Richard Gonda   Slovakia 1:36.694 5 4   Sebastian Balthasar   Germany 1:36.153
6 16   Mirko Bortolotti   Italy 1:36.698 6 64   Richard Gonda   Slovakia 1:36.320
7 8   Steijn Schothorst   Netherlands 1:37.267 7 45   Dennis Lind   Venezuela 1:36.680
8 17   Alessio Picariello   France 1:37.270 8 8   Steijn Schothorst   Netherlands 1:36.879
9 11   Marco Barba   Spain 1:37.496 9 11   Marco Barba   Spain 1:37.088
10 4   Sebastian Balthasar   Germany 1:37.685 10 17   Alessio Picariello   France 1:37.424
11 39   Picho Toledano   Mexico 1:39.371 11 39   Picho Toledano   Mexico 1:39.267
12 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker   Mexico 1:39.472 12 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker   Mexico 1:39.350

Qualifying 1:

  • #4 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled
  • #17 – lap time in which yellow flags were disrespected was cancelled

Race 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Diff. Points
1 23   Felix Rosenqvist   Sweden 18 laps 22 (P+FL)
2 7   Nigel Melker   The Netherlands +11.439 15
3 16   Mirko Bortolotti   Italy +12.434 12
4 64   Richard Gonda   Slovakia +15.424 10
5 42   Sergio Campana   Portugal +25.160 8
6 11   Marco Barba   Spain +28.192 6
7 45   Dennis Lind   Venezuela +31.379 4
8 17   Alessio Picariello   France +36.233 3
9 4   Sebastian Balthasar   Germany +54.444 2
10 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker   Mexico +58.081 1
11 8   Steijn Schothorst   China +58.714 0
12 39   Picho Toledano   Mexico +1:27.800 0

Race 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Diff. Points
1 23   Felix Rosenqvist   Sweden 27 laps 26 (FL)
2 7   Nigel Melker   The Netherlands +13.109 18
3 4   Sebastian Balthasar   Germany +29.212 15
4 64   Richard Gonda   Slovakia +30.169 12
5 8   Steijn Schothorst   China +42.383 10
6 17   Alessio Picariello   France +1:14.034 8
7 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker   Mexico +1 lap 6
8 39   Picho Toledano   Mexico +6 laps 4
9 42   Sergio Campana   Portugal +10 laps 3 (P)
10 45   Dennis Lind   Venezuela +14 laps 1
11 16   Mirko Bortolotti   Italy +14 laps 0
12 11   Marco Barba   Spain +22 laps 0

Drivers' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races edit

Pos. No. Driver Points
1 7   Nigel Melker 136
2 16   Mirko Bortolotti 135
3 64   Richard Gonda 74
4 23   Felix Rosenqvist 73
5 4   Sebastian Balthasar 70
6 32/42   Sergio Campana 42
7 42/29   Armando Parente 40
8 17   Alessio Picariello 34
9 38   Luis Michael Dörrbecker 33
10 45   Dennis Lind 24
11 10   Oliver Campos-Hull 20
12 39   Picho Toledano 19
13 24   Jimmy Eriksson 11
14 20   Rodolfo González 10
15 8   Steijn Schothorst 10
16 11   Marco Barba 6
17 10   Victor Garcia 5
18 32   Nathanaël Berthon 2

Teams' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races edit

Pos. Nation Points
1   The Netherlands 136
2   Italy 135
3   Sweden 100
4   Germany 70
5   Slovakia 64
6   Portugal 49
7   China 46
8   France 45
9   Mexico 27.5
10   Spain 19
11   Venezuela 18

MW-V6 results edit

Free practices edit

Pos. No. Driver FP1 FP2
1 44   Eoin Murray 2:05.725 2:04.556
2 17   Alberto Cola 2:05.496 2:05.347
3 4   Danny van Dongen 2:05.867 2:06.655
4 5   Bernd Herndlhofer 2:07.005 2:07.350
5 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani 2:07.174 2:17.837
6 16   Giacomo Ricci 2:07.304 2:07.421
7 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen 2:08.772 2:08.604
8 7   Leon Rijnbeek 2:08.994 2:08.732
9 88   Priscilla Speelman 2:08.880 2:08.953

Qualifying sessions edit

Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2
Pos. No. Driver Time Pos. No. Driver Time
1 44   Eoin Murray 2:03.684 1 4   Danny van Dongen 2:04.511
2 4   Danny van Dongen 2:04.158 2 17   Alberto Cola 2:04.623
3 17   Alberto Cola 2:04.859 3 44   Eoin Murray 2:04.715
4 16   Giacomo Ricci 2:05.180 4 16   Giacomo Ricci 2:04.746
5 5   Bernd Herndlhofer 2:06.139 5 5   Bernd Herndlhofer 2:06.266
6 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen 2:07.483 6 88   Priscilla Speelman 2:06.981
7 7   Leon Rijnbeek 2:07.895 7 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen 2:07.454
8 88   Priscilla Speelman 2:07.906 8 7   Leon Rijnbeek 2:07.836
94   Gian Maria Gabbiani No time 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani No time

Race 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Points
1 44   Eoin Murray 12 laps 21 (P)
2 16   Giacomo Ricci +0.129 16 (FL)
3 4   Danny van Dongen +1.593 12
4 5   Bernd Herndlhofer +2.561 10
5 93   Jan Paul van Dongen +28.954 8
6 88   Priscilla Speelman +31.131 6
7 7   Leon Rijnbeek +35.385 4
8 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani +7 laps 3
9 17   Alberto Cola 2

Race 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Points
1 4   Danny van Dongen 12 laps 21 (P)
2 16   Giacomo Ricci +2.483 16 (FL)
3 44   Eoin Murray +2.646 12
4 5   Bernd Herndlhofer +33.035 10
5 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen +34.919 8
6 7   Leon Rijnbeek +45.191 6
7 88   Priscilla Speelman +47.903 4
8 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani +5 laps 3
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Race 3 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Points
1 44   Danny van Dongen 12 laps 25
2 16   Giacomo Ricci +14.132 19 (FL)
3 44   Eoin Murray +15.250 15
4 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani +15.411 12
5 5   Bernd Herndlhofer +16.363 10
6 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen +31.009 8
7 88   Priscilla Speelman +31.192 6
8 7   Leon Rijnbeek +11 laps 4
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Drivers' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races edit

Pos. No. Driver Points
1 44   Eoin Murray 160
2 4   Danny van Dongen 155
3 23   Alx Danielsson 109
4 87   Jack van der Ende 61
5 10   Carlos Alvarez 52
6 16   Giacomo Ricci 51
7 90   Pim van Riet 41
8 83   Mikel Azcona Troyas 36
9 93   Jan-Paul van Dongen 34
10 7   Leon Rijnbeek 32
11 9   Kelvin Snoeks 31
12 6   Andreas Gulden 31
13 5   Bernd Herndlhofer 30
14 92   Fréderique Jonckheere 26
15 8   Bas Schouten 23
16 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani 22
17 80   Daniel de Jong 21
18 88   Priscilla Speelman 21
19 50   Tom Pedersen 20
20 41   Bas Koeten 18
21 68   Jeremiah Wagner 16
22 85   Javier Morcillo 15
23 35   John Mickel 12
24 45   Michael Devaney 11
25 12   Francesc Gutiérrez 11
26 14   Maik Barten 10
27 24   Will Wright 10
28 8   Bert de Heus 3
29 17   Alberto Cola 2
30 84   Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos 1
31 96   Ward Sluys 0
32 11   Christian Cano 0
35   Dario Orsini
96   Fred Cavanagh
95   Melvin de Groot
95   Steve van Bellingen

Nations' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races edit

Pos. Nation Points
1   Ireland 130.5
2   Sweden 100
3   The Netherlands 99.27
4   Spain 42.3
5   Italy 35.5
6   Germany 31
7   Austria 30
8   Denmark 20
9   Belgium 20
10   Great Britain 12

Legend SuperCup results edit

Free practices edit

Pos. No. Driver FP1 FP2
1 17   Alberto Cola 2:24.107 2:24.479
2 53   Niki Meredith 2:24.308 2:24.445
3 47   Davit Kajaia 2:36.883 2:24.628
4 36   James Holman 2:26.047 2:24.865
5 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani 2:26.544 2:25.889
6 44   Johan Kraan 2:25.978 2:25.962
7 48   Konstantine Koliashvili 2:45.250 2:26.037
8 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen 2:29.108 2:27.749
9 9   Jurgen Nel 2:39.942 2:36.677

Race 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Grid Points
1 47   Davit Kajaia 9 laps 7 50
2 53   Niki Meredith +0.036 3 40
3 36   James Holman +0.111 1 32
4 48   Konstantine Koliashvili +3.648 5 26
5 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen +25.043 4 22
6 44   Johan Kraan +33.504 6 20
7 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani +33.626 2 19
8 9   Jurgen Nel +1:50.769 8 18
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Race 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Grid Points
1 47   Davit Kajaia 9 laps 3 50
2 36   James Holman +0.002 2 40
3 53   Niki Meredith +1.937 4 32
4 48   Konstantine Koliashvili +14.005 1 26
5 44   Johan Kraan +26.814 8 22
6 9   Jurgen Nel +1:45.841 5 20
7 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani +1 lap 9 19
8 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen +2 laps 6 18
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Race 3 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Grid Points
1 47   Davit Kajaia 9 laps 1 50
2 36   James Holman +0.087 3 41 (FL)
3 53   Niki Meredith +2.641 2 32
4 48   Konstantine Koliashvili +5.552 4 26
5 44   Johan Kraan +6.763 6 22
6 9   Jurgen Nel +1:42.912 8 20
7 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen +1 lap 5 19
94   Gian Maria Gabbiani DNS 0
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Race 4 edit

Pos. No. Driver Time Diff. Grid Points
1 47   Davit Kajaia 9 laps 1 50
2 36   James Holman +7.383 2 40
3 48   Konstantine Koliashvili +7.406 4 32
4 44   Johan Kraan +1:29.154 5 26
5 9   Jurgen Nel +1:46.991 6 22
6 53   Niki Meredith +1 lap 3 20
7 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen +4 laps 8 19
94   Gian Maria Gabbiani DNS 0
17   Alberto Cola DNS 0

Drivers' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races edit

Pos. No. Driver Points
1 47   Davit Kajaia 650
2 53   Niki Meredith 516
3 36   James Holman 421
4 11   Daniel Campos-Hull 363
5 48   Konstantine Koliashvili 349
6 10   Carlos Gonzalez 172
7 5   Ferry Monster 145
8 68   Jeremiah Wagner 130
9 44   Johan Kraan 122
10 51   Frederik Nymark 120
11 94   Gian Maria Gabbiani 100
12 12   Francesc Gutiérrez 96
13 7   Joris Schouten 94
14 37   John Mickel 87
15 9   Jurgen Nel 80
16 8   Jan-Paul van Dongen 78
17 54   John Paterson 78
18 50   Emil Andersen 69
19 15   Luca Betinni 56
20 6   Leon Zappij 38
21 6   Michael Verhagen 18
21 42   Thomas David 16
14   Fred Depresle
17   Alberto Cola

Nations' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races edit

Pos. Nation Points
1   Ireland 516
2   Georgia 508.5
3   Great Britain 402.5
4   The Netherlands 318.67
5   Spain 256.33
6   Denmark 189
7   United States 130
8   Italy 96.5
9   Scotland 78
10   France 16

References edit

Main source edit

Raceresults.nu

Other references edit

  1. ^ "Welcome to Acceleration | Acceleration". Acceleration14.com.
  2. ^ "Acceleration 2014 verkrijgt FIA goedkeuring" [Acceleration 2014 gets FIA approval]. KNAF (Knac Nationale Autosport Federatie). Archived from the original on 2014-04-08.
  3. ^ "FA1 Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  4. ^ "MW-V6 Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  5. ^ "Legend SuperCup Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  6. ^ a b "ACC 1000 Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  7. ^ "Music Festival | Acceleration". acceleration14.com. Retrieved 2014-05-28.