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.
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 190hp.
Drivers edit
| No. | Driver | Previous series | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Ed Jones[2]
|
British Formula 3 Championship National Class | All |
| 3 |  Max Verstappen[2]
|
Karting KZ1 | All |
| 4 | Dennis van de Laar[2]
|
FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
| 5 |  Lance Stroll[2]
|
Karting KF1 | All |
| 6 |  Antonio Fuoco[2]
|
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | All |
| 7 |  Tatiana Calderón[2]
|
FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
| 9 | Ben Anderson
|
Formula Ford 1600 | 1 |
| Will Buxton
|
none | 2 | |
| Oliver Marriage
|
none | 4 | |
| 11 |  Alex Bosak[2]
|
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | All |
| 17 |  Vasily Romanov[2]
|
Karting KF1 | All |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi[2]
|
FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
| 23 |  Takashi Kasai[2]
|
Karting KF1 | All |
| 53 | Raffaele Marciello[2]
|
FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
Race calendar and results edit
All rounds were held in Florida, United States.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Sebring Raceway | Sebring, Florida | January 26 | Antonio Fuoco
|
Max Verstappen
|
Dennis van de Laar
|
| R2 | January 27 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Tatiana Calderón
| ||||
| R3 | Max Verstappen
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
Antonio Fuoco
| ||||
| 2 | R4 | Palm Beach International Raceway | Jupiter, Florida | February 4 | Antonio Fuoco
|
Max Verstappen
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
| R5 | February 5 | Dennis van de Laar
|
Nicholas Latifi
| ||||
| R6 | Max Verstappen
|
Tatiana Calderón
|
Max Verstappen
| ||||
| 3 | R7 | Homestead-Miami Speedway RC | Homestead, Florida | February 13 | Antonio Fuoco
|
Nicholas Latifi
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
| R8 | February 14 | Ed Jones
|
Nicholas Latifi
| ||||
| R9 | Max Verstappen
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
Antonio Fuoco
| ||||
| 4 | R10 | Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Mod | Homestead, Florida | February 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
Nicholas Latifi
|
| R11 | February 19 | Ed Jones
|
Nicholas Latifi
| ||||
| R12 | Ed Jones[N 1]
|
Max Verstappen
|
Max Verstappen
| ||||
Results edit
All races were non-championship, with no points awarded.
| Driver | SEB | PAL | HMS1 | HMS2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Fuoco
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Nicholas Latifi
|
3 | NC | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Verstappen
|
4 | Ret | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Dennis van de Laar
|
1 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 3 | Ret |
| Tatiana Calderón
|
Ret | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10† | Ret |
| Ed Jones
|
6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Raffaele Marciello
|
5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 4 |
| Lance Stroll
|
7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 7 | Ret | DNS | DNS |
| Alex Bosak
|
10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9† | 7 |
| Vasily Romanov
|
9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 8 |
| Takashi Kasai
|
11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Oliver Marriage
|
8 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||
| Ben Anderson
|
8 | Ret | 9 | |||||||||
| Will Buxton
|
12 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Color | Result |
|---|---|
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th–5th place (Top 5) |
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place (Top 10) |
| Dark Blue | Finished (Outside Top 10) |
| Purple | Did not finish (DNF) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrew (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled or abandoned (C) | |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Driver replacement (Rpl) | |
| Race not held (NH) | |
| Not competing |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap |
| * | Led most race laps |
| miscellaneous notation | |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Notes edit
- ^ Antonio Fuoco took pole position, but was dropped five places because of an earlier jump start. Therefore, Ed Jones was handed the pole position.
References edit
- ^ "Series info". Florida Winter Series. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "FWS drivers" (PDF). ferrari.com. Retrieved 22 January 2014.