ADAC Procar season 2014

The ADAC Procar season 2014 took place at 8 different season stations, most of which were driven in Germany, but also races in the Netherlands and Austria. The majority of the races were held as part of the ADAC Masters Weekend .
This season the ADAC Procar started in three divisions. Heiko Hammel, Alexander Rambow and Steve Kirsch became champions in their divisions.

background

For the 2014 season, some rule changes came into force for Division 1, as the number of starters has been declining for years due to the costly S2000 regulations (costs per car / year: € 150,000). It was decided that the new Division 1 regulations from 2011 will be pushed ahead, in which, similar to the origin of the DTC, attention should be paid to cost control and brand diversity (costs per car / year € 70,000–80,000). The new regulations provided for 1.6L turbo engines and near-series condition of the bodies and axles. The key points of the new regulations for Division 1 include a specification on original turbochargers and engines with max. 1625 cm³³ displacement with max. 2.5 bar boost pressure, serial transmission, min. 1100 kilograms including driver, 17 "wheels and the maximum size of brakes were stipulated. The cars had about 300 hp and were 1.5 seconds slower than the S2000 cars towards the end of the season, but at half the price. The year 2014 was intended as the last transition year, which is why the S2000 cars were still registered. These were used sporadically, but the championship was run for the first time in the history of the DTC under the 1.6L turbos,
after being in Division 1 in the years In 2012 and 2013 the number of starters continuously declined due to the high costs, the future of the entire series was uncertain, as the vehicles in Division 2 alone could not carry the series, but the 2014 season could end with the addition of the Mini John Cooper Works The Mini Trophy, which was discontinued in 2013, will be held in its own division (Division M, or Division 3), and many of the well-known drivers from the former Mini-R ennserien were again at the start in the ADAC Procar.
The competition mode was also changed for the 2014 season. So far there have been two free training sessions on every weekend of the event, which took place on Friday and Saturday. This was followed by qualification training on Saturday and both races on Sunday. The innovation was that the free practice session on Saturday was canceled and a qualifying session and a race took place on Saturday and Sunday. This meant that the starting grid for the following race was determined on each day of qualification. So there were two separate qualifications on one race weekend.

entry list

team	vehicle	No.	driver	Weekends
Division 1
Thate motorsport	BMW 320si E90	01	Jens-Guido Weimann	5
AMG motorsport	BMW 320si E90	03	Mikhail Stepanov	1
		04th	Mikhail Grachev	1
LB racing	Ford Fiesta ST	07th	Johannes Leidinger	2-8
Wolf Racing	Ford Fiesta ST	08th	Heiko Hammel	all
Huggler Motorsport	BMW 320i E46	09	Markus Huggler	4-5
YACO Racing	Toyota Auris S2000	010	Charlie Geipel	6, 8
Rikli Motorsport	Honda Civic	011	Dario Pergolini	7th
		012	Peter Rikli	7th
Schirra motoring	Mini John Cooper Works	013	Joachim Schirra	6, 7
ETH tuning	Peugeot 207 Turbo	015th	Guido Thierfelder	2, 7
		016	Arno Dahm	1, 5, 6
Caisley Team Dombek	Mini John Cooper Works	017th	Reinhard Nehls	all
Besapalast Team Dombek	Mini John Cooper Works	018th	Franjo Kovac	all
Division 2
ETH tuning	Citroën Saxo VTS	060	Andreas Rinke	all
	Peugeot 207 Sport	061	Guido Thierfelder	1
		062	Alexander Rambov	all
		064	Norbert Heinz	6th
		067	Arno Dahm	2
		068	Michael Krings	3
Kowalski Racing	Ford Fiesta	063	Michael Kowalski	1, 5, 8
Lafia Motorsport	Citroën C2	065	Olaf Müller	1, 5
Team LuxMotor	Ford Fiesta	070	Gilles Bruckner	7th
Glatzel Racing	Ford Fiesta	077	Thomas Krebs	1-4
		081	Steffen Schwan	6, 8
		082	Ronny Reinsberger	1, 3, 5, 6, 8
		083	Ralf Glatzel	all
		084	Yury Krauchuk	1-3, 6, 7
Mierschke Motorsport	Ford Fiesta	089	Nils Mierschke	4, 8
Division 3
Heide Motorsport	Mini John Cooper Works	031	Michael Heath	1-3, 5-8
		032	Ingo Kampmann	7, 8
		038	Lothar Sausemuth	7th
IMC Motorsport		033	Victoria Froß	all
		034	Lisa Christin Brunner	1-5
H&R Team Dombek		037	Kai Jordan	all
		040	Steven Fürsch	5
Frensch Power Motorsport		041	Steve Kirsch	all
		055	Bernhard Wagner	all
Mini Racing Team		044	Dirk Lauth	1-7
		045	Uwe Klapproth	8th
Besapalast Team Dombek		049	Henry W. Littig	1-5
		057	Thomas Tekaat	1-6

Racing calendar

date	No.	route	distance	Winner Division 1	Winner Division 2	Winner Division 3
April 27	1	Oschersleben	15 × 3.696 km = 55.440 km 15 × 3.696 km = 55.440 km	Mikhail Grachev Mikhail Grachev	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Steve Kirsch Thomas Tekaat
May 11th	2	Zandvoort	12 × 4.307 km = 51.684 km 12 × 4.307 km = 51.684 km	Heiko Hammel Heiko Hammel	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Thomas Tekaat Thomas Tekaat
25. May	3	Lausitzring	14 × 3.442 km = 48.188 km 16 × 3.442 km = 55.072 km	Heiko Hammel Heiko Hammel	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Steve Kirsch Thomas Tekaat
8th June	4th	Red Bull Ring	14 × 4.326 km = 51.912 km 13 × 4.326 km = 56.238 km	Markus Huggler Heiko Hammel	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Steve Kirsch Steve Kirsch
20th June	5	Nürburgring	13 × 4.638 km = 60.294 km 13 × 4.638 km = 60.294 km	Markus Huggler Jens-Guido Weimann	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Steve Kirsch Steve Kirsch
July 26th	6th	Hockenheimring	13 × 4.574 km = 59.462 km 13 × 4.574 km = 59.462 km	Charlie Geipel Charlie Geipel	Alexander Rambow Alexander Rambow	Thomas Tekaat Steve Kirsch
August 31	7th	Nürburgring	15 × 3.629 km = 54.435 km 10 × 3.629 km = 36.290 km	Peter Rikli Peter Rikli	Alexander Rambow Yury Krauchuk	Steve Kirsch Steve Kirsch
21st September	8th	Sachsenring	14 × 3.645 km = 51.030 km 10 × 3.645 km = 36.450 km	Charlie Geipel Charlie Geipel	Nils Mierschke Ralf Glatzel	Dirk Lauth Steve Kirsch

Race results and point table

The cars of divisions 1, 2 and 3 were rated separately from each other. The first 8 vehicles were eligible for points according to the following system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1. There were no additional points for pole position or the fastest lap.

Item	driver	OSC		ZAN		LAU		RBR		ONLY		HOC		ONLY		SAC		Points
Division 1
1	Heiko Hammel	5	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	7th	DNS	4th	5	3	2	107
2	Reinhard Nehls	4th	4th	2	2	2	2	3	Ret	3	4th	2	2	5	4th	4th	3	95
3	Franjo Kovac	3	5	3	4th	3	3	5	2	5	6th	5	4th	6th	3	5	5	78
4th	Johannes Leidinger			5	DNS	Ret	4th	4th	3	4th	5	3	3	3	6th	2	4th	63
5	Charlie Geipel											1	1			1	1	40
6th	Markus Huggler							1	4th	1	2							33
7th	Joachim Schirra											4th	5	2	2			25th
8th	Mikhail Grachev	1	1															20th
8th	Peter Rikli													1	1			20th
10	Arno Dahm	6th	6th							6th	7th	6th	6th					17th
11	Mikhail Stepanov	2	2															16
12	Guido Thierfelder			4th	3									8th	7th			14th
13	Jens Weimann									Ret	1							10
14th	Dario Pergolini													7th	Ret			2
Division 2
1	Alexander Rambov	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4th	151
2	Andreas Rinke	2	2	5	4th	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	DNS	4th	4th	3	99
3	Ralf Glatzel	4th	5	4th	2	4th	3	5	4th	Ret	2	2	Ret	3	3	3	1	86
4th	Yury Krauchuk	5	4th	2	DNS	5	Ret					Ret	3	2	1			45
5	Thomas Krebs	6th	6th	3	3	3	4th	4th	DNS									34
6th	Nils Mierschke							3	2							1	2	32
7th	Ronny Reinsberger	7th	7th			6th	6th			3	4th	DNP	DNP			5	5	29
8th	Michael Kowalski	8th	DNS							4th	6th					6th	6th	15th
9	Guido Thierfelder	3	3															12
10	Norbert Heinz											4th	4th					10
11	Olaf Müller	9	8th							5	5							9
12	Steffen Schwan											5	5			DNS	DNS	8th
13	Arno Dahm			6th	5													7th
14th	Michael Krings					7th	5											6th
	Gilles Bruckner													Ret	Ret			0
Division 3
1	Steve Kirsch	1	2	Ret	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	136
2	Kai Jordan	4th	4th	2	2	3	4th	3	2	4th	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	106
3	Thomas Tekaat	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	2					104
4th	Dirk Lauth	6th	5	4th	4th	8th	3	4th	5	3	Ret	4th	4th	7th	5	1	8th	66
5	Bernhard Wagner	5	6th	3	6th	5	5	5	6th	5	8th	5	5	DNS	DNP	4th	4th	54
6th	Henry Littig	3	3	8th	5	4th	8th	7th	4th	7th	Ret							32
7th	Victoria Froß	Ret	Ret	7th	9	9	9	8th	8th	8th	5	7th	6th	4th	4th	5	5	32
8th	Michael Heath	8th	8th	6th	8th	7th	7th			9	7th	6th	7th	3	6th	7th	6th	31
9	Lisa Christin Bruner	7th	7th	5	7th	6th	6th	6th	7th	6th	4th							29
10	Lothar Sausemuth													5	3			10
11	Uwe Klapproth															6th	3	9
12	Ingo Kampmann													6th	7th	8th	7th	8th
13	Steven Fürsch									Ret	6th							3
Item	driver	OSC		ZAN		LAU		RBR		ONLY		HOC		ONLY		SAC		Points