Auto GP season 2014

The 2014 Auto GP season was the 16th season of the racing series, which was held for the fifth time under the name Auto GP . The season started on April 12th in Marrakech and ended on October 19th in Estoril .

Teams and drivers

All pilots drove with the Lola chassis B05 / 52 , engines from Zytek and tires from Kumho .

team	No.	driver	Race weekend
United Kingdom Super Nova International	01	Germany Markus Pommer	1-8
	02	Angola Ricardo Teixeira	2
		Italy Vittorio Ghirelli	3
		Italy Francesco Dracone	4, 5, 7, 8
	88	Italy Michela Cerruti	1-7
	88	Italy Vittorio Ghirelli	8th
United Kingdom Virtuosi UK	04th	Italy Andrea Roda	1-8
	06th	Slovakia Richard Gonda	1, 2
	11	Belgium Sam Dejonghe	1-3
		Norway Pål Varhaug	5
		Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	6-8
Spain Ibiza Racing	07th	Italy Giuseppe Cipriani	1-7
	20th	Italy Francesco Dracone	1
	20th	Italy Niccolò Schirò	2
Austria Zele Racing	08th	Italy Sergio Campana	1
		Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda	2, 3
		Switzerland Christof von Grünigen	4-6
		Brazil Antonio Pizzonia	8th
	09	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	1-5
	09	Angola Luís Sá Silva	8th
	10	Venezuela Samin Gomez	4, 5
Italy Euronova Racing	15th	Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda	1, 7
	15th	Japan Shinya Michimi	4, 8
	16	Japan Kimiya Sato	1-3, 5-7
	16	Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda	4th
	77	Italy Salvatore de Plano	5
	77	Japan Shinya Michimi	6th
Italy Eurotech Engineering FMS Racing Italy	28	Italy Kevin Giovesi	1-8
	69	Italy Loris Spinelli	1-5
	99	Italy Vittorio Ghirelli	5
	99	Italy Salvatore de Plano	6-8
Italy MLR 71 by Euronova	71	Italy Michele La Rosa	1-8

Remarks

↑ Started as FMS Racing from the fifth race weekend.

Racing calendar

The Auto GP racing calendar comprised eight race weekends with two races each.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	12. April	Morocco Marrakech	Japan Kimiya Sato	Italy Michele La Rosa	Italy Giuseppe Cipriani
02.	April 13th	Morocco Marrakech	Germany Markus Pommer	Japan Kimiya Sato	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss
03.	April 19th	France Le Castellet	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Germany Markus Pommer	Japan Kimiya Sato
04th	20th of April	France Le Castellet	Italy Kevin Giovesi	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Japan Kimiya Sato
05.	0May 3rd	Hungary Mogyoród	Japan Kimiya Sato	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Italy Andrea Roda
06th	0May 4th	Hungary Mogyoród	Japan Kimiya Sato	Italy Vittorio Ghirelli	Belgium Sam Dejonghe
07th	31. May	Italy Monza	Germany Markus Pommer	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Italy Michela Cerruti
08th.	0June 1st	Italy Monza	Italy Kevin Giovesi	Italy Andrea Roda	Germany Markus Pommer
09.	June 28th	Italy Imola	Japan Kimiya Sato	Italy Kevin Giovesi	Italy Andrea Roda
10.	June 29th	Italy Imola	Italy Michela Cerruti	Italy Kevin Giovesi	Norway Pål Varhaug
11.	20th of July	Austria Spielberg	Japan Kimiya Sato	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Italy Andrea Roda
12.	20th of July	Austria Spielberg	Italy Andrea Roda	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Italy Michela Cerruti
13.	August 16	Germany Nürburg	Japan Kimiya Sato	Italy Kevin Giovesi	Germany Markus Pommer
14th	17th August	Germany Nürburg	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Germany Markus Pommer	Japan Kimiya Sato
15th	October 19th	Portugal Estoril	Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss	Italy Vittorio Ghirelli	Germany Markus Pommer
16.	October 19th	Portugal Estoril	Japan Shinya Michimi	Angola Luís Sá Silva	Brazil Antonio Pizzonia

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded according to the following scheme:

position	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	PP	SR
Race 1	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1	2	1
Race 2	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1	-	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	MAR Morocco		LEC France		HUN Hungary		MON Italy		IMO Italy		SPI Austria		ONLY Germany		EST Portugal		Points
01	Japan K. Satō	1	2	3	3	1	1			1	4th	1	8th*	1	3			221
02	Hungary T. Pál Kiss	DNF	3	1	2	2	7th	2	5	9	9	2	2	4th	1	1	4th	207
03	Germany M. Pommer	8th	1	2	4th	9	6th	1	3	DNF	5	5	DNF	3	2	3	5	180
04th	Italy A. Roda	7 *	4th	5	7th	3	5	4th	2	3	8th	3	1	5	4th	5	8th	166
05	Italy K. Giovesi	DNF	DNF	4th	1	4th	4th	8th	1	2	2	4th	7 *	2	6th	WD	WD	155
06th	Italy M. Cerruti	4th	5	7th	5	10	10	3	7th	5	1	DNF	3	6th	5			113
07th	Italy M. La Rosa	2	6th	9	9	7th	9	5	DNF	12 *	11	8th	5	9	8th	8th	6th	73
08th	Japan S. Michimi							11 *	6th			6th	4th			6th	1	55
09	Italy V. Ghirelli					8th	2			10	6th					2	DNF	44
10	Belgium S. Dejonghe	5	8th*	DNF	6th	5	3											41
11	Italy G. Cipriani	3	7th	10	10	12 *	DNF	7th	8th	8th	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	9			38
12	Japan Y. Kuroda	WD	WD	8th	8th	6th	11	10	4th					7th	7th			36
13	Italy F. Dracone	9 *	9 *					6th	10	6th	10			8th	10	DNF	7th	31
14th	Brazil A. Pizzonia															4th	3	25th
15th	Norway P. Varhaug									4th	3							24
16	Angola L. Sa Silva															7th	2	21st
17th	Italy L. Spinelli	6th	DNF	6th	DNF	11 *	8th	DNF	11	WD	WD							19th
18th	Switzerland C. von Grünigen							DNF	9	7th	7th	7th	DNF					18th
19th	Italy S. de Plano									11	12	10	6th	DNF	11	9	9	11
20th	Venezuela S. Gomez							9	DNF	WD	WD							2
21st	Italy S. Campana	10 *	DNF															1
22nd	Slovakia R. Gonda	11 *	DNF	WD	WD													0
23	Italy N. Schirò			DNF	DNS													0
-	Angola R. Teixeira			WD	WD													0
Item	driver	MAR Morocco		LEC France		HUN Hungary		MON Italy		IMO Italy		SPI Austria		ONLY Germany		EST Portugal		Points

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Placement in the points
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished (DNF)
violet	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start (DNS)
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
Blank	not participated
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)
other formats and characters	P / bold	Pole position
	italic	Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers)
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Further notation
fat	Pole position
Italic	Fastest race lap
*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Web links

Official website of the Auto GP

[1] Started as FMS Racing from the fifth race weekend.