Formula Renault 3.5 season 2014

Start of the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

The 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season was the 17th season of the main series of the World Series by Renault . Carlos Sainz Jr. won the championship title.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Dallara T12 chassis , Zytek engines and Michelin tires .

team	Automobile #	driver	Race weekend
DAMS	01	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1-9
	02	Norman Nato	1-9
Fortec Motorsport	03	Sergei Sirotkin	1-9
	04th	Oliver Rowland	1-9
International Draco Racing	05	Pietro Fantin	1-9
	06th	Luca Ghiotto	1-9
Arden Motorsport	07th	Pierre Gasly	1-9
	08th	William Buller	1-9
Tech 1 racing	09	Marco Sørensen	1-9
	10	Alfonso Celis Jr.	6th
		Nicholas Latifi	7-9
Strakka Racing	11	Will Stevens	1-9
	12	Matias Laine	1-9
lotus	15th	Marlon Stockinger	1-9
	16	Matthieu Vaxivière	1-3, 6-9
		Richie Stanaway	4, 5
ISR	17th	Jazeman Jaafar	1-9
AVF	19th	Beitske Visser	1-9
	20th	Zoël Amberg	1-9
Zeta Corse	21st	Roman Mawlanov	1-7, 9
	22nd	Roberto Merhi	1-9
Pons Racing	25th	Oliver Webb	1-3
		Óscar Tunjo	4-9
	26th	Meindest van Buuren jr.	1-9
Comtec Racing	27	Nikolai Marzenko	1, 2
		Cameron Twynham	6-8
	28	Andrea Roda	3
		Esteban Ocon	7, 8

• Vehicle # 18 reported by ISR and vehicles # 23 and # 24 reported by Carlin were never used.

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season and who did not start for the same team in the 2014 season as in 2013.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Zoël Amberg : Pons Racing → AVF
• William Buller : Zeta Corse → Arden Motorsport
• Pietro Fantin : Arden Caterham Motorsport → International Draco Racing
• Jazeman Jaafar : Carlin → ISR
• Nikolai Marzenko : Pons Racing → Comtec Racing
• Carlos Sainz Jr. : Zeta Corse → DAMS
• Marco Sørensen : Lotus → Tech 1 Racing
• Sergei Sirotkin : ISR → Fortec Motorsport
• Oliver Webb : Fortec Motorsport → Pons Racing

Drivers who entered or returned to Formula Renault 3.5:

• Meindest van Buuren jr. : Auto GP World Series ( Manor MP Motorsport ) → Pons Racing
• Alfonso Celis Jr. : Northern European Formula Renault (Fortec Competition) → Tech 1 Racing
• Pierre Gasly : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Tech 1 Racing) → Arden Motorsport
• Luca Ghiotto : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Prema Powerteam ) → International Draco Racing
• Nicholas Latifi : European Formula 3 Championship (Carlin) → Tech 1 Racing
• Roman Mawlanow : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( RC Formula ) → Zeta Corse
• Roberto Merhi : DTM ( EURONICS / THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG ) → Zeta Corse
• Esteban Ocon : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( ART Junior Team ) → Comtec Racing
• Andrea Roda : Auto GP World Series ( Virtuosi Racing UK ) → Comtec Racing
• Oliver Rowland : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Manor MP Motorsport) → Fortec Motorsport
• Richie Stanaway : FIA World Endurance Championship ( Aston Martin Racing ) → Lotus
• Óscar Tunjo : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup ( Josef Kaufmann Racing ) → Pons Racing
• Cameron Twynham : European F3 Open ( Team West-Tec F3 ) → Comtec Racing
• Matthieu Vaxivière : Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (Tech 1 Racing) → Lotus
• Beitske Visser : ADAC Formula Masters ( Lotus ) → AVF

Drivers who have left Formula Renault 3.5:

• Riccardo Agostini : Zeta Corse → European Formula 3 Championship EuroInternational
• Michail Aljoschin : Tech 1 Racing → IndyCar Series ( Schmidt Peterson Motorsports )
• António Félix da Costa : Arden Caterham Motorsport → DTM ( BMW-Team-MTEK )
• Kevin Magnussen : DAMS → Formula 1 ( McLaren Mercedes )
• Nico Müller : International Draco Multiracing → DTM ( Audi Sport Team Rosberg )
• André Negrão : International Draco Multiracing → GP2 Series (Arden International)
• Arthur Pic : AV Formula → GP2 Series ( Campos Racing )
• Stoffel Vandoorne : Fortec Motorsport → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)

Drivers who do not yet have a contract for a racing cockpit 2014:

Yann Cunha Lucas Foresti Carlos Huertas Mihai Marinescu

Nigel Melker Daniil Mowe Emmanuel Piget Mathéo Tuscher

Nick Yelloly Christopher Zanella

Changes in the teams

• Caterham ended the cooperation with Arden , which will start again independently in 2014.

Racing calendar

The 2014 season racing calendar was published on October 20, 2013. It comprised nine race weekends, with two races each taking place apart from in Monte Carlo . The race in Monte Carlo took place as part of the Formula 1 Grand Prix there. At the season opener in Monza , Formula Renault 3.5 carried out its race weekend alone. The remaining seven events make up the calendar of the World Series by Renault .

Compared to the previous year, the Spielberg event returned to the Nürburgring . Barcelona have been replaced by Jerez .

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	12. April	Monza	Will Stevens	Roberto Merhi	Pierre Gasly
02.	April 13th		Carlos Sainz Jr.	Marlon Stockinger	Sergei Sirotkin
03.	26th of April	Alcañiz	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Nikolai Marzenko	Oliver Rowland
04th	April 27		Oliver Rowland	Pierre Gasly	Will Stevens
05.	25. May	Monte Carlo	Norman Nato	Marco Sørensen	Jazeman Jaafar
06th	31. May	Spa Francorchamps	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Pierre Gasly	Jazeman Jaafar
07th	0June 1st		Carlos Sainz Jr.	Will Stevens	Oliver Rowland
08th.	June 28th	Volokolamsk	Sergei Sirotkin	Zoël Amberg	Pietro Fantin
09.	June 29th		Roberto Merhi	Pierre Gasly	Richie Stanaway
10.	July 12	Nürburg	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Roberto Merhi	Sergei Sirotkin
11.	July 13th		Roberto Merhi	Matthieu Vaxivière	Marlon Stockinger
12.	13.september	Mogyoród	Roberto Merhi	Pierre Gasly	Oliver Rowland
13.	September 14th		Norman Nato	Roberto Merhi	Pierre Gasly
14th	September 27th	Le Castellet	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Pierre Gasly	Matthieu Vaxivière
15th	September 28th		Carlos Sainz Jr.	Pierre Gasly	Oliver Rowland
16.	October 18	Jerez	Will Stevens	Oliver Rowland	Sergei Sirotkin
17th	October 19th		Oliver Rowland	Nicholas Latifi	William Buller

Ratings

Point system

The points were awarded in all races according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item driver  MNZ  ALC  MON  SPA  MOS  ONLY  HUN  LEC  JER Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 01  C. Sainz 18th 1 1 4th 4th 1 1 14th 6th 1 DNF 4th 6th 1 1 9 11 229 02  P. Gasly 3 5 9 2 7th 2 4th 18th 2 20th 8th 2 3 2 2 6th 4th 192 03  R. Merhi 2 9 6th 6th 9 DNF 13 4th 1 2 1 1 2 5 4th DNF DNF 183 04th  O. Rowland 6th 10 3 1 5 DNF 3 DNF 5 4th DNF 3 4th 13 3 2 1 181 05  S. Sirotkin 7th 3 8th DNF DNF DNF DNF 1 4th 3 4th 14th DNF 4th 7th 3 5 132 06th  W. Stevens 1 DNF 12 3 8th 7th 2 6th 9 11 7th 6th 10 12 8th 1 13 122 07th  N. NATO 15th 11 11 10 1 5 5 17th 16 12 6th 8th 1 10 DNF 8th 10 89 08th  M. Vaxivière 17 * 16 7th 8th DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ 13 2 5 7th 3 6th 4th 8th 83 09  M. Stockinger 14th 2 4th DNF 11 9 11 7th 11 5 3 15th 14th 6th 13 DNF 9 73 10  J. Jaafar DNF 7th 13 9 3 3 6th 5 12 15th 9 10 8th DNF 5 15th DNF 73 11  Z. Amberg 8th 13 5 5 6th DNF DNF 2 8th 9 5 DNF 15th 11 19th 13 14th 66 12  M. Sørensen DNF DNF 15th 7th 2 8th 10 15th 15th 10 14th 7th 9 8th DNF 10 DNF 43 13  M. Laine 10 12 19th 14th 13 4th 7th 8th 7th 6th DNF DNF 13 9 17th 11 DNF 39 14th  N. Marzenko 5 6th 2 DNF                           36 15th  P. Fantin 11 8th 10 12 15th DNF DNF 3 DNF 7th DNF DNF 11 DNF 20th DNF 6th 34 16  W. Buller 4th DNF DNF DNF 16 11 12 11 10 DNF 10 19th DNF 17th 10 DNF 3 30th 17th  L. Ghiotto 16 4th 16 DNF 14th 6th DNF 16 14th DNF 15th 11 19th 7th 16 14th DNF 26th 18th  R. Stanaway           DNF 8th 9 3                 21st 19th  M. van Buuren 9 DNF 14th 11 10 12 9 NC 18th 14th DNF 16 5 DNF 14th 7th 15th 21st 20th  N. Latifi                       DNF 18th 16 9 16 2 20th 21st  B. Visser DNF 17th 18th 16 17th 10 14th 13 13 19th DNF 17th 12 15th 11 5 12 11 22nd  O. Tunjo           DNF 15th 10 17th 8th DNF 12 DNF 18th 15th DNF 7th 11 23  E. Ocon                       9 DNS 14th 12     2 24  C. Twynham                   18th 11 18th 17th 19th 18th     0 25th  R. Mawlanov 13 15th 17th 15th 19th 13 16 12 DNF 17th 13 13 16     12 DNF 0 26th  O. Webb 12 14th DNF 13 12                         0 27  A. Celis                   16 12             0 28  A. Roda         18th                         0 Item driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points  MNZ  ALC  MON  SPA  MOS  ONLY  HUN  LEC  JER

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 ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA) Bold - pole position Italic - fastest race lap * - not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered

Individual evidence

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9. ^ ^{A b} Peter Allen: "Cameron Twynham and Alfonso Celis join FR3.5 field for Nurburgring". paddockscout.com, July 11, 2014, accessed July 11, 2014 . 
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19. ↑ ^{a b} Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Merhi and Mavlanov to race for Zeta Corse at FR3.5 season opener”. paddockscout.com, April 7, 2014, accessed April 9, 2014 . 
20. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Oliver Webb joins Pons Racing for WSR Monza round”. paddockscout.com, April 9, 2014, accessed April 9, 2014 . 
21. ^ Peter Allen: "Oscar Tunjo joins Pons in Formula Renault 3.5 from Spa". paddockscout.com, May 8, 2014, accessed May 31, 2014 . 
22. ↑ Peter Allen: “Van Buuren finalizes Formula Renault 3.5 move with Pons”. paddockscout.com, April 4, 2014, accessed April 9, 2014 . 
23. ↑ Peter Allen: "Martsenko signs with Comtec for 2014 FR3.5 season". paddockscout.com, February 12, 2014, accessed February 12, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Peter Allen: “Roda joins FR3.5 field with Comtec for Monaco”. paddockscout.com, May 19, 2014, accessed May 25, 2014 . 
25. ^ Peter Allen: "Esteban Ocon to do Formula Renault 3.5 rounds with Comtec". paddockscout.com, September 8, 2014, accessed September 15, 2014 . 
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