2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship
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The 2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the 20th British Formula Renault Championship organised by the British Automobile Racing Club and the third season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 4 May and ended on 28 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings at six events all held in England, with three triple header events.
The championship was won by Pietro Fittipaldi, the grandson of two-time Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, for the MGR Motorsport team. Fittipaldi won 10 of the season's 15 races, including a streak of 8 successive wins over a trio of meetings between May and August. Fittipaldi won the championship by 65 points (on dropped scores) from Scorpio Motorsport's Piers Hickin, who won a pair of races, and like Fittipaldi, recorded 12 podium finishes. Fittipaldi's team-mate Matteo Ferrer finished third in the championship, edging out Fortec Motorsport driver Alex Gill, by five points; both drivers recorded a single win during the season. The only other winner during the season was a third MGR Motorsport driver, as Colin Noble won one of the two races in support of the British Touring Car Championship, at Silverstone.
Teams and drivers
All teams were British-registered.
| 2014 Entry List | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| Fortec Motorsports | 7 | United Kingdom Alex Gill | All |
| 14 | United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat | 1 | |
| 88 | Belgium Wolfgang Reip | 1 | |
| Circulation Motorsport | 8 | Finland Niklas Tiihonen | 1 |
| Scorpio Motorsport | 9 | United Kingdom Piers Hickin | All |
| SWB Motorsport | 18 | United Kingdom Samuel Oram-Jones | 2 |
| 27 | Finland Atte Lehtonen | 1–3 | |
| 44 | United Kingdom Michael Epps | 6 | |
| 96 | United Kingdom Jack Butel | All | |
| MGR Motorsport | 20 | Italy Matteo Ferrer | All |
| 21 | Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi | All | |
| 22 | India Tarun Reddy | 1–5 | |
| 45 | United Kingdom Colin Noble | All | |
| Cliff Dempsey Racing | 23 | Canada Patrick Dussault | All |
| 28 | United States Travis Jordan Fischer | All | |
| Hillspeed | 33 | Greece Dimitris Papanastasiou | 1–3 |
| Gold Wolf Racing | 37 | Japan Yudai Jinkawa | 2 |
| MTECH Lite | 89 | United Kingdom Hayden Edmonds | 2–4 |
Race calendar and results
The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and at six events, with three triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 20 November 2013, with the final round once again in support of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship. All rounds were held in the United Kingdom.
Championship standings
A driver's best 14 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.
| Pos | Driver | ROC | DON | BRH | SNE | CRO | SIL | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver ROC DON BRH SNE CRO SIL Points 1 Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 431 2 United Kingdom Piers Hickin 2 3 3 2 6 3 Ret 3 6 2 3 1 3 2 1 366 3 Italy Matteo Ferrer 3 1 2 5 10 4 2 2 3 6 7 3 5 3 5 347 4 United Kingdom Alex Gill Ret 2 1 3 2 5 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 6 9 342 5 United Kingdom Colin Noble 4 9 7 4 5 2 Ret 8 10 7 6 6 4 1 2 286 6 United States Travis Jordan Fischer Ret 7 13 6 Ret 8 6 7 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 240 7 Canada Patrick Dussault 8 10 9 9 4 6 5 5 9 8 10 Ret Ret 7 8 203 8 United Kingdom Jack Butel 11 14 12 13 12 12 9 10 8 10 8 7 8 9 7 175 9 United Kingdom Hayden Edmonds 11 8 10 8 9 7 9 9 111 10 India Tarun Reddy 6 8 6 7 3 9 4 6 2 3 4 Ret 7 103 11 Greece Dimitris Papanastasiou 12 13 8 8 6 7 7 Ret 97 12 Finland Atte Lehtonen 9 11 10 10 11 11 DNS 11 75 13 United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat 5 5 5 60 14 Belgium Wolfgang Reip 7 6 14 41 15 United Kingdom Michael Epps 8 6 32 16 Finland Niklas Tiihonen 10 12 11 30 17 United Kingdom Samuel Oram-Jones 12 9 Ret 21 Pos Driver ROC DON BRH SNE CRO SIL Points | Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Brazil Pietro Fittipaldi | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 431 |
| 2 | United Kingdom Piers Hickin | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 366 |
| 3 | Italy Matteo Ferrer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 347 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Alex Gill | Ret | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 342 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Colin Noble | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 286 |
| 6 | United States Travis Jordan Fischer | Ret | 7 | 13 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 240 |
| 7 | Canada Patrick Dussault | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 203 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Jack Butel | 11 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 175 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Hayden Edmonds | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 111 | |||||||
| 10 | India Tarun Reddy | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 103 | ||
| 11 | Greece Dimitris Papanastasiou | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 97 | |||||||
| 12 | Finland Atte Lehtonen | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | DNS | 11 | 75 | |||||||
| 13 | United Kingdom Ben Barnicoat | 5 | 5 | 5 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Belgium Wolfgang Reip | 7 | 6 | 14 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | United Kingdom Michael Epps | 8 | 6 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Finland Niklas Tiihonen | 10 | 12 | 11 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | United Kingdom Samuel Oram-Jones | 12 | 9 | Ret | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | ROC | DON | BRH | SNE | CRO | SIL | Points | |||||||||
| Colour | Result | ||||||||||||||||
| Gold | Winner | ||||||||||||||||
| Silver | Second place | ||||||||||||||||
| Bronze | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| Green | Points classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Blue | Non-points classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |||||||||||||||||
| Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret) | ||||||||||||||||
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) | ||||||||||||||||
| White | Did not start (DNS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Withdrew (WD) | |||||||||||||||||
| Race cancelled (C) | |||||||||||||||||
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) | ||||||||||||||||
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |||||||||||||||||
| Excluded (EX) |
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