2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 3.5 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2014 season was the tenth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season organized by Renault Sport. The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 12 April and finished on 19 October at Circuito de Jerez. The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at seven double header events, with additional events held at Monza (double header) and a single race in support of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The start of the first race at the Nürburgring, the sixth round of the championship.

Carlos Sainz Jr. clinched the championship title with seven race wins, after his compatriot and rival Roberto Merhi retired in the penultimate race of the season.^[1] Sainz, Jr. also became the first Red Bull Junior Team driver to win the championship. Merhi was the only other driver to score more than two wins, but he lost the runner-up position to Pierre Gasly – another Red Bull backed driver – after retiring in the second Jerez race. Fortec Motorsports driver Oliver Rowland won races at Alcañiz and Jerez, finishing fourth. His teammate Sergey Sirotkin completed the top five with a win on home soil at Moscow Raceway. Will Stevens and Norman Nato were the other drivers to achieve race wins in the season; Stevens won at Monza and Jerez, bookending the season, while Nato was the winner of the Monaco Grand Prix support race, and also won at the Hungaroring.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver name	Status	Rounds
DAMS^[2]	1	Carlos Sainz Jr.^[3]		All
DAMS^[2]	2	Norman Nato^[3]		All
Fortec Motorsports^[2]	3	Sergey Sirotkin^[4]		All
Fortec Motorsports^[2]	4	Oliver Rowland^[5]	R	All
International Draco Racing^[2]	5	Pietro Fantin^[6]		All
International Draco Racing^[2]	6	Luca Ghiotto^[7]	R	All
Arden Motorsport^[2]	7	Pierre Gasly^[8]	R	All
Arden Motorsport^[2]	8	William Buller^[9]		All
Tech 1 Racing^[2]	9	Marco Sørensen^[10]		All
	10	Alfonso Celis Jr.^[11]	R	6
	10	Nicholas Latifi^[12]	R	7–9
Strakka Racing^[2]	11	Will Stevens^[13]		All
Strakka Racing^[2]	12	Matias Laine^[14]		All
Lotus^[2]	15	Marlon Stöckinger^[15]		All
	16	Matthieu Vaxivière^[16]	R	1–3, 6–9
	16	Richie Stanaway^[17]		4–5
ISR^[2]	17	Jazeman Jaafar^[18]		All
AVF^[2]	19	Beitske Visser^[19]	R	All
AVF^[2]	20	Zoël Amberg^[20]		All
Zeta Corse^[2]	21	Roman Mavlanov^[21]	R	1–7, 9
Zeta Corse^[2]	22	Roberto Merhi^[21]	R	All
Pons Racing^[2]	25	Oliver Webb^[22]		1–3
	25	Óscar Tunjo^[23]	R	4–9
	26	Meindert van Buuren^[24]	R	All
Comtec Racing^[2]	27	Nikolay Martsenko^[25]		1–2
	27	Cameron Twynham^[11]	R	6–8
	28	Andrea Roda^[26]	R	3
	28	Esteban Ocon^[27]	R	7–8

Icon	Meaning
R	Series rookie for 2014

Driver changes

Changed teams

After two seasons with Pons Racing, Zoël Amberg switched to the AVF team.^[20]
William Buller, who raced a part-season with Zeta Corse in 2013, moved to Arden Motorsport.^[9]
Pietro Fantin, who drove for Arden Caterham in 2013, switched to International Draco Racing.^[6]
Jazeman Jaafar changed teams from Carlin to ISR.^[18]
Nikolay Martsenko switched from Pons Racing to Comtec Racing.^[25]
Carlos Sainz Jr. who raced a part-season with Zeta Corse in 2013 alongside his GP3 Series campaign, moved to the DAMS team.^[3]
Sergey Sirotkin switched from ISR to Fortec Motorsports.^[4]
Lotus F1 test driver Marco Sørensen moved to Tech 1 Racing after two years with Lotus.^[10]
Oliver Webb, who raced with Fortec Motorsports in 2013, returned for the Monza round of the series with Pons Racing. Webb competed with the team in 2011.^[22]

Entering/Re–Entering FR3.5

Pierre Gasly, the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion, joined the series with Arden Motorsport.^[8]
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps runner-up and sporadic Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 racer Luca Ghiotto made his Formula Renault 3.5 début with International Draco Racing.^[7]
Eurocup Formula Renault driver Roman Mavlanov and DTM driver Roberto Merhi moved to the championship with Zeta Corse.^[21]
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up Oliver Rowland joined British team Fortec Motorsports.^[5]
Auto GP driver Meindert van Buuren graduated to the series with Pons Racing.^[24]
Matthieu Vaxivière, who finished tenth in the 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, entered the championship with Lotus.^[16]
Beitske Visser, who raced in ADAC Formel Masters, made her début in the series with AVF.^[19]

Leaving FR3.5

Riccardo Agostini, who raced for Zeta Corse in one meeting in 2013, moved to the European Formula 3 Championship with EuroInternational.^[28]
2010 champion Mikhail Aleshin, who drove for Tech 1 Racing in 2013, moved to the IndyCar Series for 2014, racing for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.^[29]
António Félix da Costa, who finished third for Arden Caterham in 2013, joined the DTM series with BMW.^[30]
Carlos Huertas, who drove for Carlin in 2013, moved to the IndyCar Series for 2014 driving for Dale Coyne Racing.
Kevin Magnussen, the 2013 champion with DAMS, graduated to Formula One, replacing Sergio Pérez at McLaren.^[31]
Nico Müller, who finished fifth for International Draco Racing in 2013, moved to the DTM series with Audi.^[32]
André Negrão, who drove for International Draco Racing in 2013, joined the GP2 Series with Arden International.^[33]
Arthur Pic, who drove for AV Formula in 2013, entered the GP2 Series with Campos Racing.^[34]
Stoffel Vandoorne, who finished second for Fortec Motorsports in 2013, joined the GP2 Series with ART Grand Prix.

Mid-season changes

Tech 1 Racing fielded their second car for Alfonso Celis Jr., who made his series début at the Nürburgring.^[11] At the Hungaroring and the Circuit Paul Ricard, the seat was occupied by Nicholas Latifi.^[12]
Nikolay Martsenko left the series prior the Monaco round due to financial issues.^[35]
Andrea Roda joined Comtec Racing for the round in Monaco.^[26]
Cameron Twynham joined Comtec Racing for the round at the Nürburgring.^[11]
Richie Stanaway, who previously raced with Lotus in 2012, returned to the team, replacing injured Matthieu Vaxivière.^[17]
Oliver Webb, who concentrated on LMP2 sportscars for the 2014 season, was replaced by Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 driver Óscar Tunjo from Spa onwards.^[23]^[36]
Esteban Ocon joined Comtec Racing for the rounds at the Hungaroring and Paul Ricard.^[27]

Race calendar and results

The calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 20 October 2013, the final day of the 2013 season.^[37] Seven of the nine rounds formed meetings of the 2014 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds held at Monza and at the Monaco Grand Prix. The championship visited the Circuito de Jerez for the first time, and returned to the Nürburgring. Races at the Red Bull Ring and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya were removed from the schedule, from 2013.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Will Stevens	Strakka Racing	Roberto Merhi
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Luca Ghiotto
2	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	26 April	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Oliver Rowland
2	R2	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	27 April	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Oliver Rowland	Fortec Motorsports	Oliver Rowland
3		Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	25 May	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	Norman Nato	DAMS	Oliver Rowland
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	31 May	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Pierre Gasly
4	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	1 June	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Matias Laine	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Oliver Rowland
5	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	28 June	Sergey Sirotkin	Meindert van Buuren	Sergey Sirotkin	Fortec Motorsports	Roberto Merhi
5	R2	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	29 June	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Roberto Merhi	Zeta Corse	Roberto Merhi
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	12 July	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Roberto Merhi
6	R2	Nürburgring, Nürburg	13 July	Roberto Merhi	Zoël Amberg	Roberto Merhi	Zeta Corse	Roberto Merhi
7	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	13 September	Oliver Rowland	Pierre Gasly	Roberto Merhi	Zeta Corse	Roberto Merhi
7	R2	Hungaroring, Budapest	14 September	Roberto Merhi	Pierre Gasly	Norman Nato	DAMS	Roberto Merhi
8	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 September	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Pierre Gasly	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Pierre Gasly
8	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	28 September	Pierre Gasly	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	DAMS	Pierre Gasly
9	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	18 October	Will Stevens	Pietro Fantin	Will Stevens	Strakka Racing	Oliver Rowland
9	R2	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	19 October	Oliver Rowland	Pietro Fantin	Oliver Rowland	Fortec Motorsports	Oliver Rowland

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MSC		NÜR		HUN		LEC		JER		Points
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	18	1	1	4	4	1	1	14	6	1	Ret	4	6	1	1	15	11	227
2	Pierre Gasly	3	5	9	2	7	2	4	18	2	20	8	2	3	2	2	6	4	192
3	Roberto Merhi	2	9	6	6	9	Ret	13	4	1	2	1	1	2	5	4	Ret	Ret	183
4	Oliver Rowland	6	10	3	1	5	Ret	3	Ret	5	4	Ret	3	4	13	3	2	1	181
5	Sergey Sirotkin	7	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	3	4	14	Ret	4	7	3	5	132
6	Will Stevens	1	Ret	12	3	8	7	2	6	9	11	7	6	10	12	8	1	13	122
7	Norman Nato	15	11	11	10	1	5	5	17	16	12	6	8	1	10	Ret	8	10	89
8	Matthieu Vaxivière	17†	16	7	8	Ret					13	2	5	7	3	6	4	8	83
9	Marlon Stöckinger	14	2	4	Ret	11	9	11	7	11	5	3	15	14	6	13	Ret	9	73
10	Jazeman Jaafar	Ret	7	13	9	3	3	6	5	12	15	9	10	8	Ret	5	14	Ret	73
11	Zoël Amberg	8	13	5	5	6	Ret	Ret	2	8	9	5	Ret	15	11	19	12	14	66
12	Marco Sørensen	Ret	Ret	15	7	2	8	10	15	15	10	14	7	9	8	Ret	9	Ret	44
13	Matias Laine	10	12	19	14	13	4	7	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	13	9	17	10	Ret	40
14	Nikolay Martsenko	5	6	2	Ret														36
15	Pietro Fantin	11	8	10	12	15	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	20	Ret	6	34
16	William Buller	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	11	12	11	10	Ret	10	19	Ret	17	10	Ret	3	30
17	Luca Ghiotto	16	4	16	Ret	14	6	Ret	16	14	Ret	15	11	19	7	16	13	Ret	26
18	Richie Stanaway						Ret	8	9	3									21
19	Meindert van Buuren	9	Ret	14	11	10	12	9	NC	18	14	Ret	16	5	Ret	14	7	15	21
20	Nicholas Latifi												Ret	18	16	9	16	2	20
21	Beitske Visser	Ret	17	18	16	17	10	14	13	13	19	Ret	17	12	15	11	5	12	11
22	Óscar Tunjo						Ret	15	10	17	8	Ret	12	Ret	18	15	Ret	7	11
23	Esteban Ocon												9	DNS	14	12			2
24	Roman Mavlanov	13	15	17	15	19	13	16	12	Ret	17	13	13	16			11	Ret	0
25	Cameron Twynham										18	11	18	17	19	18			0
26	Oliver Webb	12	14	Ret	13	12													0
27	Alfonso Celis Jr.										16	12							0
28	Andrea Roda					18													0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MSC		NÜR		HUN		LEC		JER		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Retired, but classified

Teams' Championship

Pos	Team	Car No.	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MSC		NÜR		HUN		LEC		JER		Points
1	DAMS	1	18	1	1	4	4	1	1	14	6	1	Ret	4	6	1	1	15	11	316
1	DAMS	2	15	11	11	10	1	5	5	17	16	12	6	8	1	10	Ret	8	10	316
2	Fortec Motorsports	3	7	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	3	4	14	Ret	4	7	3	5	313
2	Fortec Motorsports	4	6	10	3	1	5	Ret	3	Ret	5	4	Ret	3	4	13	3	2	1	313
3	Arden Motorsport	7	3	5	9	2	7	2	4	18	2	20	8	2	3	2	2	6	4	222
3	Arden Motorsport	8	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	11	12	11	10	Ret	10	19	Ret	17	10	Ret	3	222
4	Zeta Corse	21	13	15	17	15	19	13	13	12	Ret	17	13	13	16			11	Ret	183
4	Zeta Corse	22	2	9	6	6	9	Ret	16	4	1	2	1	1	2	5	4	Ret	Ret	183
5	Lotus	15	14	2	4	Ret	11	9	11	7	11	5	3	15	14	6	13	Ret	9	177
5	Lotus	16	17†	16	7	8	Ret	Ret	8	9	3	13	2	5	7	3	6	4	8	177
6	Strakka Racing	11	1	Ret	12	3	8	7	2	6	9	11	7	6	10	12	8	1	13	162
6	Strakka Racing	12	10	12	19	14	13	4	7	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	13	9	17	10	Ret	162
7	AVF	19	Ret	17	18	16	17	10	14	13	13	19	Ret	17	12	15	11	5	12	77
7	AVF	20	8	13	5	5	6	Ret	Ret	2	8	9	5	Ret	15	11	19	12	14	77
8	ISR	17	Ret	7	13	9	3	3	6	5	12	15	9	10	8	Ret	5	14	Ret	73
9	Tech 1 Racing	9	Ret	Ret	15	7	2	8	10	15	15	10	14	7	9	8	Ret	9	Ret	64
9	Tech 1 Racing	10										16	12	Ret	18	16	9	16	2	64
10	International Draco Racing	5	11	8	10	12	15	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	20	Ret	6	60
10	International Draco Racing	6	16	4	16	Ret	14	6	Ret	16	14	Ret	15	11	19	7	16	13	Ret	60
11	Comtec Racing	27	5	6	2	Ret						18	11	18	17	19	18			38
11	Comtec Racing	28					18							9	DNS	14	12			38
12	Pons Racing	25	12	14	Ret	13	12	Ret	15	10	17	8	Ret	12	Ret	18	15	Ret	7	32
12	Pons Racing	26	9	Ret	14	11	10	12	9	NC	18	14	Ret	16	5	Ret	14	7	15	32
Pos	Team	Car No.	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MSC		NÜR		HUN		LEC		JER		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Polesitter for each race in bold. No points were awarded.
Driver who recorded fastest lap denoted in italics. No points were awarded.
Driver who retired but was classified denoted by †.

References

External links

Renault-Sport official website

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