2014 Acceleration in Monza

  2014 Italian Acceleration Grand Prix

Race details
Date	6–8 June 2014
Official name	2014 Acceleration in Monza
Location	Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)

Acceleration in Monza was the fourth weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment.^[1][2] The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, to be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in Portimao, Portugal and ending 17–19 October in Assen, Netherlands. The various racing competitions were Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1),^[3] the MW-V6 Pickup Series,^[4] the Legend SuperCup (LSC),^[5] the European Stock 1000 Series (ACC 1000)^[6] and the European Stock 600 Series (ACC 600).^[6]

Every driver entering Acceleration 2014 was eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment, David Hasselhoff was the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, and others. Saturday evenings were filled with performances of international DJs.^[7]

FA1 results

Driver changes

Marco Barba replaced Oliver Campos-Hull at Acceleration Team Spain. Felix Rosenqvist came back to the Swedish team, taking over from Jimmy Eriksson. Steijn Schothorst made his debut in the series, in a car run by the Venezuelan Team Lazarus, which also employed Dennis Lind. With Armando Parente missing in Monza, Schothorst raced for China.

Free practices

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	FP1	FP2
1	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:37.976	1:37.394
2	8	Steijn Schothorst	China	1:40.600	1:37.896
3	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:39.361	1:37.920
4	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:38.045	1:38.298
5	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:41.063	1:38.342
6	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:39.214	1:38.509
7	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:39.492	1:38.816
8	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:40.035	1:39.087
9	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:39.279	1:39.662
10	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:39.327	1:39.842
11	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:40.077	1:40.773
12	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:40.987	1:41.549

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1					Qualifying 2
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:35.873	1	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:35.628
2	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:35.969	2	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:35.805
3	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:36.309	3	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:36.024
4	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:36.578	4	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:36.031
5	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:36.694	5	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:36.153
6	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:36.698	6	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:36.320
7	8	Steijn Schothorst	Netherlands	1:37.267	7	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:36.680
8	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:37.270	8	8	Steijn Schothorst	Netherlands	1:36.879
9	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:37.496	9	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:37.088
10	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:37.685	10	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:37.424
11	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:39.371	11	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:39.267
12	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:39.472	12	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:39.350

Qualifying 1:

• #4 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled
• #17 – lap time in which yellow flags were disrespected was cancelled

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	18 laps	22 (P+FL)
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	+11.439	15
3	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	+12.434	12
4	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+15.424	10
5	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	+25.160	8
6	11	Marco Barba	Spain	+28.192	6
7	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	+31.379	4
8	17	Alessio Picariello	France	+36.233	3
9	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+54.444	2
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+58.081	1
11	8	Steijn Schothorst	China	+58.714	0
12	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	+1:27.800	0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	27 laps	26 (FL)
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	+13.109	18
3	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+29.212	15
4	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+30.169	12
5	8	Steijn Schothorst	China	+42.383	10
6	17	Alessio Picariello	France	+1:14.034	8
7	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+1 lap	6
8	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	+6 laps	4
9	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	+10 laps	3 (P)
10	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	+14 laps	1
11	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	+14 laps	0
12	11	Marco Barba	Spain	+22 laps	0

• #39 – 25 second drive-through penalty for unsafe release during pit stop

Drivers' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	7	Nigel Melker	136
2	16	Mirko Bortolotti	135
3	64	Richard Gonda	74
4	23	Felix Rosenqvist	73
5	4	Sebastian Balthasar	70
6	32/42	Sergio Campana	42
7	42/29	Armando Parente	40
8	17	Alessio Picariello	34
9	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	33
10	45	Dennis Lind	24
11	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	20
12	39	Picho Toledano	19
13	24	Jimmy Eriksson	11
14	20	Rodolfo Gonzalez	10
15	8	Steijn Schothorst	10
16	11	Marco Barba	6
17	10	Victor Garcia	5
18	32	Nathanael Berthon	2

Teams' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	The Netherlands	136
2	Italy	135
3	Sweden	100
4	Germany	70
5	Slovakia	64
6	Portugal	49
7	China	46
8	France	45
9	Mexico	27.5
10	Spain	19
11	Venezuela	18

MW-V6 results

Free practices

Pos.	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	44	Eoin Murray	2:05.725	2:04.556
2	17	Alberto Cola	2:05.496	2:05.347
3	4	Danny van Dongen	2:05.867	2:06.655
4	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	2:07.005	2:07.350
5	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:07.174	2:17.837
6	16	Giacomo Ricci	2:07.304	2:07.421
7	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:08.772	2:08.604
8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:08.994	2:08.732
9	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:08.880	2:08.953

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1				Qualifying 2
Pos.	No.	Driver	Time	Pos.	No.	Driver	Time
1	44	Eoin Murray	2:03.684	1	4	Danny van Dongen	2:04.511
2	4	Danny van Dongen	2:04.158	2	17	Alberto Cola	2:04.623
3	17	Alberto Cola	2:04.859	3	44	Eoin Murray	2:04.715
4	16	Giacomo Ricci	2:05.180	4	16	Giacomo Ricci	2:04.746
5	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	2:06.139	5	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	2:06.266
6	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:07.483	6	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:06.981
7	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:07.895	7	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:07.454
8	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:07.906	8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:07.836
–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	No time	–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	No time

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	44	Eoin Murray	12 laps	21 (P)
2	16	Giacomo Ricci	+0.129	16 (FL)
3	4	Danny van Dongen	+1.593	12
4	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	+2.561	10
5	93	Jan Paul van Dongen	+28.954	8
6	88	Priscilla Speelman	+31.131	6
7	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+35.385	4
8	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+7 laps	3
9	17	Alberto Cola		2

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	4	Danny van Dongen	12 laps	21 (P)
2	16	Giacomo Ricci	+2.483	16 (FL)
3	44	Eoin Murray	+2.646	12
4	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	+33.035	10
5	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+34.919	8
6	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+45.191	6
7	88	Priscilla Speelman	+47.903	4
8	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+5 laps	3
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS	0

• #44 – 25 second drive-through penalty

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	44	Danny van Dongen	12 laps	25
2	16	Giacomo Ricci	+14.132	19 (FL)
3	44	Eoin Murray	+15.250	15
4	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+15.411	12
5	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	+16.363	10
6	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+31.009	8
7	88	Priscilla Speelman	+31.192	6
8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+11 laps	4
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS	0

Drivers' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	44	Eoin Murray	160
2	4	Danny van Dongen	155
3	23	Alx Danielsson	109
4	87	Jack van der Ende	61
5	10	Carlos Alvarez	52
6	16	Giacomo Ricci	51
7	90	Pim van Riet	41
8	83	Mikel Azcona Troyas	36
9	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	34
10	7	Leon Rijnbeek	32
11	9	Kelvin Snoeks	31
12	6	Andreas Gulden	31
13	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	30
14	92	Fréderique Jonckheere	26
15	8	Bas Schouten	23
16	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	22
17	80	Daniel de Jong	21
18	88	Priscilla Speelman	21
19	50	Tom Pedersen	20
20	41	Bas Koeten	18
21	68	Jeremiah Wagner	16
22	85	Javier Morcillo	15
23	35	John Mickel	12
24	45	Michael Devaney	11
25	12	Francesc Gutiérrez	11
26	14	Maik Barten	10
27	24	Will Wright	10
28	8	Bert de Heus	3
29	17	Alberto Cola	2
30	84	Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos	1
31	96	Ward Sluys	0
32	11	Christian Cano	0
–	35	Dario Orsini	–
–	96	Fred Cavanagh	–
–	95	Melvin de Groot	–
–	95	Steve van Bellingen	–

Nations' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Ireland	130.5
2	Sweden	100
3	The Netherlands	99.27
4	Spain	42.3
5	Italy	35.5
6	Germany	31
7	Austria	30
8	Denmark	20
9	Belgium	20
10	Great Britain	12

Legend SuperCup results

Free practices

Pos.	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	17	Alberto Cola	2:24.107	2:24.479
2	53	Niki Meredith	2:24.308	2:24.445
3	47	Davit Kajaia	2:36.883	2:24.628
4	36	James Holman	2:26.047	2:24.865
5	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:26.544	2:25.889
6	44	Johan Kraan	2:25.978	2:25.962
7	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	2:45.250	2:26.037
8	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:29.108	2:27.749
9	9	Jurgen Nel	2:39.942	2:36.677

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	9 laps	7	50
2	53	Niki Meredith	+0.036	3	40
3	36	James Holman	+0.111	1	32
4	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+3.648	5	26
5	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+25.043	4	22
6	44	Johan Kraan	+33.504	6	20
7	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+33.626	2	19
8	9	Jurgen Nel	+1:50.769	8	18
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS		0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	9 laps	3	50
2	36	James Holman	+0.002	2	40
3	53	Niki Meredith	+1.937	4	32
4	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+14.005	1	26
5	44	Johan Kraan	+26.814	8	22
6	9	Jurgen Nel	+1:45.841	5	20
7	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+1 lap	9	19
8	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+2 laps	6	18
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS		0

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	9 laps	1	50
2	36	James Holman	+0.087	3	41 (FL)
3	53	Niki Meredith	+2.641	2	32
4	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+5.552	4	26
5	44	Johan Kraan	+6.763	6	22
6	9	Jurgen Nel	+1:42.912	8	20
7	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+1 lap	5	19
–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	DNS		0
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS		0

Race 4

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	9 laps	1	50
2	36	James Holman	+7.383	2	40
3	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+7.406	4	32
4	44	Johan Kraan	+1:29.154	5	26
5	9	Jurgen Nel	+1:46.991	6	22
6	53	Niki Meredith	+1 lap	3	20
7	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+4 laps	8	19
–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	DNS		0
–	17	Alberto Cola	DNS		0

Drivers' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	650
2	53	Niki Meredith	516
3	36	James Holman	421
4	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	363
5	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	349
6	10	Carlos Gonzalez	172
7	5	Ferry Monster	145
8	68	Jeremiah Wagner	130
9	44	Johan Kraan	122
10	51	Frederik Nymark	120
11	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	100
12	12	Francesc Gutiérrez	96
13	7	Joris Schouten	94
14	37	John Mickel	87
15	9	Jurgen Nel	80
16	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	78
17	54	John Paterson	78
18	50	Emil Andersen	69
19	15	Luca Betinni	56
20	6	Leon Zappij	38
21	6	Michael Verhagen	18
21	42	Thomas David	16
–	14	Fred Depresle	–
–	17	Alberto Cola	–

Nations' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Ireland	516
2	Georgia	508.5
3	Great Britain	402.5
4	The Netherlands	318.67
5	Spain	256.33
6	Denmark	189
7	United States	130
8	Italy	96.5
9	Scotland	78
10	France	16

References

Main source

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