2014 D1 Grand Prix series explained

The 2014 D1 Grand Prix series is the fourteenth season for the D1 Grand Prix series and the ninth for the D1 Street Legal spinoff series. The season began on March 29 at Fuji Speedway for the D1GP^[1] and April 12 for D1SL at Bihoku Highland Circuit.^[2] The series will conclude on October 19 with the D1 Champions' event at Odaiba Tokyo Street Course.

Regulation changes

Starting in the 2014 season, nitrous use was banned and cars are required to have catalytic converters. Also, exhaust pipes have to be pointed towards the ground.^[3]

Schedule

Round		Venue	Location	Date	Winner	Car
D1GP	D1SL
1		Fuji Speedway	Shizuoka Prefecture	March 29–30	Kazuya Matsukawa^1	Toyota AE85
	1	Bihoku Highland Circuit	Hiroshima Prefecture	April 12–13	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan PS13
	2	Maze Sea Circuit	Niigata Prefecture	May 10–11	Ono Toruno	Nissan C33
2		Suzuka Circuit	Mie Prefecture	May 24–25	Kenji Takayama^[4]	Lexus GRS191
	3	Seto Inland Sea Circuit	Ehime Prefecture	June 7–8	Naoki Nakamura	Nissan PS13
	4	Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	July 12–13
3		Autopolis	Ōita Prefecture	July 26–27	Kuniaki Takahashi^[5]	Toyota GRX130
4		Ebisu Circuit	Fukushima Prefecture	August 23	Yukio Matsui^[6]	Mazda FD3S
5				August 24	Masashi Yokoi^[7]	Nissan S15
	5	Meihan Sportsland	Nara Prefecture	September 6–7
	6	Nikkō Circuit	Tochigi Prefecture	October 4–5
6		Odaiba	Tokyo Prefecture	October 17–18	Masao Suenaga^[8]	Mazda FD3S
D1 Champions'		Odaiba	Tokyo Prefecture	October 19	Kuniaki Takahashi	Toyota GRX130

1. Event was cancelled due to weather^[9]

Drivers' rankings

D1GP

Position	Driver	Car	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Rd.5	Rd.6	Total
1st			13.5	27	35	21	30	12	138.5
2nd			8.5	30	8	27	20	35	128.5
3rd			10	14	30	3	35	15	107
4th			2	21	14	30	19	20	106
5th			0	10	27	35	4	21	97
6th			1.5	11	22	15	10	30	89.5
7th			7	0	25	17	25	13	87
8th			4	25	10	4	8	25	86
9th			11	20	12	10	11	14	78
10th			10.5	13	21	2	12	17	75.5
11th			0	25	19	12	15	1	72
12th			12.5	6	15	20	7	10	70.5
13th			6	22	2	25	14	0	69
14th			8	0	3	0	27	27	65
15th			7.5	12	0	0	21	22	62.5
16th			2.5	19	17	6	0	16	60.5
17th			9.5	15	16	8	2	2	52.5
			17.5	3	0	13	0	19	52.5
19th			15	4	0	7	16	8	50
20th			5	16	7	0	0	7	35
21st			0	0	4	0	22	5	31
22nd			0	0	5	5	17	0	27
23rd			0	0	0	19	6	0	25
			1	0	0	0	13	11	25
25th			5.5	0	13	0	0	6	24.5
26th			0	8	0	16	0	0	24
27th			0	0	0	22	0	0	22
28th			0	0	20	0	0	0	20
			0	17	0	0	0	3	20
30th			6.5	7	0	0	0	4	17.5
31st			0	0	11	0	5	0	16
32nd			0	0	0	14	0	0	14
33rd			0	1	0	11	0	0	12
34th			0	0	6	0	0	0	6
35th			0	5	0	0	0	0	5
36th			3	0	0	0	1	0	4
			0	0	0	1	3	0	4
38th			3.5	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
39th			0	2	0	0	0	0	2
40th			0	0	1	0	0	0	1
41st			0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0.5

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 Event Schedule . d1gp.co.jp . 6 June 2014.
2. Web site: 2014 Event Schedule . d1sl.jp . 6 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328020211/http://www.d1sl.jp/04_sche/sl2014/sl2014_index.html . 28 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: D1GP going green in 2014 . wreckedmagazine.com . 16 January 2014 . 12 June 2014.
4. Web site: D1 Grand Prix Round 2 at Suzuka Results . wreckedmagazine.com . 29 May 2014 . 6 June 2014.
5. Web site: Round 3 Report . d1gp.co.jp . 28 July 2014 . 2 April 2016.
6. Web site: Round 4 Report . d1gp.co.jp . 25 August 2014 . 2 April 2016.
7. Web site: Round 5 Report . d1gp.co.jp . 25 August 2014 . 2 April 2016.
8. Web site: Round 6 Report . d1gp.co.jp . 19 October 2014 . 2 April 2016.
9. Web site: TRUST Event Coverage from D1GP Rd.1 Fuji . greddy-gr9.blogspot.com . 7 April 2014 . 6 June 2014.