2014 Legend SuperCup explained

The 2014 Legend SuperCup season was a legends car racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands.^[1] Legend SuperCup (LSC) was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.^[2] Next to LSC, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the MW-V6 Pickup Series, based on the former Dutch racing series BRL V6, and the European Stock 600 and 1000 Series, which featured motorcycle racing for 15- and 16-year-olds. To attract young, yet serious, racing drivers, the 2014 LSC drivers' champion was promised half the budget for the 2015 MW-V6 Pickup Series season plus a test day in the MW-V6 car.^[3] As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.^[4]

The drivers' championship was won by Georgia's Davit Kajaia, after winning 11 races out of 24. Kajaia finished over 400 points clear of his closest rival and fellow Georgian, Konstantin Koliashvili. Koliashvili was the only other driver to compete in every meeting, and his best finish was a third place on two occasions. Third in the championship was Niki Meredith, who won 3 races during the season, all at the Nürburgring. Other race winners during the season were Ferry Monster, Daniel Campos-Hull, and Yannick Mettler. The nations' championship was won by Georgia, finishing over 200 points clear of the Netherlands.

On 22 December 2014, it was announced that the FA1 series would be merged with Auto GP in 2015, to ensure that at least 18 cars participate in each race. The fate of the supporting Acceleration series was not specified.^[5]

Calendar

The 2014 calendar consisted of six race weekends. Originally, ten were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014^[6] and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.^[7]

Date	Event	Circuit	City
29–30 Nov 2013	Testing	Circuito de Navarra	Navarra, Spain
26–27 Mar 2014		Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Valencia, Spain
25–27 Apr 2014	Acceleration at Portimão	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve	Portimão, Portugal
2–4 May 2014	Acceleration at Navarra	Circuito de Navarra	Navarra, Spain
23–25 May 2014	Acceleration at Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Nürburg, Germany
6–8 Jun 2014	Acceleration in Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza, Italy
4–6 Jul 2014	Acceleration at Slovakia Ring	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	Orechová Potôň, Slovakia
17–19 Oct 2014	Acceleration in Assen	TT Circuit Assen	Assen, Netherlands

Race format

Day	Duration	Event
Friday	30 min	Free practice 1
	30 min	Free practice 2
Saturday	20 min	Race 1 (Rolling start)
	20 min	Race 2 (Rolling start)
Sunday	20 min	Race 3 (Rolling start)
	20 min	Race 4 (Rolling start)

Lots were drawn by the drivers during the briefing to determine the starting grid for Sprint Race 1. The starting grid for Sprint Race 2 was the reversed Race 1 starting grid. The starting grid for Sprint Race 3 corresponded to the points scored in Races 1 and 2 (the driver who scored the highest number of points started on pole). In case of even results when adding points of races 1 and 2, the fastest lap of races 1 and 2 decided between the drivers.^[8]

Technical specifications

The cars were based on those used in legends car racing.

• Engine: Fuel-injected Yamaha 1250 cc (with or without carburretor)
• Gearbox: 5-speed sequential
• Tubular frame, polyester body
• Brakes: 4 Brembo rotors, Willwood callipers
• Weight empty: 520 kg
• Length, width, height: 3.17 m, 1.52 m, 1.2 m
• Power: 136 hp at 10,000 rpm
• Acceleration: 0–100 km/h in 3.7 sec
• Top speed: 200 km/h
• Tyres: Michelin/Falken Tires

Championship standings

Points allocation

Points were awarded to the top 25 classified drivers in all four races, even if the driver did not finish the race. The driver that scored the fastest lap of the weekend received one extra point. At the end of the season, the LSC Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th
Points	50	40	32	26	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

There was also a Nations' championship, which grouped the represented nations by totalling the average of the points scored by the drivers of the same nationality (e.g.: with 5 Dutch drivers in a race, the Netherlands scored in that race the addition of the points scored by each driver divided by 5).

Drivers' championship

Driver Races Points ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS 1 Davit Kajaia 47 2 1 2 2 3 9 1 1 1 WD 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 3 2 1 8 950 2 Konstantin Koliashvili 48 7 10 6 5 8 6 8 5 6 8 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 6 6 7 5 6 6 528 3 Niki Meredith 53 10 4 3 9 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 516 4 Ferry Monster 5 9 9 8 8 9 7 7 6 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 484 5 James Holman 36 3 3 4 3 7 8 9 WD 7 2 3 WD 3 2 2 2 421 6 Daniel Campos-Hull 11 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 363 7 Johan Kraan 44 WD WD WD 3 6 5 5 4 7 6 5 7 202 8 Joris Schouten 7 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 9 189 9 Carlos Gonzalez 10 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 8 172 10 Maik Barten 20 2 3 3 2 144 11 Yannick Mettler 30 4 2 7 1 135 12 Jeremiah Wagner 68 4 3 2 3 130 13 Giorgio Maggi 31 2 5 3 3 127 14 Frederik Nymark 51 2 3 4 5 120 15 Gian Maria Gabbiani 94 5 5 8 WD 7 7 WD WD 100 16 Francesc Gutiérrez 12 5 4 5 4 96 17 Cees Visser 18 6 7 5 3 93 18 Samuel Sladecka 29 5 7 4 5 89 19 John Mickel 37 4 7 10 4 87 20 Claude Watteyene 16 5 6 7 4 87 21 Jurgen Nel 9 8 6 6 5 80 22 Jan-Paul van Dongen 8 5 8 7 7 78 23 John Paterson 54 6 6 7 7 78 24 Aart Jan Ringelberg 19 8 9 9 5 74 25 Frederic Cornec 77 9 8 8 7 72 26 Emil Andersen 50 8 8 9 10 69 27 Luca Bettini 15 9 6 WD 7 56 28 Leon Zappij 6 7 7 WD 38 29 Michael Verhagen 6 8 18 30 Thomas David 42 10 WD WD WD 16 – Fred Depresle 14 WD WD WD WD – – Danny van Dongen 4 WD WD WD WD – Driver ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points Races

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Underlined – Fastest Lap of the Weekend, one extra point

Nations' championship

Nation Races Points ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS 1 align=left rowspan="2" Georgia 47 2 1 2 2 3 9 1 1 1 WD 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 3 2 1 8 748 48 7 10 6 5 8 6 8 5 6 8 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 6 6 7 5 6 6 2 align=left rowspan="10" Netherlands 5 9 9 8 8 9 7 7 6 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 544.17 6 8 7 7 WD 7 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 9 8 5 8 7 7 9 8 6 6 5 18 6 7 5 3 19 8 9 9 4 20 2 3 3 2 44 WD WD WD 3 5 5 5 4 7 6 5 7 77 9 8 8 7 3 Ireland 53 10 4 3 9 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 516 4 align=left rowspan="2" 36 3 3 4 3 7 8 9 WD 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 402.5 37 4 7 10 4 5 align=left rowspan="3" Spain 10 5 5 5 6 6 5 4 8 256.33 11 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 12 5 4 5 4 6 align=left rowspan="2" Denmark 50 8 8 9 10 189 51 2 3 4 5 7 Switzerland 30 4 2 7 1 130.5 31 2 5 3 3 8 United States 68 4 3 2 3 130 9 align=left rowspan="2" Italy 15 9 6 WD 7 96.5 94 5 5 8 WD 7 7 WD WD 10 Slovakia 29 5 7 4 5 89 11 Belgium 16 5 6 7 4 87 12 54 6 6 7 7 78 13 France 42 10 WD WD WD 16 Driver ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points Races

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Underlined – Fastest Lap of the Weekend, one extra point

Notes and References

1. Web site: Events Calendar | Acceleration . 2014-04-27 . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140409040539/http://acceleration14.com/events-calendar1 . live .
2. Web site: Welcome to Acceleration | Acceleration . 2014-04-27 . 2014-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517002054/http://acceleration14.com/ . live .
3. Web site: Legend Supercup Driver Information . Acceleration14.com . 2014-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821120155/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/Acceleration%20Legend%20SC._0.pdf . live .
4. Web site: Music Festival | Acceleration . 2014-04-27 . 2014-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408221920/http://acceleration14.com/music . live .
5. Web site: Auto GP en FA1 bundelen krachten in nieuw kampioenschap. RaceXpress. Auto GP and FA1 join forces in new championship. 22 December 2014. 22 December 2014. Bas. Kaligis. Dutch. 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222113734/http://www.racexpress.nl/index.php?nav=Artikel&nid=63572. live.
6. Web site: Seven events for Acceleration 2014 . Acceleration14.com . 2014-06-27 . 2014-06-28 . 2014-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163223/http://acceleration14.com/seven-events-acceleration-2014 . live .
7. Web site: Race programme cancelled for Acceleration Hungary . Acceleration14.com . 2014-08-20 . 2014-08-21 . 2014-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821054222/http://acceleration14.com/race-programme-cancelled-acceleration-hungary . live .
8. Web site: Legend SuperCup Sporting Regulations . Acceleration14.com . 2014-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821140419/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/static-files/0313%20ISRA%20-%20Legend%20SuperCup%20Sporting%20Regulations%202014.pdf . live .