2014 SEAT León Eurocup explained

The 2014 SEAT León Eurocup was the fourth season of the SEAT León Eurocup,^[1] and the first since 2010. The season was contested over six race meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 3 May at the Nürburgring and concluding on 2 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Baporo Motorsport drivers were able to take the top two places in the drivers' championship, with Pol Rosell taking the championship after a second-place finish in the first race at the final round of the season. Rosell achieved six podium finishes during the season, with only one win at the Salzburgring, but only missed the points on two occasions. His team-mate Manuel Gião also scored points in ten races, taking five podium finishes and two victories, coming at Monza and at the final round. Gião's final round victory allowed him to overtake Julien Briché, driving for his eponymous JSB Compétition team, for the runner-up position. Briché won races at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza, but finished fewer races. Stefano Comini and Stian Paulsen each won three races during the season, but runs of non-scoring races each cost them a shot at the championship, while the only other race winner was Ferenc Ficza, who won at Silverstone.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
B3R Hungary KFT	1	Gábor Wéber	All
	10	Mauricio Hernández	6
	87	Edina Bús	All
JSB Compétition	2	Julien Briché	All
	6	Thibaut Morgues	5–6
	21	Marie Baus-Coppens	All
Monlau Competición	3	Jaume Font Casas	3
	4	Alex Carbonell	All
	28	Fran Rueda	All
Dinamic SRL	3	Piero Foglio	1, 4
	67	Marco Pellegrini	All
	69	Stefano Zanini	All
Baporo Motorsport	5	Manuel Gião	All
	12	Pol Rosell	All
	13	Amalia Vinyes	All
	99	Joan Vinyes^[2]	4
Target Competition	7	Lorenzo Veglia	All
	10	Mauricio Hernández	5
	11	Jürgen Schmarl	All
	24	Stéphane Kox	4
	25	Stefano Comini	All
PCR Sport	8	Harriet Arruabarrena	6
	33	Jordi Oriola	All
LEIN Racing	17	Mladen Lalušić	4–6
	26	Dejan Bulatovič	4–6
Pujolar Racing	20	Marcos de Diego	All
	54	Thomas Fjordbach	1–2
		Antonio Martínez	3–6
Stian Paulsen Racing	34	Stian Paulsen	All
Gaspar Racing	47	Norbert Tóth	3–6
	55	Ferenc Ficza	All
Veloso Motorsport	88	José Monroy	1–5
		Mikkel Mac	6
SEAT	91	Piers Ward	3
	97	Sebastian Stahl	6
	98	Roberto Ferri	5
		Laia Sanz	6
	99	Aku Pellinen	5

Race calendar and results

The series supported the Euroformula Open and International GT Open championships at all events except the Salzburgring, where the Eurocup was part of the support package for the World Touring Car Championship, at the FIA WTCC Race of Austria.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Nürburgring	3 May	Stefano Comini	Julien Briché	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
	R2		4 May		Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
2	R1	Salzburgring	24 May	Pol Rosell	Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
	R2		25 May		Marcos de Diego	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	19 July	Ferenc Ficza	Stian Paulsen	Ferenc Ficza	Gaspar Racing
	R2		20 July		Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 September	Julien Briché	Gábor Wéber	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition
	R2		7 September		Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	27 September	Manuel Gião	Julien Briché	Manuel Gião	Baporo Motorsport
	R2		28 September		Manuel Gião	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1 November	Pol Rosell	Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
	R2		2 November		Marcos de Diego	Manuel Gião	Baporo Motorsport

Championship standings

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver NÜR SAL SIL SPA MNZ CAT valign=middle Pts 1 Pol Rosell 7 Ret 15^1 1 6^2 2 3 3 5 2 2^1 4 68 2 Manuel Gião 6 2 9 6 7^3 4 2 12 1^1 3 7 1 61 3 Julien Briché 2^3 Ret 2 Ret 8 Ret 1^1 7 15^2 1 4^2 3 58 4 Stefano Comini 1^1 13 7^2 5 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 8 1^3 2 56 5 Stian Paulsen 3 1 1^3 Ret 2 20† 18^3 1 16 Ret 3 Ret 52 6 Ferenc Ficza 9 4 Ret 2 1^1 5 5 2 3^3 7 12 16 51 7 Marcos de Diego Ret 6 4 3 5 6 9 14 2 6 DNS 5 37 8 Fran Rueda 4^2 3 Ret 7 9 8 10 5 10 21† 5 Ret 24 9 Jordi Oriola 5 10 6 4 20† 7 6 9 6 9 24† Ret 20 10 Gábor Wéber Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 Ret^2 6 8 4 9 12 18 11 Norbert Tóth 10 12 4 4 4 Ret 20 Ret 15 12 Lorenzo Veglia 8 5 3 Ret 19† 16 7 23 14 22† Ret 14 13 13 Jürgen Schmarl 14 7 10 11 21† 14 13 15 13 11 6 6 8 14 Antonio Martínez 3 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret NC 10 7 15 Amalia Vinyes 15 Ret 11 10 13 9 20 Ret 21 5 10 9 4 16 Thomas Fjordbach Ret Ret 5 9 4 17 Alex Carbonell Ret 11 Ret Ret 12 11 11 10 Ret Ret 21 7 2 18 Thibaut Morgues 7 20† 16 Ret 2 19 Mauricio Hernández 20 12 8 8 2 20 Edina Bús 13 9 13 8 16 17 16 17 Ret 16 22 18 1 21 Marie Baus-Coppens 16 8 12 12 Ret 15 17 19 11 15 23 13 1 22 José Monroy 10 Ret Ret 13 11 10 12 11 9 19† 0 23 Stefano Zanini 11 Ret 14 14 14 13 21 20 Ret 10 15 17 0 24 Marco Pellegrini 12 12† Ret Ret 15 19 15 16 12 13 17 Ret 0 25 Mikkel Mac 13 22 0 26 Harriet Arruabarrena 14 15 0 27 Dejan Bulatovič 19 21 17 14 18 19 0 28 Stéphane Kox 14 18 0 29 Jaume Font Casas 17 18 0 30 Mladen Lalušić 22 22 19 18 Ret 21 0 Piero Foglio DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 align=center colspan=15 Guest drivers ineligible for points Joan Vinyes 8 13 Sebastian Stahl 11 11 Roberto Ferri 18 17 Piers Ward 18 Ret Laia Sanz 19 20 Aku Pellinen Ret Ret valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver NÜR SAL SIL SPA MNZ CAT valign=middle Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official Website of the SEAT León Eurocup

Notes and References

1. News: Seat announces Leon Eurocup race series for 2014. 2013-11-29.
2. Web site: Entry list – SEAT León Eurocup: Rounds 7–8 – Spa; 6 & 7 September 2014. PDF. SEAT Sport. SEAT, S.A.. 30 August 2014. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095905/http://www.seat-sport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SEATLeonEurocupSpaEntryList.pdf. dead.