2014 Acceleration at Nürburgring explained

Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	German Acceleration
Date:	23–25 May
Year:	2014
Official Name:	2014 Acceleration at Nürburgring
Race No:	3
Season No:	1
Location:	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.847
Course Km:	4.556

Acceleration at Nürburgring was the third 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 wereFormula 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).

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

Acceleration Team France driver Nathanaël Berthon was replaced by Alessio Picariello. The Dane Dennis Lind was replaced at Team Sweden by Jimmy Eriksson. Lind took over from Rodolfo González at Venezuela.

Free practices

	No.	Driver	Team	FP1	FP2
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:44.505	1:34.277
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:45.018	1:34.393
3	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:44.436	1:34.402
4	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:44.607	1:35.071
5	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:44.596	1:35.329
6	24	Jimmy Eriksson	Sweden	1:46.328	1:35.415
7	29	Armando Parente	China		1:35.958
8	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:46.015	1:36.038
9	17	Alessio Picariello	France		1:36.324
10	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:47.676	1:36.737
11	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:46.461	1:36.935
12	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	Spain		1:36.985

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1					Qualifying 2
	No.	Driver	Team	Time		No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:32.374	1	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:32.091
2	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:32.500	2	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:32.431
3	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:32.678	3	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:32.571
4	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	1:32.797	4	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:32.606
5	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:33.023	5	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:32.711
6	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:33.116	6	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:32.850
7	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:33.675	7	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	1:33.476
8	24	Jimmy Eriksson	Sweden	1:33.861	8	24	Jimmy Eriksson	Sweden	1:33.518
9	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	Spain	1:33.925	9	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:34.048
10	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	1:34.578	10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:34.277
11	29	Armando Parente	China	1:34.617	11	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	Spain	1:34.544
12	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:34.830	12	29	Armando Parente	China	1:37.511

Race 1

	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	18 laps	21 (P)
2	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	+8.754	15
3	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+20.786	12
4	17	Alessio Picariello	France	+24.297	11 (FL)
5	29	Armando Parente	China	+29.800	8
6	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+47.644	6
7	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	Spain	+1:17.047	4
8	24	Jimmy Eriksson	Sweden	+8 laps	3
9	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	+9 laps	2
10	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	+12 laps	1
11	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	+17 laps	0
–	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	DNS	0

Race 2

	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	27 laps	25
2	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+2.067	18
3	42	Sergio Campana	Portugal	+14.989	16 (FL)
4	17	Alessio Picariello	France	+15.374	12
5	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+16.949	10
6	24	Jimmy Eriksson	Sweden	+27.598	8
7	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	+1:17.556	6
8	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+7 laps	4
9	29	Armando Parente	China	+8 laps	2
10	45	Dennis Lind	Venezuela	+15 laps	1
11	10	Oliver Campos-Hull	Spain	+19 laps	0
–	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	DNS	1 (P)

Drivers' championship standings after 6 out of 10 races

	No.	Driver	Points
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	123
2	7	Nigel Melker	103
3	4	Sebastian Balthasar	53
4	64	Richard Gonda	52
5	42/29	Armando Parente	40
6	32/42	Sergio Campana	31
7	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	26
8	23	Felix Rosenqvist	25
9	17	Alessio Picariello	23
10	29/10	Oliver Campos-Hull	20
11	45	Dennis Lind	19
12	39	Picho Toledano	15
13	24	Jimmy Eriksson	11
14	20	Rodolfo González	10
15	10	Victor Garcia	5
16	32	Nathanaël Berthon	2

Teams' championship standings after 6 out of 10 races

	Team	Points
1	Italy	123
2	The Netherlands	103
3	Germany	53
4	Slovakia	52
5	Sweden	52
6	Portugal	38
7	China	36
8	France	34
9	Mexico	22
10	Venezuela	13
11	Spain	13

MW-V6 results

Free practices

	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	23	Alx Danielsson	2:00.316	2:00.176
2	44	Eoin Murray	2:00.358	2:01.009
3	90	Pim van Riet	2:01.593	2:00.456
4	4	Danny van Dongen	2:02.810	2:01.450
5	8	Bas Schouten	2:01.571	2:01.538
6	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:01.572	2:01.853
7	87	Jacky van der Ende	2:01.713	2:01.746
8	92	Frederique Jonckheere	2:02.551	2:01.926
9	6	Andreas Gulden	2:02.185	2:03.007
10	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen		2:02.276
11	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:06.271	2:03.433
12	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh		2:03.789
13	24	Will Wright	2:10.917	2:05.472
14	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:07.014	2:05.667
15	7	Leon Rijnbeek		2:11.471

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1				Qualifying 2
	No.	Driver	Time		No.	Driver	Time
1	8	Bas Schouten	2:02.431	1	44	Eoin Murray	1:58.992
2	4	Danny van Dongen	2:02.760	2	4	Danny van Dongen	1:59.010
3	23	Alx Danielsson	2:02.970	3	23	Alx Danielsson	1:59.350
4	87	Jacky van der Ende	2:03.127	4	87	Jacky van der Ende	1:59.421
5	6	Andreas Gulden	2:03.258	5	6	Andreas Gulden	1:59.747
6	44	Eoin Murray	2:03.464	6	90	Pim van Riet	2:00.030
7	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen	2:06.882	7	8	Bas Schouten	2:00.285
8	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh	2:07.634	8	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:00.481
9	92	Frederique Jonckheere	2:07.766	9	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:01.869
10	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:07.770	10	92	Frederique Jonckheere	2:01.895
11	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	2:08.501	11	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:03.699
12	90	Pim van Riet	2:08.800	12	24	Will Wright	2:03.955
13	24	Will Wright	2:13.242	13	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:04.180
14	88	Priscilla Speelman	2:15.855	14	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh	2:09.178
15	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:20.831	–	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen	No time

Race 1

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	4	Danny van Dongen	13 laps	20
2	87	Jacky van der Ende	+8.319	16 (FL)
3	92	Frederique Jonckheere	+25.067	12
4	90	Pim van Riet	+25.292	10
5	23	Alx Danielsson	+25.747	8
6	6	Andreas Gulden	+33.637	6
7	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+40.881	4
8	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+47.584	3
9	88	Priscilla Speelman	+55.680	2
10	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+55.888	1
11	96	Ward Sluys	+56.291	0
12	24	Will Wright	+1:46.621	0
13	44	Eoin Murray	+4 laps	0
14	8	Bas Schouten	+4 laps	1 (P)
–	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen	DNS	0

Race 2

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	87	Jacky van der Ende	13 laps	20
2	23	Alx Danielsson	+0.467	16 (FL)
3	90	Pim van Riet	+0.802	12
4	6	Andreas Gulden	+8.616	10
5	4	Danny van Dongen	+13.042	8
6	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+27.082	6
7	92	Frederique Jonckheere	+27.757	4
8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+50.243	3
9	24	Will Wright	+1:02.664	2
10	88	Priscilla Speelman	+1:02.983	1
11	44	Eoin Murray	+10 laps	1 (P)
12	8	Bas Schouten	+12 laps	0
–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	DNS	0
	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh
	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen

Race 3

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	87	Jacky van der Ende	13 laps	25
2	90	Pim van Riet	+0.192	19 (FL)
3	6	Andreas Gulden	+1.360	15
4	4	Danny van Dongen	+7.812	12
5	92	Frederique Jonckheere	+17.553	10
6	24	Will Wright	+29.533	8
7	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+29.732	6
8	23	Alx Danielsson	+1:25.035	4
9	88	Priscilla Speelman	+1 laps	2
10	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	+6 laps	1
11	8	Bas Schouten	+10 laps	0
–	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	DNS	0
	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh
	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen

Drivers' championship standings after 9 out of 18 races

	No.	Driver	Points
1	44	Eoin Murray	112
2	23	Alx Danielsson	109
3	4	Danny van Dongen	97
4	87	Jacky van der Ende	61
5	10	Carlos Alvarez	52
6	90	Pim van Riet	41
7	83	Mikel Azcona Troyas	36
8	9	Kelvin Snoeks	31
9	6	Andreas Gulden	31
10	92	Frederique Jonckheere	26
11	8	Bas Schouten	23
12	80	Daniel de Jong	21
13	50	Tom Pedersen	20
14	41	Bas Koeten	18
15	7	Leon Rijnbeek	18
16	68	Jeremiah Wagner	16
17	85	Javier Morcillo	15
18	35	John Mickel	12
19	45	Michael Devaney	11
20	12	Francesc Gutiérrez	11
21	14	Maik Barten	10
22	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	10
23	24	Will Wright	10
24	88	Priscilla Speelman	5
25	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	4
26	8	Bert de Heus	3
27	84	Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos	1
28	96	Ward Sluys	0
29	11	Christian Cano	0
–	35	Dario Orsini	–
–	96	Fred Cavanagh	–
–	95	Melvin de Groot	–
–	95	Steve van Bellingen	–

Nations' championship standings after 9 out of 18 races

	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	100
2	Ireland	82.5
3		71.02
4	Spain	42.3
5	Germany	31
6	Denmark	20
7	Belgium	20
8		12
9	Italy	4

Legend SuperCup results

Free practices

	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	36	James Holman		2:11.790
2	47	Davit Kajaia	2:12.091	2:11.795
3	53	Niki Meredith	2:12.155	2:11.836
4	51	Frederik Nymark	2:13.206	2:11.849
5	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	2:13.880	2:13.181
6	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	2:14.670	2:13.334
7	7	Joris Schouten	2:16.628	2:14.299
8	44	Johan Kraan	2:16.680	2:14.474
9	6	Leon Zappij Michael Verhagen		2:17.925
10	15	Luca Bettini	2:27.095	2:20.480

Race 1

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	10 laps	5	50
2	51	Frederik Nymark	+0.228	2	40
3	53	Niki Meredith	+1.427	3	32
4	7	Joris Schouten	+14.028	7	26
5	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+21.673	8	22
6	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+24.193	6	20
7	36	James Holman	+40.322	1	19
8	6	Michael Verhagen	+1:02.305	9	18
9	15	Luca Bettini	+2:04.905	4	17
–	44	Johan Kraan	DNS		0

Race 2

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	53	Niki Meredith	10 laps	4	50
2	36	James Holman	+0.051	2	40
3	51	Frederik Nymark	+0.500	1	32
4	7	Joris Schouten	+20.640	7	26
5	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+21.323	8	22
6	15	Luca Bettini	+1:25.503	6	20
7	6	Leon Zappij	+1:39.375	9	19
8	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+8 laps	5	18
–	47	Davit Kajaia	DNS		0
–	44	Johan Kraan	DNS		0

Race 3

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	53	Niki Meredith	10 laps	6	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+0.062	8	40
3	36	James Holman	+0.356	2	33 (FL)
4	51	Frederik Nymark	+0.551	7	26
5	7	Joris Schouten	+25.394	5	22
6	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+32.434	3	20
7	6	Leon Zappij	+35.881	1	19
8	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	+5 laps	4	18
–	15	Luca Bettini	DNS		0
–	44	Johan Kraan	DNS		0

Race 4

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	53	Niki Meredith	10 laps	6	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+0.056	7	40
3	44	Johan Kraan	+37.199	8	32
4	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+37.622	1	26
5	51	Frederik Nymark	+6 laps	4	22
6	7	Joris Schouten	+9 laps	3	20
7	15	Luca Bettini		2	19
–	36	James Holman	DNS		0
	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani
	6	Leon Zappij Michael Verhagen

Drivers' championship standings after 12 out of 24 races

	No.	Driver	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	450
2	53	Niki Meredith	392
3	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	363
4	36	James Holman	268
5	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	239
6	10	Carlos Gonzalez	172
7	5	Ferry Monster	145
8	68	Jeremiah Wagner	130
9	51	Frederik Nymark	120
10	12	Francesc Gutiérrez	96
11	7	Joris Schouten	94
12	37	John Mickel	87
13	54	John Paterson	78
14	50	Emil Andersen	69
15	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	62
16	15	Luca Bettini	56
17	6	Leon Zappij	38
18	44	Johan Kraan	32
19	6	Michael Verhagen	18
20	42	Thomas David	16
–	14	Fred Depresle	–

Nations' championship standings after 12 out of 24 races

	Nation	Points
1	Ireland	392
2	Georgia	353.5
3	Spain	256.33
4		250.5
5		236
6	Denmark	189
7	United States	130
8		78
9	Italy	58.5
10	France	16

References

Main source

Raceresults.nu

Other references

Notes and References

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