2014 Acceleration at Portimão explained

Country:	Portugal
Grand Prix:	Portuguese Acceleration
Date:	25-27 April
Year:	2014
Official Name:	2014 Acceleration at Portimão
Race No:	1
Season No:	1
Location:	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.891
Course Km:	4.652

Acceleration at Portimão was the first 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 Portimão, 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). However, both European Stock series did not compete during this round of the championship.

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

See also: 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season.

Free practice

	No.	Driver	Team	FP1	FP2
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:33.051	1:32.174
2	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:32.386	1:32.915
3	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:33.645	1:32.790
4	32	Sergio Campana	France	1:35.887	1:33.267
5	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:34.345	1:33.297
6	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:33.578	1:33.534
7	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	1:35.169	1:34.947
8	10	Victor Garcia	Spain		1:36.948
9	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico		1:42.253
10	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela		1:43.152
–	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China
–	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1					Qualifying 2
	No.	Driver	Team	Time		No.	Driver	Team	Time
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:32.694	1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	1:32.204
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:32.928	2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	1:32.205
3	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:33.236	3	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	1:32.289
4	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:33.683	4	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:33.216
5	32	Sergio Campana	France	1:34.501	5	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:33.397
6	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:34.880	6	32	Sergio Campana	France	1:33.520
7	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	1:35.156	7	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	1:34.060
8	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela	1:36.953	8	10	Victor Garcia	Spain	1:34.590
9	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China	1:39.036	9	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela	1:35.130
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:39.278	10	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China	1:36.477
–	10	Victor Garcia	Spain	No time	11	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:37.589
	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico		–	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	No Time

Qualifying 2:

• #64 – fastest lap time disallowed

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	19 laps	22 (P+FL)
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	+5.057	15
3	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+29.325	12
4	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	+36.735	10
5	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+58.518	8
6	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	+1:09.433	6
7	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China	+1:12.478	4
8	32	Sergio Campana	France	+4 laps	3
9	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+11 laps	2
10	10	Victor Garcia	Spain	+11 laps	1
11	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela	+16 laps	0
–	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	DNS	0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time Diff.	Points
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	28 laps	27 (P+FL)
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	+3.602	18
3	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	+19.964	15
4	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+24.801	12
5	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	+1:02.074	10
6	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China	+1 lap	8
7	32	Sergio Campana	France	+5 laps	6
8	10	Victor Garcia	Spain	+9 laps	4
9	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+19 laps	2
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+19 laps	1
11	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela	+21 laps	0
–	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	DNS	0

• #20 – 25 second penalty, #29 – 35 second penalty

Drivers' championship standings after 2 out of 10 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Points
1	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Italy	49
2	7	Nigel Melker	The Netherlands	33
3	23	Felix Rosenqvist	Sweden	25
4	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	24
5	42	Armando Parente	Portugal	16
6	29	Oliver Campos-Hull	China	12
7	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	10
8	32	Sergio Campana	France	9
9	10	Victor Garcia	Spain	5
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	3
11	20	Rodolfo González	Venezuela	0
–	39	Picho Toledano	Mexico	–

Nations' championship standings after 2 out of 10 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Italy	49
2	The Netherlands	33
3	Sweden	25
4	Germany	24
5	Portugal	16
6	China	12
7	Slovakia	10
8	France	9
9	Spain	5
10	Mexico	3
11	Venezuela	0

MW-V6 results

See also: 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season.

Free practice

	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	23	Alx Danielsson	2:00.055	1:57.096
2	44	Eoin Murray	1:58.707	1:58.033
3	9	Kelvin Snoeks	1:58.072	1:58.188
4	4	Danny van Dongen	1:58.714	1:58.666
5	10	Carlos Alvarez	2:11.691	1:59.561
6	8	Bert de Heus	1:59.565	2:00.097
7	80	Daniel de Jong	1:59.987	2:00.343
8	11	Christian Cano	2:00.752	2:01.150
9	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:06.381	2:03.252
10	17	Maik Barten	2:05.450	2:03.478
11	35	John Mickel	2:12.301	2:04.565
–	50	Tom Pedersen
–	41	Bas Koeten

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1				Qualifying 2
	No.	Driver	Time		No.	Driver	Time
1	23	Alx Danielsson	1:57.017	1	44	Eoin Murray	1:56.234
2	9	Kelvin Snoeks	1:57.113	2	23	Alx Danielsson	1:56.380
3	4	Danny van Dongen	1:57.538	3	9	Kelvin Snoeks	1:57.705
4	44	Eoin Murray	1:57.670	4	4	Danny van Dongen	1:57.744
5	10	Carlos Alvarez	1:59.101	5	10	Carlos Alvarez	1:58.067
6	8	Bert de Heus	1:59.431	6	80	Daniel de Jong	1:58.628
7	11	Christian Cano	1:59.466	7	8	Bert de Heus	1:59.280
8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:02.749	8	11	Christian Cano	1:59.444
9	17	Maik Barten	2:02.920	9	14	Maik Barten	1:59.993
10	80	Daniel de Jong	2:03.190	10	41	Bas Koeten	2:00.420
11	35	John Mickel	2:04.225	11	7	Leon Rijnbeek	2:01.315
–	50	Tom Pedersen	No Time	12	50	Tom Pedersen	2:01.436
	41	Bas Koeten		13	35	John Mickel	2:02.346

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	23	Alx Danielsson	13 laps	21 (P)
2	9	Kelvin Snoeks	+7.897	15
3	10	Carlos Alvarez	+20.481	12
4	50	Tom Pedersen	+42.265	10
5	41	Bas Koeten	+42.852	8
6	14	Maik Barten	+48.186	6
7	35	John Mickel	+1:14.116	4
8	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+1:18.692	3
9	4	Danny van Dongen	+1 lap	2
10	80	Daniel de Jong	+3 laps	1
11	44	Eoin Murray	+4 laps	1 (FL)
12	8	Bert de Heus	+4 laps	0
13	11	Christian Cano	+13 laps	0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	44	Eoin Murray	13 laps	22 (P+FL)
2	4	Danny van Dongen	+5.542	15
3	10	Carlos Alvarez	+14.083	12
4	9	Kelvin Snoeks	+17.546	10
5	80	Daniel de Jong	+19.491	8
6	41	Bas Koeten	+48.620	6
7	14	Maik Barten	+54.579	4
8	8	Leon Rijnbeek	+1:32.554	3
9	8	Bert de Heus	+3 laps	2
10	23	Alx Danielsson	+3 laps	1
11	50	Tom Pedersen	+10 laps	0
12	35	John Mickel	+10 laps	0

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Points
1	23	Alx Danielsson	13 laps	26 (FL)
2	44	Eoin Murray	+10.474	18
3	10	Carlos Alvarez	+20.378	15
4	80	Daniel de Jong	+27.456	12
5	50	Tom Pedersen	+28.364	10
6	35	John Mickel	+28.721	8
7	9	Kelvin Snoeks	+37.496	6
8	41	Bas Koeten	+44.173	4
9	7	Leon Rijnbeek	+1:01.409	2
10	8	Bert de Heus	+6 laps	1
11	4	Danny van Dongen	+10 laps	0
12	11	Christian Cano	+10 laps	0

Drivers' championship standings after 3 out of 18 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	23	Alx Danielsson	48
2	44	Eoin Murray	41
3	10	Carlos Alvarez	39
4	9	Kelvin Snoeks	31
5	80	Daniel de Jong	21
6	50	Tom Pedersen	20
7	41	Bas Koeten	18
8	4	Danny van Dongen	17
9	35	John Mickel	12
10	14	Maik Barten	10
11	7	Leon Rijnbeek	8
12	8	Bert de Heus	3
13	11	Christian Cano	0

Nations' championship standings after 3 out of 18 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	48
2	Ireland	41
3	Spain	25.5
4	Denmark	20
5		16
6		12

Legend SuperCup results

See also: 2014 Legend SuperCup season.

Free practice

	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	47	Davit Kajaia	2:11.790	2:12.121
2	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	2:14.352	2:12.597
3	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	2:13.238	2:14.341
4	44	Ferry Monster	2:17.312	2:13.826
5	36	James Holman	2:14.186	2:14.776
6	54	John Paterson	2:15.459	2:14.129
7	10	Carlos Gonzalez	2:16.249	2:14.552
8	37	John Mickel	2:17.053	2:15.753
9	50	Emil Andersen	2:16.738
–	53	Niki Meredith

Race 1

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	10 laps	6	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+0.042	4	40
3	36	James Holman	+0.248	2	32
4	37	John Mickel	+6.332	1	26
5	10	Carlos Gonzalez	+10.803	3	22
6	54	John Paterson	+23.772	9	20
7	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+23.819	8	19
8	50	Emil Andersen	+31.416	10	18
9	44	Ferry Monster	+3 laps	7	17
10	53	Niki Meredith	+5 laps	5	16

Race 2

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	10 laps	1	50
2	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	+0.995	8	40
3	36	James Holman	+5.210	8	32
4	53	Niki Meredith	+9.004	7	26
5	10	Carlos Gonzalez	+31.927	1	22
6	54	John Paterson	+32.171	6	20
7	37	John Mickel	+32.335	5	19
8	50	Emil Andersen	+41.741	10	18
9	44	Ferry Monster	+48.245	9	17
10	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+2:23.237	4	16

Race 3

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	10 laps	8	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+1.119	7	41 (FL)
3	53	Niki Meredith	+1.236	10	32
4	36	James Holman	+8.890	6	26
5	10	Carlos Gonzalez	+22.009	4	22
6	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+23.153	2	20
7	54	John Paterson	+28.520	3	19
8	44	Ferry Monster	+46.115	9	18
9	50	Emil Andersen	+6 laps	1	17
10	37	John Mickel	+8 laps	5	16

Race 4

	No.	Driver	Time Diff.	Grid	Points
1	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	10 laps	6	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+0.010	9	40
3	36	James Holman	+17.405	5	32
4	37	John Mickel	+29.869	2	26
5	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	+30.035	10	22
6	10	Carlos Gonzalez	+31.184	8	20
7	54	John Paterson	+36.190	3	19
8	44	Ferry Monster	+5 laps	7	18
9	53	Niki Meredith	+8 laps	4	17
10	50	Emil Andersen	+8 laps	1	16

Drivers' championship standings after 4 out of 24 races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	190
2	47	Davit Kajaia	171
3	36	James Holman	122
4	53	Niki Meredith	91
5	37	John Mickel	87
6	10	Carlos Gonzalez	86
7	54	John Paterson	78
8	48	Konstantin Koliashvili	77
9	44	Ferry Monster	70
10	50	Emil Andersen	69

Nations' championship standings after 4 out of 24 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Spain	138
2	Georgia	124
3		104.5
4	Ireland	91
5		78
6		70
7	Denmark	69

References

Main source

Raceresults.nu

Other references

Notes and References

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3. Web site: FA1 Driver Information . Acceleration14.com . 2014-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140323232448/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/Acceleration%20FA1..pdf . dead .
4. Web site: MW-V6 Driver Information . Acceleration14.com . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140409002840/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/Acceleration%20MW-V6..pdf . dead .
5. Web site: Legend SuperCup Driver Information . Acceleration14.com . 2014-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408224233/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/Acceleration%20Legend%20SC..pdf . dead .
6. Web site: ACC 1000 Driver Information . Acceleration14.com . 2014-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140408220901/http://acceleration14.com/sites/default/files/Acceleration%20S1000%26600..pdf . dead .
7. Web site: Music Festival | Acceleration . acceleration14.com . 2014-05-28.