2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series explained

The 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season was a pickup truck racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands. MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment. Next to MW-V6, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, 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 MW-V6 winning driver was promised half the budget for the 2015 FA1 season and a test day in the FA1 car, or the full budget for the 2015 MW-V6 season plus an FA1 test.^[1] 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.

The drivers' championship was won by Danny van Dongen, after he won seven races during the season. He had trailed Eoin Murray by five points after four meetings, but Murray did not contest the final two meetings. This resulted in van Dongen winning the championship by 122 points. Murray, with five wins, still amassed enough points to finish as the championship runner-up, while Alx Danielsson finished third in the series, eight points in arrears of Murray. Danielsson was a two-time race winner at Portimão, while three other drivers took race victories during the season; Jacky van der Ende won twice at the Nürburgring, Daniël de Jong was a race winner at Assen, while Davit Kajaia took a race victory at the Slovakia Ring. The nations' championship was won by the Netherlands, finishing 32.63 points clear of Sweden.

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.^[2]

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^[3] and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.^[4]

Date	Event	Circuit	City
29–30 Nov 2013	Testing	Circuito de Navarra	Navarra, Spain
26–27 Mar 2014		Circuit Ricardo Tormo	Valencia, Spain
10 Apr 2014		Circuit Park Zandvoort	Zandvoort, Netherlands
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
	20 min	Qualifying for race 1
Saturday	20 min	Qualifying for race 2
	25 min	Race 1 (Rolling start)
	25 min	Race 2 (Rolling start)
Sunday	40 min	Race 3 (Rolling start and mandatory pitstop)

The starting order of race 3 was decided by a combined result of Q1 and Q2 with the first 8 reversed.

Technical specifications

The cars were based on those used in the Dutch racing series BRL V6 and BRL Light.

• Engine: 4.0L V6 Ford, 325 hp
• Gearbox: Drenth DG 400
• Minimum weight: 950 kg
• Tyres: Michelin

Championship standings

Scoring systemPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in all three races. The pole-sitter for race 1 and 2 received one point, and one point was also given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. At the end of the season, the MW-V6 Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points.

Points allocation for race 1 and 2

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Points allocation for race 3

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	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 competing 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 4 Danny van Dongen 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 282 2 44 Eoin Murray 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 160 3 23 Alx Danielsson 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 152 4 80 Daniël de Jong 10 5 4 2 1 4 70 5 87 Jacky van der Ende 2 1 1 61 6 10 Carlos Alvarez 3 3 3 9 10 5 52 7 16 Giacomo Ricci 2 2 2 51 8 47 Davit Kajaia 1 2 3 50 9 90 Pim van Riet 4 3 2 41 10 41 Bas Koeten 5 6 8 5 4 38 11 83 Mikel Azcona 3 3 4 36 12 17 Niels Bouwhuis 4 4 3 35 13 93 Jan-Paul van Dongen 8 6 10 5 5 6 34 14 7 Leon Rijnbeek 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 8 32 15 9 Kelvin Snoeks 2 4 7 31 16 6 Andreas Gulden 6 4 3 31 17 30 Filip Sladecka 6 6 2 30 18 5 Bernd Herndlhofer 4 4 5 30 19 92 align=left nowrap Fréderique Jonckheere 3 7 5 26 20 32 Christian Malchárek 3 7 5 26 21 31 Attila Barta 7 3 6 24 22 8 Bas Schouten 5 5 7 14 12 11 23 23 94 Gian Maria Gabbiani 7 WD WD 8 8 4 22 24 88 Priscilla Speelman 9 10 9 6 7 7 21 25 50 Tom Pedersen 4 11 5 20 26 18 Erik Qvick 6 5 7 20 27 48 Konstantine Koliashvili 4 5 WD 18 28 8 Bert de Heus 12 9 10 9 9 5 17 29 68 Jeremiah Wagner 4 9 8 16 30 19 Johan Kraan 5 6 9 16 31 85 Javier Morcillo 7 8 6 15 32 12 Joey Affolter 8 8 6 14 33 35 John Mickel 7 12 6 12 34 16 Herman Peene 7 7 8 12 35 45 Michael Devaney 6 7 10 11 36 12 Francesc Gutiérrez 8 6 9 11 37 41 Michel Schaap 4 10 38 14 Maik Barten 6 7 WD 10 39 24 Will Wright 12 9 6 10 40 17 Alberto Cola 9 WD WD 2 41 84 align=left nowrap Joaquin Egozkcue de los Santos 10 11 WD 1 42 96 Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh 11 WD WD 0 43 11 Christian Cano 13 WD 12 0 – 95 Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen WD WD WD – – 33 Lubomir Jakubik WD WD WD – – 99 Huub Delnoij WD WD WD – Driver ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points Races

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' championship

Nation Races Points ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS 1 align=left rowspan="17" 4 9 2 11 2 4 3 1 5 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 175.63 7 8 8 9 10 8 7 7 6 8 8 12 9 10 5 5 7 14 12 11 9 9 5 9 2 4 7 12 8 8 6 14 6 7 WD 16 7 7 8 17 4 4 3 19 5 6 9 41 5 6 8 5 4 4 80 10 5 4 2 1 4 87 2 1 1 88 9 10 9 6 7 7 90 4 3 2 93 8 6 10 5 5 6 95 WD WD WD 99 WD WD WD 2 align=left rowspan="2" Sweden 23 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 143 24 12 9 6 3 align=left rowspan="2" Ireland 44 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 130.5 45 6 7 10 4 align=left rowspan="6" Spain 10 3 3 3 9 10 5 42.3 11 13 WD 12 12 8 6 9 83 3 3 4 84 10 11 WD 85 7 8 6 5 Georgia 47 1 2 3 41.5 48 4 5 WD 6 align=left rowspan="3" Belgium 18 6 5 7 40 92 3 7 5 96 11 WD WD 7 Italy 16 2 2 2 35.5 17 9 WD WD 94 7 WD WD 8 8 4 8 Germany 6 6 4 3 31 9 Slovakia 30 6 6 2 30 33 WD WD WD 10 Austria 5 4 4 5 30 11 Czech Republic 32 3 7 5 26 12 Hungary 31 7 3 6 24 13 Denmark 50 4 11 5 20 14 35 7 12 6 12 Nation ALG NAV NÜR MNZ SVK ASS Points Races

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

1. Web site: MW-V6 Driver Information . Acceleration14.com .
2. 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.
3. Web site: Seven events for Acceleration 2014 . Acceleration14.com . 2014-06-27 . 2014-06-28.
4. Web site: Race programma cancelled for Acceleration Hungary . Acceleration14.com . 2014-08-20 . 2014-08-21.