2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series

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.[1] MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment.[2] 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.[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]

Acceleration 2014
Current season summary

2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season
2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season
2014 Legend SuperCup season
2014 European Stock 1000 season
2014 European Stock 600 season

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.[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]

DateEventCircuitCity
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

DayDurationEvent
Friday30 minFree practice 1
30 minFree practice 2
20 minQualifying for race 1
Saturday20 minQualifying for race 2
25 minRace 1 (Rolling start)
25 minRace 2 (Rolling start)
Sunday40 minRace 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 system

Points 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   FL 
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   FL 
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

Pos. No. 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 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 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
Pos. No. Driver ALG
NAV
NÜR
MNZ
SVK
ASS
Points
Races
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Nations' championship

Pos. Nation No. Races Points
ALG
NAV
NÜR
MNZ
SVK
ASS
1  The Netherlands 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  Sweden 23 1 10 1 WD 2 2 5 2 8 3 3 2 143
24 12 9 6
3  Ireland 44 11 1 2 1 1 1 13 11 DNS 1 3 3 130.5
45 6 7 10
4  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  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  Great Britain 35 7 12 6 12
Pos. Nation No. ALG
NAV
NÜR
MNZ
SVK
ASS
Points
Races
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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References

  1. http://acceleration14.com/events-calendar1
  2. http://acceleration14.com/
  3. "MW-V6 Driver Information" (PDF). Acceleration14.com.
  4. http://acceleration14.com/music
  5. Kaligis, Bas (22 December 2014). "Auto GP en FA1 bundelen krachten in nieuw kampioenschap" [Auto GP and FA1 join forces in new championship] (in Dutch). RaceXpress. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. "Seven events for Acceleration 2014". Acceleration14.com. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  7. "Race programma cancelled for Acceleration Hungary". Acceleration14.com. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
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