2014 NewGP2 Series season

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2014 NewGP2 Series
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Parent series: NewF1 Series Support series: NewGP3 Series

The 2014 NewGP2 season is the first season of the NewGP2 Series, replacing the GP2 Series as a support series to the 2014 NewF1 Series season. Twelve teams and twenty-four drivers will contest the nineteen rounds that made up the calendar for the 2014 season, with the winning driver being crowned the NewGP2 Champion. The winning team, alongside the runners-up will be promoted to the 2015 NewF1 Series season, being replaced by the bottom two NewF1 teams. Conversely, the teams finishing in 11th and 12th will be relegated to the 2015 NewGP3 Series season, to be replaced by the winners and runners up. The season will start in Australia on 15 March 2014 and will end in Abu Dhabi on 22 November 2014.

Previous NewF1 teams Marussia and Scorpion joined the ranks for 2014, with Russian Time and Carlin promoted to the top-flight racing category.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Marussia GP2 Team	Marussia-Mercedes	26		1-
		27		1-
Best Buy Scorpion Racing Team	Scorpion-Mercedes	28		1-
		29		1-
Racing Engineering	Racing Engineering-Mecachrome	30		1-
		31		1-
DAMS	DAMS-Mecachrome	32		1-
		33		1-
ART Grand Prix	ART-Mercedes	34		1-
		35		1-
Hilmer Motorsport	Hilmer-Mecachrome	36		1-
		37		1-
Rapax	Rapax-TBA	38		1-
		39		1-
Arden International	Arden-Mecachrome	40		1-
		41		1-
EQ8 Pic Life Racing Engines	Life	42		1-
		43		1-
MP Motorsport	MP Motorsport-Mercedes	44		1-
		45		1-
Trident	Trident-TBA	46		1-
		47		1-
Team Lazarus	Lazarus-Mecachrome	48		1-
		49		1-

Team Changes

The teams that finished 11th and 12th in the 2013 NewF1 season, Marussia and Scorpion were relegated with Russian Time and Carlin promoted. Spanish team Campos Racing initially were planning to enter the 2014 GP2 season, but with new regulations were forced to enter at GP3 level. EQ8 Caterham Racing were forced to cut all ties with the Caterham F1 team with affiliated teams banned, and made a stunning move by announcing they would become EQ8 Pic Life Racing Engines, not only reviving the Life team but also developing in-house engines for the 2014 season.

Season Calendar

Testing

Circuit	Date	Fastest driver	Fastest team	Lap time
Circuito de Jerez	29 January
Circuit de Catalunya	14 May

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race title	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	15 March	Round of Australia	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
2	29 March	Round of Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
3	5 April	Round of Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit
4	19 April	Round of China	Shanghai International Circuit
5	10 May	Round of Spain	Circuit de Catalunya
6	24 May	Round of Monaco	Circuit de Monaco
7	7 June	Round of Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
8	21 June	Round of Austria	Red Bull Ring
9	5 July	Round of Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit
10	19 July	Round of Germany	Hockenheimring
11	26 July	Round of Hungary	Hungaroring
12	23 August	Round of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
13	6 September	Round of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
14	20 September	Round of Singapore	Marina Bay Street Circuit
15	4 October	Round of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
16	11 October	Round of Russia	Socchi International Street Circuit
17	1 November	Round of the United States	Circuit of the Americas
18	8 November	Round of Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
19	22 November	Round of Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina Circuit

Changes

A large number of rule changes were introduced to bring NewGP2 into line with NewF1

• The feature and sprint rounds have been shelved for a single race of approximately 75% F1 race distance
• Teams must build their own chassis and may source engines from other suppliers, although Mecachrome have remained as an engine supplier
• Drivers are only permitted to complete one lap per qualifying session as per the NewF1 regulations
• Drivers may now be loaned to other teams, but a driver may only drive for one team per weekend
• The points system now mirrors the F1 system, with points for all drivers down to 15th place

Results and Standings

Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA BRA ABU Points 1

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructors' Championship

Pos. Constructor No. AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA BRA ABU Points 1 Marussia-Cosworth 26 27 2 Scorpion-Cosworth 28 29 3 Racing Engineering-TBA 30 31 4 DAMS-TBA 32 33 5 ART-TBA 34 35 6 Hilmer-TBA 36 37 7 Rapax 38 39 8 Arden-TBA 40 41 9 EQ8-TBA 42 43 10 MP Motorsport-TBA 44 45 11 Trident-TBA 46 47 12 Lazarus-TBA 48 49 Promoted to the 2015 NewF1 Series season Relegated to the 2015 NewGP3 Series season