2014 NewGP2 Series season

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2014 NewGP2 Series
Previous: none	Next: 2015
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 sponsored by Red Bull	Marussia-Mercedes	26	Alex Lynn	1-	Pierre Gasly Carlos Sainz, Jr.
		27	António Félix da Costa1	1-
Best Buy Scorpion Racing Team	Scorpion-Mercedes	28	Robin Frijns	1-	Conor Daly Louis Delétraz
		29	Felipe Nasr	1-
Racing Engineering	Racing Engineering-Mecachrome	30	Davide Valsecchi2	1-	Patric Niederhauser
		31	Daniel Abt	1-
DAMS	DAMS-Mecachrome	32	Oliver Turvey3	1-	Alexander Sims Emil Bernstorff
		33	Alexander Sims	1-
Mobil 1 ART Grand Prix	ART-Mercedes	34	Fabio Leimer	1-	Dino Zamparelli Tio Ellinas
		35	Sam Bird	1-
Hilmer Motorsport	Hilmer-Mecachrome	36	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1-	Sage Karam4 Ricardo Teixeira5
		37	Kimiya Sato	1-
Rapax	Rapax-Ferrari	38	Tom Dillmann	1-	Robert Vișoiu Beitske Visser6
		39	Sergio Canamasas	1-
Arden International	Arden-Mecachrome	40	Stoffel Vandoorne	1-	Dean Stoneman Aaro Vainio Matias Laine
		41	Rio Haryanto	1-
EQ8 Pic Life Racing Engines	Life	42	Matthew Brabham	1-	Katherine Legge Matías Rossi
		43	Facu Regalia	1-
MP Motorsport	MP Motorsport-Mercedes	44	Mitch Evans	1-	Daniel Cammish Pål Varhaug
		45	Kevin Korjus	1-
Trident	Trident-Ferrari	46	Davide Rigon7	1-	Kevin Ceccon
		47	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	1-
Team Lazarus	Lazarus-Mecachrome	48	Sergio Campana	1	None8
			Antonio Spavone	2-5
			Giuseppe Cipriani	6-19
		49	Kevin Giovesi	1-2
			Francesco Dracone	3-4
			Giacomo Ricci	5-13
			Ricardo Teixeira5	14-19

Notes

• 1 - On loan from Red Bull
• 2 - On loan from Lotus
• 3 - On loan from McLaren
• 4 - On loan at Chip Ganassi Racing (United SportsCar Championship)
• 5 - On loan from Hilmer Motorsport at Team Lazarus
• 6 - On loan at AVF (Formula Renault 3.5)
• 7 - On loan from Ferrari
• 8 - Team Lazarus do not have test or full-time drivers and instead use various pay drivers per event.

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.

Driver Changes

2014 saw an almost unprecedented level of changes to the driver line-up, with no team returning for the 2014 season with the same drivers as 2013.

• Several drivers made the step up from GP3 level, including Alexander Sims, Facu Regalia and Kevin Korjus.
• Other drivers who ascended from junior formulae included Kimiya Sato (AutoGP World), Stoffel Vandoorne (Formula Renault 3.5) and Matthew Brabham (Pro Mazda).
• Some teams took advantage of the new rule allowing drivers to go on loan contracts, with António Félix da Costa, Davide Valsecchi, Oliver Turvey and Davide Rigon temporarily joining GP2 teams while still remaining contracted to their F1 teams.
• Tom Dillmann was the only free agent to secure a driver's seat, joining Rapax after being dropped by Marussia in 2013.
• Most other drivers simply swapped between teams, with a few sticking with the same team including Robin Frijns who extended his contract with Scorpion despite relegation from F1. Alex Lynn also remained with Marussia, although has been promoted from test driver to a full time seat racing in the #26 for 2014.

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-Mercedes 26 27 2 Scorpion-Mercedes 28 29 3 Racing Engineering-Mecachrome 30 31 4 DAMS-Mecachrome 32 33 5 ART-Mercedes 34 35 6 Hilmer-Mecachrome 36 37 7 Rapax-Ferrari 38 39 8 Arden-Mecachrome 40 41 9 Life 42 43 10 MP Motorsport-Mercedes 44 45 11 Trident-Ferrari 46 47 12 Lazarus-Mecachrome 48 49 Promoted to the 2015 NewF1 Series season Relegated to the 2015 NewGP3 Series season