2014 FF1M Season

2014 FF1M Season
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Drivers Champion	Sebastian Vettel
Teams Champion	Willows Racing-Ilmor
Engine Trophy	Mugen
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The 2014 FF1M Season was the 30th season of the FF1M series, and the third season since the series resumption following hiatus. The season was broadcast on YouTube in during 2020 and 2021.

Reigning Drivers Champion Kimi Raikkonen Returned to defend his crown but moved to Exolite. Constructors Champions Gojira also Returned with two new drivers including three time champion Lewis Hamilton. The Brit finished runner up behind the Shake 'n' Bake of Sebastian Vettel, the German's second world championship and his first since the 2007 season. The constructors championship was won by Willows Racing for the first time.

Rule Changes

Off Track

• The budget cap will be increased from 150 to 175.
• From the 2014 Season onwards Race Drivers will no longer earn Double Development Points.
• Car numbers are now driver specific

Driver Development

• Drivers will now continue to earn EXP even after winning a race
• Driver EXP limit has now been increased to 2000.
• Driver EXP over 1000 will be greatly reduced.
• Driver Range will now increase once a driver surpasses their potential

Engines

• New V8 engine formula and manufacturers.

Testing

• Aerodynamic testing was expanded and split into "Grip" and "Efficiency"
• "Set Up" testing area was buffed to 20% of Aerodynamic performance.
• Engine testing limited to manufacturer teams. Manufacturer teams will also have a separate pre-season test at Monza.
• Mid-season Engine testing banned.

Weekend Format

• Teams will be able to choose from three tyre compounds at each Grand Prix but will be limited to a maximum of 6 sets of "Soft" and "Medium" tyres per season
• Friday Practice will now be comprised of two 45 minute sessions, instead of one 90 minute session split into three parts.

Teams and Drivers

Entry List

Team	Title Sponsor	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	No.	Test Drivers
Exolite	Marlboro	Ilmor (C)		7	Kimi Räikkönen	91	Nelsinho Piquet
				11	Sergio Pérez	97	Alfonso Celis Jr
Gojira AutoSport	SEGA	Mugen (M)		44	Lewis Hamilton	89	Lucas Di Grassi
				10	Kamui Kobayashi	45	Roberto Merhi
Tornado Motorsport	Gauloises	Climax (M)		25	Jean-Éric Vergne	90	Bruno Senna
				15	Sébastien Buemi (1-9)	51	Tomas Gonzalez
				90	Bruno Senna (10-15)	42	Fabio Leimer
				51	Tomas Gonzalez (16-18)
Shake 'n' Bake Motorsport	Lovehoney	Megatron (M)		5	Sebastian Vettel	9	Marcus Ericsson
				3	Daniel Ricciardo	53	Itsuki Yoshida
Andrew Racing	Credit Suisse	Megatron (C)		88	Robert Kubica	94	Antonio Felix da Costa
				19	Felipe Massa	33	Max Verstappen
Mitchell	Lucky Strike	Mugen (C)		27	Nico Hülkenberg	60	Pierre Gasly
				12	Jaime Alguersuari (1-10)	52	Cooper Lee
				15	Sébastien Buemi (11-18)
Willows Racing	Coca Cola	Ilmor (M)		6	Nico Rosberg	2	Stoffel Vandoorne
				14	Fernando Alonso	31	Esteban Ocon
FJR	Telefonica	Judd (M)		22	Jenson Button	92	Sam Bird
				20	Kevin Magnussen	54	Benjamin Pryor
GR Motorsports	Panasonic	Mugen (C)		77	Valtteri Bottas	28	Will Stevens
				55	Carlos Sainz	34	Nicholas Latifi
Horizon	HP	Climax (C)		99	Adrian Sutil	95	Naoki Yamamoto
				40	Paul di Resta	50	Tse Genjo
Pedersen	Parmalat	Mugen (C)		8	Romain Grosjean	93	Karun Chandhok
				13	Pastor Maldonado (1-6)	36	Raffaele Marciello
				93	Karun Chandhok (7-18)	13	Pastor Maldonado

Engines: (M) = Manufacturer, (C) = Customer

Season Calendar

A draft 18 round calendar was announced at the 2013 German Grand Prix. The calendar was then confirmed, with some alterations, at a meeting of the AFIA council shortly before the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	16 March
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	30 March
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	13 April
4	European Grand Prix	Nurburgring, Nurburg	27 April
5	Portuguese Grand Prix	Circuito do Estoril, Estoril	11 May
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	25 May
7	Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City	8 June
8	United States Grand Prix	Road America, Elkhart Lake	15 June
9	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	22 June
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	6 July
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	20 July
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 August
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyorod	10 August
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	31 August
15	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	14 September
16	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	28 September
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	12 October
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Sao Paulo	2 November

• The original calendar tentatively had the United States Grand Prix being held in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas for the 26th of October before the race was confirmed at Road America for a June slot.

Testing Calendar

Test	Country	Circuit	Date	Fastest Driver	Team
Engine Manufacturer Test
1	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	14 February	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen
				Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen
Pre Season
1	Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	19 February	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Full Session
			20 February	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Full Session
			21 February	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Full Session
2	Spain	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	28 February	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Full Session
			1 March	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Full Session
			2 March	Fernando Alonso	Willows-Ilmor	Full Session
End of Season Young Driver Test
1	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	3 November (AM)	Vaino Kimminen	Tornado-Climax	Full Session
			3 November (PM)	Cristóbal Alvarez	GRM-Mugen	Full Session

Results and Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in race.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	12	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Race by Race

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Highlights
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Willows-Ilmor	Highlights
3	Chinese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Shake 'n' Bake-Megatron	Highlights
4	European Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Sebastian Vettel	Shake 'n' Bake-Megatron	Highlights
5	Portuguese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Shake 'n' Bake-Megatron	Highlights
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Willows-Ilmor	Highlights
7	Mexican Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Highlights
8	United States Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Willows-Ilmor	Highlights
9	Canadian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Valtteri Bottas	GRM-Mugen	Highlights
10	British Grand Prix	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Pedersen-Mugen	Highlights
11	German Grand Prix	Adrian Sutil	Jenson Button	Jenson Button	FJR-Judd	Highlights
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Romain Grosjean	Pedersen-Mugen	Highlights
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Romain Grosjean	Pedersen-Mugen	Highlights
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Adrian Sutil	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Hülkenberg	Mitchell-Mugen	Highlights
15	Italian Grand Prix	Romain Grosjean	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Highlights
16	Singapore Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Tomas Gonzalez	Fernando Alonso	Willows-Ilmor	Highlights
17	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Shake 'n' Bake-Megatron	Highlights
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Gojira-Mugen	Highlights

Drivers Championship

Pos.	Drivers	AUS	MYS	CHN	EUR	PRT	MCO	MEX	USA	CAN	GBR	DEU	AUT	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	BRA	PTS.
1	Sebastian Vettel	15	2	1	1	1	4	3	Ret	2	5	4	9	Ret	2	2	8	1	2	109
2	Lewis Hamilton	1	4	2	4	2	8	1	3	19	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	1	105
3	Romain Grosjean	5	9	4	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	1	1	Ret	4	Ret	3	5	74
4	Fernando Alonso	Ret	6	Ret	17	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	6	4	7	3	11	1	9	4	73
5	Nico Rosberg	2	1	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	18*	3	8	6	8	2	Ret	Ret	67
6	Valtteri Bottas	3	5	10	7	3	7	Ret	5	1	18*	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	6	8	52
7	Jenson Button	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	18*	Ret	1	10	4	7	9	7	4	7	41
8	Kevin Magnussen	6	17	Ret	16	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	10	16	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	27
9	Nico Hülkenberg	4	Ret	7	18	Ret	10	7	12	10	6	13	Ret	11	1	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	26
10	Jean-Eric Vergne	8	13	14	10	5	3	4	11	11	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	12*	Ret	8	Ret	26
11	Kamui Kobayashi	17	16	12	11	7	Ret	8	9	9	12	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	12	6	20
12	Daniel Ricciardo	11	7	8	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	14	15	17	14	Ret	Ret	5	3	5	Ret	20
13	Sergio Pérez	7	10	9	3	4	Ret	13	Ret	12	7	12	12	15	9	Ret	Ret	11	14*	15
14	Adrian Sutil	12	12	Ret	9	6	14	6	7	5	Ret	8	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	13
15	Bruno Senna										11	7	8	6	Ret	3				12
16	Paul di Resta	9	18	15	Ret	11	13	5	8	7	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10	13	Ret	12	11
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Ret	3	5	13	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
18	Karun Chandhok							10	15	17	9	10	7	Ret	8	Ret	4	7	Ret	10
19	Robert Kubica	Ret	8	6	8	Ret	Ret	9	10	15	14	11	15	13	Ret	14	5	14*	9	9
20	Sébastien Buemi	19	20	16	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	13		5	17	10	Ret	6	14*	13	Ret	7
21	Carlos Sainz	10	19	17	14	12	12	12	Ret	4	17	14	13	14	Ret	16	11	10	11	5
22	Felipe Massa	13	14	11	Ret	8	17	11	16	16	13	15	16	12	Ret	13	6	Ret	13	4
23	Jaime Alguersuari	18	15	Ret	12	10	16	Ret	14	8	8									2
24	Pastor Maldonado	16	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	15													0
25	Tomas Gonzalez																15*	Ret	Ret	0

*Retired from the race but classified as more than 90% race distance had been covered.

Teams Championship

Pos.	Teams	No.	AUS	MYS	CHN	EUR	PRT	MCO	MEX	USA	CAN	GBR	DEU	AUT	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	BRA	PTS.
1	Willows Ilmor-(M)	6	2	1	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	3	18*	3	8	6	8	2	Ret	Ret	140
		14	Ret	6	Ret	17	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	4	6	4	7	3	11	1	9	4
2	Shake 'n' Bake-Megatron (M)	5	15	2	1	1	1	4	3	Ret	2	5	4	9	Ret	2	2	8	1	2	129
		3	11	7	8	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	14	15	17	14	Ret	Ret	5	3	5	Ret
3	Gojira-Mugen (M)	44	1	4	2	4	2	8	1	3	19	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	2	1	125
		10	17	16	12	11	7	Ret	8	9	9	12	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10	12	6
4	Pedersen-Mugen	8	5	9	4	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	3	1	Ret	1	1	Ret	4	Ret	3	5	84
		13	16	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	15
		93							10	15	17	9	10	7	Ret	8	Ret	4	7	Ret
5	FJR-Judd (M)	22	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	18*	Ret	1	10	4	7	9	7	4	7	68
		20	6	17	Ret	16	Ret	6	Ret	6	6	10	16	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
6	GRM-Mugen	77	3	5	10	7	3	7	Ret	5	1	18*	2	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	6	8	57
		55	10	19	17	14	12	12	12	Ret	4	17	14	13	14	Ret	16	11	10	11
7	Tornado-Climax (M)	25	8	13	14	10	5	3	4	11	11	Ret	Ret	6	3	Ret	12*	Ret	8	Ret	38
		15	19	20	16	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	13
		92										11	7	8	6	Ret	3
		51																15*	Ret	Ret
8	Mitchell-Mugen	27	4	Ret	7	18	Ret	10	7	12	10	6	13	Ret	11	1	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	35
		12	18	15	Ret	12	10	16	Ret	14	8	8
		15											5	17	10	Ret	6	14*	13	Ret
9	Exolite-Ilmor	7	Ret	3	5	13	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	11	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
		11	7	10	9	3	4	Ret	13	Ret	12	7	12	12	15	9	Ret	Ret	11	14*
10	Horizon-Climax	99	12	12	Ret	9	6	14	6	7	5	Ret	8	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	24
		40	9	18	15	Ret	11	13	5	8	7	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	10	13	Ret	12
11	Andrew Racing-Megatron	88	Ret	8	6	8	Ret	Ret	9	10	15	14	11	15	13	Ret	14	5	14*	9	13
		19	13	14	11	Ret	8	17	11	16	16	13	15	16	12	Ret	13	6	Ret	13

Engine Trophy

Qualifying Results