Acceleration in Monza was the fourth weekend of
Acceleration 2014
Acceleration 2014 was a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, and was held si ...
, a multi-day festival combining top class
car
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded as ...
and
bike
A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bic ...
racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival was organised by the
International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the
Netherlands, to be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in
Portimao,
Portugal and ending 17–19 October in
Assen,
Netherlands. The various racing competitions were
Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1), the
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. MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of fe ...
, the
Legend SuperCup
The 2014 Legend SuperCup season was a legends car racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands. Legend SuperCup (LSC) was a part of Acceleration 2014, ...
(LSC), the
European Stock 1000 Series (ACC 1000)
and the
European Stock 600 Series
The European Stock 600 Series was a junior motorcycle racing series held across several European countries over the course of a season that runs from mid-Spring to mid-Autumn. The series runs under technical regulations very similar to the Europ ...
(ACC 600).
Every driver entering Acceleration 2014 was eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment,
David Hasselhoff was the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring
2 Unlimited
2 Unlimited are a Belgian/Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the a ...
,
Haddaway, and others. Saturday evenings were filled with performances of international
DJs.
FA1 results
Driver changes
Marco Barba
Marco Antonio Barba López (born 10 November 1985 in Seville) is a Spanish racing driver and brother to Álvaro Barba.
Career
Formula Junior 1600
Barba began his racing career in 2003 in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, taking a single ...
replaced Oliver Campos-Hull at
Acceleration Team Spain.
Felix Rosenqvist came back to
the Swedish team, taking over from
Jimmy Eriksson.
Steijn Schothorst made his debut in the series, in a car run by the Venezuelan
Team Lazarus
Team Lazarus is an Italian auto racing team, based in Padova, which is currently competing in the International GT Open and Blancpain GT Endurance Series formerly starting in GP2 Series and Auto GP.
Background
Team Lazarus were founded in 20 ...
, which also employed
Dennis Lind
Dennis Lind (born 3 February 1993 in Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city ...
. With
Armando Parente missing in Monza, Schothorst raced for
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
Free practices
Qualifying sessions
Qualifying 1:
* #4 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled
* #17 – lap time in which yellow flags were disrespected was cancelled
Race 1
Race 2
* #39 – 25 second
drive-through penalty for unsafe release during
pit stop
Drivers' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races
Teams' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races
MW-V6 results
Free practices
Qualifying sessions
Race 1
Race 2
* #44 – 25 second
drive-through penalty
Race 3
Drivers' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races
Nations' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races
Legend SuperCup results
Free practices
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Drivers' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races
Nations' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races
References
Main source
Raceresults.nu
Other references
{{Reflist
Monza
Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
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