The 2014 GP3 Series was the fifth season of the third-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the moniker of

GP3 Series The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and th ...

, a

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feeder series for

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and sister series GP2. The series continued to use Pirelli tyres. The title was claimed by Red Bull Junior driver

Alex Lynn Alexander George Lynn (born 17 September 1993) is a British racing driver. He most recently competed in Formula E, driving for Mahindra Racing in the 2021 season, winning the second race of his home ePrix in London. Lynn has also competed full- ...

, despite the fact he had fewer wins than

Dean Stoneman Dean Colin Stoneman (born July 24, 1990) is a British racing driver. Stoneman was the 2010 Formula Two champion. Career Like many drivers, Stoneman began his career in karting. He made his first steps in single-seaters in 2006 when he compete ...

; Lynn surpassed him by 44 points. This was also the only season in the GP3 Series in which a team other than

ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe. In 2012, it competed in the GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus. The ...

secured the constructors' title, with Carlin winning the constructors' championship by 17 points over ART.

Teams and drivers

The following teams competed in the 2014 season:

Driver changes

Entering/Re-entering GP3

* German Formula Three driver Emil Bernstorff made his debut in the series, driving for Carlin. * Former

Indy Lights Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a progra ...

driver Victor Carbone moved to the series with

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. *

Alfonso Celis Jr. Alfonso Celis Enecoiz, known as Alfonso Celis Jr., (born 18 September 1996) is a Mexican former racing driver. Career Karting Born in Mexico City, Celis entered karting in 2009 and raced until 2012 in the local Mexican karting championships. E ...

joined the series with Status Grand Prix. * Having been without a drive for 2013, Roman de Beer joined the series for 2014, racing with Trident. * German Formula Three champion

Marvin Kirchhöfer Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver. Career Karting Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and mainly raced in Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to the KF2 category ...

competes for

in his first year in the series. *

, who finished third in the

2013 European Formula 3 Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Three Dallara single seat race cars tha ...

, moved into the series – as a

Red Bull Junior Team The Red Bull Junior Team is a driver development program run by the energy drink company Red Bull GmbH in an attempt to identify potential future racing stars in open wheel racing. The similar Red Bull Driver Search, now ended, was an American ...

member – with Carlin. *

Jann Mardenborough Jann Mardenborough (born 9 September 1991) is a British professional racing driver competing in the Japanese Super GT series. In 2011 he became the third (and youngest) winner of the GT Academy competition, beating 90,000 entrants. He was rewar ...

moved from the

FIA European Formula Three Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

to the GP3 Series, racing for

Arden International Arden International is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently runs teams in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and F4 British Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...

. *

Nelson Mason Nelson Mason (born 13 October 1987) is a Canadian racing driver currently racing in the World Series Formula V8 3.5 for Teo Martín Motorsport. He is one of only a handful of Canadian racing drivers who made the step into the European motorspor ...

joined the series with Hilmer Motorsport, after competing in the European F3 Open Championship. * Denis Nagulin enters the series with

, having finished 19th in the 2013 European F3 Open season. * After competing in the last round of the 2013 GP3 Series season with

Koiranen GP Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Lahti, Finland. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of Asian Le Mans Series and Prototype ...

move into the series full-time with

Marussia Manor Racing Manor Motorsport Ltd, currently trading as Manor Endurance Racing Ltd is a British motor racing company that was formed in 1990 by former single-seater champion John Booth. Manor has participated as a team in many motorsport disciplines since ...

. *

Porsche Supercup The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007) is an international one-make sports car racing series supporting the FIA Formula One World Championship organized by Porsche ...

driver

Richie Stanaway Richie Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. Career New Zealand Born in Tauranga, Stanaway was originally from a motocross background, before making the switch to speedway at the age of twelve. Following tha ...

returned to the series with Status Grand Prix. Stanaway had a win at Spa with ART in 2011. * Ivan Taranov graduated from the Protyre Formula Renault Championship to GP3 with Hilmer Motorsport. *

Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher (born 12 December 1996 in Noville) is a Swiss-French former professional racing driver. Career Karting Tuscher began karting in 2004 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, winning Swiss KF ...

, who contested a single round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2013, made his series début with

Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...

. *

Santiago Urrutia Santiago Urrutia Lausarot (born 30 August 1996) is an Uruguayan racing driver. He currently competes in the World Touring Car Cup, driving for Cyan Performance Lynk & Co. He formerly competed in Indy Lights, and was the 2015 Pro Mazda series c ...

, who placed fourth in European F3 Open, joined the series with

. * Pål Varhaug, who won the inaugural GP3 race in 2010, returned to the series with Jenzer Motorsport, the team he competed with in 2010. *

Beitske Visser Beitske Visser (born 10 March 1995) is a Dutch racing driver. She has raced in kart, single-seater, GT and prototype series. Career Karting Born in Dronten, Visser began karting in 2007 and raced in various European and International cham ...

graduated from the

ADAC Formel Masters ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS ...

to the GP3 Series, racing with Hilmer Motorsport.

Changing teams

* After completing the 2013 season with Status Grand Prix,

Jimmy Eriksson Jimmy Eriksson (born 14 March 1991 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish race car driver who drove in the GP2 Series for Arden International in the 2016 GP2 Series Career Karting Eriksson made his karting debut in 2005, at the age of fourteen. In 2008 he ...

switched to

. *

Adderly Fong Adderly Fong Cheun-yue (Traditional Chinese: 方駿宇; Pinyin: ''Fāng Jùnyǔ''; born March 2, 1990) is a Canadian-Hong Kong racing driver. His career started in 2004. He is currently competing in the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia racing se ...

moved from Status Grand Prix to Jenzer Motorsport. * Carmen Jordá switched from Bamboo Engineering to Koiranen GP. *

Patrick Kujala Patrick Kujala (born 15 May 1996 Marbella, Spanish) is a Spanish-born Finnish professional racing driver, who lives in city of Mäntsälä, Finland and races under a Finnish racing licence. His favorite circuit is Belgium SPA-Francorchamps. Pat ...

moved to

after competing his debut season with Koiranen GP. *

Patric Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser (born 8 October 1991 in Münsingen) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland and a current Audi Factory Driver. He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series. Career Karting Niederhauser began karting in ...

joined Arden International after two seasons with

. *

's Alex Fontana and

Dino Zamparelli Dino Zamparelli (born 5 October 1992) is a British racing driver, born to English parents and with Italian ancestry. His father Mike was a F1 Powerboat World Championship racer. Career Early career Zamparelli began karting at the age of seven, ...

moved to ART Grand Prix. *

Nick Yelloly Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990 in Stafford, England) is a British professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin F1 team. Early career Karting Yel ...

, who competed for Carlin switched to Status Grand Prix.

Leaving GP3

* Robert Cregan,

Samin Gómez Samin Gómez Briceno (born February 4, 1992 in Maracay) is a racing driver from Venezuela. She has raced in karting and several formulae. Career Karting Samin Gómez started racing at the age of seven, racing in the Panamerican Championship, ...

, Eric Lichtenstein,

Melville McKee Melville McKee (born 19 August 1994) is a British racing driver. He currently drives for Bamboo Engineering in the GP3 Series. His grandfather Mike was a Formula Two and 24 Hours of Le Mans racing driver. Career Karting McKee began karting at ...

Aaro Vainio Aaro Vainio (born 2 October 1993 in Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, ...

and

Lewis Williamson Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver. Career Karting Born in Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Ki ...

left the series after failing to secure seats in 2014. * Both

Conor Daly Conor J. Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professional racing driver who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Ca ...

and

Tio Ellinas Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas (born 27 January 1992 in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a Cypriot race car driver. Ellinas began racing go-karts at the age of seven, and from 2003 - 2009 won 10 kart racing championships in Cyprus, in 2005 winning the ROK Cup Intern ...

graduated to the

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. *

David Fumanelli David Cleto Fumanelli (21 April 1992, Milan) is an Italian racing driver and racing coach. Single Seater Career Formula Renault 2.0 Fumanelli, after just two years of national karting races, made his single-seater debut in 2008 in his native It ...

moved to the

Blancpain Sprint Series The GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, officially known as Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS for sponsorship reasons, formerly the FIA GT Series, is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) ...

. * Jack Harvey left the championship to contest

. *

Kevin Korjus Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian racing driver. Career Karting Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro ...

left the GP3 Series and instead moved to the

European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...

. * 2013 GP3 champion, MW Arden driver Daniil Kvyat stepped up to

, racing with

Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso (; literal translation of "Red Bull Racing Team"), commonly known as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, was an Italian Formula One racing team. It was one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Re ...

. *

Facu Regalia Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence. Career Karting Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in S ...

left the GP3 Series and move to parent series GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport. * Carlos Sainz Jr. moved into the

Formula Renault 3.5 Series The World Series Formula V8 3.5, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, the Formula Renault 3.5 Series from 2005 to 2015 and the Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 and 2017, was a motor racing series promoted by RPM Racing (1998–2004) and R ...

full-time for 2014. * Alexander Sims switched to the

British GT Championship The British GT Championship is a sports car racing series based predominantly in the United Kingdom. The series was originally created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and, for its first two seasons, was known as the National Sports GT ...

. *

Giovanni Venturini Giovanni Venturini (born 9 November 1991 in Vicenza) is a professional racing driver from Italy. Career Formula 2000 Light Venturini began his Formula racing career in November 2008, racing in the Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy, where h ...

switched to

sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing is ...

to compete for Eurotech Engineering in

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. *

Josh Webster Josh Webster (born 6 February 1994 in Chelmsford) is a British auto racing driver. Career 2013 saw Josh drive in the GP3 Series where he finished the season in 28th place scoring no points, with his best finish a pair of 16th places at his h ...

, who drove for Status Grand Prix in 2013, left the series and switched to

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is a multi-event one-make motor racing series that takes place in the United Kingdom for the Porsche 911 GT3. Being the fastest and most successful single marque GT championship in the UK, the Carrera Cup ...

. *

Emanuele Zonzini Emanuele Zonzini (born 17 February 1994) is a racing driver from San Marino, currently competing in the GP3 Series with Trident Racing Trident Racing is a motor racing team that competes in single-seater formula racing. It was founded in 2006 i ...

moved to the

Italian GT Championship The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...

Mid-season changes

* Russian driver Nikolay Martsenko replaced his compatriot Ivan Taranov at Hilmer Motorsport for the round at the Red Bull Ring, after hitting funding problems which curtailed his campaign in the

Riccardo Agostini Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in Padua) is an Italian racing driver. Career Karting Agostini began karting in 2000 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior rank ...

also joined Hilmer at the Red Bull Ring, as he replaced

. * German driver Sebastian Balthasar replaced Nikolay Martsenko at Hilmer Motorsport for the round at Silverstone, while Australian Mitchell Gilbert replaced Russian Denis Nagulin at

at the same round. * Austrian driver Christopher Höher replaced Hong Kong-based

for the round at the

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, as Fong had a race in the Audi R8 LMS Cup that weekend.

Kevin Ceccon Kevin Ceccon (born 24 September 1993 in Clusone) is a professional racing driver from Italy. Career Karting Prior to his single–seater career, Ceccon enjoyed a long and successful spell in the junior karting ranks. In 2005 he achieved a fif ...

replaced Höher for the next round at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. *

replaced their whole line-up for the round at Spa-Francorchamps. Instead of Victor Carbone, Roman de Beer and Mitchell Gilbert, the team fielded

Konstantin Tereshchenko Konstantin Alekseyevich Tereschenko ( rus, Константи́н Алексе́евич Тере́щенко, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪˈrʲeɕːɪnkə; born 17 June 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who ...

John Bryant-Meisner John Bryant-Meisner (born 21 September 1994) is a Swedish racing driver. He currently resides in Solna. Career Karting Born in Stockholm, he began his karting career at age nine. He competed in karting competitions between 2004–2009. Formul ...

and

Luca Ghiotto Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS. Career Karting Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of ...

. *

pulled out of the Sochi round due to financial troubles. Marussia drivers

and

signed with Trident and

respectively, while

Ryan Cullen Ryan Cullen (born 26 March 1991) is an Irish racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Vector Sport. Career Cullen first drove in the British Formula Ford in 2012 as a novice driver which means a driver has ...

did the same move as Kujala in Abu Dhabi. *

Kang Ling Kang Ling (凌康 born 14 March 1997) is a Chinese racing driver. Career Karting Ling began karting in 2010 and raced in Asia for the majority of his career, winning 2012 Asian Karting Championship x30 Senior class. Other highlights in his kart ...

made his

début at Abu Dhabi with Trident.

Team changes

* Bamboo Engineering left series after the last race of the 2013 season. Their place was due to be taken by

champions Russian Time, but after Motopark Academy parted ways with the team after the death of team founder Igor Mazepa, their place was taken by GP2 Series team Hilmer Motorsport. * MW Arden changed its name to

and was re-registered as a British, rather than an Australian team. The changes coincided with Mark Webber's retirement from

and subsequent move to the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Calendar

After the final race of the 2013 GP3 season, series organisers announced that the 2014 championship would include an event in Russia, supporting the 2014 Russian Grand Prix. On 6 December 2013, the full 2014 calendar was revealed with nine events, including races in Austria for the first time.

Calendar changes

* The stand-alone round at the

Circuit Ricardo Tormo Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' and officially named ''Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'', is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999. The track is n ...

, introduced in

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, was discontinued for 2014. * The GP3 Series visited two circuits — the Red Bull Ring in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and the

Sochi Autodrom The Sochi Autodrom (russian: Сочи Автодром, Sochi Avtodrom), previously known as the Sochi International Street Circuit and the Sochi Olympic Park Circuit, is a permanent race track in the settlement of Sirius next to the Black Sea r ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

— for the first time in 2014.

Results

Championship standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race 1, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the race 2. The pole-sitter in the race 1 also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the race 1 and race 2. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the race 2. ;Race 1 points ;Race 2 points Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

Notes: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Notes: *† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Footnotes

References

External links

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