Acceleration in Assen is the sixth and last weekend of

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, a multi-day festival combining top class

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and

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racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival is organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the

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, and will be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in Portimao,

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and ending 17–19 October in

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. The various racing competitions are

Formula Acceleration 1 Formula Acceleration 1 (FA1) was a One-make racing, single make, Open-wheel car, open wheel auto racing series. It was unusual in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format i ...

(FA1), the MW-V6 Pickup Series, the Legend SuperCup (LSC), the European Stock 1000 Series (ACC 1000) and the European Stock 600 Series (ACC 600). However, for this round the ACC 600 and 1000 classes were replaced by th
OW Cup
whose drivers were not eligible to score points for the Acceleration championship. As for the other classes, every driver entering Acceleration 2014 is eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment,

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is the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring

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, and others. Saturday evenings are filled with performances of international DJs.

FA1 Results

Driver Changes

Nathanaël Berthon Nathanaël Berthon (born 1 July 1989 in Romagnat) is a professional racing driver from France. Career Karting Berthon began his international karting career in 2006, with the highlights being a third-place finish in the Copa Campeones Trophy I ...

drove for

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entered two cars, for Gian Maria Gabbiani and Sergio Campana, who was replaced by Dutchman Jeroen Mul at Team Portugal. The Swede

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took over from

Picho Toledano Alfonso ("Picho") Toledano Jr. (Mexico City, 18 Aug 1989) is a Mexican racing driver. He is the son of Alfonso Toledano, former Formula 3 driver. Career Toledano started his racing career in karting. In 2003, he was second in the 100cc class, beat ...

and

Craig Dolby Craig Dolby (born 31 March 1988 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England) is a British racing driver. He has raced in Formula Renault series around the world for most of his career, winning the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium championship in 200 ...

drove for

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instead of

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also entered a second car, for

Bas Schouten Bas Schouten (born 19 October 1994 in Hoorn) is a Dutch auto racing driver. Schouten has raced in various international racing series such as the TCR International Series and Acceleration 2014. Career After a career in karting in his home coun ...

, who previously entered MW-V6. Finally,

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entered this race with

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at the wheel.

Free Practice

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1: * #4 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled * #11, #19, #21, #38, #42, #69 – fastest lap time cancelled for disrespecting a yellow flag Qualifying 2: * #22 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled

Race 1

Race 2

* Race was started behind safety car because of rain

Drivers' Championship Standings after 10 out of 10 Races

Teams' Championship Standings after 10 out of 10 Races

MW-V6 Results

Free Practices

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1: * #12 – fastest lap time cancelled for repeatedly disrespecting track limits * #19 – laptime in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled Qualifying 2: * #12 – fastest lap time cancelled for disrespecting a yellow flag

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Drivers' Championship Standings after 18 out of 18 Races

Nations' Championship Standings after 18 out of 18 races

Legend SuperCup Results

Free Practices

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Drivers' Championship Standings after 24 out of 24 Races

Nations' Championship Standings after 24 out of 24 Races

References

Main source

Raceresults.nu

Other sources

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