The 2014 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the second season of the World Rally Championship-2, an

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championship recognized by the

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, running in support of the

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. It was created when the

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class of rally car was introduced in

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.The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, Super 2000 and

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regulations. The Championship is composed by thirteen Rallies, and Drivers and Teams must nominate a maximum of seven event. The best six results were counted towards the championship. Former

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driver

Robert Kubica Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing and rally driver. He was the first and, , the only Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test d ...

did not return to defend his 2013 title as he joined the sport's premier category. The Title went to

Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He wa ...

finishing six the last event, winning the championship by three points over

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(who won the event).

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finished the championship in third position.

Calendar

Teams and drivers

Driver changes

* Reigning

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champion

Sébastien Chardonnet Sébastien Chardonnet (born 17 October 1988) is a French Rallying, rally driver. He made his World Rally Championship, WRC debut in 2012 Monte Carlo Rally in Renault Clio, Renault Clio R3 with his co-driver Thibault de la Haye. Chardonnet scored ...

moved up to the WRC-2. *

took part in his first full season of competition, having made regular guest appearances in a variety of WRC championships for the past decade. * Kristian Sohlberg returned to the World Rally Championship after a six-year absence. Sohlberg drove a

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prepared by

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and run by Autotek Motorsport. He last competed at World level in the now-defunct

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in 2007. * After losing his seat with the M-Sport World Rally Team in 2013,

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alternated between contesting the WRC-2 season and competing in the WRC at rallies which are not nominated for points.

Regulation changes

* All competitors registered in the Championships–WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 and the Junior WRC—were obliged to use a colour-coded windscreen sticker to distinguish its category. * Drivers were no longer assigned permanent numbers, except upon request.

Rally summaries

Notes: * – The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened when a competitor stopped on Stage 14, blocking traffic and forcing organisers to abandon the stage.

Championship standings

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Production Car Drivers

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Production Car Co-Drivers

References

External links

Official website of the World Rally ChampionshipOfficial website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
{{World Rally Championship results World Rally Championship 2