The 2014 EuroV8 Series was the first and only season of the EuroV8 Series, a series formed using the machinery from the Superstars Series, which folded after the 2013 season. The series was re-branded by the FG Group and the Associazione Team Top Car (ATT) for the 2014 season.
Three drivers went into the final round at Hockenheim with a chance of winning the drivers' championship title. Audi Sport Italia/SMR driver Tomáš Kostka went into the event with a two-point championship lead over Nicola Baldan of the Roma Racing Team, while Solaris Motorsport's Francesco Sini was also in contention, thirteen points in arrears of Kostka's lead. Kostka extended his lead by adding the pole position point to his tally, but after an eventful race, it was Sini who prevailed. Sini won the race with an extra point for fastest lap, while Kostka finished down in fourth place after contact with Sini's team-mate Giovanni Berton and Diego Romanini – breaking a halfshaft and causing a puncture respectively – which gave Sini the title by one point. Baldan had already been eliminated from contention after being involved in a first lap incident with Team BMW Dinamic team-mates Max Mugelli and Niccolò Mercatali.
Sini and Kostka shared the most wins during the season with three each, while Baldan only won once, at Mugello. Mercatali also won at Mugello, with the only other driver to win a race during the season being Eddie Cheever III, who won both races at the season opening round at Monza. Despite only competing at that event, Cheever was the winner of the Under-25 trophy by a single point from Jonathan Giacon. The teams' championship went to Audi Sport Italia/SMR, as Kostka was supported by four podium finishes for team-mates Davide Stancheris, Ermanno Dionisio and Emanuele Zonzini; they won the title by ten points ahead of Solaris Motorsport. Dionisio accrued the most points in the trophy for gentleman drivers, finishing 11 points clear of Leonardo Baccarelli, while the Speedy Trophy for most fastest laps went to Kostka, with 4.
Teams and drivers
Team Car Drivers Rounds Audi Sport Italia Audi RS5 01 Tomáš Kostka All 02 Davide Stancheris 1–3 Emanuele Zonzini 4–6 03 Ermanno Dionisio 2–6 Team BMW Dinamic BMW M3 (E92) 04 Niccolò Mercatali 1–4 05 Max Mugelli All 19 Maurizio Copetti 1–4 Francesca Linossi 5 Niccolò Mercatali 6 47 Gianpiero Pindari 6 Scuderia Giudici BMW M3 (E92) 06 Jonathan Giacon 1, 3 09 Gianni Giudici 1, 3 47 Domiziano Giacon 2–3 BMW 550i (E60) 64 Gabriele Volpato 1 Tecnodom BMW M3 (E92) 06 Jonathan Giacon 5 47 Domiziano Giacon 5 Audi RS4 48 Kevin Giacon 5 49 Silvano Bolzoni 5 Team MRT Chrysler 300C SRT-8 07 Alessandro Battaglin 1 Kevin Giacon 3 Lexus IS-F 500 46 Giovanni Lavaggi 1–2, 4 Todi Corse BMW M3 (E90) 08 Francesco Ascani 2 Solaris Motorsport Chevrolet Lumina CR8 11 Domenico Schiattarella 1, 3 Giovanni Berton 5–6 Chevrolet Camaro SS 12 Francesco Sini All Hartmann Racing Mercedes C63 AMG 14 Giuseppe Cipriani 1 15 Hans Hartmann 1 Roma Racing Team Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé 27 Eddie Cheever III 1 Nicola Baldan 2–6 Mercedes C63 AMG 28 1 Nico Caldarola 3–6 CAAL Racing Mercedes C63 AMG 54 Diego Romanini 1–4, 6 58 Leonardo Baccarelli 1–3, 6 Gianpiero Pindari 4
Race calendar and results The championship will be contested over ten races to be held at six circuits in Italy, the Czech Republic and Germany.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 6 April Eddie Cheever III Eddie Cheever III Eddie Cheever III Roma Racing Team R2 Eddie Cheever III Eddie Cheever III Roma Racing Team 2 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 4 May Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka Francesco Sini Solaris Motorsport R2 Davide Stancheris Tomáš Kostka Audi Sport Italia 3 R1 Mugello Circuit 18 May Max Mugelli Davide Stancheris Nicola Baldan Roma Racing Team R2 Nicola Baldan Niccolò Mercatali Team BMW Dinamic 4 R1 Brno Circuit 22 June Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka Audi Sport Italia R2 Tomáš Kostka Francesco Sini Solaris Motorsport 5 Sachsenring 21 September Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka Tomáš Kostka Audi Sport Italia 6 Hockenheimring 5 October Tomáš Kostka Francesco Sini Francesco Sini Solaris Motorsport
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
Scoring system Eventformat Position, points per race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Single-race 32 25 21 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Two-race 24 19 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1
Pos Driver MNZ VAL MUG BRN SAC HOC Pts 1 Francesco Sini 5 2 1 6 Ret Ret 2 1 4 1 169 2 Tomáš Kostka 4 4 10 1 6 8 1 Ret 1 4 168 3 Nicola Baldan 2 16† 2 8† 1 2 3 2 7 Ret 147 4 Niccolò Mercatali 9 10 3 4 7 1 6 4 Ret 109 5 Max Mugelli 6 5 Ret DNS 2 4 5 3 6 Ret 107 6 Maurizio Copetti 8 8 4 9 5 7 4 5 92 7 Ermanno Dionisio 7 3 11 5 7 8 3 Ret 88 8 Diego Romanini 13† 9 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 6 3 82 9 Davide Stancheris 7 7 5 2 12† 6 71 10 Domenico Schiattarella 3 3 3 3 68 11 Eddie Cheever III 1 1 53 12 Leonardo Baccarelli 10 12 8 Ret 8 Ret 5 49 13 Giovanni Berton 5 2 43 14 Domiziano Giacon 11 7 10 9 12 37 15 Emanuele Zonzini Ret DNS 2 Ret 28 16 Francesco Ascani 9 5 21 17 Giovanni Lavaggi Ret 15† DNS DNS 9 7 21 18 Jonathan Giacon Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 20 19 Giampiero Pindari Ret Ret 6† 17 20 Giuseppe Cipriani Ret 6 12 21 Alessandro Battaglin 11 14 9 22 Hans Hartmann 12 13 9 23 Gianni Giudici Ret DNS 9 DNS 9 24 Silvano Bolzoni 9 9 25 Francesca Linossi 10 8 26 Kevin Giacon Ret DNS 11 8 27 Nico Caldarola Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 28 Gabriele Volpato Ret 17† 2 Pos Driver MNZ VAL MUG BRN SAC HOC Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
Pos Team Manufacturer Points 1 Audi Sport Italia Audi 290 2 Solaris Motorsport Chevrolet 280 3 Team BMW Dinamic BMW 270 4 Roma Racing Team Mercedes-Benz 207 5 CAAL Racing Mercedes-Benz 133 6 Scuderia Giudici BMW 49 7 Team MRT Chevrolet / Lexus 31 8 Hartmann Racing Mercedes-Benz 21 9 Todi Corse BMW 21 10 Tecnodom BMW / Audi 20
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