2014 GP3 Series

The 2014 GP3 Series was the fifth season of GP3 Series, a third-tier motor racing feeder series for Formula One and sister series GP2. The series continued to use the Dallara GP3/13 car, AER V6 engines and Pirelli tyres.^[1]

2014 GP3 Series

Drivers' Champion: Alex Lynn
Teams' Champion: Carlin

Previous

2013

Next

2015

Parent series:
GP2 Series

2014 GP3 champion, Alex Lynn

The title was claimed by Red Bull Junior driver Alex Lynn; despite having fewer wins than Dean Stoneman, Lynn showed consistency to surpass him by 44 points.^[2]

This was the only season in the GP3 Series in which a team other than ART Grand Prix secured the constructors' title, with Carlin winning the teams' championship by 17 points over ART.^[3]

Teams and drivers

The following teams competed in the 2014 season:^[4]

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
ART Grand Prix[4]	1	Alex Fontana[5]	All
	2	Marvin Kirchhöfer[6]	All
	3	Dino Zamparelli[7]	All
Arden International[4][8]	4	Robert Vișoiu[9]	All
	5	Patric Niederhauser[10]	All
	6	Jann Mardenborough[11]	All
Koiranen GP[4]	7	Carmen Jordá[12]	1–7
		Dean Stoneman[13][14]	8–9
	8	Jimmy Eriksson[15]	All
	9	Santiago Urrutia[16]	All
Carlin[4]	10	Alex Lynn[17]	All
	11	Emil Bernstorff[18]	All
	12	Luís Sá Silva[19][a]	All
Marussia Manor Racing[4]	14	Patrick Kujala[20]	1–7
	15	Ryan Cullen[20][b]	1–7
	16	Dean Stoneman[20]	1–7
Hilmer Motorsport[21]	17	Ivan Taranov[22][23]	1
		Nikolay Martsenko[24]	2, 8
		Sebastian Balthasar[25]	3–7
	18	Nelson Mason[26]	All
	19	Beitske Visser[26]	1
		Riccardo Agostini[27]	2–9
Jenzer Motorsport[4]	20	Pål Varhaug[28]	All
	21	Mathéo Tuscher[28]	All
	22	Adderly Fong[28]	1–4
		Christopher Höher[29]	5
		Kevin Ceccon[30]	6–9
Trident[4]	23	Victor Carbone[31]	1–4
		Konstantin Tereshchenko[32]	6
		Luca Ghiotto[32]	7
		Kang Ling[33]	9
	24	Roman de Beer[34]	1–5
		John Bryant-Meisner[32]	6–7
		Patrick Kujala[13][35]	8
		Ryan Cullen[33][b]	9
	25	Denis Nagulin[36]	1
		Mitchell Gilbert[25]	3–5, 7–8
		Luca Ghiotto[32]	6
		Patrick Kujala[13][35]	9
Status Grand Prix[4]	26	Nick Yelloly[37]	All
	27	Richie Stanaway[38]	All
	28	Alfonso Celis Jr.[39]	All

Team changes

Bamboo Engineering left series after the last race of the 2013 season. Their place was due to be taken by GP2 Series champions Russian Time,^[40] but after Motopark Academy parted ways with the team following the death of team founder Igor Mazepa,^[41] their place was taken by GP2 Series team Hilmer Motorsport.^[21]

MW Arden changed its name to Arden International and was re-registered as a British, rather than an Australian team.^[8] The changes coincided with Mark Webber's retirement from Formula One and subsequent move to the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Driver changes

ART Grand Prix saw all three of their 2013 drivers leave the series; Conor Daly and Facu Regalia graduated to GP2, and Jack Harvey moved to Indy Lights.^[42][43][44] The team signed two returning drivers, Alex Fontana and Dino Zamparelli, who had previously driven for Jenzer and Marussia respectively, as well as German Formula Three driver Marvin Kirchhöfer.^[5][7][6]

Arden International signed two new drivers, as reigning champion Daniil Kvyat stepped up to Formula One, racing with Scuderia Toro Rosso, and Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to Formula Renault 3.5 Series.^[45][46] They were replaced by returning driver Patric Niederhauser, who previously raced for Jenzer, and Nissan GT Academy driver Jann Mardenborough.^[10][11]

Koiranen GP completely changed its lineup for 2014. Patrick Kujala and Dean Stoneman moved to Marussia, while Kevin Korjus moved to the European Le Mans Series.^[20][47][48] They were replaced by two returning drivers, Carmen Jordá and Jimmy Eriksson who previous drove for Bamboo and Status respectively, and rookie Santiago Urrutia.^{[12][15] [16]}

Carlin also made two changes to their lineup. Nick Yelloly moved to Status, and Alexander Sims switched to the British GT Championship.^[37][49] They were replaced by two rookies, Red Bull Junior Team member Alex Lynn and Emil Bernstorff.^[17][18]

Marussia Manor Racing saw one of their 2013 drivers leave the series — Tio Ellinas graduated to the GP2 Series — whilst Dino Zamparelli moved to ART.^[50][7] They were replaced by Patrick Kujala and Dean Stoneman, who had both previously driven for Koiranen.^[20]

Newcomers Hilmer Motorsport brought three rookies to the series: Ivan Taranov, Nelson Mason and Beitske Visser.^[22][26]

Jenzer Motorsport brought a brand new lineup. Two of their 2013 drivers moved to other teams — Alex Fontana to ART and Patric Niederhauser to Arden — and Samin Gómez left the sport.^[5][10] Adderly Fong moved to the team from Status and was joined by rookie Mathéo Tuscher, and Pål Varhaug, who last competed in GP3 in 2010.^[28]

Trident also brought a new lineup for 2014. Robert Cregan left the sport, David Fumanelli moved to the Blancpain Sprint Series and Emanuele Zonzini moved to the Italian GT Championship.^[51][52] They were replaced by three rookies; Victor Carbone, Roman de Beer and Denis Nagulin.^[31][34][36]

Status Grand Prix saw two of their 2013 drivers move to different teams — Jimmy Eriksson to Koiranen and Adderly Fong to Jenzer — whilst Josh Webster switched to Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.^[15][28][53] Nick Yelloly moved to the team from Carlin, and was joined by a rookie, Alfonso Celis Jr., and Richie Stanaway, who had last driven in GP3 in 2011.^[37][39][38]

Mid-season changes

Hilmer Motorsport made two changes to their lineup before the second round at the Red Bull Ring. Riccardo Agostini replaced Beitske Visser, whilst Nikolay Martsenko replaced his compatriot Ivan Taranov^[24][27] Martsenko was then replaced by Sebastian Balthasar in Silverstone.^[25] Martsenko returned for his home race in Sochi, but did not compete in Yas Marina.

Denis Nagulin was not present for the second round at the Red Bull Ring. He was replaced at Trident by Mitchell Gilbert in Silverstone.^[25]

Christopher Höher replaced Adderly Fong at Jenzer Motorsport for the round at the Hungaroring, as Fong had a race in the Audi R8 LMS Cup that weekend.^[29] Kevin Ceccon replaced Höher from the next round at the Spa.^[30]

Trident 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, John Bryant-Meisner and Luca Ghiotto.^[32] They altered the lineup further in Monza; Ghiotto replaced Tereshchenko in the #23 car, while Gilbert returned to his seat in the #25.

Marussia Manor Racing pulled out of the Sochi round due to financial troubles.^[54] Patrick Kujala signed with Trident, replacing Bryant-Meisner, for Sochi; in Yas Marina he instead replaced Gilbert, while fellow Marussia driver Ryan Cullen took his place in the #24 car.^[13][33] Dean Stoneman signed with Koiranen GP, replacing Carmen Jordá.^[13]

Kang Ling made his GP3 Series début at Abu Dhabi with Trident, replacing Ghiotto.^[33]

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.^[55]

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona	Spain	10 May	Spanish Grand Prix
	R2			11 May
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	21 June	Austrian Grand Prix
	R2			22 June
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	5 July	British Grand Prix
	R2			6 July
4	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	19 July	German Grand Prix
	R2			20 July
5	R1	Hungaroring, Budapest	Hungary	26 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
	R2			27 July
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps	Belgium	23 August	Belgian Grand Prix
	R2			24 August
7	R1	Monza Circuit, Monza	Italy	6 September	Italian Grand Prix
	R2			7 September
8	R1	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi[56]	Russia	11 October	Russian Grand Prix
	R2			12 October
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	22 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
	R2			23 November
Sources:[57][58]

Calendar changes

• The stand-alone round at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, introduced in 2013, was discontinued for 2014.
• The GP3 Series visited two circuits — the Red Bull Ring in Austria and the Sochi Autodrom in Russia — for the first time in 2014.^[55]

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap[59]	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Carlin	Report
	R2			Patric Niederhauser	Dean Stoneman	Marussia Manor Racing
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Alex Lynn	Carlin	Report
	R2			Emil Bernstorff	Emil Bernstorff	Carlin
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	Jimmy Eriksson	Alex Lynn	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	Report
	R2			Roman de Beer[c]	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix
4	R1	Hockenheimring	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	ART Grand Prix	Report
	R2			Jann Mardenborough	Jann Mardenborough	Arden International
5	R1	Hungaroring	Richie Stanaway	Jann Mardenborough	Richie Stanaway	Status Grand Prix	Report
	R2			Mitchell Gilbert[d]	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Luca Ghiotto	Mathéo Tuscher[e]	Dean Stoneman	Marussia Manor Racing	Report
	R2			Alex Fontana	Alex Lynn	Carlin
7	R1	Monza Circuit	Jimmy Eriksson	Dino Zamparelli	Jimmy Eriksson	Koiranen GP	Report
	R2			Marvin Kirchhöfer	Dean Stoneman	Marussia Manor Racing
8	R1	Sochi Autodrom	Dean Stoneman	Dean Stoneman	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP	Report
	R2			Jimmy Eriksson[f]	Patric Niederhauser	Arden International
9	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Dean Stoneman	Koiranen GP	Report
	R2			Alex Fontana[g]	Nick Yelloly[h]	Status Grand Prix
Source:[61]

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.^[62]

Race 1 points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	4	2

Race 2 points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.^[62]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	FL
Points	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Alex Lynn 1 18 1 20 2 6 2 3 4 4 8 1 6 2 7 5 5 2 207 2 Dean Stoneman 7 1 Ret 10 10 18† 5 4 9 8 1 9 5 1 1 2 1 Ret 163 3 Marvin Kirchhöfer 5 5 5 DNS 3 4 1 Ret 11 9 DNS 17 3 3 2 3 2 11 161 4 Jimmy Eriksson 2 6 3 2 1 Ret 7 15 10 16 Ret 19 1 8 4 16 10 5 134 5 Emil Bernstorff Ret 8 2 1 4 3 3 Ret 5 7 9 6 4 4 Ret 8 4 3 134 6 Nick Yelloly 9 7 7 5 5 2 4 5 2 11 3 5 10 5 9 6 8 1 127 7 Dino Zamparelli 6 3 15 8 8 7 6 2 8 2 2 7 2 9 18 13 3 4 126 8 Richie Stanaway 3 4 4 3 7 1 13 7 1 6 7 2 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 7 125 9 Jann Mardenborough 14 14 11 Ret 9 15 8 1 7 3 4 4 11 Ret 6 4 13 Ret 77 10 Patric Niederhauser 10 9 10 6 13 Ret 12 6 6 1 Ret Ret 13 19 8 1 7 DSQ 62 11 Alex Fontana 11 19 Ret 17 15 Ret 11 13 14 13 6 3 Ret 10 3 Ret 6 15 43 12 Mathéo Tuscher 8 2 6 Ret 14 8 18 11 22 15 Ret 16 8 Ret Ret 11 Ret 10 29 13 Robert Vișoiu 13 11 Ret 14 20 13 10 9 3 5 Ret 20 19 14 Ret 10 15 8 23 14 Patrick Kujala 4 Ret 9 7 12 Ret 25† 16 13 10 Ret 21 7 Ret 13 9 Ret 14 22 15 Kevin Ceccon 11 11 12 6 5 Ret 9 6 20 16 Riccardo Agostini Ret 11 6 5 9 8 18 19 10 12 15 12 11 Ret 18 13 18 17 Pål Varhaug 12 Ret 13 9 11 Ret 19 Ret 21 14 5 8 Ret 11 10 Ret 14 9 12 18 Roman de Beer Ret DSQ 12 4 17 16 21 17 15 12 8 19 Luís Sá Silva 16 10 8 22 18 9 17 10 17 18 16 23† 14 7 17 15 Ret 17 6 20 Luca Ghiotto 18 14 21 13 4 21 Alfonso Celis Jr. 18 Ret Ret 19 16 10 Ret 23† 16 22 12 15 16 Ret 16 7 16 Ret 2 22 Nelson Mason 17 Ret 14 16 25 12 16 14 19 20 15 10 Ret 18 15 DNS 17 18† 0 23 Santiago Urrutia 21 13 16 12 Ret 14 22 18 12 Ret 13 18 Ret 15 14 12 11 12 0 24 Adderly Fong Ret 12 Ret 15 21 11 15 12 0 25 Ryan Cullen 15 16 17 13 19 Ret 20 19 24 21 14 13 Ret 16 19 Ret 0 26 Mitchell Gilbert DNS DNS 14 Ret 20 24 18 20 20 14 0 27 Beitske Visser 19 15 0 28 Kang Ling 20 16 0 29 Carmen Jordá Ret Ret 20 21 24 17 Ret 22 25 25 17 Ret 20 21 0 30 John Bryant-Meisner 20† 22 17 17 0 31 Victor Carbone Ret 17 18 18 23 Ret 23 20 0 32 Sebastian Balthasar 22 Ret 24 21 Ret 17 19† DNS Ret DNS 0 33 Nikolay Martsenko 19 DNS 19 Ret 0 34 Ivan Taranov 22† 20 0 35 Denis Nagulin 20 Ret 0 36 Christopher Höher 23 23 0 Konstantin Tereshchenko DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Sources:[62][63]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Carlin 10 1 18 1 20 2 6 2 3 4 4 8 1 6 2 7 5 5 2 347 11 Ret 8 2 1 4 3 3 Ret 5 7 9 6 4 4 Ret 8 4 3 12 16 10 8 22 18 9 17 10 17 18 16 23† 14 7 17 15 Ret 17 2 ART Grand Prix 1 11 19 Ret 17 15 Ret 11 13 14 13 6 3 Ret 10 3 Ret 6 15 330 2 5 5 5 DNS 3 4 1 Ret 11 9 DNS 17 3 3 2 3 2 11 3 6 3 15 8 8 7 6 2 8 2 2 7 2 9 18 13 3 4 3 Status Grand Prix 26 9 7 7 5 5 2 4 5 2 11 3 5 10 5 9 6 8 1 254 27 3 4 4 3 7 1 13 7 1 6 7 2 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 7 28 18 Ret Ret 19 16 10 Ret 23† 16 22 12 15 16 Ret 16 7 16 Ret 4 Koiranen GP 7 Ret Ret 20 21 24 17 Ret 22 25 25 17 Ret 20 21 1 2 1 Ret 202 8 2 6 3 2 1 Ret 7 15 10 16 Ret 19 1 8 4 16 10 5 9 21 13 16 12 Ret 14 22 18 12 Ret 13 18 Ret 15 14 12 11 12 5 Arden International 4 13 11 Ret 14 20 13 10 9 3 5 Ret 20 19 14 Ret 10 15 8 162 5 10 9 10 6 13 Ret 12 6 6 1 Ret Ret 13 19 8 1 7 DSQ 6 14 14 11 Ret 9 15 8 1 7 3 4 4 11 Ret 6 4 13 Ret 6 Marussia Manor Racing 14 4 Ret 9 7 12 Ret 24† 16 13 10 Ret 21 7 Ret 117 15 15 16 17 13 19 Ret 20 19 24 21 14 13 Ret 16 16 7 1 Ret 10 10 18† 5 4 9 8 1 9 5 1 7 Jenzer Motorsport 20 12 Ret 13 9 11 Ret 19 Ret 21 14 5 8 Ret 11 10 Ret 14 9 61 21 8 2 6 Ret 14 8 18 11 22 15 Ret 16 8 Ret Ret 11 Ret 10 22 Ret 12 Ret 15 21 11 15 12 23 23 11 11 12 6 5 Ret 9 6 8 Hilmer Motorsport 17 22† 20 19 DNS 22 Ret 24 21 25 25 19† DNS Ret DNS 19 Ret 18 18 17 Ret 14 16 25 12 16 14 23 23 15 10 Ret 18 15 DNS 17 18† 19 19 15 Ret 11 6 5 9 8 19 18 10 12 15 12 11 Ret 18 13 9 Trident 23 Ret 17 18 18 23 Ret 23 20 DNS DNS 21 13 20 16 12 24 Ret DSQ 12 4 17 16 21 17 15 12 20† 22 17 17 13 9 19 15 25 20 Ret DNS DNS 14 Ret 20 24 18 14 18 20 20 14 Ret Ret Pos. Team No. R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points CAT RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Sources:[62][63]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

Notes:

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

Footnotes

1. Sá Silva is an Angolan driver who competed under a Macanese licence as Angola was not permitted to grant Grade A licences.
2. Cullen is an Irish driver who competed under a British racing licence.
3. Roman de Beer set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Richie Stanaway was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
4. Mitchell Gilbert set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Patric Niederhauser was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
5. Mathéo Tuscher set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dean Stoneman was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
6. Jimmy Eriksson set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Marvin Kirchhöfer was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
7. Alex Fontana set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Dino Zamparelli was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
8. Patric Niederhauser won the race, but was later disqualified for a technical violation.^[60]