2014 Acceleration in Assen

  2014 Dutch Acceleration Grand Prix

Race details
Date	17-19 October 2014
Official name	2014 Acceleration in Assen
Location	Assen, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.545 km (2.824 mi)

Acceleration in Assen is the sixth and last weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival is organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, and will be held six times in 2014, starting 25–27 April in Portimao, Portugal and ending 17–19 October in Assen, Netherlands. The various racing competitions are Formula Acceleration 1 (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 the 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, David Hasselhoff is the host of "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, and others. Saturday evenings are filled with performances of international DJs.

FA1 Results

See also: 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season

Driver Changes

Nathanaël Berthon drove for China. Italy entered two cars, for Gian Maria Gabbiani and Sergio Campana, who was replaced by Dutchman Jeroen Mul at Team Portugal. The Swede Kevin Kleveros took over from Picho Toledano and Craig Dolby drove for Sweden instead of Felix Rosenqvist. The Netherlands also entered a second car, for Bas Schouten, who previously entered MW-V6. Finally, United Kingdom entered this race with Dani Clos at the wheel.

Free Practice

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Diff.
1	69	Dani Clos	United Kingdom	1:27.215	+0.000
2	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:27.296	+0.081
3	19	Craig Dolby	Sweden	1:27.882	+0.667
4	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:27.913	+0.698
5	42	Sergio Campana	Italy	1:27.953	+0.738
6	32	Nathanaël Berthon	China	1:27.979	+0.764
7	21	Jeroen Mul	Portugal	1:28.860	+1.645
8	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:29.830	+2.615
9	6	Bas Schouten	Netherlands	1:29.837	+2.622
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:30.135	+2.920
11	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:30.352	+3.137
12	22	Kevin Kleveros	Mexico	1:30.748	+3.533
13	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:30.957	+3.742
14	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Italy	1:32.876	+5.661

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1						Qualifying 2
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Diff.	Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Diff.
1	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:25.302	+0.000	1	69	Dani Clos	United Kingdom	1:24.780	+0.000
2	69	Dani Clos	United Kingdom	1:26.050	+0.748	2	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	1:25.459	+0.679
3	42	Sergio Campana	Italy	1:26.211	+0.909	3	42	Sergio Campana	Italy	1:25.564	+0.784
4	32	Nathanaël Berthon	China	1:26.318	+1.016	4	21	Jeroen Mul	Portugal	1:25.920	+1.140
5	21	Jeroen Mul	Portugal	1:26.629	+1.327	5	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:26.315	+1.535
6	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:26.633	+1.331	6	19	Craig Dolby	Sweden	1:26.585	+1.805
7	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:26.738	+1.436	7	32	Nathanaël Berthon	China	1:26.731	+1.951
8	19	Craig Dolby	Sweden	1:26.968	+1.666	8	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:26.846	+2.066
9	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:27.540	+2.238	9	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:26.985	+2.205
10	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:28.158	+2.856	10	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:26.997	+2.217
11	17	Alessio Picariello	France	1:28.446	+3.144	11	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	1:27.206	+2.426
12	6	Bas Schouten	Netherlands	1:28.962	+3.660	12	22	Kevin Kleveros	Mexico	1:27.206	+2.827
13	22	Kevin Kleveros	Mexico	1:29.887	+4.585	13	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Italy	1:29.598	+4.818
14	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Italy	1:31.689	+6.387	14	6	Bas Schouten	Netherlands	1:31.644	+6.864

Qualifying 1:

• #4 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled
• #11, #19, #21, #38, #42, #69 – fastest lap time cancelled for disrepecting yellow flag

Qualifying 2:

• #22 – lap time in which track limits were disrespected was cancelled

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time diff.	Points
1	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	21 laps	21 (P)
2	42	Sergio Campana	Italy	+9.553	15
3	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	+10.665	12
4	32	Nathanaël Berthon	China	+11.942	10
5	69	Dani Clos	United Kingdom	+12.997	9 (FL)
6	21	Jeroen Mul	Portugal	+20.824	6
7	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	+59.644	4
8	22	Kevin Kleveros	Mexico	+1:00.042	3
9	6	Bas Schouten	Netherlands	+1 lap	2
10	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Italy	+10 laps	1
11	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+14 laps	0
12	17	Alessio Picariello	France	+17 laps	0
13	11	Marco Barba	Spain	+18 laps	0
14	19	Craig Dolby	Sweden	+19 laps	0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time diff.	Points
1	7	Nigel Melker	Netherlands	24 laps	26 (FL)
2	69	Dani Clos	United Kingdom	+38.051	19 (P)
3	42	Sergio Campana	Italy	+50.111	15
4	19	Craig Dolby	Sweden	+54.649	12
5	32	Nathanaël Berthon	China	+1:33.986	10
6	64	Richard Gonda	Slovakia	1:34.969	8
7	22	Kevin Kleveros	Mexico	1:35.806	6
8	11	Marco Barba	Spain	1:45.100	4
9	4	Sebastian Balthasar	Germany	1:45.660	2
10	6	Bas Schouten	Netherlands	+1 lap	1
11	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Italy	+3 laps	0
12	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	Mexico	+12 laps	0
13	21	Jeroen Mul	Portugal	+20 laps	0
–	17	Alessio Picariello	France	DNS	0

• Race was started behind safety car because of rain

Drivers' Championship Standings after 10 out of 10 Races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	7	Nigel Melker	183
2	16	Mirko Bortolotti	135
3	64	Richard Gonda	94
4	4	Sebastian Balthasar	76
5	23	Felix Rosenqvist	73
6	32/42	Sergio Campana	72
7	42/29	Armando Parente	40
8	17	Alessio Picariello	34
9	38	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	33
10	69	Dani Clos	28
11	45	Dennis Lind	24
12	32	Nathanaël Berthon	22
13	29/10	Oliver Campos-Hull	20
14	39	Picho Toledano	19
15	19	Craig Dolby	12
16	24	Jimmy Eriksson	11
17	20	Rodolfo González	10
18	8	Steijn Schothorst	10
19	11	Marco Barba	10
20	22	Kevin Kleveros	9
21	21	Jeroen Mul	6
22	10	Victor Garcia	5
23	6	Bas Schouten	3
24	18	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1

Teams' Championship Standings after 10 out of 10 Races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	The Netherlands	161
2	Italy	150.5
3	Sweden	112
4	Slovakia	94
5	Germany	76
6	China	66
7	Portugal	55
8	France	45
9	Mexico	32
10	United Kingdom	28
11	Spain	23
12	Venezuela	18

MW-V6 Results

See also: 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season

Free Practices

Pos.	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	12	Joey Affolter	1:52.621	1:52.817
2	19	Johan Kraan	1:52.774	1:53.428
3	18	Erik Qvick	1:53.568	1:53.050
4	4	Danny van Dongen	1:53.141	1:53.251
5	80	Daniel de Jong	1:54.055	1:51.756
6	17	Niels Bouwhuis	1:54.418	1:52.321
7	23	Alx Danielsson	1:54.989	1:52.605
8	16	Herman Peene		1:57.990
9	99	Huub Delnoij	1:58.587

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1					Qualifying 2
Pos.	No.	Driver	Time	Diff.	Pos.	No.	Driver	Time	Diff.
1	80	Daniel de Jong	1:50.810	+0.000	1	4	Danny van Dongen	1:50.399	+0.000
2	4	Danny van Dongen	1:50.842	+0.032	2	80	Daniel de Jong	1:50.835	+0.436
3	19	Johan Kraan	1:51.453	+0.643	3	19	Johan Kraan	1:51.605	+1.206
4	23	Alx Danielsson	1:51.995	+1.185	4	18	Erik Qvick	1:52.403	+2.004
5	18	Erik Qvick	1:52.636	+1.826	5	12	Joey Affolter	1:52.492	+2.093
6	17	Niels Bouwhuis	1:53.515	+2.705	6	15	Bert de Heus	1:52.867	+2.468
7	12	Joey Affolter	1:53.668	+2.858	7	16	Herman Peene	1:56.542	+6.143
8	15	Bert de Heus	1:54.624	+3.814	8	17	Niels Bouwhuis	2:15.262	+24.863
9	16	Herman Peene	1:57.270	+6.460	–	23	Alx Danielsson	No time
–	99	Huub Delnoij	No time		–	99	Huub Delnoij	No time

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 disrepecting yellow flag

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Points
1	4	Danny van Dongen	14 laps	20
2	80	Daniel de Jong	+0.801	17 (P+FL)
3	23	Alx Danielsson	+27.598	12
4	17	Niels Bouwhuis	+28.275	10
5	19	Johan Kraan	+34.788	8
6	18	Erik Qvick	+35.542	6
7	16	Herman Peene	+1:17.148	4
8	12	Joey Affolter	+4 laps	3
9	15	Bert de Heus	+10 laps	2
–	99	Huub Delnoij	DNS	0

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Points
1	80	Daniel de Jong	14 laps	20
2	4	Danny van Dongen	+0.263	17 (P+FL)
3	23	Alx Danielsson	+12.469	12
4	17	Niels Bouwhuis	+18.237	10
5	18	Erik Qvick	+39.991	8
6	19	Johan Kraan	+43.608	6
7	16	Herman Peene	+1:15.663	4
8	12	Joey Affolter	+8 laps	3
9	15	Bert de Heus	+9 laps	2
–	99	Huub Delnoij	DNS	0

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Points
1	4	Danny van Dongen	14 laps	25
2	23	Alx Danielsson	+5.694	19 (FL)
3	17	Niels Bouwhuis	+9.183	15
4	80	Daniel de Jong	+10.030	12
5	15	Bert de Heus	+23.821	10
6	12	Joey Affolter	+26.086	8
7	18	Erik Qvick	+37.769	6
8	16	Herman Peene	+1 lap	4
9	19	Johan Kraan	+4 laps	2
–	99	Huub Delnoij	DNS	0

Drivers' Championship Standings after 18 out of 18 Races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	4	Danny van Dongen	282
2	44	Eoin Murray	160
3	23	Alx Danielsson	152
4	80	Daniel de Jong	70
5	87	Jack van der Ende	61
6	10	Carlos Alvarez	52
7	16	Giacomo Ricci	51
8	47	Davit Kajaia	50
9	90	Pim van Riet	41
10	41	Bas Koeten	38
11	83	Mikel Azcona Troyas	36
12	17	Niels Bouwhuis	35
13	93	Jan-Paul van Dongen	34
14	7	Leon Rijnbeek	32
15	9	Kelvin Snoeks	31
16	6	Andreas Gulden	31
17	30	Filip Sladecka	30
18	5	Bernd Herndlhofer	30
19	92	Fréderique Jonckheere	26
20	32	Christian Malchárek	26
21	31	Attila Barta	24
22	8	Bas Schouten	23
23	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	22
24	88	Priscilla Speelman	21
25	50	Tom Pedersen	20
26	18	Erik Qvick	20
27	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	18
28	8	Bert de Heus	17
29	68	Jeremiah Wagner	16
30	19	Johan Kraan	16
31	85	Javier Morcillo	15
32	12	Joey Affolter	12
33	35	John Mickel	12
34	16	Herman Peene	12
35	45	Michael Devaney	11
36	12	Francesco Gutierrez	11
37	41	Michel Schaap	10
38	14	Maik Barten	10
39	24	Will Wright	10
40	17	Alberto Cola	2
41	84	Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos	1
42	96	Ward Sluys Fred Cavanagh	0
43	11	Christian Cano	0
–	95	Melvin de Groot Steve van Bellingen	–
–	33	Lubomir Jakubik	–
–	99	Huub Delnoij	–

Nations' Championship Standings after 18 out of 18 races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Netherlands	175.63
2	Sweden	143
3	Ireland	130.5
4	Spain	42.3
5	Georgia	41.5
6	Belgium	40
7	Italy	35.5
8	Germany	31
9	Austria	30
10	Slovakia	30
11	Czech Republic	26
12	Hungary	24
13	Denmark	20
14	United Kingdom	12

Legend SuperCup Results

See also: 2014 Legend SuperCup season

Free Practices

Pos.	No.	Driver	FP1	FP2
1	20	Maik Barten	2:08.678	2:05.791
2	47	Davit Kajaia	2:06.966	2:05.878
3	5	Ferry Monster	2:07.192	2:06.181
4	7	Joris Schouten	2:09.425	2:07.780
5	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	2:11.040	2:08.256
6	18	Cees Visser	2:11.078	2:08.521
7	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	2:41.931	2:08.998
8	16	Claude Watteyene	2:12.289	2:08.764
9	77	Frederic Cornec	2:16.622	2:12.248

Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Grid	Points
1	5	Ferry Monster	10 laps	2	50
2	20	Maik Barten	+0.751	6	40
3	47	Davit Kajaia	+1.004	8	32
4	7	Joris Schouten	+1.054	3	26
5	16	Claude Watteyene	+7.167	9	22
6	18	Cees Visser	+7.250	5	20
7	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+11.163	7	19
8	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	+45.218	4	18
9	77	Frederic Cornec	+1:04.983	1	17

Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Grid	Points
1	5	Ferry Monster	10 laps	8	50
2	47	Davit Kajaia	+0.165	9	40
3	20	Maik Barten	+0.553	3	32
4	7	Joris Schouten	+0.560	4	26
5	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+4.141	5	22
6	16	Claude Watteyene	+7.994	2	20
7	18	Cees Visser	+24.638	7	19
8	77	Frederic Cornec	+48.601	6	18
9	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	+2 laps	1	17

Race 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Grid	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	10 laps	3	50
2	5	Ferry Monster	+0.147	1	40
3	20	Maik Barten	+9.904	2	32
4	7	Joris Schouten	+18.422	4	26
5	18	Cees Visser	+21.993	6	22
6	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+22.092	7	20
7	16	Claude Watteyene	+23.305	5	19
8	77	Frederic Cornec	+52.138	9	18
9	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	+9 laps	8	17

Race 4

Pos.	No.	Driver	Time diff.	Grid	Points
1	5	Ferry Monster	10 laps	1	51 (FL)
2	20	Maik Barten	+0.294	3	40
3	18	Cees Visser	+20.044	7	32
4	16	Claude Watteyene	+22.137	6	26
5	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	+29.632	9	22
6	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	+45.411	5	20
7	77	Frederic Cornec	+1:09.050	8	19
8	47	Davit Kajaia	+1 lap	2	18
9	7	Joris Schouten	+4 laps	4	17

Drivers' Championship Standings after 24 out of 24 Races

Pos.	No.	Driver	Points
1	47	Davit Kajaia	950
2	48	Konstantine Koliashvili	528
3	53	Niki Meredith	516
4	5	Ferry Monster	484
5	36	James Holman	421
6	11	Daniel Campos-Hull	363
7	44	Johan Kraan	202
8	7	Joris Schouten	189
9	10	Carlos Gonzalez	172
10	20	Maik Barten	144
11	30	Yannick Mettler	135
12	68	Jeremiah Wagner	130
11	31	Giorgio Maggi	127
12	51	Frederik Nymark	120
13	94	Gian Maria Gabbiani	100
14	12	Francesco Gutierrez	96
17	18	Cees Visser	93
18	29	Samuel Sladecka	89
19	37	John Mickel	87
20	16	Claude Watteyene	87
21	9	Jurgen Nel	80
22	8	Jan-Paul van Dongen	78
23	54	John Paterson	78
24	19	Aart Jan Ringelberg	74
25	77	Frederic Cornec	72
26	50	Emil Andersen	69
27	15	Luca Betinni	56
28	6	Leon Zappij	38
29	6	Michael Verhagen	18
30	42	Thomas David	16
–	14	Fred Depresle	–
–	4	Danny van Dongen	–

Nations' Championship Standings after 24 out of 24 Races

Pos.	Nation	Points
1	Georgia	748
2	The Netherlands	544.17
3	Ireland	516
4	Great Britain	402.5
5	Spain	256.33
6	Denmark	189
7	Switzerland	130.5
8	United States	130
9	Italy	96.5
10	Slovakia	89
11	Belgium	87
12	Scotland	78
13	France	16

References

Main source

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