2014 SEAT León Eurocup

The 2014 SEAT León Eurocup was the fourth season of the SEAT León Eurocup,^[1] and the first since 2010. The season was contested over six race meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 3 May at the Nürburgring and concluding on 2 November at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Baporo Motorsport drivers were able to take the top two places in the drivers' championship, with Pol Rosell taking the championship after a second-place finish in the first race at the final round of the season. Rosell achieved six podium finishes during the season, with only one win at the Salzburgring, but only missed the points on two occasions. His team-mate Manuel Gião also scored points in ten races, taking five podium finishes and two victories, coming at Monza and at the final round. Gião's final round victory allowed him to overtake Julien Briché, driving for his eponymous JSB Compétition team, for the runner-up position. Briché won races at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza, but finished fewer races. Stefano Comini and Stian Paulsen each won three races during the season, but runs of non-scoring races each cost them a shot at the championship, while the only other race winner was Ferenc Ficza, who won at Silverstone.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
B3R Hungary KFT	1	Gábor Wéber	All
	10	Mauricio Hernández	6
	87	Edina Bús	All
JSB Compétition	2	Julien Briché	All
	6	Thibaut Morgues	5–6
	21	Marie Baus-Coppens	All
Monlau Competición	3	Jaume Font Casas	3
	4	Alex Carbonell	All
	28	Fran Rueda	All
Dinamic SRL	3	Piero Foglio	1, 4
	67	Marco Pellegrini	All
	69	Stefano Zanini	All
Baporo Motorsport	5	Manuel Gião	All
	12	Pol Rosell	All
	13	Amalia Vinyes	All
	99	Joan Vinyes^[2]	4
Target Competition	7	Lorenzo Veglia	All
	10	Mauricio Hernández	5
	11	Jürgen Schmarl	All
	24	Stéphane Kox^[2]	4
	25	Stefano Comini	All
PCR Sport	8	Harriet Arruabarrena	6
PCR Sport	33	Jordi Oriola	All
LEIN Racing	17	Mladen Lalušić^[2]	4–6
LEIN Racing	26	Dejan Bulatovič^[2]	4–6
Pujolar Racing	20	Marcos de Diego	All
	54	Thomas Fjordbach	1–2
	54	Antonio Martínez	3–6
Stian Paulsen Racing	34	Stian Paulsen	All
Gaspar Racing	47	Norbert Tóth	3–6
Gaspar Racing	55	Ferenc Ficza	All
Veloso Motorsport	88	José Monroy	1–5
Veloso Motorsport	88	Mikkel Mac	6
SEAT	91	Piers Ward	3
	97	Sebastian Stahl	6
	98	Roberto Ferri	5
	98	Laia Sanz	6
	99	Aku Pellinen	5

Race calendar and results[edit]

The series supported the Euroformula Open and International GT Open championships at all events except the Salzburgring, where the Eurocup was part of the support package for the World Touring Car Championship, at the FIA WTCC Race of Austria.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Race Winner	Winning Team
1	R1	Nürburgring	3 May	Stefano Comini	Julien Briché	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
1	R2	Nürburgring	4 May		Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
2	R1	Salzburgring	24 May	Pol Rosell	Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
2	R2	Salzburgring	25 May		Marcos de Diego	Pol Rosell	Baporo Motorsport
3	R1	Silverstone Circuit	19 July	Ferenc Ficza	Stian Paulsen	Ferenc Ficza	Gaspar Racing
3	R2	Silverstone Circuit	20 July		Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 September	Julien Briché	Gábor Wéber	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition
4	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	7 September		Pol Rosell	Stian Paulsen	Stian Paulsen Racing
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	27 September	Manuel Gião	Julien Briché	Manuel Gião	Baporo Motorsport
5	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	28 September		Manuel Gião	Julien Briché	JSB Compétition
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1 November	Pol Rosell	Stefano Comini	Stefano Comini	Target Competition
6	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	2 November		Marcos de Diego	Manuel Gião	Baporo Motorsport

Championship standings[edit]

Pos	Driver	NÜR		SAL		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts
1	Pol Rosell	7	Ret	15¹	1	6²	2	3	3	5	2	2¹	4	68
2	Manuel Gião	6	2	9	6	7³	4	2	12	1¹	3	7	1	61
3	Julien Briché	2³	Ret	2	Ret	8	Ret	1¹	7	15²	1	4²	3	58
4	Stefano Comini	1¹	13	7²	5	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	1³	2	56
5	Stian Paulsen	3	1	1³	Ret	2	20†	18³	1	16	Ret	3	Ret	52
6	Ferenc Ficza	9	4	Ret	2	1¹	5	5	2	3³	7	12	16	51
7	Marcos de Diego	Ret	6	4	3	5	6	9	14	2	6	DNS	5	37
8	Fran Rueda	4²	3	Ret	7	9	8	10	5	10	21†	5	Ret	24
9	Jordi Oriola	5	10	6	4	20†	7	6	9	6	9	24†	Ret	20
10	Gábor Wéber	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret²	6	8	4	9	12	18
11	Norbert Tóth					10	12	4	4	4	Ret	20	Ret	15
12	Lorenzo Veglia	8	5	3	Ret	19†	16	7	23	14	22†	Ret	14	13
13	Jürgen Schmarl	14	7	10	11	21†	14	13	15	13	11	6	6	8
14	Antonio Martínez					3	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	NC	10	7
15	Amalia Vinyes	15	Ret	11	10	13	9	20	Ret	21	5	10	9	4
16	Thomas Fjordbach	Ret	Ret	5	9									4
17	Alex Carbonell	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	12	11	11	10	Ret	Ret	21	7	2
18	Thibaut Morgues									7	20†	16	Ret	2
19	Mauricio Hernández									20	12	8	8	2
20	Edina Bús	13	9	13	8	16	17	16	17	Ret	16	22	18	1
21	Marie Baus-Coppens	16	8	12	12	Ret	15	17	19	11	15	23	13	1
22	José Monroy	10	Ret	Ret	13	11	10	12	11	9	19†			0
23	Stefano Zanini	11	Ret	14	14	14	13	21	20	Ret	10	15	17	0
24	Marco Pellegrini	12	12†	Ret	Ret	15	19	15	16	12	13	17	Ret	0
25	Mikkel Mac											13	22	0
26	Harriet Arruabarrena											14	15	0
27	Dejan Bulatovič							19	21	17	14	18	19	0
28	Stéphane Kox							14	18					0
29	Jaume Font Casas					17	18							0
30	Mladen Lalušić							22	22	19	18	Ret	21	0
	Piero Foglio	DNS	DNS					DNS	DNS					0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Joan Vinyes							8	13
	Sebastian Stahl											11	11
	Roberto Ferri									18	17
	Piers Ward					18	Ret
	Laia Sanz											19	20
	Aku Pellinen									Ret	Ret
Pos	Driver	NÜR		SAL		SIL		SPA		MNZ		CAT		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References[edit]

^ "Seat announces Leon Eurocup race series for 2014". 2013-11-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Entry list – SEAT León Eurocup: Rounds 7–8 – Spa; 6 & 7 September 2014" (PDF). SEAT Sport. SEAT, S.A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

External links[edit]

Official Website of the SEAT León Eurocup Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Seat announces Leon Eurocup race series for 2014". 2013-11-29.

[Spa_EL-2] "Entry list – SEAT León Eurocup: Rounds 7–8 – Spa; 6 & 7 September 2014" (PDF). SEAT Sport. SEAT, S.A. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

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