2014 Florida Winter Series
The 2014 Florida Winter Series season was the inaugural season for the Florida Winter Series, a non-championship racing series organised by the Ferrari Driver Academy in Florida. The season started with a collective test on 22 January 2014 at Homestead-Miami Speedway,[1] before a total of 12 races were held over 4 race meetings at Sebring International Raceway, Palm Beach International Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.
One of the Academy's driver roster, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps competitor Antonio Fuoco, was one of two drivers to win four races along with Nicholas Latifi, who had contested the FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2013. KZ1 karting world champion Max Verstappen won races at Palm Beach and Homestead, as he contested his first single-seater races prior to a campaign in the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, while Dennis van de Laar and Tatiana Calderón each won races at Sebring, as they also prepared for their respective FIA European Formula Three Championship campaigns.
Drivers
No. | Driver | Previous series | Rounds |
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2 | Ed Jones[2] | British Formula 3 Championship National Class | All |
3 | Max Verstappen[2] | Karting KZ1 | All |
4 | Dennis van de Laar[2] | FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
5 | Lance Stroll[2] | Karting KF1 | All |
6 | Antonio Fuoco[2] | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | All |
7 | Tatiana Calderón[2] | FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
9 | Ben Anderson | Formula Ford 1600 | 1 |
Will Buxton | none | 2 | |
Oliver Marriage | none | 4 | |
11 | Alex Bosak[2] | Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | All |
17 | Vasily Romanov[2] | Karting KF1 | All |
18 | Nicholas Latifi[2] | FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
23 | Takashi Kasai[2] | Karting KF1 | All |
53 | Raffaele Marciello[2] | FIA European Formula Three Championship | All |
Race calendar and results
All rounds were held in Florida, United States.
Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | |
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1 | R1 | Sebring Raceway | Sebring, Florida | January 26 | Antonio Fuoco | Max Verstappen | Dennis van de Laar |
R2 | January 27 | Nicholas Latifi | Tatiana Calderón | ||||
R3 | Max Verstappen | Antonio Fuoco | Antonio Fuoco | ||||
2 | R4 | Palm Beach International Raceway | Jupiter, Florida | February 4 | Antonio Fuoco | Max Verstappen | Antonio Fuoco |
R5 | February 5 | Dennis van de Laar | Nicholas Latifi | ||||
R6 | Max Verstappen | Tatiana Calderón | Max Verstappen | ||||
3 | R7 | Homestead-Miami Speedway RC | Homestead, Florida | February 13 | Antonio Fuoco | Nicholas Latifi | Antonio Fuoco |
R8 | February 14 | Ed Jones | Nicholas Latifi | ||||
R9 | Max Verstappen | Antonio Fuoco | Antonio Fuoco | ||||
4 | R10 | Homestead-Miami Speedway RC Mod | Homestead, Florida | February 18 | Lance Stroll | Antonio Fuoco | Nicholas Latifi |
R11 | February 19 | Ed Jones | Nicholas Latifi | ||||
R12 | Ed Jones[N 1] | Max Verstappen | Max Verstappen |
Results
All races were non-championship, with no points awarded.
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Bold – Pole |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Notes
- ^ Antonio Fuoco took pole position, but was dropped five places because of an earlier jump start. Therefore, Ed Jones was handed the pole position.