2014 Acceleration in Monza

Acceleration in Monza was the fourth weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival was organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, to 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 were 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).

Every driver entering Acceleration 2014 was eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment, David Hasselhoff was 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 were filled with performances of international DJs.

FA1 results

Driver changes

Marco Barba replaced Oliver Campos-Hull at Acceleration Team Spain. Felix Rosenqvist came back to the Swedish team, taking over from Jimmy Eriksson. Steijn Schothorst made his debut in the series, in a car run by the Venezuelan Team Lazarus, which also employed Dennis Lind. With Armando Parente missing in Monza, Schothorst raced for China.

Race 1

Pos.

No.

Driver

Team

Time diff.

Points

1

23

Felix Rosenqvist

Sweden

+0.000

22 (P+FL)

2

7

Nigel Melker

The Netherlands

+11.439

15

3

16

Mirko Bortolotti

Italy

+12.434

12

4

64

Richard Gonda

Slovakia

+15.424

10

5

42

Sergio Campana

Portugal

+25.160

8

6

11

Marco Barba

Spain

+28.192

6

7

45

Dennis Lind

Venezuela

+31.379

4

8

17

Alessio Picariello

France

+36.233

3

9

4

Sebastian Balthasar

Germany

+54.444

2

10

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

Mexico

+58.081

1

11

8

Steijn Schothorst

China

+58.714

0

12

39

Picho Toledano

Mexico

+1:27.800

0

Race 2

Pos.

No.

Driver

Team

Time diff.

Points

1

23

Felix Rosenqvist

Sweden

+0.000

26 (FL)

2

7

Nigel Melker

The Netherlands

+13.109

18

3

4

Sebastian Balthasar

Germany

+29.212

15

4

64

Richard Gonda

Slovakia

+30.169

12

5

8

Steijn Schothorst

China

+42.383

10

6

17

Alessio Picariello

France

+1:14.034

8

7

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

Mexico

+1 lap

6

8

39

Picho Toledano

Mexico

+6 laps

4

9

42

Sergio Campana

Portugal

+10 laps

3 (P)

10

45

Dennis Lind

Venezuela

+14 laps

1

11

16

Mirko Bortolotti

Italy

+14 laps

0

12

11

Marco Barba

Spain

+22 laps

0

  • Startnumber 39: 25 sec Drive Through time-penalty for unsafe release during Pit Stop

Drivers' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races

Pos.

No.

Driver

Points

1

7

Nigel Melker

136

2

16

Mirko Bortolotti

135

3

64

Richard Gonda

74

4

23

Felix Rosenqvist

73

5

4

Sebastian Balthasar

70

6

42

Sergio Campana

42

7

29

Armando Parente

40

8

17

Alessio Picariello

34

9

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

33

10

45

Dennis Lind

24

11

10

Oliver Campos-Hull

20

12

39

Picho Toledano

19

13

24

Jimmy Eriksson

11

14

20

Rodolfo Gonzalez

10

15

8

Steijn Schothorst

10

16

11

Marco Barba

6

17

10

Victor Garcia

5

18

32

Nathanael Berthon

2

Teams' championship standings after 8 out of 10 races

Pos.

Nation

Points

1

The Netherlands

136

2

Italy

135

3

Sweden

100

4

Germany

70

5

Slovakia

64

6

Portugal

49

7

China

46

8

France

45

9

Mexico

27.5

10

Spain

19

11

Venezuela

18

MW-V6 results

Race 1

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

44

Eoin Murray

+0.000

21 (P)

2

16

Giacomo Ricci

+0.129

16 (FL)

3

4

Danny van Dongen

+1.593

12

4

5

Bernd Herndlhofer

+2.561

10

5

93

Jan Paul van Dongen

+28.954

8

6

88

Priscilla Speelman

+31.131

6

7

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+35.385

4

8

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+7 laps

3

9

17

Alberto Cola

2

Race 2

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

4

Danny van Dongen

+0.000

21 (P)

2

16

Giacomo Ricci

+2.483

16 (FL)

3

44

Eoin Murray

+2.646

12

4

5

Bernd Herndlhofer

+33.035

10

5

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+34.919

8

6

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+45.191

6

7

88

Priscilla Speelman

+47.903

4

8

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+5 laps

3

  • Startnumber 44 – 25 sec. Drive Through time-penalty

Race 3

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

44

Danny van Dongen

+0.000

25

2

16

Giacomo Ricci

+14.132

19 (FL)

3

44

Eoin Murray

+15.250

15

4

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+15.411

12

5

5

Bernd Herndlhofer

+16.363

10

6

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+31.009

8

7

88

Priscilla Speelman

+31.192

6

8

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+11 laps

4

Drivers' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races

Pos.

No.

Driver

Points

1

44

Eoin Murray

160

2

4

Danny van Dongen

155

3

23

Alx Danielsson

109

4

87

Jack van der Ende

61

5

10

Carlos Alvarez

52

6

16

Giacomo Ricci

51

7

90

Pim van Riet

41

8

83

Mikel Azcona Troyas

36

9

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

34

10

7

Leon Rijnbeek

32

11

9

Kelvin Snoeks

31

12

6

Andreas Gulden

31

13

5

Bernd Herndlhofer

30

14

92

Fréderique Jonckheere

26

15

8

Bert de Heus
Bas Schouten

26

16

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

22

17

80

Daniel de Jong

21

18

88

Priscilla Speelman

21

19

50

Tom Pedersen

20

20

41

Bas Koeten

18

21

68

Jeremiah Wagner

16

22

85

Javier Morcillo

15

23

35

John Mickel

12

24

45

Michael Devaney

11

25

12

Francesco Gutierrez

11

26

14

Maik Barten

10

27

24

Will Wright

10

28

17

Alberto Cola

2

29

84

Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos

1

30

96

Ward Sluys

0

31

11

Christian Cano

0

Nations' championship standings after 12 out of 18 races

Pos.

Nation

Points

1

130.5

2

100

3

99.27

4

42.3

5

35.5

6

31

7

30

8

20

9

20

10

12

Legend SuperCup results

Race 1

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.000

50

2

53

Niki Meredith

+0.036

40

3

36

James Holman

+0.111

32

4

48

Konstantine Koliashvili

+3.648

26

5

8

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+25.043

22

6

44

Johan Kraan

+33.504

20

7

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+33.626

19

8

9

Jurgen Nel

+1:50.769

18

Race 2

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.000

50

2

36

James Holman

+0.002

40

3

53

Niki Meredith

+1.937

32

4

48

Konstantine Koliashvili

+14.005

26

5

44

Johan Kraan

+26.814

22

6

9

Jurgen Nel

+1:45.841

20

7

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+1 lap

19

8

8

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+2 laps

18

Race 3

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.000

50

2

36

James Holman

+0.087

41 (FL)

3

53

Niki Meredith

+2.641

32

4

48

Konstantine Koliashvili

+5.552

26

5

44

Johan Kraan

+6.763

22

6

9

Jurgen Nel

+1:42.912

20

7

8

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+1 lap

19

Race 4

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.000

50

2

36

James Holman

+7.383

40

3

48

Konstantine Koliashvili

+7.406

32

4

44

Johan Kraan

+1:29.154

26

5

9

Jurgen Nel

+1:46.991

22

6

53

Niki Meredith

+1 lap

20

7

8

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+4 laps

19

Drivers' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races

Pos.

No.

Driver

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

650

2

53

Niki Meredith

516

3

36

James Holman

421

4

11

Daniel Campos-Hull

363

5

48

Konstantine Koliashvili

349

6

10

Carlos Gonzalez

172

7

5

Ferry Monster

145

8

68

Jeremiah Wagner

130

9

44

Johan Kraan

122

10

51

Frederik Nymark

120

11

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

100

12

12

Francesco Gutierrez

96

13

7

Joris Schouten

94

14

37

John Mickel

87

15

9

Jurgen Nel

80

16

8

Jan-Paul van Dongen

78

17

54

John Paterson

78

18

50

Emil Andersen

69

19

15

Luca Betinni

56

20

6

Leon Zappij
Michael Verhagen

56

21

42

Thomas David

16

14

Fred Depresle

Nations' championship standings after 16 out of 24 races

Pos.

Nation

Points

1

516

2

508.5

3

402.5

4

318.67

5

256.33

6

189

7

130

8

96.5

9

78

10

16

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