The 2014 GT4 European Series season was the seventh season of the GT4 European Cup and the first with the new series denomination, the GT4 European Series. The season began on 10 May at Misano, and finished on 26 October at Monza after six race weekends.[1]
In the main GT4 professional class, the championship title was won by two-time defending champion Ricardo van der Ende and team-mate Bernhard van Oranje for Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport. Van der Ende and van Oranje won five races during the season, and ultimately won the title during the first race at Monza. The runner-up position, 22 points in arrears of van der Ende and van Oranje, was taken by 2013 amateur champion Jörg Viebahn. Viebahn won three races during the season; he won with Bertus Sanders at Misano and Paul Ricard, and partnered Simon Knap to victory at Monza. Although being outscored by Duncan Huisman and Luc Braams on total points, the series' best ten results regulation allowed Marcel Nooren and Jan Joris Verheul to take third in the championship, by a single point. Nooren and Verheul took successive victories at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard, while Huisman and Braams won at the Nürburgring. The only other entry to win a race was Alfab Racing, with drivers Erik Behrens and Daniel Roos, winning the first race at Monza after Huisman and Braams were given a post-race penalty.
The amateur GT4 class was poorly supported, with only three entries taking part at any point during the 2014 season. With seven victories, André Grammatico was the winner of the championship, and finished 15 points clear – on dropped scores – of Liesette Braams and Rob Severs, who won four races. The remaining race victory was taken by Fabian Lauda, who won at Zandvoort. In the teams' championship, Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport claimed the title by 31 points, ahead of V8 Racing.
Calendar edit
| Rnd | Circuit | Date | Event |
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| 1 |  Misano World Circuit, Italy
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10–11 May | Italian GT Championship |
| 2 |  Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
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5–6 July | Zandvoort Masters |
| 3 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
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25–26 July | Blancpain Endurance Series, 24 Hours of Spa |
| 4 |  Circuit Paul Ricard, France
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30–31 August | Italian GT Championship |
| 5 |  Nürburgring, Germany
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20–21 September | Blancpain Endurance Series, 1000 km Nürburgring |
| 6 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy
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25–26 October | Italian GT Championship |
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- Drivers competing in the Ginetta G50 class were ineligible for points.
Race calendar and results edit
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | PRO Winners | Overall Winners | |
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| 1 | R1 | Misano | 10 May | No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 14 Nova Rangoni
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| Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Manuel Lasagni Alessandro Bonacini
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| R2 | 11 May | No. 16 Nova Race
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No. 18 Nova Race
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No. 18 Nova Race
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 Jesse Anttila Fran Viel Bugliotti
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Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
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Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
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| 2 | R1 | Zandvoort | 5 July | No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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| Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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| R2 | 6 July | No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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| Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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| 3 | R1 | Spa-Francorchamps | 25 July | No. 110 PROsport Performance
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 101 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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| Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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| R2 | 26 July | No. 102 V8 Racing
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No. 103 V8 Racing
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No. 103 V8 Racing
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| Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
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Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
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Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
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| 4 | R1 | Paul Ricard | 31 August |  No. 7 Alfab Racing
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No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
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No. 888 Nova Race
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| Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
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Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
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 Salvador Tineo Jesse Anttila
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| R2 | No. 7 Alfab Racing
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No. 10 PROsport Performance
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No. 10 PROsport Performance
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| Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
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Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
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Jörg Viebahn Bertus Sanders
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| 5 | R1 | Nürburgring | 20 September | No. 24 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)
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No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
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No. 2 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
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| Stefano Stefanelli Lorenzo Marcucci
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Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
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Luc Braams Duncan Huisman
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| R2 | No. 3 Las Moras Racing Team (V8 Racing)
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No. 1 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 16 Nova Race
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| Marcel Nooren Jan Joris Verheul
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Bernhard van Oranje Ricardo van der Ende
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Fran Viel Bugliotti
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| 6 | R1 | Monza | 25 October | No. 7 Alfab Racing
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No. 7 Alfab Racing
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No. 7 Alfab Racing
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| Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
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Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
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Erik Behrens Daniel Roos
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| R2 | 26 October | No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)
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No. 8 Racing Team Holland by Ekris Motorsport
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No. 14 Nova Rangoni (Rangoni Corse)
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| Manuel Lasagni
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Jörg Viebahn Simon Knap
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Manuel Lasagni
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References edit
- ^ "Calendar". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Teams". GT4 European Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 30 April 2014.