- Source: 2014 WRC2 Championship
The 2014 FIA WRC2 Championship was the second season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The Championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, Super 2000 and Group N regulations. The Championship is composed by thirteen Rallies, and Drivers and Teams must nominate a maximum of seven event. The best six results were counted towards the championship.
Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica did not return to defend his 2013 title as he joined the sport's premier category.
The Title went to Nasser Al-Attiyah finishing six the last event, winning the championship by three points over Jari Ketomaa (who won the event). Lorenzo Bertelli finished the championship in third position.
Calendar
The 2014 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Croatia on 27 September 2013. The 2014 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
= Calendar changes
=Rally Australia and Rally New Zealand abandoned the event-sharing arrangement established in 2008 that saw each event host a round of the championship every other year. After hosting an event in 2013, Rally Australia remains on the calendar throughout 2014 and 2015 before the arrangement is due to be renegotiated.
The Rallye Monte Carlo relocated its base from Valence in the French province of Rhône-Alpes to the town of Gap in the neighbouring province of Hautes-Alpes.
The 2014 calendar saw the Rally of Poland return to the championship for the first time since 2009. The event also crossed the border into Lithuania for one day of competition. Its inclusion came at the expense of the Acropolis Rally, which was removed after struggling with its financial obligations to the championship. The Acropolis Rally later moved to the European Rally Championship for the 2014 season. The rallies of Brazil and China had also been considered for inclusion on the WRC calendar before the FIA approved of the Rally of Poland.
Teams and drivers
= Driver changes
=Reigning WRC3 champion Sébastien Chardonnet moved up to the WRC-2.
Jari Ketomaa took part in his first full season of competition, having made regular guest appearances in a variety of WRC championships for the past decade.
Kristian Sohlberg returned to the World Rally Championship after a six-year absence. Sohlberg drove a Ford Fiesta R5 prepared by M-Sport and run by Autotek Motorsport. He last competed at World level in the now-defunct Production World Rally Championship in 2007.
After losing his seat with the M-Sport World Rally Team in 2013, Ott Tänak alternated between contesting the WRC-2 season and competing in the WRC at rallies which are not nominated for points.
Regulation changes
All competitors registered in the Championships–WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 and the Junior WRC—were obliged to use a colour-coded windscreen sticker to distinguish its category.
Drivers were no longer assigned permanent numbers, except upon request.
Rally summaries
Notes:
^1 – The Monte Carlo Rally was shortened when a competitor stopped on Stage 14, blocking traffic and forcing organisers to abandon the stage.
Championship standings
= FIA WRC2 for Drivers
=Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
= FIA WRC2 for Co-Drivers
== FIA WRC2 for Teams
== FIA WRC2 Cup for Production Car Drivers
== FIA WRC2 Cup for Production Car Co-Drivers
=References
External links
Official website of the World Rally Championship
Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kejuaraan Reli Dunia
- Robert Kubica
- 2014 WRC2 Championship
- 2015 WRC2 Championship
- WRC2
- 2013 WRC2 Championship
- 2016 WRC2 Championship
- World Rally Championship
- 2015 Junior WRC Championship
- 2014 WRC3 Championship
- 2016 Junior WRC Championship
- Josh McErlean
