2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series


The 2014 MW-V6 Pickup Series season was a pickup truck racing series that started over 25–27 April in Portimão, Portugal and ended over 17–19 October at the TT Circuit Assen, Netherlands. MW-V6 was a part of Acceleration 2014, a series of festivals combining top class car and bike racing with music and entertainment. Next to MW-V6, there was the Formula Acceleration 1, based on the former A1 Grand Prix, the Legend SuperCup, based on legends car racing, and the European Stock 600 and 1000 Series, which featured motorcycle racing for 15- and 16-year-olds. To attract young, yet serious, racing drivers, the 2014 MW-V6 winning driver was promised half the budget for the 2015 FA1 season and a test day in the FA1 car, or the full budget for the 2015 MW-V6 season plus an FA1 test. As for the music, on Friday evenings, David Hasselhoff hosted "Celebrate the 80's and the 90's with The Hoff", a dance party featuring 2 Unlimited, Haddaway, Kim Wilde, and others. Saturday evenings saw performances of international DJs.
The drivers' championship was won by Danny van Dongen, after he won seven races during the season. He had trailed Eoin Murray by five points after four meetings, but Murray did not contest the final two meetings. This resulted in van Dongen winning the championship by 122 points. Murray, with five wins, still amassed enough points to finish as the championship runner-up, while Alx Danielsson finished third in the series, eight points in arrears of Murray. Danielsson was a two-time race winner at Portimão, while three other drivers took race victories during the season; Jacky van der Ende won twice at the Nürburgring, Daniël de Jong was a race winner at Assen, while Davit Kajaia took a race victory at the Slovakia Ring. The nations' championship was won by the Netherlands, finishing 32.63 points clear of Sweden.
On 22 December 2014, it was announced that the FA1 series would be merged with Auto GP in 2015, to ensure that at least 18 cars participate in each race. The fate of the supporting Acceleration series was not specified.

Calendar

The 2014 calendar consisted of six race weekends. Originally, ten were planned. However, Acceleration in Zolder, Acceleration at Paul Ricard, and Acceleration at Grobnik were cancelled on 27 June 2014 and Acceleration at Hungaroring was cancelled on 20 August 2014.
DateEventCircuitCity
29–30 Nov 2013TestingCircuito de NavarraNavarra, Spain
26–27 Mar 2014TestingCircuit Ricardo TormoValencia, Spain
10 Apr 2014TestingCircuit Park ZandvoortZandvoort, Netherlands
25–27 Apr 2014Acceleration at PortimãoAutódromo Internacional do AlgarvePortimão, Portugal
2–4 May 2014Acceleration at NavarraCircuito de NavarraNavarra, Spain
23–25 May 2014Acceleration at NürburgringNürburgringNürburg, Germany
6–8 Jun 2014Acceleration in MonzaAutodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
4–6 Jul 2014Acceleration at Slovakia RingAutomotodróm Slovakia RingOrechová Potôň, Slovakia
17–19 Oct 2014Acceleration in AssenTT Circuit AssenAssen, Netherlands

Race format

The starting order of race 3 was decided by a combined result of Q1 and Q2 with the first 8 reversed.

Technical specifications

The cars were based on those used in the Dutch racing series BRL V6 and BRL Light.
;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in all three races. The pole-sitter for race 1 and 2 received one point, and one point was also given to the driver who set the fastest lap in each race. At the end of the season, the MW-V6 Drivers' title was awarded to the driver with the highest number of points.
;Points allocation for race 1 and 2
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole
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;Points allocation for race 3
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points2518151210864211

There was also a Nations' championship, which grouped the represented nations by totalling the average of the points scored by the drivers of the same nationality.

Drivers' championship

Nations' championship