2014 Acceleration at Nürburgring

Acceleration at Nürburgring is the third weekend of Acceleration 2014, a multi-day festival combining top class car and bike racing with live music and other entertainment. The festival is organised by the International Sport Racing Association (ISRA), based in the Netherlands, and will 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 are 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 is eligible for points in the drivers' championship as well as the nations' championship. As for music and entertainment, David Hasselhoff is 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 are filled with performances of international DJs.

FA1 Results

Driver changes

Acceleration Team France driver Nathanael Berthon was replaced by Alessio Picariello. The Dane Dennis Lind was replaced at Team Sweden by Jimmy Eriksson. Lind took over from Rodolfo Gonzalez at Venezuela.

Practice sessions

No.

Driver

Team

FP1

FP2

1

16

Mirko Bortolotti

Italy

1:44.505

1:34.277

2

7

Nigel Melker

The Netherlands

1:45.018

1:34.393

3

64

Richard Gonda

Slovakia

1:44.436

1:34.402

4

4

Sebastian Balthasar

Germany

1:44.607

1:35.071

5

42

Sergio Campana

Portugal

1:44.596

1:35.329

6

24

Jimmy Eriksson

Sweden

1:46.328

1:35.415

7

29

Armando Parente

China

1:35.958

8

45

Dennis Lind

Venezuela

1:46.015

1:36.038

9

17

Alessio Picariello

France

1:36.324

10

39

Picho Toledano

Mexico

1:47.676

1:36.737

11

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

Mexico

1:46.461

1:36.935

12

10

Oliver Campos-Hull

Spain

1:36.985

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1

No.

1

7

2

17

3

16

4

42

5

64

6

4

7

45

8

24

9

10

10

39

11

29

12

38

Race 1

No.

Driver

Team

Time Diff.

Points

1

7

Nigel Melker

The Netherlands

18 laps

21 (P)

2

16

Mirko Bortolotti

Italy

+8.754

15

3

64

Richard Gonda

Slovakia

+20.786

12

4

17

Alessio Picariello

France

+24.297

11 (FL)

5

29

Armando Parente

China

+29.800

8

6

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

Mexico

+47.644

6

7

10

Oliver Campos-Hull

Spain

+1:17.047

4

8

24

Jimmy Eriksson

Sweden

+8 laps

3

9

45

Dennis Lind

Venezuela

+9 laps

2

10

39

Picho Toledano

Mexico

+12 laps

1

11

42

Sergio Campana

Portugal

+17 laps

0

4

Sebastian Balthasar

Germany

DNS

0

Race 2

No.

Driver

Team

Time Diff.

Points

1

16

Mirko Bortolotti

Italy

27 laps

25

2

64

Richard Gonda

Slovakia

+2.067

18

3

42

Sergio Campana

Portugal

+14.989

16 (FL)

4

17

Alessio Picariello

France

+15.374

12

5

4

Sebastian Balthasar

Germany

+16.949

10

6

24

Jimmy Eriksson

Sweden

+27.598

8

7

39

Picho Toledano

Mexico

+1:17.556

6

8

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

Mexico

+7 laps

4

9

29

Armando Parente

China

+8 laps

2

10

45

Dennis Lind

Venezuela

+15 laps

1

11

10

Oliver Campos-Hull

Spain

+19 laps

0

7

Nigel Melker

The Netherlands

DNS

1 (P)

Drivers' Championship Standings after 6 out of 10 Races

No.

Driver

Points

1

16

Mirko Bortolotti

123

2

7

Nigel Melker

103

3

4

Sebastian Balthasar

53

4

64

Richard Gonda

52

5

42/29

Armando Parente

40

6

32/42

Sergio Campana

31

7

38

Luis Michael Dörrbecker

26

8

23

Felix Rosenqvist

25

9

17

Alessio Picariello

23

10

29/10

Oliver Campos-Hull

20

11

45

Dennis Lind

19

12

39

Picho Toledano

15

13

24

Jimmy Eriksson

11

14

20

Rodolfo Gonzalez

10

15

10

Victor Garcia

5

16

32

Nathanael Berthon

2

Teams' Championship Standings after 6 out of 10 Races

Team

Points

1

Italy

123

2

The Netherlands

103

3

Germany

53

4

Slovakia

52

5

Sweden

52

6

Portugal

38

7

China

36

8

France

34

9

Mexico

22

10

Venezuela

13

11

Spain

13

MW-V6 Results

Practice sessions

No.

Driver

FP1

FP2

1

23

Alx Danielsson

2:00.316

2:00.176

2

44

Eoin Murray

2:00.358

2:01.009

3

90

Pim van Riet

2:01.593

2:00.456

4

4

Danny van Dongen

2:02.810

2:01.450

5

8

Bas Schouten

2:01.571

2:01.538

6

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

2:01.572

2:01.853

7

87

Jacky van der Ende

2:01.713

2:01.746

8

92

Frederique Jonckheere

2:02.551

2:01.926

9

6

Andreas Gulden

2:02.185

2:03.007

10

95

Melvin de Groot
Steve van Bellingen

2:02.276

11

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

2:06.271

2:03.433

12

96

Ward Sluys
Fred Cavanagh

2:03.789

13

24

Will Wright

2:10.917

2:05.472

14

88

Priscilla Speelman

2:07.014

2:05.667

15

7

Leon Rijnbeek

2:11.471

Qualifying sessions

Qualifying 1

No.

1

8

2

4

3

23

4

87

5

6

6

44

7

95

8

96

9

92

10

94

11

93

12

90

13

24

14

88

15

7

Race 1

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

4

Danny van Dongen

13 laps

20

2

87

Jacky van der Ende

+8.319

16 (FL)

3

92

Frederique Jonckheere

+25.067

12

4

90

Pim van Riet

+25.292

10

5

23

Alx Danielsson

+25.747

8

6

6

Andreas Gulden

+33.637

6

7

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+40.881

4

8

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+47.584

3

9

88

Priscilla Speelman

+55.680

2

10

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+55.888

1

11

96

Ward Sluys

+56.291

0

12

24

Will Wright

+1:46.621

0

13

44

Eoin Murray

+4 laps

0

14

8

Bas Schouten

+4 laps

1 (P)

95

Melvin de Groot
Steve van Bellingen

DNS

0

Race 2

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

87

Jacky van der Ende

13 laps

20

2

23

Alx Danielsson

+0.467

16 (FL)

3

90

Pim van Riet

+0.802

12

4

6

Andreas Gulden

+8.616

10

5

4

Danny van Dongen

+13.042

8

6

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+27.082

6

7

92

Frederique Jonckheere

+27.757

4

8

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+50.243

3

9

24

Will Wright

+1:02.664

2

10

88

Priscilla Speelman

+1:02.983

1

11

44

Eoin Murray

+10 laps

1 (P)

12

8

Bas Schouten

+12 laps

0

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

DNS

0

96

Ward Sluys
Fred Cavanagh

95

Melvin de Groot
Steve van Bellingen

Race 3

Pos.

No.

Driver

Time diff.

Points

1

87

Jacky van der Ende

13 laps

25

2

90

Pim van Riet

+0.192

19 (FL)

3

6

Andreas Gulden

+1.360

15

4

4

Danny van Dongen

+7.812

12

5

92

Frederique Jonckheere

+17.553

10

6

24

Will Wright

+29.533

8

7

7

Leon Rijnbeek

+29.732

6

8

23

Alx Danielsson

+1:25.035

4

9

88

Priscilla Speelman

+1 laps

2

10

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

+6 laps

1

11

8

Bas Schouten

+10 laps

0

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

DNS

0

96

Ward Sluys
Fred Cavanagh

95

Melvin de Groot
Steve van Bellingen

Drivers' Championship Standings after 9 out of 18 Races

No.

Driver

Points

1

44

Eoin Murray

112

2

23

Alx Danielsson

109

3

4

Danny van Dongen

97

4

87

Jacky van der Ende

61

5

10

Carlos Alvarez

52

6

90

Pim van Riet

41

7

83

Mikel Azcona Troyas

36

8

9

Kelvin Snoeks

31

9

6

Andreas Gulden

31

10

92

Frederique Jonckheere

26

11

8

Bas Schouten

23

12

80

Daniel de Jong

21

13

50

Tom Pedersen

20

14

41

Bas Koeten

18

15

7

Leon Rijnbeek

18

16

68

Jeremiah Wagner

16

17

85

Javier Morcillo

15

18

35

John Mickel

12

19

45

Michael Devaney

11

20

12

Francesco Gutierrez

11

21

14

Maik Barten

10

22

93

Jan-Paul van Dongen

10

23

24

Will Wright

10

24

88

Priscilla Speelman

5

25

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

4

26

8

Bert de Heus

3

27

84

Joaquin Egozkue de los Santos

1

28

96

Ward Sluys

0

29

11

Christian Cano

0

35

Dario Orsini

96

Fred Cavanagh

95

Melvin de Groot

95

Steve van Bellingen

Nations' Championship Standings after 9 out of 18 Races

Nation

Points

1

100

2

82.5

3

71.02

4

42.3

5

31

6

20

7

20

8

12

9

4

Legend SuperCup Results

Practice sessions

No.

Driver

FP1

FP2

1

36

James Holman

2:11.790

2

47

Davit Kajaia

2:12.091

2:11.795

3

53

Niki Meredith

2:12.155

2:11.836

4

51

Frederik Nymark

2:13.206

2:11.849

5

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

2:13.880

2:13.181

6

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

2:14.670

2:13.334

7

7

Joris Schouten

2:16.628

2:14.299

8

44

Johan Kraan

2:16.680

2:14.474

9

6

Leon Zappij
Michael Verhagen

2:17.925

10

15

Luca Bettini

2:27.095

2:20.480

Race 1

No.

Driver

Time Diff.

Grid

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

10 laps

5

50

2

51

Frederik Nymark

+0.228

2

40

3

53

Niki Meredith

+1.427

3

32

4

7

Joris Schouten

+14.028

7

26

5

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+21.673

8

22

6

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

+24.193

6

20

7

36

James Holman

+40.322

1

19

8

6

Michael Verhagen

+1:02.305

9

18

9

15

Luca Bettini

+2:04.905

4

17

44

Johan Kraan

DNS

0

Race 2

No.

Driver

Time Diff.

Grid

Points

1

53

Niki Meredith

10 laps

4

50

2

36

James Holman

+0.051

2

40

3

51

Frederik Nymark

+0.500

1

32

4

7

Joris Schouten

+20.640

7

26

5

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+21.323

8

22

6

15

Luca Bettini

+1:25.503

6

20

7

6

Leon Zappij

+1:39.375

9

19

8

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

+8 laps

5

18

47

Davit Kajaia

DNS

0

44

Johan Kraan

Race 3

No.

Driver

Time Diff.

Grid

Points

1

53

Niki Meredith

10 laps

6

50

2

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.062

8

40

3

36

James Holman

+0.356

2

33 (FL)

4

51

Frederik Nymark

+0.551

7

26

5

7

Joris Schouten

+25.394

5

22

6

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

+32.434

3

20

7

6

Leon Zappij

+35.881

1

19

8

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

+5 laps

4

18

15

Luca Bettini

DNS

0

44

Johan Kraan

Race 4

No.

Driver

Time Diff.

Grid

Points

1

53

Niki Meredith

10 laps

6

50

2

47

Davit Kajaia

+0.056

7

40

3

44

Johan Kraan

+37.199

8

32

4

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

+37.622

1

26

5

51

Frederik Nymark

+6 laps

4

22

6

7

Joris Schouten

+9 laps

3

20

7

15

Luca Bettini

2

19

36

James Holman

DNS

0

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

6

Leon Zappij
Michael Verhagen

Drivers' Championship Standings after 12 out of 24 Races

Pos.

No.

Driver

Points

1

47

Davit Kajaia

450

2

53

Niki Meredith

392

3

11

Daniel Campos-Hull

363

4

36

James Holman

268

5

48

Konstantin Koliashvili

239

6

10

Carlos Gonzalez

172

7

5

Ferry Monster

145

8

68

Jeremiah Wagner

130

9

51

Frederik Nymark

120

10

12

Francesco Gutierrez

96

11

7

Joris Schouten

94

12

37

John Mickel

87

13

54

John Paterson

78

14

50

Emil Andersen

69

15

94

Gian Maria Gabbiani

62

16

15

Luca Bettini

56

17

6

Leon Zappij

38

18

44

Johan Kraan

32

19

6

Michael Verhagen

18

20

42

Thomas David

16

14

Fred Depresle

Nations' Championship Standings after 12 out of 24 Races

Pos.

Nation

Points

1

392

2

353.5

3

256.33

4

250.5

5

236

6

189

7

130

8

78

9

58.5

10

16

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