The 2014 GP2 Series season was the forty-eighth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also tenth season under the GP2 Series moniker, a support series to the 2014 Formula One World Championship. Russian Time were the defending team champions.^[1]

In his fourth season in the series, DAMS driver Jolyon Palmer won the championship title after a consistent season, with points-scoring finishes in 20 of the campaign's 22 races. He won four races – joint-most for the season, along with Stoffel Vandoorne and Felipe Nasr – and achieved twelve podium finishes, en route to the title, which he won in Russia.^[2] The battle for the runner-up position in the championship standings was not decided until the final race of the season, between Vandoorne and Nasr.^[3] It was ultimately settled in favour of Vandoorne, by five points, after a fifth-place finish compared to Nasr's second-place finish. Vandoorne, a rookie in the series after moving from Formula Renault 3.5, had started the season with a victory in his first start in Bahrain,^[4] and also won at the Hungaroring, Monza,^[5] and Abu Dhabi.^[6] After two winless years in the series, Nasr took his first GP2 victory in his 50th start, in Montmeló.^[7] He also achieved wins at the Red Bull Ring,^[8] Silverstone,^[9] and Spa-Francorchamps,^[10] before his graduation to Formula One for the 2015 season.^[11]

A trio of double race-winners filled positions four, five and six in the final drivers' championship standings. Mitch Evans – driving for defending teams' champions RT Russian Time – was another first-time winner in the series, taking back-to-back feature race victories at Silverstone and Hockenheim, the latter from 15th on the grid. Fifth place went to Johnny Cecotto Jr. for the Trident team, recording his best season in the series, which included victories in Montmeló and Spielberg. Racing Engineering driver Stefano Coletti completed the championship top six, with sprint race victories at Hockenheim and Abu Dhabi. Four other drivers won on one occasion, and for each, was their first GP2 victory. Stéphane Richelmi won the sprint race, for DAMS, on home soil in Monaco, matching Coletti's feat from the previous season. Rookies Arthur Pic (Campos Racing) and Raffaele Marciello (Racing Engineering) won the feature races at the Hungaroring and Spa-Francorchamps respectively, while Marco Sørensen achieved the first victory for MP Motorsport, with sprint race success in Sochi.

DAMS were the winners of the teams' championship for the second time in three seasons – after a similar title sweep with Davide Valsecchi winning the drivers' championship in 2012 – finishing 57 points clear of closest competitors, Carlin. ART Grand Prix finished a further 37 points in arrears, completing the championship top trio.

The 2013 season was originally proposed to be the last season with the third-generation GP2 chassis, the Dallara GP2/11, which was introduced in 2011, but it was decided that the series would continue to use this chassis for a further three years in order to avoid a leap in costs to the competitors.^[12] The series continued to use tyres provided by Pirelli.^[13]

Free practice sessions were extended from 30 to 45 minutes long.^[14] Drivers were required to use both the harder "Prime" and softer "Option" tyre compounds during a Feature Race – unless declared a wet race – mirroring the rules of Formula One.^[14] Previously, drivers had been free to use both compounds as they saw fit, provided both were used over the course of a race meeting.

After the final race of the 2013 season, series organisers announced that the 2014 championship would be contested at every European round of the Formula One World Championship.^[55] With the expansion of the Formula One calendar to include races in Russia and Austria, the GP2 Series held rounds at the Sochi Autodrom and the Red Bull Ring for the first time.^[56] The final calendar, consisting of eleven rounds, was revealed on 6 December 2013.^[57]

More information Round, Circuit/Location ...

Round		Circuit/Location	Country	Date	Supporting
1	Feature	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Bahrain	5 April	Bahrain Grand Prix
	Sprint			6 April
2	Feature	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Spain	10 May	Spanish Grand Prix
	Sprint			11 May
3	Feature	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco	Monaco	23 May	Monaco Grand Prix
	Sprint			24 May
4	Feature	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	Austria	21 June	Austrian Grand Prix
	Sprint			22 June
5	Feature	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	United Kingdom	5 July	British Grand Prix
	Sprint			6 July
6	Feature	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Germany	19 July	German Grand Prix
	Sprint			20 July
7	Feature	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	Hungary	26 July	Hungarian Grand Prix
	Sprint			27 July
8	Feature	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	Belgium	23 August	Belgian Grand Prix
	Sprint			24 August
9	Feature	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	Italy	6 September	Italian Grand Prix
	Sprint			7 September
10	Feature	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi[58]	Russia	11 October	Russian Grand Prix
	Sprint			12 October
11	Feature	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	22 November	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
	Sprint			23 November

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points

Sprint race points

Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver BHR CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points 1 Jolyon Palmer 3 1 2 2 1 7 5 6 2 4 3 6 4 2 6 3 8 1 1 10 2 Ret 276 2 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 22 13 10 14 13 2 15 3 9 2 3 7 1 2 6 1 13 5 2 1 5 229 3 Felipe Nasr 8 4 3 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 7 1 5 2 6 3 4 1 6 6 17 3 4 2 224 4 Mitch Evans 14 7 14 20† 2 6 7 4 1 7 1 11 12 9 5 4 3 20† 2 4 3 4 174 5 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 21 14 1 6 4 4 6 1 6 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 2 10 Ret 19 23† 6 6 140 6 Stefano Coletti 4 23 16 8 Ret 9 4 2 4 2 4 1 18 Ret Ret 7 9 2 Ret 8 7 1 136 7 Arthur Pic 5 9 6 4 6 5 10 13 11 22† 19 Ret 1 6 15 20 2 7 4 5 8 3 124 8 Raffaele Marciello 18 24 Ret 16 12 19 3 3 Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 8 1 14 Ret 18 3 Ret 11 7 74 9 Stéphane Richelmi 19 5 10 7 8 1 14 10 8 6 10 Ret Ret 11 21 12 4 3 22 18 5 9 73 10 Julián Leal 2 3 4 5 Ret 16 13 7 5 5 16 18 Ret 15 13 10 13 17 9 17 12 11 68 11 Marco Sørensen 9 8 9 4 10 10 14 11 7 4 8 1 Ret 21 47 12 André Negrão 20 18 Ret 15 16 14 20 16 18 21 15 Ret 9 8 5 5 6 6 Ret 24 31 13 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs 10 6 9 9 9 8 24 18 13 15 14 8 2 12 11 21 14 8 30 14 Sergio Canamasas 17 18 5 2 15 9 15 Ret 15 13 Ret DNS 20 Ret 18 DSQ 7 Ret 16 8 29 15 Rio Haryanto 16 16 5 Ret 7 3 11 17 21 Ret 22† 10 Ret 17 Ret 16 16 16 18 15 9 12 28 16 Daniel Abt 13 13 Ret 12 Ret 17 17 23 10 11 20 15 5 5 8 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 27 17 Simon Trummer 7 2 12 Ret Ret 18 20 20 25 18 6 14 11 13 18 17 19 11 15 21 17 16 26 18 Takuya Izawa 6 12 20 13 Ret Ret 9 8 16 23† 13 19 3 21† 16 22 Ret 14 20 22 13 10 26 19 Tom Dillmann 8 3 12 9 9 19† 12 9 18 20 Nathanaël Berthon 23† 17 Ret Ret 17 12 22 25 17 12 8 17 8 4 22 15 12 19† 10 9 15 13 17 21 Alexander Rossi 22 25 Ret 14 16 11 8 5 12 21 Ret 7 12 22 Tio Ellinas 7 11 10 22 23 22 21 14 7 23 Jon Lancaster 17 15 22 13 Ret 5 17 16 19 Ret 11 15 12 16 18 14 6 24 Artem Markelov 15 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 21 16 18 17 Ret 12 16 20† 7 Ret 21 Ret 16 12 Ret 19 6 25 René Binder 9 8 15 Ret Ret 20 12 12 24 19 11 22 20 14 Ret 23 20 Ret 23 Ret Ret 23 3 26 Conor Daly 12 Ret 18 Ret 13 10 18 11 14 10 21 20 13 7 Ret 19 20 15 2 27 Kimiya Sato Ret 19 19 15 15 14 Ret 19 23 20 Ret Ret 17 18 Ret 12 13 7 14 22 2 28 Daniël de Jong 11 11 Ret 19 11 Ret 19 21 19 14 Ret 16 14 18 10 13 Ret 9 14 19 10 Ret 2 29 Pierre Gasly 17 Ret 11 11 21 18 0 30 Sergio Campana 15 Ret DNS 20 0 31 Facu Regalia Ret 20 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret 24 0 32 Nicholas Latifi 22 17 0 33 Kevin Giovesi 19 20 0 34 Axcil Jefferies Ret 21 0 Pos. Driver BHR CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

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• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

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Pos. Team No. BHR CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points 1 DAMS 7 3 1 2 2 1 7 5 6 2 4 3 6 4 2 6 3 8 1 1 10 2 Ret 349 8 19 5 10 7 8 1 14 10 8 6 10 Ret Ret 11 21 12 4 3 22 18 5 9 2 Carlin 3 8 4 3 1 3 Ret 1 Ret 7 1 5 2 6 3 4 1 6 6 17 3 4 2 292 4 2 3 4 5 Ret 16 13 7 5 5 16 18 Ret 15 13 10 13 17 9 17 12 11 3 ART Grand Prix 9 6 12 20 13 Ret Ret 9 8 16 23† 13 19 3 21† 16 22 Ret 14 20 22 13 10 255 10 1 22 13 10 14 13 2 15 3 9 2 3 7 1 2 6 1 13 5 2 1 5 4 Racing Engineering 5 18 24 Ret 16 12 19 3 3 Ret Ret 17 Ret 19 8 1 14 Ret 18 3 Ret 11 7 210 6 4 23 16 8 Ret 9 4 2 4 2 4 1 18 Ret Ret 7 9 2 Ret 8 7 1 5 RT Russian Time 1 14 7 14 20† 2 6 7 4 1 7 1 11 12 9 5 4 3 20† 2 4 3 4 180 2 15 10 11 Ret Ret Ret 21 16 18 17 Ret 12 16 20† 7 Ret 21 Ret 16 12 Ret 19 6 Trident 22 Ret 21 17 18 5 2 15 9 15 Ret 15 13 Ret DNS 20 Ret 18 DSQ 7 Ret 16 8 169 23 21 14 1 6 4 4 6 1 6 3 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 2 10 Ret 19 23† 6 6 7 Campos Racing 26 5 9 6 4 6 5 10 13 11 22† 19 Ret 1 6 15 20 2 7 4 5 8 3 128 27 Ret 19 19 15 15 14 Ret 19 23 20 Ret 7 Ret Ret 17 18 Ret 12 13 7 14 22 8 MP Motorsport 20 11 11 Ret 19 11 Ret 19 21 19 14 Ret 16 14 18 10 13 Ret 9 14 19 10 Ret 56 21 17 15 7 11 10 22 23 22 9 8 9 4 10 10 14 11 7 4 8 1 Ret 21 9 Rapax 14 10 6 9 9 9 8 24 18 13 15 14 8 2 12 11 21 14 8 21 14 19 20 56 15 7 2 12 Ret Ret 18 20 20 25 18 6 14 11 13 18 17 19 11 15 21 17 16 10 Arden International 16 9 8 15 Ret Ret 20 12 12 24 19 11 22 20 14 Ret 23 20 Ret 23 Ret Ret 23 48 17 20 18 8 3 Ret 15 16 14 20 16 18 21 15 Ret 9 8 5 5 6 6 Ret 24 11 EQ8 Caterham Racing (1–8) Caterham Racing (9–11) 18 16 16 5 Ret 7 3 11 17 21 Ret 22† 10 Ret 17 Ret 16 16 16 18 15 9 12 42 19 22 25 Ret 14 16 11 8 5 12 22 12 9 9 19† 12 9 17 Ret 11 11 21 18 12 Hilmer Motorsport 11 13 13 Ret 12 Ret 17 17 23 10 11 20 15 5 5 8 5 Ret 10 Ret 13 22 17 33 12 Ret 20 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret 24 22 13 Ret 5 17 16 19 Ret 11 15 12 16 18 14 13 Venezuela GP Lazarus 24 23† 17 Ret Ret 17 12 22 25 17 12 8 17 8 4 22 15 12 19† 10 9 15 13 19 25 12 Ret 18 Ret 13 10 18 11 14 10 21 20 13 7 Ret 19 15 Ret DNS 20 20 15 Pos. Team No. BHR CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ SOC YMC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position point(s) Italics Fastest lap point(s)

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Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.