2014 Drive DMACK Cup


The 2014 Drive DMACK Cup season was the first season of the Drive DMACK Cup, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It used Ford Fiesta R2s, and was a cost-effective series within the Championship which offered a prize drive of a full WRC-2 season in a Ford Fiesta R5 car in 2015.
The inaugural championship was won by Estonia's Sander Pärn, winning three of the five events to be held. Pärn finished 19 points clear of his nearest rival, Tom Cave, who won Rallye Deutschland, and like Pärn took four top-two finishes during the season. Quentin Gilbert finished third in the championship, after Yeray Lemes was given a 25-point penalty for missing the final round of the season. Gilbert won the most stages during the season with 27, which allowed him to advance up the championship as each stage win counted for a point in the drivers' championship. The only other driver to win a rally was Nil Solans, who won his home event at the Rally de Catalunya. Pärn's co-driver James Morgan won the co-drivers' championship by a similar margin to his driver, over Cave's co-driver Craig Parry.

Calendar

The final 2014 Drive DMACK Cup calendar consisted of five European events, running as part of the 2014 World Rally Championship season.
RoundDatesRally nameRally headquartersSurface
13–6 April 48º Vodafone Rally de PortugalFaro, AlgarveGravel
227–29 June 71st LOTOS Rally PolandMikołajki, Warmia-MasuriaGravel
31–3 August 64th Neste Oil Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Keski-SuomiGravel
422–24 August 32. ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac
524–26 October 50º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa DauradaSalou, Tarragona

Drivers

The following drivers took part in the championship.
DriverCo-driverRounds
101 Yeray Lemes Rogelio Peñate1–4
102 José Antonio Suárez Pablo Marcos Secades1–2
102 José Antonio Suárez Borja Rozada3
103 Quentin Gilbert Renaud JamoulAll
104 Tom Cave Craig ParryAll
105 Sander Pärn James MorganAll
106 Marius Aasen Marlene Engan1–3
107 Ghislain de Mevius Johan JaletAll
108 Nil Solans Miquel Ibáñez SotosAll
109 Max Vatanen Mikko LukkaAll
110 Leonid Urlichich Andrew Roughead1
110 Leonid Urlichich Darragh Mullen2
110 Leonid Urlichich Darren Garrod3
110 Leonid Urlichich Michael Gilbey4–5
111 Nicolas Amiouni Carlos del Barrio1
111 Nicolas Amiouni Joseph Matar2–5
112 Szymon Kornicki Przemyslaw MazurAll

Rally summaries

Championship standings

FIA Drive DMACK Cup for Drivers

FIA Drive DMACK Cup for Co-Drivers

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