2014 VGPC Japanese Grand Prix

2014 VGPC Japanese Grand Prix Race details Race 15 of 17 in the 2014 F1F Virtual Grand Prix Championship Date 25 November 2014 Location Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Sunto District, Shizuoka, Japan Course Permanent racing facility 4.563 km (2.835 mi) Distance 70 laps, 319.41 km (198.45 mi) Weather Dry Pole position Driver Enrique Ruiz Franklin-Honda Time 1.26.493 Fastest lap Driver Enrique Ruiz Franklin-Honda Time 1:26.101 on lap 43 Podium First Adrien Simon Liverpool-Vauxhall Second Nikolai Milkovich Ingram-Honda Third Marcus Thunder Downton

The 2014 VGPC Japanese Grand Prix was a Virtual Grand Prix Championship race that was held at the Fuji Speedway in Fuji, Oyama, Japan on 25 November 2014. The race was contested over 70 laps and was the fifteenth round of the 2014 F1F Virtual Grand Prix Championship. It will be the second Japanese Grand Prix but the first to be held at Fuji after the 2013 race took place at Suzuka.

Enrique Ruiz took pole position for the race, his first ever in the series, and also claimed the fastest lap during the race, but retired with a gearbox problem from second place with six laps to go. Having started second Adrien Simon won the race ahead of Nikolai Milkovich and Marcus Thunder - who claimed his first ever podium for Downton.

With Liverpool failing to achieve a 1-2 - Karl Beckenbauer could only recover to fifth after starting a lowly 15th - and Will Hoskins taking 2 points for 9th, Franklin re-claimed the Constructor's Championship.

Report

Background

Kiara Thunder will make her debut in a Formula Virtual car, driving for Downton in place of her brother Marcus Thunder in the practice session. Will Taylor will like-wise make his debut in an FV car, taking Keith Boston's place at Westwood.

Classification

Practice

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	12	Enrique Ruiz	Franklin-Honda	1:26.344
2	11	Will Hoskins	Franklin-Honda	1:26.375
3	22	Adrien Simon	Liverpool-Vauxhall	1:26.381
4	1	Nathaniel Powers	Downton	1:26.477
5	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood	1:26.564
6	20	Elroy Wagner	Team 23-Downton	1:26.595
7	5	Lewis Ellington	Peugeot	1:26.603
8	21	Karl Beckenbauer	Liverpool-Vauxhall	1:26.680
9	38	Nikolai Milkovich	Ingram-Honda	1:26.712
10	19	Jean Mattson	Team 23-Downton	1:26.727
11	7	Puccio Giodano	Rossi-Ferrari	1:26.794
12	4	Romano Agostino	Fun-Yamaha	1:26.827
13	37	Diego Campos	Ingram-Honda	1:26.909
14	2	Kiara Thunder	Downton	1:27.082
15	3	Hugh Dwyer	Fun-Yamaha	1:27.083
16	70	Will Taylor	Westwood	1:27.373
17	6	Ivan Lesic	Peugeot	1:27.382
18	16	Kurtis Gardner	Lucas-Volkswagen	1:27.570
19	15	Carson Davenport	Lucas-Volkswagen	1:27.573
20	91	Hiroto Nakumaya	Force Australia-BMW	1:28.238
21	8	Enzo Domenicalli	Rossi-Ferrari	1:28.434
22	25	Abel Osterhagen	Warrior-Mercedes	1:28.695
23	26	James Harding	Warrior-Mercedes	1:28.783
24	92	Felix Beyer	Force Australia-BMW	1:29.016

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Grid
1	12	Enrique Ruiz	Franklin-Honda	1:26.493	1
2	22	Adrien Simon	Liverpool-Vauxhall	1:26.524	2
3	11	Will Hoskins	Franklin-Honda	1:26.673	3
4	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood	1:26.699	4
5	7	Puccio Giodano	Rossi-Ferrari	1:26.824	5
6	38	Nikolai Milkovich	Ingram-Honda	1:26.839	6
7	2	Marcus Thunder	Downton	1:26.857	7
8	5	Lewis Ellington	Peugeot	1:26.884	8
9	20	Elroy Wagner	Team 23-Downton	1:26.891	9
10	1	Nathaniel Powers	Downton	1:26.924	10
11	3	Hugh Dwyer	Fun-Yamaha	1:26.986	11
12	4	Romano Agostino	Fun-Yamaha	1:27.057	12
13	8	Enzo Domenicalli	Rossi-Ferrari	1:27.132	13
14	19	Jean Mattson	Team 23-Downton	1:27.146	14
15	21	Karl Beckenbauer	Liverpool-Vauxhall	1:27.442	15
16	37	Diego Campos	Ingram-Honda	1:27.492	16
17	70	Keith Boston	Westwood	1:27.513	17
18	16	Kurtis Gardner	Lucas-Volkswagen	1:27.604	18
19	92	Felix Beyer	Force Australia-BMW	1:27.755	19
20	15	Carson Davenport	Lucas-Volkswagen	1:28.029	20
21	6	Ivan Lesic	Peugeot	1:28.230	21
22	91	Hiroto Nakumaya	Force Australia-BMW	1:28.379	22
23	25	Abel Osterhagen	Warrior-Mercedes	1:28.403	23
24	26	James Harding	Warrior-Mercedes	1:28.559	24

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Adrien Simon	Liverpool-Vauxhall	70	1:29:23.878	2	25
2	38	Nikolai Milkovich	Ingram-Honda	70	+4.918	6	18
3	2	Marcus Thunder	Downton	70	+12.614	7	15
4	1	Nathaniel Powers	Downton	70	+24.018	10	12
5	21	Karl Beckenbauer	Liverpool-Vauxhall	70	+44.491	15	10
6	37	Diego Campos	Ingram-Honda	70	+46.181	16	8
7	15	Carson Davenport	Lucas-Volkswagen	70	+47.888	20	6
8	5	Lewis Ellington	Peugeot	70	+49.526	8	4
9	11	Will Hoskins	Franklin-Honda	70	+50.101	3	2
10	6	Ivan Lesic	Peugeot	70	+56.642	21	1
11	16	Kurtis Gardner	Lucas-Volkswagen	70	+58.648	18
12	19	Jean Mattson	Team 23-Downton	70	+1:01.643	14
13	70	Keith Boston	Westwood	70	+1:10.271	17
14	25	Abel Osterhagen	Warrior-Mercedes	70	+1:10.981	23
15	3	Hugh Dwyer	Fun-Yamaha	70	+1:12.403	11
16	92	Felix Beyer	Force Australia-BMW	69	+1 lap	19
17	26	James Harding	Warrior-Mercedes	69	+1 lap	24
18	12	Enrique Ruiz	Franklin-Honda	63	Gearbox	1
Ret	4	Romano Agostino	Fun-Yamaha	33	Out of fuel	12
Ret	7	Puccio Giodano	Rossi-Ferrari	21	Suspension	5
Ret	69	Tumo Kinnumen	Westwood	20	Suspension	4
Ret	20	Elroy Wagner	Team 23-Downton	8	Collision	9
Ret	91	Hiroto Nakumaya	Force Australia-BMW	1	Collision	22
Ret	8	Enzo Domenicalli	Rossi-Ferrari	0	Collision	13

Standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Will Hoskins 223 2 Enrique Ruiz 194 3 Karl Beckenbauer 163 4 Adrien Simon 158 5 Nathaniel Powers 111

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Franklin-Honda 417 2 Liverpool-Vauxhall 321 3 Downton 166 4 Rossi-Ferrari 123 5 Peugeot 105

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

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