2014 World Touring Car Championship

The 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for Super 2000 Cars. It was the eleventh FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the tenth since the series was revived in 2005.

After making a race-winning début on home soil during the 2013 campaign, Argentina's José María López won the drivers' championship after performing strongest during the season. Driving for the Citroën team, López won ten races during the season, significantly more than team-mates Yvan Muller – the defending series champion – and Sébastien Loeb, who was in his first season in the championship. López finished all but one race during the season, with his only retirement coming during the second race in Russia, and finished the season 126 points clear of his next closest challenger, which was Muller. Muller took four victories during the season, all coming from pole position. Loeb finished a further 41 points behind Muller, taking a pair of victories, in Morocco and the only race in Slovakia.

Only one other driver won more than one race, as Robert Huff won the first races for Lada Sport in the World Touring Car Championship. Huff won the second races in Beijing and Macau; his win in the latter was his seventh at the circuit, over the previous seven years. Single race winners during 2014 were Gabriele Tarquini (Japan), Tom Chilton (Beijing), Gianni Morbidelli (Hungary), Mehdi Bennani (Shanghai) and Ma Qing Hua in Russia. Morbidelli's win was his first in the series, while the victories for Bennani and Ma were the first in FIA competition for their respective countries, Morocco and China.

Citroën dominated the manufacturers' championship, taking a total of 17 overall wins out of the 23 races. The marque finished almost 300 points clear of Honda, who finished in second position. In the TC2-only Yokohama Drivers' Trophy, Franz Engstler finished well clear of the field in his final WTCC season before moving to the TCR International Series. Engstler achieved 20 victories and a pair of second places from 23 starts, and finished 90 points clear of closest rival John Filippi, who won the second race in Japan. The other race winners were Pasquale Di Sabatino in Hungary, and ETCC regular Petr Fulín, who won the race in Slovakia. In the Yokohama Teams' Trophy for non-manufacturer teams, ROAL Motorsport, with Chilton and Tom Coronel as its drivers, finished 91 points clear of the single-car team of Zengő Motorsport and driver Norbert Michelisz. The Yokohama Performer of the Year award went to López, taking the most fastest laps of the season, with eleven.

Teams and drivers

For the 2014 season, the series' technical regulations were altered. Cars built to the 2014 specifications were classified as "TC1", whilst cars built prior to 2014 were classified as "TC2".

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
TC1 entries
Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	1	Yvan Muller	All
		9	Sébastien Loeb	All
		33	Ma Qing Hua	6–7, 9–10, 12
		37	José María López	All
Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team	Honda Civic WTCC	2	Gabriele Tarquini	All
		18	Tiago Monteiro	All
Lada Sport Lukoil Lada Sport	Lada Granta 1.6T	11	James Thompson	All
		12	Robert Huff	All
		14	Mikhail Kozlovskiy	All
Independent TC1 entries
ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	3	Tom Chilton	All
		4	Tom Coronel	All
Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	5	Norbert Michelisz	All
Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	7	Hugo Valente	All
		74	Pepe Oriola	12
		98	Dušan Borković	1–11
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	10	Gianni Morbidelli	All
		77	René Münnich	All
Proteam Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	25	Mehdi Bennani	All
TC2 entries
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	BMW 320 TC	6	Franz Engstler	All
		8	Pasquale Di Sabatino	1–7
		15	Camilo Echevarría	8
		26	Felipe De Souza	9–12
Campos Racing	SEAT León WTCC	19	Henry Kwong	11–12
		22	Petr Fulín	1, 4
		27	John Filippi	All
		38	William Lok	10, 12
		50	Nikita Misiulia	6
		55	Norbert Nagy	7
		80	Michael Soong	9
RPM Racing Team	BMW 320 TC	44	Mak Ka Lok	12
NIKA Racing	Honda Civic WTCC	99	Yukinori Taniguchi	3

Team changes

• French car manufacturer Citroën entered the championship in 2014, with a works team, competing with the Citroën C-Elysée model. The team entered three cars for the full season, and added an additional entry for Ma Qing Hua in five rounds of the championship.
• Honda expanded to become a four-car operation, with two cars entered by the works Honda World Touring Car Team. Two additional cars were supplied to Proteam Racing and Zengő Motorsport with each team running one car.
• Lada Sport expanded to run three cars.
• In September 2013, SEAT announced that they would not return to the WTCC in 2014 in order to focus on the revived SEAT León Eurocup. Some private entries used old-specification SEAT cars in the TC2 class.
• Münnich Motorsport had originally intended to enter one car for team owner René Münnich in selected races in the TC2 class, but later elected to remain in TC1, competing with two 2014-specification Chevrolet Cruzes.
• The RML Group shifted its focus in 2014, withdrawing their team in order to become a constructor and supply 2014-specification Chevrolet Cruzes to customer teams.
• Campos Racing and ROAL Motorsport ran RML built TC1-specification Chevrolet Cruzes. Each team fielded two TC1 cars, while Campos Racing also fielded one full-time and two part-time TC2-specification SEAT León WTCC cars.
• Bamboo Engineering left the series to run a single Aston Martin V8 Vantage in the World Endurance Championship.
• NIKA Racing switched to a TC2-specification Honda Civic WTCC for the 2014 season after racing with a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T for the last two seasons.

Driver changes

• Robert Huff left the Münnich Motorsport team to join Lada Sport.
• Nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb entered the championship with Citroën Total WTCC.
• José María López joined Citroën for a full-season campaign after making his World Touring Car Championship debut at his home race in Argentina during the 2013 season.
• Yvan Muller left RML after four years with the team, joining Citroën's campaign alongside Loeb.
• Dušan Borković entered the series with a Chevrolet Cruze alongside Hugo Valente at Campos Racing in the TC1 class.
• Tom Chilton left RML and moved to ROAL Motorsport alongside Tom Coronel.
• Stefano D'Aste and Fredy Barth did not compete in the series, in the 2014 season.
• Darryl O'Young and Alex MacDowall left the series to compete for Bamboo Engineering in the World Endurance Championship.
• James Nash and Marc Basseng left the series to join Belgian Audi Club Team WRT in the Blancpain Endurance Series and Blancpain Sprint Series respectively.
• Ma Qing Hua entered the series, driving the fourth Citroën car at five meetings.
• John Filippi entered the series, driving for Campos Racing in a SEAT León in the TC2 class.
• Yukinori Taniguchi returned to the series for 2014, driving for NIKA Racing.

Regulation changes

The sporting and technical regulations were approved by the FIA, at the July 2013 meeting of the World Motor Sport Council:

Sporting regulations

• Race distances were fixed at 60 kilometres (37 miles), and all races utilised a standing start.
• Qualifying was held in three parts, with the top five going into Q3.
• The balance of performance—introducing various waivers and differentiated base weights of the cars to equalise the field— but compensation weights were used once again.

Technical regulations

The series introduced a raft of changes to the technical regulations for the 2014 season. The cars were still built to Super 2000 regulations, but with significant changes compared to the 2011 generation of cars. The minimum weight of the cars was reduced from 1,150 kilograms (2,540 pounds) to 1,100 kilograms (2,400 pounds), and was accompanied by an increase in the power output of the engine, which rose to 380 bhp, an increase of between 50 and 60 bhp depending on the engine being used. The size of the wheels being used increased to 18", with MacPherson strut suspension being introduced to all cars. The dimensions of the cars changed, with a maximum width of 1,950 mm (77 in), and a 100 mm (3.9 in) front splitter. Changes to the aerodynamic package allowed teams to use flat floors, and introduce single-plane rear wings that were allowed, but to be no higher than the roof of the car.

Calendar

The provisional 2014 schedule was announced on 4 November 2013. The season was once again contested over twenty-four races at twelve circuits.

Rnd.	Race	Race Name	Circuit	Date
1	1	Race of Morocco	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan	13 April
	2
2	3	JVC Kenwood Race of France	Circuit Paul Ricard	20 April
	4
3	5	Race of Hungary	Hungaroring	4 May
	6
4	7	Race of Slovakia	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring	11 May
	8
5	9	Race of Austria	Salzburgring	25 May
	10
6	11	Lukoil Race of Russia	Moscow Raceway	8 June
	12
7	13	Race of Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	22 June
	14
8	15	Race of Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo	3 August
	16
9	17	Race of Beijing	Goldenport Park Circuit	5 October
	18
10	19	Race of Shanghai	Shanghai International Circuit	12 October
	20
11	21	JVC Kenwood Race of Japan	Suzuka Circuit	26 October
	22
12	23	Guia Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	16 November
	24

Calendar changes

• The Race of Italy at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and the Race of Portugal at the Circuito da Boavista were removed from the schedule. They were replaced by Race of France and Race of Belgium. The Race of France was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard using a modified layout of the Grand Prix circuit used by Formula One between 1986 and 1990. The Race of Belgium was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps with the circuit making its return on the calendar after last appearing in 2005.
• On 4 January, the FIA announced that the full Grand Prix circuit at Suzuka would be utilised, for the Race of Japan having previously used the East circuit.
• On 22 January it was announced that the opening round at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan would be delayed by one week from 6 to 13 April.
• On 2 June it was announced that the Race of the United States would be discontinued due to logistical issues, and was replaced by an additional round in China held at the Goldenport Park Circuit.

Results and standings

Races

Compensation weights

The most competitive cars keep a 60 kg compensation weight. The other cars get a lower one, calculated according to their results for the three previous rounds. The less the cars get some good results, the less they get a compensation weight, from 0 kg to 60 kg. The compensation weights were introduced starting from the third round.

During the whole season, the Citroën C-Elysée was the reference car with the best races results and so was handicapped by a 60 kg compensation weight to limit its performances, as well as during the qualifications than during the races.

Car	Hungaroring	Slovakia Ring	Salzburgring	Moscow	Spa-Francorchamps	Termas de Río Hondo	Beijing	Shanghai	Suzuka	Macau
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg	+60 kg
Honda Civic WTCC	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	+20 kg	+20 kg	+20 kg	+30 kg	+20 kg	+30 kg	+30 kg
Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	+20 kg	+20 kg	+40 kg	+20 kg	+40 kg	+30 kg	+40 kg
Lada Granta 1.6T	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg	0 kg

Results

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TC2 winner	Report
1	Race of Morocco	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
2			José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
3	Race of France	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
4			José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
5	Race of Hungary	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Pasquale Di Sabatino	Report
6			Tiago Monteiro	Gianni Morbidelli	Münnich Motorsport	Chevrolet	Franz Engstler
7	Race of Slovakia	José María López	Sébastien Loeb	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Petr Fulín	Report
8		Race cancelled
9	Race of Austria	Gianni Morbidelli	José María López	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
10			José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
11	Race of Russia	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
12			Hugo Valente	Ma Qing Hua	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
13	Race of Belgium	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
14			José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
15	Race of Argentina	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
16			José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler
17	Race of China, Beijing	Tom Chilton	Tom Chilton	Tom Chilton	ROAL Motorsport	Chevrolet	Franz Engstler	Report
18			José María López	Robert Huff	Lada Sport	Lada	Franz Engstler
19	Race of China, Shanghai	José María López	Ma Qing Hua	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
20			Gabriele Tarquini	Mehdi Bennani	Proteam Racing	Honda	Franz Engstler
21	Race of Japan	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
22			Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	Castrol Honda WTC Team	Honda	John Filippi
23	Guia Race of Macau	José María López	José María López	José María López	Citroën Total WTCC	Citroën	Franz Engstler	Report
24			Robert Huff	Robert Huff	Lada Sport	Lada	Franz Engstler

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver MAR FRA HUN SVK AUT RUS BEL ARG CHN1 CHN2 JPN MAC   Pts.  1 José María López 11 2 4 1 22 6 21 C 35 1 11 Ret 23 1 11 1 34 4 11 3 11 6 11 5 462 2 Yvan Muller 34 Ret 11 2 11 5 103 C 12 Ret 4 2 11 2 32 3 23 9 33 Ret Ret2 5 53 2 336 3 Sébastien Loeb 22 1 2 6 73 9 12 C 43 7 34 5 32 5 43 6 5 3 45 12 33 7 62 6 295 4 Norbert Michelisz 9 DNS 74 8 6 10 34 C 9 4 9 7 7 7 24 7 6 5 54 4 4 3 24 4 201 5 Tiago Monteiro 5 10† 8 3 34 2 7 C 5 3 73 Ret 6 4 55 5 Ret 13 7 2 9 9 4 16† 186 6 Gabriele Tarquini DNS DNS 32 4 45 8 8 C 8 2 22 Ret 85 8 8 4 16†2 10 6 Ret 6 1 3 DNS 182 7 Tom Coronel Ret Ret WD WD 8 4 4 C 24 5 8 4 5 3 11 10 17† 2 8 6 7 4 75 8 159 8 Tom Chilton 43 4 95 15 13 7 5 C 6 Ret 55 6 10 10 6 Ret 11 8 Ret 7 24 10 12 7 150 9 Gianni Morbidelli 15 6 11 9 9 1 65 C 101 6 12 8 4 6 12 13 45 7 11 13 10 8 10 Ret 109 10 Robert Huff Ret Ret 5 11 11 12 9 C 12 Ret 10 Ret 16 13 7 2 8 1 15† Ret 12 11 9 1 93 11 Mehdi Bennani 7 DSQ 13 5 5 DNS 14 C 7 8 11 3 13 11 9 8 9 Ret 10 1 11 Ret 19† DNS 85 12 Hugo Valente 8 3 63 10 10 3 11 C NC Ret Ret 9 124 9 Ret Ret 12 11 9 8 55 Ret NC 3 85 13 Ma Qing Hua 6 1 11 Ret 15† 12 22 5 8 Ret 69 14 Dušan Borković 65 Ret 14 7 12 11 12 C Ret Ret Ret 11 9 Ret Ret DSQ Ret DNS 12 9 8 2 41 15 James Thompson 10 DNS 10 13 DSQ DSQ DSQ C 13 Ret 14 12 17 15 10 9 7 6 Ret 10 13 12 11 9 22 16 Mikhail Kozlovskiy 11 5 15 14 Ret Ret Ret C 14 10 15 Ret 14 12 14 11 11 DNS Ret 11 14 13 13 Ret 11 17 Franz Engstler 12 7 16 16 15 14 16 C 15 11 16 13 18 16 15 14 10 14 13 14 15 Ret 14 10 8 18 John Filippi 14 8 18 Ret 16 16 18† C 16 13 18 15 19 19 16 15† 13 15 14 15 16 14 16 12 4 19 René Münnich Ret Ret 12 12 18 13 13 C 11 9 13 10 15 14 13 12 Ret DNS 17† Ret NC 16 15 11 3 20 Pasquale Di Sabatino 13 9 17 17 14 15 17 C 17 12 17 14 21 17 2  — Felipe De Souza 14 Ret 16 16 Ret 15 17 13 0  — Mak Ka Lok 18 14 0  — Henry Kwong 17 NC DSQ 15 0  — Petr Fulín DNS DNS 15 C 0  — Camilo Echevarría 17 16 0  — Nikita Misyulya Ret 16 0  — Yukinori Taniguchi 17 17 0  — Norbert Nagy 20 18 0  — William Lok Ret DNS Ret DNS 0  — Michael Soong DNS DNS 0  — Pepe Oriola DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver MAR FRA HUN SVK AUT RUS BEL ARG CHN1 CHN2 JPN MAC   Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Manufacturers' Championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.
1	Citroën	11	1	11	1	11	5	11	C	11	1	11	1	11	1	11	1	22	3	11	3	11	5	11	2	1003
		22	2	2	2	22	6	22	C	32	7	34	2	22	2	32	3	33	4	22	5	32	6	52	5
2	Honda	53	10†	32	3	33	2	33	C	53	2	22	3	63	4	23	4	61	5	53	1	43	1	23	4	710
		74	DNS	73	4	44	8	74	C	74	3	73	7	74	7	54	5	94	10	64	2	64	3	34	16†
3	Lada	105	5	54	11	115	12	95	C	125	10	105	12	145	12	75	2	75	1	15†5	10	125	11	95	1	425
		11	Ret	105	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	C	13	Ret	14	Ret	16	13	10	9	8	6	Ret	11	13	12	11	9
Pos.	Manufacturer	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.

Yokohama Trophies

World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organised the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship.

Yokohama Drivers' Trophy

All TC2 entries were eligible for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy.

Pos. Driver MAR FRA HUN SVK AUT RUS BEL ARG CHN1 CHN2 JPN MAC   Pts.  1 Franz Engstler 12 7 16 16 15 14 16 C 15 11 16 13 18 16 15 14 10 14 13 14 15 Ret 14 10 269 2 John Filippi 14 8 18 Ret 16 16 18† C 16 13 18 15 19 19 16 15† 13 15 14 15 16 14 16 12 175 3 Pasquale Di Sabatino 13 9 17 17 14 15 17 C 17 12 17 14 21 17 98 4 Felipe De Souza 14 Ret 16 16 Ret 15 17 13 38 5 Camilo Echevarría 17 16 12 6 Norbert Nagy 20 18 12 7 Henry Kwong 17 NC DSQ 15 10 8 Petr Fulín DNS DNS 15 C 10 9 Mak Ka Lok 18 14 10 10 Yukinori Taniguchi 17 17 10 11 Nikita Misyulya Ret 16 5  — William Lok Ret DNS Ret DNS 0  — Michael Soong DNS DNS 0 Pos. Driver MAR FRA HUN SVK AUT RUS BEL ARG CHN1 CHN2 JPN MAC   Pts.

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

All non-manufacturer teams were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy.

Pos.	Team	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.
1	ROAL Motorsport	4	4	9	15	8	4	4	C	2	5	5	4	5	3	6	10	1	2	8	6	2	4	7	7	255
		Ret	Ret	WD	WD	13	7	5	C	6	Ret	8	6	10	10	11	Ret	17†	8	Ret	7	7	10	12	8
2	Zengő Motorsport	9	DNS	7	8	6	10	3	C	9	4	9	7	7	7	2	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	164
3	Campos Racing	6	3	6	7	10	3	11	C	16	13	18	9	9	9	16	15†	12	11	9	8	5	2	16	3	162
		8	8	14	10	12	11	12	C	NC	Ret	Ret	11	12	18	Ret	Ret	13	15	12	9	8	14	NC	12
4	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	15	6	11	9	9	1	6	C	10	6	12	8	4	6	12	12	4	7	11	13	10	8	10	11	156
		Ret	Ret	12	12	18	13	13	C	11	9	13	10	15	14	13	13	Ret	DNS	17†	Ret	NC	16	15	Ret
5	Proteam Racing	7	DSQ	13	5	5	DNS	14	C	7	8	11	3	13	11	9	8	9	Ret	10	1	11	Ret	19†	DNS	97
6	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	12	7	16	16	14	14	16	C	15	11	16	13	18	16	15	14	10	14	13	14	15	15	14	10	59
		13	9	17	17	15	15	17	C	17	12	17	14	21	17	17	16	14	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	17	13
—	RPM Racing Team																							18	14	0
—	NIKA Racing					17	17																			0
Pos.	Team	MAR		FRA		HUN		SVK		AUT		RUS		BEL		ARG		CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Yokohama Performer of the year

Pos.	Driver	FL
1	José María López	11
2	Yvan Muller	3
3	Sébastien Loeb	2
	Gabriele Tarquini	2
4	Tom Chilton	1
	Ma Qing Hua	1
	Robert Huff	1
	Tiago Monteiro	1
	Hugo Valente	1

Eurosport Asia Trophy

Pos.	Driver	CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.
1	Felipe De Souza	14	Ret	16	16	Ret	15	17	13	60
2	Mak Ka Lok							18	14	16
3	Henry Kwong					17	NC	DSQ	15	16
—	William Lok			Ret	DNS			Ret	DNS	0
—	Michael Soong	DNS	DNS							0
Pos.	Driver	CHN1		CHN2		JPN		MAC		Pts.