The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
5–18 January 36th Dakar Rally [1]
25–26 January 52nd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
23 February 56th Daytona 500 [3]
25 May 72nd Monaco Grand Prix [4]
98th Indianapolis 500 [5]
24 May-6 June 96th Isle of Man TT [6]
14–15 June 82nd 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
21–22 June 42nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring [8]
6 July 24th Zandvoort Masters [9]
26–27 July 66th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
27 July 37th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
12 October 57th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
16 November 61st Macau Grand Prix [13]
13–14 December 26th Race of Champions [14]

Established championships/events

First race Championship Ref
25-26 January United SportsCar Championship [15]
3-4 May FIA World Rallycross Championship [16]

Disestablished championships/events

Last race Championship Ref
14 September British Formula Three Championship [17]
5 October German Formula Three Championship [17]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
19 May Jack Brabham 88 Australian Racing driver Formula One World Champion (1959-1960, 1966). [18]
29 August Björn Waldegård 70 Swedish Rally driver World Rally champion (1979). [19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fixtures / Results Dakar 2014 - Rally Raid". eurosport.com. Eurosport. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "2014 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "2014 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "2014 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 2014". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 2014". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "19. – 22. Juni 2014: 42. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de.
  9. ↑ "ZANVOORT MASTERS" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Spa 24 Hours 2014 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2014 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "2014 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "2014 Barbados". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "Grand-Am, ALMS to become 'United SportsCar Racing' series in 2014". Autoweek. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "RALLYCROSS: FINAL 2014 DECISIONS AND CALENDARS". fia.com. FIA. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  17. 1 2 Khorounzhiy, Valentin (6 January 2016). "German F3 organizers call off 2015 season". formulascout.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Jack Brabham". ESPN. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  19. ↑ "Björn Waldegård". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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