2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup

The 2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup was the eighth season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.^[1]

For the fourth successive year, Massimo Liverani won the Category VII/VIII title for hybrid vehicles, despite winning only one of the seven events during the season. He won the championship by 24 points ahead of Guido Guerrini, who finished as the championship runner-up for the fourth successive year. Third place went to Kalin Dedikov, who won his home event in Bulgaria. The other wins were shared by Sylvain Blondeau, Txema Foronda, Massimo Zanasi, Gregor Zdovc, as well as Roberto Viganò, who was ineligible to score points towards the championship. Guerrini's co-driver Isabelle Barciulli was the winner of the co-drivers' championship, as Liverani used both Valeria Strada and Fulvio Ciervo during the season. Strada finished second to Barciulli, four points in arrears. Abarth were the winners of the manufacturers' championship.

In the all-electric Category III, it was Walter Kofler who claimed the championship title, after winning four out of the category's seven events. His tally of 50 points was over 4 times that of his nearest competitor, James Morlaix, who scored 11. Jesús Echave, Greg Jonkerlinck and Akash Makhan shared third place overall, with one-off category victories. Franco Gaioni was the winner of the co-drivers' championship, with Think the winners of the manufacturers' championship.

Calendar and winners

Date	Race	Winners cat. III		Winners cat. VII/VIII
March 19	Rallye Montecarlo	Greg Jonkerlinck Yves Munier	Renault Zoe	Sylvain Blondeau Jean-Luc Hasler	Opel Ampera
May 9	Ecorally San Marino-Vaticano	Not held		Massimo Zanasi Giuseppe Scalora	Fiat Multipla
May 30	Ecorallye Vasco Navarro	Jesús Echave Juanan Delgado	BMW i3	Txema Foronda Pilar Rodas	BMW i3
June 7	Ecorally Della Mendola	Walter Fuzzy Kofler Josef Unterholzner	Think City	Roberto Viganò Andrea Fovana	Alfa Romeo MiTo
July 10	Tesla Rally	Walter Fuzzy Kofler Franco Gaioni	Think City	Gregor Zdovc Ana Ivanšek	Toyota Prius
July 25	Eco-Rally	Walter Fuzzy Kofler Franco Gaioni	Think City	Kalin Dedikov Georgi Pavlov	Great Wall C30
October 4	Hi-Tech Eko Mobility Rally	Walter Fuzzy Kofler Franco Gaioni	Think City	Massimo Liverani Valeria Strada	Abarth 500

Championship standings

Drivers' championships

Category VII/VIII

Points	Driver First positions
80	Massimo Liverani
62	Guido Guerrini
34	Kalin Dedikov
20	Sylvain Blondeau

Co-drivers' championships

Category VII/VIII

Points	Driver First positions
62	Isabelle Barciulli
58	Valeria Strada
34	Georgi Pavlov
28	Fulvio Ciervo

Manufacturers' championships

Category VII/VIII

Points	Manufacturer First positions
86	Abarth
64	Alfa Romeo
52	Toyota
37	Opel

References