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{{Motorsport season
|title = [[MRF Challenge]]
|link = MRF Challenge
|year = 2013–14
|previous = 2012–13
|previouslink = 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship season
|next = 2014–15
|nextlink = 2014–15 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship season
}}

The '''2013–2014 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship''' was the second running of the [[MRF Challenge]] Formula 2000 Championship. The series consisted of 13 races, spread across 4 meetings began on 26 October 2013 at the [[Buddh International Circuit]], supporting the [[2013 Indian Grand Prix]] and ended on 16 February 2014.

[[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]] claimed the championship title,<ref name="RSC">{{cite news|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/rupert-svendsen-cook-wins-mrf-title-after-successful-appeal/|title=Rupert Svendsen-Cook wins MRF title after successful appeal|work=Paddock Scout|publisher=[[WordPress]]|first=Valentin|last=Khorounzhiy|date=19 March 2014|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> after successfully appealing a penalty that was given to him, at the final round of the season at the [[Irungattukottai Race Track|Madras Motor Racing Track]]. Svendsen-Cook had been given a 30-second penalty for pushing [[Tio Ellinas]] off the track,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/dejonghe-wins-mrf-finale-series-title-hinges-on-appeal-outcome/|title=Dejonghe wins MRF finale, series title hinges on appeal outcome|work=Paddock Scout|publisher=[[WordPress]]|first=Valentin|last=Khorounzhiy|date=16 February 2014|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> which had allowed Ellinas to provisionally claim the championship title.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mrfracing.in/racing/news/tio-ellinas-crowned-mrf-challenge-2013-champion|title=TIO ELLINAS CROWNED MRF CHALLENGE 2013 CHAMPION|date=17 February 2014|accessdate=30 March 2014|work=[[MRF Limited]]}}</ref> This penalty was overturned in March, allowing Svendsen-Cook's advantage of two points to stand.<ref name="RSC"/>

==Drivers==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
! Driver
! Rounds
|-
|align=center| 1
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
| 4
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center| 2
| {{flagicon|IND}} Parth Ghorpade
| 1–2
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} Tarun Reddy
| 3
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center| 3
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yudai Jinkawa
| 1–2
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kotaro Sakurai]]
| 3
|-
|align=center| 4
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashwin Sundar]]
| 1
|-
|align=center| 5
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Dylan Young]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 7
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ryan Cullen (racing driver)|Ryan Cullen]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 8
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Guerra
| 1–3
|-
|align=center| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Sam Brabham]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 10
| {{flagicon|IND}} Vikash Anand
| All
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center| 11
| {{flagicon|ISR}} Bar Baruch
| 1
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Oscar King
| 4
|-
|align=center| 12
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| 1–3
|-
|align=center| 15
| {{flagicon|BHR}} Salman Al-Khalifa
| 1–3
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center| 16
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sean Walkinshaw
| 1
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gaurav Gill]]
| 4
|-
|align=center| 17
| {{flagicon|BHR}} Abdulla Al-Thawadi
| 2–4
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center| 18
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Christophe Mariot
| 1–3
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Max Marshall
| 4
|-
|align=center| 20
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Raj Bharath]]
| 2–4
|-
|align=center| 21
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 22
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Carmen Jordá]]
| 2–3
|-
|align=center| 26
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Laura Tillett
| All
|-
|align=center| 28
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 29
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Sam Dejonghe
| All
|-
|align=center| 30
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Michimi
| 1–3
|-
|align=center| 31
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harry Tincknell]]
| All
|-
|align=center| 34
| {{flagicon|USA}} Camren Kaminsky
| 2–3
|-
|align=center| 37
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Benjamin Anderson
| 4
|-
|align=center| 117
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Myasava
| 4
|}

==Race calendar and results==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
|-
!colspan=2| Round
! Circuit
! Date
! Pole position
! Fastest lap
! Winning driver
|-
!colspan=7| 2013
|-
!rowspan=2| 1
! {{Tooltip|R|Race}}1
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Buddh International Circuit]], [[Noida]]
| 26 October
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
|-
! R2
| 27 October
|
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
!rowspan=4| 2
! R1
|rowspan=4| {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Bahrain International Circuit]], [[Sakhir]]
|rowspan=2| 29 November
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
! R2
!colspan=3| Race cancelled due to bad light
|-
! R3
|rowspan=2| 30 November
|
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
|-
! R4
|
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
|-
!rowspan=4| 3
! R1
|rowspan=4| {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Bahrain International Circuit]], [[Sakhir]]
|rowspan=2| 20 December
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
! R2
|
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
|-
! R3
|rowspan=2| 21 December
|
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
|-
! R4
|
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
!colspan=7| 2014
|-
!rowspan=4| 4
! R1
|rowspan=4| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Irungattukottai Race Track|Madras Motor Racing Track]], [[Chennai]]
|rowspan=2| 14 February
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
! R2
|
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Sam Dejonghe
|-
! R3
|rowspan=2|16 February
|
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Harry Tincknell]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|-
! R4
|
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Narain Karthikeyan]]
|}

==Championship standings==

;Scoring system
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Position
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10th
| '''Pole'''
| '''FL'''
|-
! Points
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 25
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 18
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 15
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 2
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 1
| 2
| 2
|}

; Reverse grid Race
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Position
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7th
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8th
| '''FL'''
|-
! Points
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 15
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 12
| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 10
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 2
| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 1
| 2
|}

;Drivers' standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"

|- style="background:#f9f9f9" valign="top"
!valign="middle"| Pos
!valign="middle"| Driver
!colspan=2| [[Buddh International Circuit|BIC]]
!colspan=4| [[Bahrain International Circuit|BHR]]
!colspan=4| [[Bahrain International Circuit|BHR]]
!colspan=4| [[Madras Motor Sports Club|CHE]]
!valign="middle"| Points
|-
! 1
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Rupert Svendsen-Cook]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
| style="background:#fff;"| C
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
! 200
|-
! 2
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Tio Ellinas]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ''3''
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3'''
| style="background:#fff;"| C
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2'''
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| '''2'''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''2''
! 182
|-
! 3
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Arthur Pic]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''1'''''
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''2''
| style="background:#fff;"| C
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''1''
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ''3''
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|
|
|
|
! 138
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [http://www.mrfracing.in/racing/race-center/Formula-2000/2013], ''[[MRF Limited]]''. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.
* [http://www.mrfracing.in/racing/news/king-makes-it-3-in-a-row], ''[[MRF Limited]]'', [[Delhi]], 16 February 2014. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109032908/http://www.madrasmotorsports.in/results.php?current=Results], ''[[Madras Motor Sports Club]]'', [[Chennai]], 10 February 2013. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.

== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.mrfracing.in/}}

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