The 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2014) was the eighteenth round of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was held between November 7 and November 9, 2014.
Nico Rosberg won the race from pole position, with Lewis Hamilton second. Felipe Massa finished third at his home race.
Background
A few weeks before the race, Pirelli altered their tyre allocation from the Medium and Hard compounds to the Soft and Medium compounds after the initial choice was criticised as being too conservative.
Both Caterham and Marussia are expected to miss this race, for both the second race in succession.
After securing his eighth Pole Position of the season in Austin, Nico Rosberg will claim the 2014 Pole Position Trophy if anyone but Lewis Hamilton claims pole at this event.
The Drivers' World Championship cannot be won at this race, as Hamilton leads Rosberg by 24 points; at best, Hamilton can go into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 49 point lead, with 50 available for victory at the final race.
Mercedes are already Constructors' champions; Red Bull-Renault need 4 points to secure 2nd place in the 2014 Constructors Championship.
Daniil Kvyat will serve a seven-place grid penalty after only incurring three of the ten applied after his engine change at the previous race. Sergio Pérez will also drop seven positions on the grid after his collision with Adrian Sutil.
Practice Overview
FP1
FP2
FP3
Practice Results
| No | Driver | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 1 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Red Bull-Renault
|
1:14.902 | 14 | 1:13.333 | 9 | 1:11.967 | 11 |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
Red Bull-Renault
|
1:14.197 | 10 | 1:12.956 | 4 | 1:11.188 | 5 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.764 | 1 | 1:12.123 | 1 | 1:10.446 | 1 |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Ferrari
|
1:14.114 | 8 | 1:12.696 | 3 | 1:11.316 | 7 |
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
|
 Lotus-Renault
|
1:15.109 | 15 | 1:13.714 | 12 | 1:12.235 | 14 |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
 Force India-Mercedes
|
No Time | 18 | 1:12.942 | 18 | ||
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Renault
|
1:14.034 | 7 | 1:13.497 | 11 | 1:12.069 | 12 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
|
Ferrari
|
1:13.742 | 4 | 1:13.122 | 7 | 1:11.399 | 8 |
| 19 |  Felipe Massa
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:13.811 | 5 | 1:13.099 | 6 | 1:10.875 | 3 |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:14.136 | 9 | 1:13.479 | 10 | 1:11.499 | 9 |
| 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
|
 Sauber-Ferrari
|
No Time | 18 | 1:13.902 | 14 | 1:12.286 | 16 |
| 22 | Jenson Button
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
No Time | 17 | 1:14.209 | 16 | 1:11.210 | 6 |
| 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Toro Rosso-Renault
|
1:17.171 | 17 | 1:12.235 | 15 | ||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:13.723 | 3 | 1:13.254 | 8 | 1:11.834 | 10 |
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
1:14.678 | 13 | 1:13.882 | 13 | 1:12.324 | 17 |
| 34 | Daniel Juncadella
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
1:16.030 | 16 | ||||
| 38 |  Max Verstappen
|
Toro Rosso-Renault
|
1:13.827 | 6 | ||||
| 40 | Felipe Nasr
|
Williams-Renault
|
1:14.522 | 12 | ||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.985 | 2 | 1:12.336 | 2 | 1:10.560 | 2 |
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Williams-Renault
|
1:13.035 | 5 | 1:11.054 | 4 | ||
| 99 | Adrian Sutil
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Sauber-Ferrari
|
1:14.434 | 11 | 1:14.204 | 15 | 1:12.184 | 13 |
Qualifying
Q1
Q2
Q3
Qualifying Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
|
1:10.347 | 1:10.303 | 1 | 1:10.023 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:10.457 | 1:10.712 | 2 | 1:10.056 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 19 | Felipe Massa
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:10.602 | 1:10.343 | 3 | 1:10.247 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Williams-Renault
|
1:10.832 | 1:10.421 | 4 | 1:10.305 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:11.097 | 1:11.127 | 5 | 1:10.930 | 5 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Red Bull-Renault
|
1:11.880 | 1:11.129 | 6 | 1:10.938 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:11.134 | 1:11.211 | 7 | 1:10.969 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Ferrari
|
1:11.558 | 1:11.215 | 8 | 1:10.977 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Red Bull-Renault
|
1:11.593 | 1:11.208 | 9 | 1:11.075 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Ferrari
|
1:11.193 | 1:11.188 | 10 | 1:11.099 | 10 | |||||
| 11 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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Sauber-Ferrari
|
1:11.520 | 11 | 1:11.591 | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
1:11.848 | 12 | 1:11.976 | 12 | ||||||
| 13 | 99 | Adrian Sutil
|
Sauber-Ferrari
|
1:11.943 | 13 | 1:12.099 | 13 | ||||||
| 14 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
Toro Rosso-Renault
|
1:11.423 | 14 | No Time | 17* | ||||||
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus-Renault
|
15 | 1:12.037 | 14 | |||||||
| 16 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Toro Rosso-Renault
|
16 | 1:12.040 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Force India-Mercedes
|
17 | 1:12.076 | 18^ | |||||||
| 18 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado
|
Lotus-Renault
|
18 | 1:12.233 | 16 | |||||||
Notes:
- * Daniil Kvyat served the remainder of a grid place penalty from an engine change in the previous round
- ^ Sergio Pérez served a grid place penalty for causing a collision in the previous round
Grid
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | |
| Lewis Hamilton | ______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | |
| Valtteri Bottas | ______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | |
| Sebastian Vettel | ______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | |
| Fernando Alonso | ______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutiérrez | |
| Nico Hülkenberg | ______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | |
| Romain Grosjean | ______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | Jean-Éric Vergne | |
| Pastor Maldonado | ______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | Daniil Kvyat* | |
| Sergio Pérez^ | ______________ |
Notes:
- * Daniil Kvyat served the remainder of a grid place penalty from an engine change in the previous round
- ^ Sergio Pérez served a grid place penalty for causing a collision in the previous round
Race
Results
Milestones
- Sergio Pérez's 75th entry (73rd start).
- Nico Hülkenberg's 75th start (76th entry).
- Pastor Maldonado's 75th start (76th entry).
Standings after race
Notes
| V T E | Brazilian Grand Prix
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| Circuits | Interlagos (1972–1977, 1979–1980, 1990–2019), Jacarepaguá (1978, 1981–1989) |  |
| Races (Brazilian GP) | 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • | |
| Non-Championship Race | 1972 |
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