2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

2014 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Round	18 of 2014
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The Interlagos circuit
Race Details
Date	November 9, 2014
Official Name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2014
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace Interlagos, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.939 km (190.102 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:10.023
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:13.555 on lap 62
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Felipe Massa
Lap Leaders

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

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Partly Cloudy
Practice 2	Partly Cloudy
Practice 3	Partly Cloudy
Qualifying	Cloudy
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Option	Soft
Prime	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

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.

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB10	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB10	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W05 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W05 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F14 T	Ferrari	059/3	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F14 T	Ferrari	059/3	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E22	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E22	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-29	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-29	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C33	Ferrari	059/3	P
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C33	Ferrari	059/3	P
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR9	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR9	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
Free Practice 1 only
34	Daniel Juncadella	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM07	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P
38	Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR9	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
40	Felipe Nasr	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			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	DNP	24 !	No Time	18	1:12.942	18
13	Pastor Maldonado	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	DNP	25 !	1:17.171	17	1:12.235	15
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	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	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
38	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:13.827	6	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
40	Felipe Nasr	Williams-Renault	1:14.522	12	DNP	26 !	DNP	26 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.985	2	1:12.336	2	1:10.560	2
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	DNP	26 !	1:13.035	5	1:11.054	4
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.434	11	1:14.204	15	1:12.184	13

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		1	1:10.347		1	1:10.303		1	1:10.023	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		2	1:10.457		4	1:10.712		2	1:10.056	2
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		3	1:10.602		2	1:10.343		3	1:10.247	3
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault		4	1:10.832		3	1:10.421		4	1:10.305	4
5	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:11.097		5	1:11.127		5	1:10.930	5
6	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		13	1:11.880		6	1:11.129		6	1:10.938	6
7	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes		6	1:11.134		9	1:11.211		7	1:10.969	7
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		10	1:11.558		10	1:11.215		8	1:10.977	8
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault		11	1:11.593		8	1:11.208		9	1:11.075	9
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		7	1:11.193		7	1:11.188		10	1:11.099	10
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		9	1:11.520		11	1:11.591				11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		12	1:11.848		12	1:11.976				12
13	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari		14	1:11.943		13	1:12.099				13
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault		8	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

Report

Rosberg got the best start off the line and led into the first corner with Hamilton right behind him. Massa locked his right front heading into the S do Senna, however he maintained his third position. Behind him, the two McLaren's of Button and Magnussen take a very wide line through the first corner. Magnussen in particular drifted wide after failing to overtake Vettel. With his line out of shape exiting the S do Senna, Magnussen became vulnerable to Alonso's Ferrari, however he aggressively defended his line and kept his position through turn 4. Martin Brundle exclaimed surprise as despite the chaos "there was no contact at all through 1,2 and 3."

Heading into turn 4, Vettel drifted wide and lost position to Magnussen and Alonso. Brundle noting "he went too deep into turn 4, up on the kerb and lost two places. It is costing him very dearly indeed."

On lap 27, Rosberg entered the pits to fit the medium compound tyre. Behind him, Bottas also pitted, however he was having problems with a loose seatbelt. David Croft noting, "Absolute disaster for Williams."

Two laps later it became very apparent that Rosberg's early stop was the right call. Hamilton whom was running very worn tyres then had a huge spin at turn 3. Hamilton thereafter opted to pit to which he lost a total of 7 seconds to Rosberg in his mistake. Rosberg, now comfortably in the lead of the race was alerted by his engineer, "Okay so you can reduce your pushing, the other car has made a mistake."

On lap 40, Ricciardo significantly slowed to which he reported over the radio, "yeah, the left front brakes gone. I can feel it start to wobble." Brundle, however observed that it was in fact a "suspension failure. Its the front upright". Ricciardo's front left suspension worked loose heading into the S do Senna. A dejected Ricciardo limped back to the pits to retire.

There was more trouble in the pits for Williams to which Massa had mistook the McLaren pit-box for the Williams pit box. McLaren's chief mechanic, Johnny Brookes waving for Massa to move on. He quickly fixed his mistake and drove into his correct pit-stop. He lost time, however Claire Williams still managed to laugh in amusement.

With ten laps to go, Button launched an attack on Räikkönen around the outside of turn 3. Räikkönen defended his line, however Button continued to hold his ground through turn 4 before finally overtaking into turn 5. With Räikkönen out of place into turn 5, Vettel whom was looming in the background surged past the Ferrari at the same place as Button.

Räikkönen was struggling with tyre degradation and had soon fallen behind his teammate. Alonso's Ferrari having the advantage of being on 17 lap younger tyres than Räikkönen in the closing stages of the race. David Croft noting "He hasn't got the ability to fight that time. Didn't have the traction coming out of Junção which meant he was pretty much a sitting duck all the way up that straight."

Rosberg, however whom had never finished on the podium in Interlagos before would go on to take the race victory. Croft describing it as "important" for Rosberg in order to keep his title challenge alive. Mercedes would score a 1–2 with Rosberg leading Hamilton. However the efforts of Massa and Button to finish third and fourth had meant that Mercedes engines had locked out the top four places.

Matt Deane Mercedes team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer's award.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	1h 30m 02.555s	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton		71	+1.4	2	18
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	71	+41.0	3	15
4	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+48.6	5	12
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	+51.4	6	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+61.9	8	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen		71	+63.7	10	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	+63.9	12	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+70.0	7	2
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	70	+1 Lap	4	1
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	+1 Lap	17
12	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	+1 Lap	15
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	11
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	18
16	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	13
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	63	Power Unit	14
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	39	Suspension	9

Milestones

• Sergio Pérez's 75th entry (73rd start).
• Nico Hülkenberg's 75th start (76th entry).
• Pastor Maldonado's 75th start (76th entry).
• Mercedes's 11th one–two of the season, breaking the record for a team in a season.
• Lewis Hamilton's 20th fastest lap.
• Nico Rosberg wins the first Pole Position Trophy.
• Felipe Massa's first podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix since 2012.
• Jenson Button's 150th points-finishing race.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 334 — 2 Nico Rosberg 317 — 3 Daniel Ricciardo 214 — 4 Sebastian Vettel 159 ▲1 5 Fernando Alonso 157 ▲1 6 Valtteri Bottas 156 ▼2 7 Jenson Button 106 — 8 Felipe Massa 98 — 9 Nico Hülkenberg 80 — 10 Kevin Magnussen 55 — 11 Kimi Räikkönen 53 ▲1 12 Sergio Pérez 47 ▼1 13 Jean-Éric Vergne 22 — 14 Romain Grosjean 8 — 15 Daniil Kvyat 8 — 16 Pastor Maldonado 2 ▲3 17 Jules Bianchi 2 ▼1 18 Adrian Sutil 0 ▼1 19 Marcus Ericsson 0 ▼1 20 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 — 21 Max Chilton 0 — 22 Kamui Kobayashi 0 — 23 André Lotterer 0 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 651 — 2 Red Bull-Renault 373 — 3 Williams-Mercedes 254 — 4 Ferrari 210 — 5 McLaren-Mercedes 161 — 6 Force India-Mercedes 127 — 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 30 — 8 Lotus-Renault 10 — 9 Marussia-Ferrari 2 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — 11 Caterham-Renault 0 —

External links

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