2014 German Grand Prix

2014 German Grand Prix
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Hockenheimring (2002 layout)
Race Details
Date	July 20, 2014
Official Name	Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2014
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:16.540
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:19.908 on lap 53
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg
Second	Valtteri Bottas
Third	Lewis Hamilton
Lap Leaders

The 2014 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2014) was the tenth race of the 2014 season. It was held between July 18 and July 20, 2014.

Nico Rosberg took pole position and won the race. Lewis Hamilton, who started 20th after both a crash in qualifying and a grid penalty, finished third; Valtteri Bottas separated the two drivers.

Background

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

Available Tyres
Option	Supersoft
Prime	Soft
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

In the German Grand Prix, all drivers ran cars without the FRIC system. FRIC, the front-to-rear interconnected suspension, is essentially an electronic self-levelling suspension system that gives the car better cornering abilities. This system has been used in Formula One for the past ten years. All teams abandoned the FRIC system because of the threat of being protested against if they ran the system.

With his home country's victory in the FIFA World Cup, Nico Rosberg has designed a special German World Cup helmet for his home Grand Prix. His original design contained an image of the World Cup trophy on the top of the helmet, however FIFA banned this design as it infringed upon the official World Cup brand. Rosberg has created an alternate design that does not contain the World Cup trophy on it.

Going into the race, the Mercedes duo are locked in a tight battle for lead in the World Drivers' Championship. This being the home Grand Prix for the team, both drivers will be looking to finish in a high result. Rosberg leads the World Drivers' Championship by just four points to Lewis Hamilton, but after a victory in his home Grand Prix Hamilton is thought to have the momentum.

In addition to Rosberg, this event is also Nico Hülkenberg, Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Vettel's home Grand Prix.

This event was held at the Hockenheimring due to the track alternating years with the Nürburgring. The last time that this race was held at the Hockenheimring was in 2012 and we saw Fernando Alonso win his 30th Formula One victory.

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
4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	Marussia	MR03	Ferrari	059/3	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT05	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT05	Renault	Energy F1-2014	P
Free Practice 1 only
36	Giedo van der Garde	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C33	Ferrari	059/3	P
41	Susie Wolff	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW37	Mercedes	PU106A Hybrid	P

Practice Overview

FP1

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes proved yet again that they are two of the best drivers of the 2014 season by posting the top two fastest times in the session. The World Drivers' Championship leader Rosberg led Hamilton, but only by 0.065 seconds.

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull set the fastest time early on after entering the track with the first group of drivers, however this was a position that he was unable to maintain. He had dropped to a respectable sixth position by the end of the session. Teammate Daniel Ricciardo finished in a fourth position, but still had a sizable gap to Fernando Alonso.

Sauber test driver Giedo van der Garde stood in for Esteban Gutiérrez and managed to place the car into 16th position after driving a 23 laps. Susie Wolff made another appearance for Williams, driving Valtteri Bottas' car. This experience proved to be better after suffering mechanical issues in first free practice session of the 2014 British Grand Prix. Early in the session it looked as though Wolff would not get the chance to participate in the session because of more mechanical issues, but the team was able to fix the issue and get her out onto the track for her 22 laps of practice.

Marcus Ericsson made the early start to the session and managed to complete the most laps of the session with a successful 35 laps. However, this would not help his session as he would still finish 21st. Max Chilton finished in the last position after having to return to the garage on his installation lap when he car began to emit smoke. Chilton did manage to complete 22 laps after the issues was repaired, but was off of the pace.

FP2

Much like the first practice session, both Mercedes drivers finished with very close lap times. The big difference this session was that Hamilton was on top, with a gap of 0.024 seconds over Rosberg. Rosberg set the pace early on, running the soft tyres. It would remain this way until Rosberg, Hamilton and Ricciardo pitted to change to the super soft tyres. This allowed Ricciardo to set the fastest lap, but Rosberg quickly resumed his spot on top. A few laps later, Hamilton would take the lead by a very small gap. Hamilton would remain on top for the remainder of the session.

Ericsson again suffered mechanical issues with his Caterham early in the session and was forced to stop, but rejoined the session after the car was repaired. Kamui Kobayashi in the other Caterham also had some issues when he car caught fire after twelve laps and he was forced to retire from the session.

Bottas and Gutiérrez took there seats back from the test drivers. Gutiérrez was not able to finish better than his test driver did in the first session, but Bottas was successful in beating Wolff's impressive performance by a staggering five positions.

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:20.097	6	1:19.248	8	1:18.890	9
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:19.697	4	1:18.443	3	1:18.769	7
4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:23.299	22	1:21.898	21	1:23.449	22
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:19.131	1	1:18.365	2	1:17.779	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.210	8	1:18.887	4	1:18.842	8
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:21.603	17	1:20.358	17	1:20.078	16
9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1:23.256	21	1:21.870	20	1:23.077	21
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1:22.572	19	1:23.728	22	1:21.018	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:20.598	14	1:19.581	13	1:19.505	14
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:21.854	18	1:20.158	16	1:20.466	18
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:19.423	3	1:19.329	9	1:18.384	3
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:22.982	20	1:21.328	19	1:20.198	17
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.542	11	1:19.024	6	1:18.575	4
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.105	7	1:18.960	5	1:18.756	6
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	DNP	23 !	1:20.504	18	1:19.601	15
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.833	5	1:19.221	7	1:19.489	13
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:20.586	12	1:19.760	15	1:19.470	12
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:20.337	9	1:19.452	12	1:19.131	11
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:20.592	13	1:19.593	14	1:19.127	10
36	Giedo van der Garde	Sauber-Ferrari	1:20.782	16	DNP	23 !	DNP	23 !
41	Susie Wolff	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.769	15	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.196	2	1:18.341	1	1:18.380	2
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	DNP	24 !	1:19.385	10	1:18.611	5
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:20.505	10	1:19.417	11	1:20.844	19

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		1	1:17.631		1	1:17.109		1	1:16.540	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes		4	1:18.215		3	1:17.353		2	1:16.759	2
3	19	Felipe Massa			6	1:18.381		2	1:17.370		3	1:17.078	3
4	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:18.260		5	1:17.788		4	1:17.214	4
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault		2	1:18.117		6	1:17.855		5	1:17.273	5
6	1	Sebastian Vettel			3	1:18.194		4	1:17.646		6	1:17.577	6
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		7	1:18.389		7	1:17.866		7	1:17.649	7
8	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault		10	1:18.530		9	1:18.103		8	1:17.965	8
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		16	1:18.927		8	1:18.017		9	1:18.014	9
10	11	Sergio Pérez			15	1:18.916		10	1:18.161		10	1:18.035	10
11	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		8	1:18.425		11	1:18.193				11
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		11	1:18.534		12	1:18.273				12
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault		9	1:18.496		13	1:18.285				13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		13	1:18.739		14	1:18.787				16*
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		14	1:18.894		15	1:18.983				14
16	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		12	1:18.683		16	No Time				20†
17	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari		17	1:19.142							15
18	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari		18	1:19.676							17
19	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault		19	1:20.195							18
20	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault		20	1:20.408							19
21	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari		21	1:20.489							21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault										PL

Notes:

• *Esteban Gutiérrez was penalized three grid positions for causing a collision in the previous round
• ^† Lewis Hamilton was penalized five grid positions for a gearbox change

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Nico Rosberg	2
	______________	Valtteri Bottas
Row 2	3	______________
	Felipe Massa	4
	______________	Kevin Magnussen
Row 3	5	______________
	Daniel Ricciardo	6
	______________	Sebastian Vettel
Row 4	7	______________
	Fernando Alonso	8
	______________	Daniil Kvyat
Row 5	9	______________
	Nico Hülkenberg	10
	______________	Sergio Pérez
Row 6	11	______________
	Jenson Button	12
	______________	Kimi Räikkönen
Row 7	13	______________
	Jean-Éric Vergne	14
	______________	Romain Grosjean
Row 8	15	______________
	Adrian Sutil	16
	______________	Esteban Gutiérrez*
Row 9	17	______________
	Jules Bianchi	18
	______________	Pastor Maldonado
Row 10	19	______________
	Kamui Kobayashi	20
	______________	Lewis Hamilton†
Row 11	21	______________
	Max Chilton	22
	______________	Marcus Ericsson‡

Notes:

• * Esteban Gutiérrez was penalised three grid positions for causing a collision with Pastor Maldonado at the British Grand Prix.
• ^† Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
• ^‡ Marcus Ericsson started from the pitlane.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	67	1h 33m 42.914s	1	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	67	+20.7	2	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	67	+22.5	20	15
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	67	+44.0	6	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	67	+52.4	7	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	67	+52.5	5	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	67	+64.1	9	6
8	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+84.7	11	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+1 Lap	4	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	66	+1 Lap	10	1
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	66	+1 Lap	12
12	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	66	+1 Lap	18
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	66	+1 Lap	13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	66	+1 Lap	16
15	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	66	+1 Lap	17
16	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	65	+2 Laps	19
17	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	65	+2 Laps	21
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	65	+2 Laps	22
Ret	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	47	Spin	15
Ret	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	44	Ignition	8
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	26	Cooling	14
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	0	Accident	3

Milestones

• A car with number six started an 882nd race, standing alone as the most-used car number in F1 history (car number 2, unused in 2014, has been used in 881 races).
• Nico Rosberg scored his 20th podium, lead his 500th lap and passed 750 points.
• Williams' 300th podium.
• 300th podium for a Mercedes engine.
• Adrian Sutil drove his 119th race without scoring a podium finish, overtaking Pierluigi Martini's record of 118.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Nico Rosberg 190 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 176 — 3 Daniel Ricciardo 106 — 4 Fernando Alonso 97 — 5 Valtteri Bottas 91 — 6 Sebastian Vettel 82 — 7 Nico Hülkenberg 69 — 8 Jenson Button 59 — 9 Kevin Magnussen 37 — 10 Felipe Massa 30 — 11 Sergio Pérez 29 — 12 Kimi Räikkönen 19 — 13 Jean-Éric Vergne 9 — 14 Romain Grosjean 8 — 15 Daniil Kvyat 6 — 16 Jules Bianchi 2 — 17 Adrian Sutil 0 — 18 Marcus Ericsson 0 — 19 Pastor Maldonado 0 — 20 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 — 21 Max Chilton 0 — 22 Kamui Kobayashi 0 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 366 — 2 Red Bull-Renault 188 — 3 Williams-Mercedes 121 ▲1 4 Ferrari 116 ▼1 5 Force India-Mercedes 98 — 6 McLaren-Mercedes 96 — 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 15 — 8 Lotus-Renault 8 — 9 Marussia-Ferrari 2 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — 11 Caterham-Renault 0 —

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