The 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2014)[1] is the eleventh race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It is the 29th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix with all of the races being at the Hungaroring. It is being held between July 25 and July 27, 2014.
Nico Rosberg took pole position ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Lewis Hamilton started in the pit lane after a fire in Q1.
After an intense battle between Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps of the race, Ricciardo stole the lead and pulled away to win the race by approximately half a second. Nico Rosberg made a pit stop close to the end of the race, and managed to catch up to the top three drivers, but Hamilton was able to hold him off.
Background
Eleven teams competed in the Grand Prix, with two drivers each. They were Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, Lotus, McLaren, Force India, Sauber, Toro Rosso, Williams, Marussia and Caterham. Four types of tyres were brought by Pirelli to the race, being the medium "primes", soft "options", intermediate and full wet types.[2][3] The circuit had two DRS zones: one on the start/finish straight between turns 14 and 1, and the other between turns 1 and 2.[2]
Entering the Grand Prix, the Drivers' Championship was led by Nico Rosberg with 190 points. The runner-up was Lewis Hamilton with 176 points, followed by Daniel Ricciardo with 106. Fourth place in the championship was Fernando Alonso with 97 points, followed by Valtteri Bottas with 91 points.[2] The Constructors' Championship was led by Mercedes with 366 points, followed by Red Bull and Williams with 188 and 121 points respectively. The top five positions were founded out by Ferrari with 116 points, and Force India with 98.[2] The championship was so far dominated by Mercedes. The only race to not be won by a Mercedes driver before the Hungarian Grand Prix was Ricciardo in Canada.[2][4] Additionally, second place finishes were each gained by Kevin Magnussen and Bottas, and third place finishes were achieved by Vettel, Alonso, Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez.[2]
For the race, the chassis of Marussia's MR03 was changed for Max Chilton after he received balance and electrical issues in Austria.[5] A small wing section was introduced by Williams in hopes to gain more downforce and grip, made by the bodywork.[6] New front wing endplates were brought by Lotus, being made to scavenge the airflow more efficiently.[7]
Practice Overview
FP1
The first practice session took place on July 25, and lasted for 90 minutes.[8]
The fastest driver on the track was Hamilton, followed by Rosberg and Kimi Räikkönen. Following his installation lap, Chilton drove back to the pits when smoke and fire poured from the rear of his car due to an oil leak, forcing his gearbox to be changed before the end of the session.[9] He was only able to complete five timed laps, finishing 21st in front of Jules Bianchi.[10] Adrian Sutil, Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson also spun while on the track, but were all able to continue.[9] Romain Grosjean also had to finish about ten minutes before the end of the session due to an issue found on his car.[11]
FP2
The second practice session also took place on July 25, and lasted for 90 minutes.[8]
Although Hamilton was struggling with tyre grip, he was able to set the fastest time in the session, followed by Rosberg, Vettel and Alonso.[12] Magnussen out-braked himself and went across the gravel at Turn 6 during the start of the session, but was able to rejoin. Kobayashi also spun at the chicane, but was still able to continue. Ericsson went wide at Turn 11, but again rejoined. Felipe Massa had a big spin at the chicane, with his rear wing only just snapping out. He then rejoined before coming back to the pits.[11] He missed out on much of the session due to a car problem, which it was suggested by engineering boss Rob Smedley that the problem occurred in Massa's left rear tyre. Pastor Maldonado fell into the list of drivers who spun, but managed to continue, while Grosjean could not do much laps due to the Lotus team fixing his cooling system leak.[13]
FP3
Practice Results
| No | Driver | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 1 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Red Bull-Renault
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1:27.220 | 5 | 1:25.111 | 3 | 1:24.455 | 3 |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-Renault
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1:27.782 | 8 | 1:25.983 | 7 | 1:24.678 | 4 |
| 4 |  Max Chilton
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 Marussia-Ferrari
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1:31.004 | 21 | 1:28.586 | 21 | 1:28.083 | 20 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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1:25.997 | 2 | 1:24.720 | 2 | 1:24.095 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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 Ferrari
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1:26.421 | 3 | 1:25.730 | 6 | 1:24.818 | 7 |
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Renault
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1:28.593 | 17 | 1:27.021 | 17 | 1:25.859 | 14 |
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Caterham-Renault
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1:30.892 | 20 | 1:29.036 | 22 | 1:28.605 | 21 |
| 10 |  Kamui Kobayashi
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Caterham-Renault
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1:30.363 | 19 | 1:28.370 | 19 | 1:27.560 | 19 |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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1:28.376 | 16 | 1:27.013 | 15 | 1:26.142 | 18 |
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Renault
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1:28.266 | 14 | 1:27.019 | 16 | 1:25.829 | 13 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari
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1:26.872 | 4 | 1:25.437 | 4 | 1:24.769 | 6 |
| 17 | Jules Bianchi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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1:31.248 | 22 | 1:28.469 | 20 | 1:28.821 | 22 |
| 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:27.960 | 10 | 1:26.402 | 10 | 1:25.231 | 11 |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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1:27.357 | 6 | 1:25.580 | 5 | 1:24.867 | 8 |
| 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:27.967 | 11 | 1:27.480 | 18 | 1:26.023 | 16 |
| 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Mercedes
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1:27.804 | 9 | 1:26.234 | 9 | 1:25.468 | 12 |
| 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:27.683 | 7 | 1:26.703 | 12 | 1:25.162 | 9 |
| 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1:28.208 | 13 | 1:26.689 | 11 | 1:25.170 | 10 |
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:28.101 | 12 | 1:26.789 | 13 | 1:26.035 | 17 |
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:25.814 | 1 | 1:24.482 | 1 | 1:24.048 | 1 |
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:28.330 | 15 | 1:25.999 | 8 | 1:24.685 | 5 |
| 99 | Adrian Sutil
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:29.025 | 18 | 1:26.919 | 14 | 1:25.934 | 15 |
Qualifying
Q1
The length of Q1 was 18 minutes. Drivers who qualified 17th or lower were eliminated at the end. The 107% rule was used, which each driver needed to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap so to race.[8]
Pastor Maldonado was forced to stop his car on track when its energy storage received a malfunction, and had to start 20th on the grid.[14] Lewis Hamilton was also unable to set a time when his car caught fire because of a fuel leak. Due to it needing a new chassis and engine, he was forced to start from the pit lane.[15] Surprisingly, Jean-Éric Vergne was fastest in Q1, with a time of 1:24.941. Jules Bianchi also managed to qualify 16th, pushing Kimi Räikkönen into the list of drivers eliminated in Q1 after Ferrari decided to have him just run on medium tyres. Max Chilton, however, had to start 18th on the grid after his car's fuel pressure malfunctioned about two minutes before the end of Q1. Others eliminated were Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson.[16]
Q2
Q2 lasted for 15 minutes. Any driver who qualified 11th or lower was eliminated at the end.[8]
This time, the fastest lap was set by Nico Rosberg, with a time of 1:23.310, only three tenths ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. Daniil Kvyat was unable to improve his time of 1:24.706 when he spun off the track due to one of his tyres touching the white line. He was eliminated at the end of Q2, followed by Adrian Sutil, Sergio Pérez, Esteban Gutiérrez, Romain Grosjean and Jules Bianchi.[16]
Q3
The third and final part of qualifying ran for 12 minutes, and chose the positions of the top ten drivers.[8]
This time, rain fell on the track. All of the drivers decided to run a lap on dry tyres in case the rain became intense. Caught by the conditions, Rosberg went wide at Turn 1. Q3 was soon red-flagged when Kevin Magnussen hit the barriers at the same curve after his tyres locked up.[16] A new chassis and gearbox change meant that he had to start from the pit lane.[17] Jenson Button also went wide at Turn 1, but was able to make the corner this time. However, Fernando Alonso got caught out. By the time the session restarted, the rain had stopped.[16] Rosberg set pole position, with a time of 1:22.715. Vettel joined him on the front row.[18]
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
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2 | 1:25.227 | 1 | 1:23.310 | 1 | 1:22.715 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault
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5 | 1:25.662 | 2 | 1:23.606 | 2 | 1:23.201 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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6 | 1:25.690 | 4 | 1:23.776 | 3 | 1:23.354 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-Renault
|
4 | 1:25.495 | 3 | 1:23.676 | 4 | 1:23.391 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari
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10 | 1:26.087 | 6 | 1:24.249 | 5 | 1:23.909 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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14 | 1:26.592 | 5 | 1:24.030 | 6 | 1:24.223 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Mercedes
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15 | 1:26.612 | 7 | 1:24.502 | 7 | 1:24.294 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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1 | 1:24.941 | 9 | 1:24.637 | 8 | 1:24.720 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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12 | 1:26.149 | 10 | 1:24.647 | 9 | 1:24.775 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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McLaren-Mercedes
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13 | 1:26.578 | 8 | 1:24.585 | 10 | no time | PL | |||
| 11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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3 | 1:25.361 | 11 | 1:24.706 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 99 | Adrian Sutil
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Sauber-Ferrari
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9 | 1:26.027 | 12 | 1:25.136 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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8 | 1:25.910 | 13 | 1:25.211 | 12 | |||||
| 14 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez
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Sauber-Ferrari
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7 | 1:25.709 | 14 | 1:25.260 | 13 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Renault
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11 | 1:26.136 | 15 | 1:25.337 | 14 | |||||
| 16 | 17 | Jules Bianchi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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16 | 1:26.728 | 16 | 1:27.419 | 15 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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17 | 1:26.792 | 16 | |||||||
| 18 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi
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Caterham-Renault
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18 | 1:27.139 | 17 | |||||||
| 19 | 4 | Max Chilton
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Marussia-Ferrari
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19 | 1:27.819 | 18 | |||||||
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Caterham-Renault
|
20 | 1:28.643 | 19 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:30:886 | |||||||||||||
| NC | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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21 | no time | PL* | |||||||
| NC | 13 | Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Renault
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22 | no time | 20* | |||||||
| Source:[19] | |||||||||||||
Notes:
- * Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado did not set a time in the qualifying sessions, and raced at the stewards' discretion.[19]
Grid
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Nico Rosberg | 2 | |
| ______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 4 | |
| ______________ | Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Fernando Alonso | 6 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Massa | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Jenson Button | 8 | |
| ______________ | Jean-Éric Vergne | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | |
| ______________ | Daniil Kvyat | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Adrian Sutil | 12 | |
| ______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Esteban Gutiérrez | 14 | |
| ______________ | Romain Grosjean | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Jules Bianchi | 16 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Kamui Kobayashi | 18 | |
| ______________ | Max Chilton | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Marcus Ericsson | 20 | |
| ______________ | Pastor Maldonado* | |
| Row 11 | 21 | ______________ |
| Kevin MagnussenPL | 22 | |
| ______________ | Lewis Hamilton* PL |
Notes:
- * Lewis Hamilton and Pastor Maldonado did not set a time in the qualifying sessions, and raced at the stewards' discretion.[19]
- PL Both Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen started from the pit lane after a chassis change in the qualifying sessions.[15][17]
Race
Report
The race started at 14:00 at local time. The track was wet and the area was hit by thunderstorms thoughout the day.
All the drivers started out with intermediate tyres. Nico Rosberg started the race from pole position, with Sebastian Vettel second and Valtteri Bottas third. Kevin Magnussen and Lewis Hamilton started from the pitlane, and on Turn 2, Hamilton spun and his front wing was a little bit damaged.
On lap 9, Marcus Ericsson's Caterham suffered an oversteering, lost control of his car and crashed at Turn 3. The safety car was deployed. Later, Romain Grosjean crashed his Lotus and the safety car stayed out for more laps.
The race was later resumed on lap 14. Jenson Button quickly passed Daniel Ricciardo to take the lead, but it was not for long, as he pitted in lap 16.
At the final corner, Nico Hülkenberg made contact with Sergio Pérez and then retired from the race. Pérez did not suffered any major damage to his car, but on lap 23 Pérez crashed at the same corner where he was hit by Hülkenberg, deploying another safety car.
On lap 67 Daniel Ricciardo passed Lewis Hamilton at the end of turn 2 and then Fernando Alonso on the next lap at turn 1. Daniel Ricciardo won the race with 5.2 seconds behind to Fernando Alonso.
Results
Milestones
- Jean-Éric Vergne's 50th race
- Mercedes' 100th race
- Mercedes' 50th podium
- Nico Rosberg's 10th pole position
- Mercedes' 20th fastest lap in Formula One
- The Mercedes engine's 110th pole position
- Fernando Alonso's last podium finish in a Ferrari
Standings after race
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Notes
- ↑ "Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2014". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/hungary_926/. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Race Preview". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 July 2014. http://www.fia.com/news/hungarian-grand-prix-preview. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "2014 Hungary Grand Prix – Race". Pirelli. 27 July 2014. http://www.pirelli.com/corporate/en/press/2014/07/27/2014-hungary-grand-prix-%E2%80%93-race/. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Weaver, Paul (8 June 2014). "Daniel Ricciardo pips Nico Rosberg for his first grand prix win in Canada". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/08/daniel-ricciardo-nico-rosberg-grand-prix-canada. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan (24 July 2014). "Max Chilton changes F1 chassis after "balance issues"". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115114. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Williams FW36 - additional wing on roll hoop". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 26 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2014/926/1208.html. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ "Lotus E22 - new front wing endplate". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 26 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2014/926/1207.html. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "2014 Formula One Sporting Regulations". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 March 2014. http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulation/file/1-2014%20SPORTING%20REGULATIONS%202014-02-28.pdf. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "FP1 - Hamilton on top as Mercedes seize control in Hungary". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 25 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/7/16148.html. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (25 July 2014). "Lewis Hamilton fastest in Hungarian GP practice". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28481361. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Hungarian GP practice as it happened". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 July 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28463246. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ↑ Galloway, James (25 July 2014). "2014 Hungarian GP Practice Two: Lewis Hamilton retains edge over Nico Rosberg". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/report/12523/9394460/2014-hungarian-gp-practice-two--lewis-hamilton-retains-edge-over-nico-rosberg. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hamilton dominates Friday practice sessions". Hungaroring Sport Plc.. 25 July 2014. http://hungaroring.hu/index.php?id=20&sub_id=0&hir_id=678&lang=en. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Qualifying analysis - Red Bulls to head Mercedes challenge". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 16 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/7/16170.html. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Benson, Andrew (26 July 2014). "Lewis Hamilton out of Hungarian GP qualifying after fire". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/28501315. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "Hungarian GP qualifying as it happened". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 July 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28489841. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Hungarian Grand Prix FP3 and Qualifying Report". McLaren.com (McLaren). 26 July 2014. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/2014/hungarian-grand-prix/hungarian-grand-prix-fp3-and-qualifying-report/. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Hungarian Grand Prix 2014 Results". British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/2014/hungarian-grand-prix/results/qualifying. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Qualifying Results". Formula One World Championship Limited. 5 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/926/7376/. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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