2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

2014 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Sepang International Circuit
Race Details
Date	March 30, 2014
Official Name	2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent Racing Facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:59.431
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:43.066 on lap 53
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Nico Rosberg
Third	Sebastian Vettel
Lap Leaders

The 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix was the second race of the 2014 Formula One Season, set to take place at the Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia over the weekend of 28-30th March 2014.

Lewis Hamilton would take a Grand Chelem as he would win the race by 17 seconds from teammate Nico Rosberg.

Background

After the opening round in Australia, Nico Rosberg held a seven-point lead from Kevin Magnussen while in the constructor championship, McLaren-Mercedes held an eight-point lead from Mercedes.

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

Available Tyres
Option	Medium
Prime	Hard
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

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

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:41.523	7	1:39.970	3	1:40.387	4
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:42.117	12	1:40.276	7	1:40.686	6
4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:46.911	18	1:43.638	18	1:43.977	17
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.028	3	1:39.909	1	1:39.008	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.843	2	1:39.944	2	1:40.156	3
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	no time	22	1:42.531	17	1:42.749	15
9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1:45.775	17	1:45.703	20	1:44.457	19
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1:51.180	19	no time	21	1:46.015	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	no time	20	1:41.671	16	1:41.029	10
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	no time	21	no time	22	1:43.359	16
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.923	11	1:40.103	5	1:40.736	7
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:43.825	16	1:43.752	19	1:44.170	18
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:41.686	9	1:40.112	6	1:40.781	8
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:41.274	4	1:41.014	12	no time	22
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.904	15	1:41.407	15	1:42.041	14
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:41.111	3	1:40.628	8	2:05.555	21
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:41.402	6	1:40.777	11	1:41.441	12
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:42.869	14	1:41.325	14	1:41.182	11
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.642	8	1:40.691	10	1:40.523	5
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:40.691	1	1:40.051	4	1:39.240	2
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:41.830	10	1:40.638	9	1:40.891	9
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.365	13	1:41.257	13	1:41.552	13

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		2	1:57.202		1	1:59.041		1	1:59.431	1
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault		3	1:57.654		2	1:59.399		2	1:59.486	2
3	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		1	1:57.183		3	1:59.445		3	2:00.050	3
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		5	1:58.889		6	2:01.356		4	2:00.175	4
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault		6	1:58.913		4	2:00.147		5	2:00.541	5
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		7	1:59.257		7	2:01.532		6	2:01.218	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		4	1:58.883		5	2:00.839		7	2:01.712	7
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes		12	2:00.358		9	2:02.094		8	2:02.213	8
9	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault		16	2:01.689		10	2:02.096		9	2:03.078	9
10	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		13	2:00.889		8	2:01.810		10	2:04.053	10
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault		15	2:01.175		11	2:02.351				11
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		14	2:01.134		12	2:02.369				12
13	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		9	2:00.047		13	2:02.460				13
14	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		10	2:00.076		14	2:02.511				PL*
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes		8	1:59.709		15	2:02.756				18*
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		11	2:00.202		16	2:02.885				15
17	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault		17	2:02.074							16
18	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari		18	2:02.131							17
19	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari		19	2:02.702							19
20	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault		20	2:03.595							20
21	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari		21	2:04.388							21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault		22	2:04.407							22

*Sergio Pérez failed to make the grid due to engine problems, and could not start from the pit lane.

Grid

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

*Valtteri Bottas was penalised three places for impeding Daniel Ricciardo.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1:40:25.974	1	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg		56	+17.313	3	18
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+24.534	2	15
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+35.992	4	12
5	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+47.199	7	10
6	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+83.691	10	8
7	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	+85.076	13	6
8	77	Valtteri Bottas		56	+85.537	18	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	8	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	+1 Lap	11	1
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 lap	15
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	55	+1 lap	6
13	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	55	+1 lap	20
14	9	Marcus Ericsson		54	+2 laps	22
15	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	54	+2 Laps	21
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	49		5
Ret	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	35	Gearbox	12
Ret	99	Adrian Sutil		32	Power Unit	17
Ret	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	18	Turbo	9
Ret	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	8	Collision	19
Ret	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	7	Power unit	16
DNS	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		Gearbox	14

Milestones

• Lewis Hamilton's 33rd pole, matching Jim Clark for the most by a British driver.
• 100th point finish for Hamilton.
• First Grand Chelem for Hamilton, and the 55th overall.
• First one-two finish for Mercedes since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Nico Rosberg 43 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 25 ▲17 3 Fernando Alonso 24 ▲1 4 Jenson Button 23 ▼1 5 Kevin Magnussen 20 ▼3 6 Nico Hülkenberg 18 — 7 Sebastian Vettel 15 — 8 Valtteri Bottas 14 ▼3 9 Kimi Räikkönen 6 ▼2 10 Felipe Massa 6 — 11 Jean-Éric Vergne 4 ▼3 12 Daniil Kvyat 3 ▼3 13 Sergio Pérez 1 ▼3 14 Adrian Sutil 0 ▼3 15 Romain Grosjean 0 — 16 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 ▲4 17 Max Chilton 0 ▲4 18 Kamui Kobayashi 0 — 19 Marcus Ericsson 0 — Jules Bianchi 0 — Pastor Maldonado 0 — Daniel Ricciardo 0 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 68 ▲1 2 McLaren-Mercedes 43 ▼1 3 Ferrari 30 — 4 Williams-Mercedes 20 — 5 Force India-Mercedes 19 — 6 Red Bull-Renault 15 — 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 7 ▼1 8 Sauber-Ferrari 0 ▼1 9 Lotus-Renault 0 — 10 Caterham-Renault 0 — 11 Marussia-Ferrari 0 ▼3

External links

• Race highlights

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