The 2014 Russian Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix) is the sixteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It the first running of the Russian Grand Prix in the Formula 1 World Championship. It is being held between October 10 and October 12, 2014.
Following Jules Bianchi's accident at the Japanese Grand Prix, Marussia choose to run just one car.
Background
Because of some political issues between Russia and the Ukraine, the 2014 Russian Grand Prix was considered for cancellation. However, it was announced part way through the season that this would not happen and that the Russian Grand Prix would take place despite this conflict. Charlie Whiting visited the facility in mid-August and gave the circuit the green light to hold the race.
Jules Bianchi, having suffered a horrendous accident at the previous race, will be medically unable to take part in the race. Alexander Rossi was entered as Marussia's second driver, but he did not drive out of respect to Bianchi.
Sergey Sirotkin is to be given his first taste of F1 with an appearance in FP1. Roberto Merhi also got a drive in the Caterham.
Lewis Hamilton extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Nico Rosberg to ten points.
Mercedes, having extended their championship advantage over Red Bull to 190 points with just 215 remaining, could clinch the Constructors' Championship as long as Red Bull score less than 19 more than Mercedes (post-race, there would be 172 points remaining; simply equaling this total would give Mercedes title victory on wins tiebreaker).
Practice Overview
FP1
FP2
FP3
Practice Results
No | Driver | Team | ||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:44.506 | 14 | 1:41.396 | 9 | 1:40.338 | 10 |
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1:43.821 | 12 | 1:42.061 | 13 | 1:39.755 | 4 |
4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:47.284 | 21 | 1:44.530 | 20 | 1:44.737 | 20 |
6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:42.311 | 1 | 1:40.542 | 4 | 1:39.016 | 2 |
7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:43.212 | 8 | 1:41.630 | 11 | 1:40.011 | 7 |
8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:45.190 | 18 | 1:42.892 | 16 | 1:41.915 | 16 |
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:46.922 | 20 | 1:44.135 | 19 | 1:43.109 | 18 |
10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:44.952 | 21 | 1:43.975 | 19 | ||
11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.129 | 6 | 1:42.090 | 14 | 1:40.699 | 13 |
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:44.876 | 16 | 1:42.905 | 17 | No Time | 21 |
14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:42.720 | 4 | 1:40.504 | 3 | 1:40.151 | 8 |
19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:43.741 | 11 | 1:40.731 | 7 | 1:39.954 | 5 |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:43.026 | 5 | 1:40.494 | 2 | 1:42.436 | 17 |
21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.055 | 18 | 1:41.520 | 15 | ||
22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:42.507 | 3 | 1:40.718 | 6 | 1:40.355 | 11 |
25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:43.327 | 9 | 1:41.531 | 10 | 1:40.205 | 9 |
26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:43.164 | 7 | 1:41.108 | 8 | 1:40.009 | 6 |
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.976 | 13 | 1:41.677 | 12 | 1:40.669 | 12 |
37 | Sergey Sirotkin | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:45.032 | 17 | ||||
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.376 | 2 | 1:39.630 | 1 | 1:38.726 | 1 |
45 | Roberto Merhi | Caterham-Renault | 1:46.782 | 19 | ||||
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:43.542 | 10 | 1:40.573 | 5 | 1:39.097 | 3 |
99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:44.625 | 15 | 1:42.233 | 15 | 1:41.146 | 14 |
Qualifying
Q1
Q2
Q3
Qualifying Results
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.759 | 1:38.338 | 1 | 1:38.513 | 1 | |||||
2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | 1:39.076 | 1:38.606 | 2 | 1:38.713 | 2 | ||||||
3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:39.125 | 1:38.971 | 3 | 1:38.920 | 3 | |||||
4 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.560 | 1:39.381 | 4 | 1:39.121 | 4 | |||||
5 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:40.074 | 1:39.296 | 5 | 1:39.277 | 5 | |||||
6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.735 | 1:39.022 | 6 | 1:39.629 | 11* | |||||
7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.519 | 1:39.666 | 7 | 1:39.635 | 6 | |||||
8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.255 | 1:39.786 | 8 | 1:39.709 | 7 | |||||
9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:40.098 | 1:39.838 | 9 | 1:39.771 | 8 | ||||||
10 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:40.354 | 1:39.929 | 10 | 1:40.020 | 9 | |||||
11 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.382 | 11 | 1:40.052 | 10 | ||||||
12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.273 | 12 | 1:40.058 | 17^ | ||||||
13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | 1:40.723 | 13 | 1:40.163 | 12 | |||||||
14 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.159 | 14 | 1:40.536 | 13 | ||||||
15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | 1:40.766 | 15 | 1:40.984 | 14 | |||||||
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.526 | 16 | 1:41.397 | 15 | ||||||
17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 17 | 1:42.648 | 16 | |||||||
18 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 18 | 1:43.064 | 18 | |||||||
19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 19 | 1:43.166 | 19 | |||||||
20 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 20 | 1:43.205 | 20† | |||||||
21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 21 | 1:43.649 | 21‡ |
Notes:
- * Kevin Magnussen was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
- ^ Nico Hülkenberg was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
- † Pastor Maldonado was penalized 5 grid places for the remainder of 10-place penalty for engine change at the last round
- ‡ Max Chilton was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
Grid
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
______________ | Nico Rosberg | |
Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
Valtteri Bottas | 4 | |
______________ | Jenson Button | |
Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
Daniil Kvyat | 6 | |
______________ | Daniel Ricciardo | |
Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
Fernando Alonso | 8 | |
______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | |
______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
Kevin Magnussen* | 12 | |
______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
Esteban Gutiérrez | 14 | |
______________ | Adrian Sutil | |
Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
Romain Grosjean | 16 | |
______________ | Marcus Ericsson | |
Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
Nico Hülkenberg^ | 18 | |
______________ | Felipe Massa | |
Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
Kamui Kobayashi | 20 | |
______________ | Pastor Maldonado† | |
Row 11 | 21 | ______________ |
Max Chilton‡ | 22 | |
______________ |
Notes:
- * Kevin Magnussen was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
- ^ Nico Hülkenberg was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
- † Pastor Maldonado was penalized 5 grid places for the remainder of 10-place penalty for engine change at the last round
- ‡ Max Chilton was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
Race
Results
Milestones
Standings after race
Notes
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