2014 Russian Grand Prix

2014 Russian Grand Prix
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Sochi International Street Circuit
Race Details
Date	October 12, 2014
Official Name	2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix
Location	Sochi Autodrom Sochi, Russia
Distance	53 laps, 310.209 km (192.755 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:38.513
Fastest Lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
Time	1:40.896 on lap 53
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Nico Rosberg
Third	Valtteri Bottas
Lap Leaders

The 2014 Russian Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix) was the sixteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was first running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was 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.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg after Valtteri Bottas' tyres gave up on his fast lap. The race saw extremely low degradation. Hamilton won very easily, while Rosberg, having flat-spotted both his front tyres on first lap, managed to finish second despite spending 52 laps on the medium compound tyre. Bottas finished third. Back down the grid, Max Chilton, Marussia's sole entrant, retired early on.

Mercedes clinched their frist Constructors' Championship as a result of the race.

Background

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

Available Tyres
Option	Soft
Prime	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

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

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			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	DNP	22 !	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	DNP	23 !	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	DNP	22 !	DNP	22 !
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	DNP	23 !	DNP	23 !
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

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					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.
	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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1h 31m 50.744s	1	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg		53	+13.6	2	18
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+17.4	3	15
4	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+30.2	4	12
5	20	Kevin Magnussen		53	+53.6	11	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	+60.0	7	8
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	53	+61.8	6	6
8	1	Sebastian Vettel		53	+66.1	10	4
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+78.8	8	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+80.0	12	1
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+80.8	18
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	53	+81.3	17
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	53	+97.2	9
14	26	Daniil Kvyat		52	+1 Lap	5
15	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	13
16	99	Adrian Sutil		52	+1 Lap	14
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	52	+1 Lap	15
18	13	Pastor Maldonado		52	+1 Lap	21
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	51	+2 Laps	16
Ret	10	Kamui Kobayashi		21	Brakes	19
Ret	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	9	Retired	20

Milestones

• Mercedes' first World Constructors' Championship.
• Lewis Hamilton's 31st win, tying Nigel Mansell for most wins by a British driver.
• Hamilton's fourth win in a row.
• Valtteri Bottas' first fastest lap.
• Bottas' fifth podium finish.
• Adrian Sutil's 125th Grand Prix.
• Kamui Kobayashi's 75th entry (73rd start).
• Marussia's final race.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 291 — 2 Nico Rosberg 274 — 3 Daniel Ricciardo 199 — 4 Valtteri Bottas 145 ▲2 5 Sebastian Vettel 143 ▼1 6 Fernando Alonso 141 ▼1 7 Jenson Button 94 — 8 Nico Hülkenberg 76 — 9 Felipe Massa 71 — 10 Kevin Magnussen 49 ▲2 11 Sergio Pérez 47 ▼1 12 Kimi Räikkönen 47 ▼1 13 Jean-Éric Vergne 21 — 14 Romain Grosjean 8 — 15 Daniil Kvyat 8 — 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 — 23 André Lotterer 0 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 565 — 2 Red Bull-Renault 342 — 3 Williams-Mercedes 216 — 4 Ferrari 188 — 5 McLaren-Mercedes 143 ▲1 6 Force India-Mercedes 123 ▼1 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 29 — 8 Lotus-Renault 8 — 9 Marussia-Ferrari 2 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — 11 Caterham-Renault 0 —

Notes

V T E	Russian Grand Prix
Circuits	Sochi Autodrom (2014-2021) • Igora Drive (2023 onwards)
Races	2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022

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