2014 Singapore Grand Prix

2014 Singapore Grand Prix
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Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race Details
Date	September 21, 2014
Official Name	2014 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore
Course	Temporary street circuit 5.065km (3.148mi)
Scheduled Distance	61 laps, 308.965km (192.023 miles)
Completed Distance	60 laps, 303.763km (188.79 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:45.681
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:50.417 on lap 39
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Third	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2014 Singapore Grand Prix (officially the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was the fourteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season, and the seventh Singapore Grand Prix. It was held between September 19 and September 21, 2014.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position, seven thousandths ahead of Nico Rosberg. Rosberg's car suffered from electronic and gearbox problems, and after spending 15 laps stuck at the back of the field, retired after failing to restart following a pitstop.

This allowed Hamilton a clear shot at victory, but his strategy was thrown off when Sergio Pérez's front wing fell off and was shredded underneath his car, requiring a long safety car period. With rivals Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso not stopping, Hamilton needed to build a gap before his required switch to the prime tyres. Vettel lead a lap before Hamilton overtook him for victory, and a lead in the Drivers' Championship.

Due to the safety car, only 60 laps were competed before the two hour mark, instead of the scheduled 61.

Background

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

Available Tyres
Option	Supersoft
Prime	Soft
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	1:49.874	4	1:48.041	5	1:47.711	5
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:50.122	5	1:47.790	3	1:47.350	2
4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:55.170	22	1:51.558	20	1:51.221	21
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:49.205	3	1:49.075	13	1:47.488	3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:50.783	7	1:48.031	4	1:48.226	9
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:52.906	18	1:49.062	12	1:49.485	17
9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1:54.475	20	1:52.936	22	1:51.598	22
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1:54.607	21	1:52.075	21	1:50.939	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:51.131	10	1:48.653	8	1:49.078	15
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:52.125	14	1:49.139	14	1:50.149	18
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:49.056	1	1:47.623	2	1:47.299	1
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:54.113	19	1:50.612	19	1:50.376	19
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:51.953	13	1:49.361	17	1:47.909	7
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:51.217	11	1:48.358	6	1:48.577	12
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:52.171	16	1:49.290	16	1:48.422	10
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:50.922	8	1:48.435	7	1:48.599	13
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:50.539	6	1:48.800	11	1:47.693	4
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:50.990	9	1:48.770	10	1:48.637	14
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:51.604	12	1:48.751	9	1:48.450	11
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:49.178	2	1:47.490	1	1:47.738	6
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:52.146	15	1:49.971	18	1:48.205	8
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:52.237	17	1:49.170	15	1:49.115	16

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		3	1:46.921		2	1:46.287		1	1:45.681	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg			6	1:47.244		1	1:45.825		2	1:45.688	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault		10	1:47.488		6	1:46.493		3	1:45.854	3
4	1	Sebastian Vettel			9	1:47.476		7	1:46.586		4	1:45.902	4
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		2	1:46.889		3	1:46.328		5	1:45.907	5
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		11	1:47.615		5	1:46.472		6	1:46.000	6
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		1	1:46.685		4	1:46.359		7	1:46.170	7
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes		5	1:47.196		8	1:46.622		8	1:46.187	8
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes		15	1:47.976		9	1:46.700		9	1:46.250	9
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault		12	1:47.656		10	1:46.926		10	1:47.362	10
11	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		4	1:47.161		11	1:46.943				11
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault		8	1:47.407		12	1:46.989				12
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		7	1:47.370		13	1:47.308				13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		14	1:47.970		14	1:47.333				14
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		16	1:48.143		15	1:47.575				15
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		13	1:47.862		16	1:47.812				16
17	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari		17	1:48.324							17
18	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault		18	1:49.063							18
19	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari		19	1:49.440							19
20	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault		20	1:50.405							20
21	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari		21	1:50.473							21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault		22	1:52.287							22

Grid

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

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	60	2h 00m 04.7953	1	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	60	+13.5	4	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo		60	+14.2	3	15
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+15.3	5	12
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	60	+42.1	6	10
6*	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	60	+56.8	12	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	60	+59.0	15	6
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	60	+60.6	7	4
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	60	+61.6	13	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+62.2	9	1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	60	+65.0	8
12	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	60	+66.9	18
13	8	Romain Grosjean		60	+68.0	16
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	60	+72.0	10
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	60	+94.1	22
16	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	60	+94.5	19
17	4	Max Chilton		59	+1 Lap	21
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	52	Power Box	11
Ret	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	40	Water Leak	17
Ret	21	Esteban Gutiérrez		17	Electrical	14
Ret	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	Wiring Loom	2
DNS	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	0	Power Unit	20

Notes:

• * Jean-Éric Vergne was given a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits

Milestones

• Mercedes's 30th pole position.
• Lewis Hamilton 62nd race lead means he leads British drivers for this statistic.
• Sebastian Vettel's first lap lead in 2014.
• Jenson Button's first failure to be classified since the 2012 Korean Grand Prix, ending a run of 36 races.
• Kamui Kobayashi's first career DNS.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 241 ▲1 2 Nico Rosberg 238 ▼1 3 Daniel Ricciardo 181 — 4 Fernando Alonso 133 ▲1 5 Sebastian Vettel 124 ▲1 6 Valtteri Bottas 122 ▼2 7 Jenson Button 72 — 8 Nico Hülkenberg 72 — 9 Felipe Massa 65 — 10 Sergio Pérez 45 ▲1 11 Kimi Räikkönen 45 ▼1 12 Kevin Magnussen 39 — 13 Jean-Éric Vergne 19 — 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 479 — 2 Red Bull-Renault 305 — 3 Williams-Mercedes 187 — 4 Ferrari 178 — 5 Force India-Mercedes 117 ▲1 6 McLaren-Mercedes 111 ▼1 7 Toro Rosso-Renault 27 — 8 Lotus-Renault 8 — 9 Marussia-Ferrari 2 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — 11 Caterham-Renault 0 —

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