2014 Chinese Grand Prix

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2014 Chinese Grand Prix
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Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race details
Date20 April 2014
Official name 2014 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix [1]
Location Shanghai International Circuit
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance 54 laps, 294.164 km (182.785 miles)
Scheduled distance 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather Mostly cloudy, dry
Attendance 150,000
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:53.860
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:40.402 on lap 39
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Mercedes
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 2014 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2014 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 20 April 2014 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. The race was the fourth round of the 2014 Formula One season, and marked the eleventh time that the Chinese Grand Prix was held as a round for the Formula One World Championship.

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Lewis Hamilton won the race comfortably after starting from pole position, leading from start to finish driving for the Mercedes team. Nico Rosberg finished second in the other Mercedes with Fernando Alonso third in a Ferrari. Although contested over 56 laps, the race result was declared after 54 laps, as the chequered flag was shown one lap early through a marshalling error. The leading positions were not affected by this error. [2]

As a consequence of the race, Rosberg's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to four points, with Alonso a further thirty-four behind. In the World Constructors Championship, Red Bull Racing passed Force India for second position, ninety-six points behind Mercedes.

Report

Background

Heading into the fourth round of the season, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was leading the Drivers' Championship with 61 points; Rosberg's teammate Lewis Hamilton was second on 50 points, 11 points behind Rosberg. Behind Rosberg and Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship, Nico Hülkenberg was third on 28 points, with Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button on 26 and 23 points respectively. [3] In the Constructors Championship, Mercedes were leading with 111 points and Force India were second on 44 points, with McLaren third on 43 points. [4]

Prior to the race weekend, Stefano Domenicali resigned from position as Ferrari team principal citing the team's poor start to the season and their longest winless streak for 18 years. [5] Domenicali was replaced by the President and CEO of Ferrari North America Marco Mattiacci. [6]

Like the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. [7]

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the race; the first on Friday morning and the second on Friday afternoon. Both sessions lasted one and a half hours. The third session was held on Saturday morning and lasted an hour. [8]

The qualifying session held on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. The first part ran for 18 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 16th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position.

Qualifying took place under wet conditions, with all drivers using either intermediate or full wet tyres. Hamilton clinched his third pole position for the season, with a time of 1:53.860. As a result, Hamilton became the British driver with the highest number of pole positions, surpassing Jim Clark's record of 33. [9] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Riccardo with Vettel qualifying third. Rosberg qualified fourth, 1.2 seconds behind Hamilton and Alonso qualified fifth. Massa, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Jean-Éric Vergne and Romain Grosjean rounded out the top ten. Räikkönen only managed 11th — missing out on the top ten for the second time in 2014 having struggled with the balance and handling of his car during the session. [10] Jenson Button was the best placed McLaren in 12th, ahead of Daniil Kvyat, Adrian Sutil, Button's teammate Kevin Magnussen, with Sergio Pérez qualifying 16th. Esteban Gutiérrez was 17th, with the rest of the field consisting of the Caterham and Marussia cars. Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado did not take part in the qualifying sessions, [11] but was allowed to start the race. [12]

Race

The race was raced over 56 laps, however the chequered flag was shown to Lewis Hamilton at end of lap 55 by mistake. According to Article 43.2 of the FIA Sporting Regulations this meant that the race officially finished at the end of lap 54. [8] This meant that Kamui Kobayashi's overtake of Jules Bianchi on the final lap did not stand. [13]

Post-race

As a consequence of the race, Hamilton reduced Rosberg's lead over him in the Drivers' Championship to four points. Alonso moved up to third position passing Hülkenberg with Vettel maintaining fifth place and Ricciardo moved from 10th to 6th. [14] In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes increased their lead, with Red Bull jumping ahead of Force India for second position and Ferrari moving to fourth, ahead of McLaren who fell from third to fifth position. [15]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:55.5161:54.0291:53.8601
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:56.6411:55.3021:54.4552
31 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:55.9261:54.4991:54.9603
46 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:56.0581:55.2941:55.1434
514 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:56.9611:55.7651:55.6375
619 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:56.8501:56.7571:56.1476
777 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:56.5011:56.2531:56.2827
827 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:55.9131:56.8471:56.3668
925 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1:57.4771:56.5841:56.7739
108 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:58.4111:56.4071:57.07910
117 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:58.2791:56.86011
1222 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:57.7831:56.96312
1326 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1:57.2611:57.28913
1499 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:58.1381:57.39314
1520 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:57.3691:57.67515
1611 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:58.3621:58.26416
1721 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:58.98817
1810 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:59.26018
1917 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:59.32619
209 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 2:00.64620
214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 2:00.86521
107% time: 2:03.602
NC 1 13 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault no time 1 22
Source: [11]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 541:33:28.338125
26 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 54+18.062418
314 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 54+23.604515
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 54+27.136212
51 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 54+47.778310
627 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 54+54.29588
777 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 54+55.69776
87 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 54+1:16.335114
911 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 54+1:22.647162
1026 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 53+1 Lap131
1122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 53+1 Lap12
1225 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 53+1 Lap9
1320 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 53+1 Lap15
1413 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 53+1 Lap22
1519 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 53+1 Lap6
1621 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 53+1 Lap17
1717 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 53+1 Lap19
1810 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 53+1 Lap18
194 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 52+2 Laps21
209 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 52+2 Laps20
Ret8 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 28Gearbox10
Ret99 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 5Engine14
Source: [16]

Championship standings after the race

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