2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

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2014 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Race details [1]
Date30 March 2014
Official name 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather Dry, 32°C
Attendance 92,550 (Weekend) [2]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:59.431
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:43.066 on lap 53
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

The 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix, formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, [1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 March 2014 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia.

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Background

Like the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. [3]

Prior to the race, there was a minute's silence as a mark of respect to the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the Indian Ocean three weeks prior. Drivers also carried messages on their cars and helmets. [4]

Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position, the 33rd of his career. He thus equalled Jim Clark for most poles of a British Formula One driver. Behind him was Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg.

Race

Lewis Hamilton dominated the race, flying away at the start. Nico Hülkenberg also had a good start from seventh place, briefly battling with Kimi Räikkönen before getting stuck up behind Fernando Alonso. Sergio Pérez did not start the race due to a gearbox issue.

There was a first lap incident when Pastor Maldonado and Jules Bianchi collided with one another, effectively ending the race for both of the drivers when they received mechanical complications. Bianchi would later receive a penalty for his actions despite Marussia officials' claims that the incident was due to a collision with Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne hitting the back of the Marussia. At the end of the first lap, the top four – Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo  – had effectively escaped the rest of the pack and the grid was unchanged until the last ten laps of the race. [5]

Hülkenberg fought a lengthy battle with Alonso for fourth place, ultimately losing it due to Alonso's fresh tyres, as Force India were the only team in the top five to have successfully executed a two-stop pit strategy, while the others stuck to three stops. Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas and Jenson Button battled for sixth place, during which Massa received the radio message, "Felipe, Valtteri is faster than you," reminding him of his years as a number-two driver for Ferrari. [6]

Both the Saubers of Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutiérrez had retired after Sutil experienced an electrical failure and Gutiérrez experienced a gearbox failure, preventing him from getting out of neutral gear. Ricciardo was having a good race until his third pit-stop, when he was released before his left-front tyre was correctly fastened. He then had to be pushed back into the pits. He then experienced the failure of his front wing, leading him to make the decision to retire. [7]

Räikkönen had a terrible race from the start after Kevin Magnussen's McLaren clipped his right rear tyre going into the first corner on lap 2, causing a puncture. He ultimately finished twelfth, 0.1 seconds behind the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. Hamilton led every lap of the race and set the fastest lap and thus took the first Grand Chelem of his career, giving Mercedes their first 1-2 finish since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix, after Rosberg finished second and Vettel third. Alonso came in fourth after a last-lap battle with Hülkenberg who finished fifth, almost forty seconds ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who was able to hold off both of Williams' drivers, Massa and Bottas, who finished seventh and eighth respectively giving Williams a one-point lead over Force India. Magnussen finished ninth for McLaren and the top ten was completed by Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso. Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson finished thirteenth and fourteenth for Caterham, effectively putting them ahead of Marussia in the Constructors' Championship standings. [8]

Post-race

Daniel Ricciardo was given a 10-place grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after the Red Bull Racing team released his car in an unsafe manner from his pit box. [9] Kevin Magnussen and Jules Bianchi both received two penalty points each, along with Valtteri Bottas after Bottas was accused of impeding Ricciardo during qualifying. [10] [11]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:57.2021:59.0411:59.4311
21 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:57.6541:59.3991:59.4862
36 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:57.1831:59.4452:00.0503
414 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:58.8892:01.3562:00.1754
53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:58.9132:00.1472:00.5415
67 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:59.2572:01.5322:01.2186
727 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:58.8832:00.8392:01.7127
820 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 2:00.3582:02.0942:02.2138
925 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 2:01.6892:02.0962:03.0789
1022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2:00.8892:01.8102:04.05310
1126 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 2:01.1752:02.35111
1221 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 2:01.1342:02.36912
1319 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 2:00.0472:02.46013
1411 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 2:00.0762:02.51114
1577 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:59.7092:02.75618 1
168 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2:00.2022:02.88515
1713 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 2:02.07416
1899 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 2:02.13117
1917 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 2:02.70219
2010 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 2:03.59520
214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 2:04.38821
229 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 2:04.40722
107% time: 2:05.385
Source: [12]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 561:40:25.974125
26 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56+17.313318
31 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 56+24.534215
414 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56+35.992412
527 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 56+47.199710
622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56+1:23.691108
719 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56+1:25.076136
877 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56+1:25.537184
920 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 55+1 Lap82
1026 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 55+1 Lap111
118 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55+1 Lap15
127 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55+1 Lap6
1310 Flag of Japan.svg Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 55+1 Lap20
149 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 54+2 Laps22
154 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 54+2 Laps21
Ret3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 49Wing5
Ret21 Flag of Mexico.svg Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 35Gearbox12
Ret99 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 32Power unit17
Ret25 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 18Turbo9
Ret17 Flag of France.svg Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 8Brakes19
Ret13 Flag of Venezuela.svg Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 7Power unit16
DNS11 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 0Gearbox14
Source: [13]

Championship standings after the race

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