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The 2014 Chinese Grand Prix is the fourth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It will be held over the weekend of April 18–20th 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in the Jiading District of Shanghai, China. It is the eleventh running of the Chinese Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Shanghai circuit.


Background[]

Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes team lead the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships going into the Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg's lead over Lewis Hamilton is 11 points, while Mercedes have more than twice the points of their nearest rivals, Force India - a lead of 67 points.

Pastor Maldonado will take a five-place grid drop for this race as a result of an avoidable accident in Bahrain in which Esteban Gutiérrez' car was sent somersaulting across the track. The incident also earned the Lotus driver three penalty points on his Super License.

Entry list[]

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB10 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB10 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W05 Hybrid Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W05 Hybrid Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F14 T Ferrari 059/3 P
14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F14 T Ferrari 059/3 P
8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E22 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E22 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 P
99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 P
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR9 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR9 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams FW37 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams FW37 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P
4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari Marussia MR03 Ferrari 059/3 P
17 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia-Ferrari Marussia MR03 Ferrari 059/3 P
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1-2014 P
Free Practice 1 only
36 Netherlands Giedo van der Garde Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 P
40 Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams FW37 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

Track conditions were cold for the second free practice session in Shanghi. The tempurature remained in the 23°C range causing many teams to experience tyre graining late in the session.

Maldonado FP2 2014 Chinese GP Crash

Lotus driver, Pastor Maldonado exits his car after crashing into the wall during FP2

While entering pit lane, Lotus' Pastor Maldonado crashed into the wall in the pit entrance.

Caterham's Kamui Kobayashi had some trouble when the team detected an issue with the car. He was forced to return to the pits, but later returned to the track.

Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes managed to post the fastest lap for the session, but claims that there was something not right with his car.

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 1:41.629 9 1:39.015 5 1:56.233 11
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-Renault 1:40.772 3 1:38.811 4 1:53.958 1
4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari 1:44.782 20 1:43.473 20 1:56.841 14
6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 1:40.181 2 1:38.726 3 No time 19
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari No time 22 1:39.283 7 1:55.062 5
8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 1:42.090 12 1:39.537 9 1:54.514 3
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham-Renault 1:44.835 21 1:43.679 22 1:59.507 18
10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham-Renault 1:44.038 17 1:43.530 21 1:57.812 16
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 1:42.733 15 1:40.124 15 1:56.019 10
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 1:43.731 16 1:40.455 18 1:55.228 6
14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 1:39.783 1 1:38.456 2 No time 21
17 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia-Ferrari 1:44.270 19 1:42.327 19 1:57.976 17
19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:41.699 10 1:39.118 6 1:54.492 2
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.366 6 1:39.744 12 No time 20
21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 1:44.162 18 1:40.359 16 1:57.468 15
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.970 4 1:39.491 8 1:55.673 9
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 1:41.505 7 1:39.759 13 1:56.380 12
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 1:41.977 11 1:39.648 10 1:55.235 7
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 1:41.175 5 1:39.736 11 1:55.032 4
36 Netherlands Giedo v. d. Garde Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 1:42.615 14 DNP DNP
40 Brazil Felipe Nasr United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:42.265 13 DNP DNP
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1:41.560 8 1:38.315 1 No time 22
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes DNP 1:39.830 14 1:55.381 8
99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari DNP 1:40.395 17 1:56.760 13

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

Grid[]

Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 1 ______________
Lewis Hamilton 2
______________ Daniel Ricciardo
Row 2 3 ______________
Sebastian Vettel 4
______________ Nico Rosberg
Row 3 5 ______________
Fernando Alonso 6
______________ Felipe Massa
Row 4 7 ______________
Valtteri Bottas 8
______________ Nico Hülkenberg
Row 5 9 ______________
Jean-Éric Vergne 10
______________ Romain Grosjean
Row 6 11 ______________
Kimi Räikkönen 12
______________ Jenson Button
Row 7 13 ______________
Daniil Kvyat 14
______________ Adrian Sutil
Row 8 15 ______________
Kevin Magnussen 16
______________ Sergio Pérez
Row 9 17 ______________
Esteban Gutiérrez 18
______________ Kamui Kobayashi
Row 10 19 ______________
Jules Bianchi 20
______________ Marcus Ericsson
Row 11 21 ______________
Max Chilton 22
______________ Pastor Maldonado [1]
  1. Pastor Maldonado is serving a 5 place grid penalty for causing a collision at the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix

Race[]

Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 54 1 25
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg 54 +18.0 4 18
3 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 54 +23.6 5 15
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-Renault 54 +27.1 2 12
5 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel 54 +47.8 3 10
6 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 54 +54.3 8 8
7 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 54 +55.7 7 6
8 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 54 +76.3 11 4
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 54 +82.6 16 2
10 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 53 +1 Lap 13 1
11 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 53 +1 Lap 12
12 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 53 +1 Lap 9
13 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 53 +1 Lap 15
14 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 53 +1 Lap 22
15 19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 53 +1 Lap 6
16 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 53 +1 Lap 17
17 17 France Jules Bianchi Russia Marussia-Ferrari 53 +1 Lap 19
18 10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham-Renault 53 +1 Lap 18
19 4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari 52 +2 Laps 21
20 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham-Renault 52 +2 Laps 20
Ret 8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 28 Gearbox 10
Ret 99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 5 Engine 14

*Note: Race initially scheduled for 56 laps. However, the chequered flag was mistakenly shown to Lewis Hamilton at the end of the 55th lap. Results were therefore taken as of the end of Lap 54, in line with Article 43.2 of the FIA Sporting Regulations:

“Should for any reason the end-of-race signal be given before the leading car completes the scheduled number of laps, or the prescribed time has been completed, the race will be deemed to have finished when the leading car last crossed the line before the signal was given.”

Milestones[]

  • Lewis Hamilton: 34th pole, stands alone as the fourth-most pole positions.
  • Lewis Hamilton: 25th win, ties Niki Lauda and Jim Clark, equal best by a British driver.
  • Lewis Hamilton: Third consecutive victory.
  • Lewis Hamilton: Lead his 1,500th lap (1,506 laps at the end of the race).
  • Mercedes: 100th consecutive points score for Mercedes-engined cars.

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts +/-
1 Germany Nico Rosberg 79
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 75
3 Spain Fernando Alonso 41 ▲1
4 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 36 ▼1
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel 33 ▲1
6 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 24 ▲4
7 Finland Valtteri Bottas 24 ▲1
8 United Kingdom Jenson Button 23 ▼3
9 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 20 ▲2
10 Mexico Sergio Pérez 18 ▲1
11 Brazil Felipe Massa 12
12 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 11
13 France Jean-Éric Vergne 4
14 Russia Daniil Kvyat 4
15 France Romain Grosjean 0
16 Germany Adrian Sutil 0
17 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 0
18 United Kingdom Max Chilton 0
19 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 0
20 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 0 ▲1
21 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 0 ▼1
22 France Jules Bianchi 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts +/-
1 Germany Mercedes 154
2 Austria Red Bull-Renault 57 ▲2
3 India Force India-Mercedes 54 ▼1
4 Italy Ferrari 52 ▲1
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 43 ▼2
6 United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 36
7 Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 8
8 United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 0
9 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 0
10 Russia Marussia-Ferrari 0
11 Malaysia Caterham-Renault 0

Notes[]


External links[]

V T E 2014 Formula One Season
Teams Caterham • Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers Vettel • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Chilton • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Pérez • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 17 Bianchi • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 25 Vergne • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 44 Hamilton • 45 Lotterer • 77 Bottas • 99 Sutil
Other Drivers Buemi • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Frijns • Gené • Juncadella • Ocon • Paffett • Rigon • Rossi • Sirotkin • Sørensen • Turvey • Van der Garde • Verstappen • Vandoorne • Wolff
Cars CT05 • F14 T • VJM07 • E22 • MR03 • MP4-29 • F1 W05 • RB10 • C33 • STR9 • FW36
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia • Malaysia • Bahrain • China • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Austria • Great Britain • Germany • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Japan • Russia • United States • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests Tyre tests: 2013 • 2014 • Jerez • Bahrain: 1 • 2 • 3 • Barcelona • Silverstone • Abu Dhabi
See also 2013 Formula One Season • 2015 Formula One Season • Category
V T E China Chinese Grand Prix
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