The 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix was the second race of the 2014 Formula One Season, set to take place at the Sepang International Circuit, Selangor, Malaysia over the weekend of 28-30th March 2014.
Lewis Hamilton would take a Grand Chelem as he would win the race by 17 seconds from teammate Nico Rosberg.
Background
After the opening round in Australia, Nico Rosberg held a seven point lead from Kevin Magnussen while in the constructor championship, McLaren-Mercedes held a eight point lead from Mercedes.
Entry list
Practice Overview
FP1
FP2
FP3
Practice Results
No | Driver | Team | ||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.523 | 7 | 1:39.970 | 3 | 1:40.387 | 4 |
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1:42.117 | 12 | 1:40.276 | 7 | 1:40.686 | 6 |
4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:46.911 | 18 | 1:43.638 | 18 | 1:43.977 | 17 |
6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.028 | 3 | 1:39.909 | 1 | 1:39.008 | 1 |
7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.843 | 2 | 1:39.944 | 2 | 1:40.156 | 3 |
8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | no time | 22 | 1:42.531 | 17 | 1:42.749 | 15 |
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:45.775 | 17 | 1:45.703 | 20 | 1:44.457 | 19 |
10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:51.180 | 19 | no time | 21 | 1:46.015 | 20 |
11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | no time | 20 | 1:41.671 | 16 | 1:41.029 | 10 |
13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | no time | 21 | no time | 22 | 1:43.359 | 16 |
14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.923 | 11 | 1:40.103 | 5 | 1:40.736 | 7 |
17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:43.825 | 16 | 1:43.752 | 19 | 1:44.170 | 18 |
19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:41.686 | 9 | 1:40.112 | 6 | 1:40.781 | 8 |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.274 | 4 | 1:41.014 | 12 | no time | 22 |
21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.904 | 15 | 1:41.407 | 15 | 1:42.041 | 14 |
22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.111 | 3 | 1:40.628 | 8 | 2:05.555 | 21 |
25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:41.402 | 6 | 1:40.777 | 11 | 1:41.441 | 12 |
26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:42.869 | 14 | 1:41.325 | 14 | 1:41.182 | 11 |
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.642 | 8 | 1:40.691 | 10 | 1:40.523 | 5 |
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:40.691 | 1 | 1:40.051 | 4 | 1:39.240 | 2 |
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:41.830 | 10 | 1:40.638 | 9 | 1:40.891 | 9 |
99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.365 | 13 | 1:41.257 | 13 | 1:41.552 | 13 |
Qualifying
Q1
Q2
Q3
Qualifying Results
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 1:57.202 | 1 | 1:59.041 | 1 | 1:59.431 | 1 | |||
2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 3 | 1:57.654 | 2 | 1:59.399 | 2 | 1:59.486 | 2 | |||
3 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1 | 1:57.183 | 3 | 1:59.445 | 3 | 2:00.050 | 3 | |||
4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:58.889 | 6 | 2:01.356 | 4 | 2:00.175 | 4 | |||
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 6 | 1:58.913 | 4 | 2:00.147 | 5 | 2:00.541 | 5 | |||
6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:59.257 | 7 | 2:01.532 | 6 | 2:01.218 | 6 | |||
7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 4 | 1:58.883 | 5 | 2:00.839 | 7 | 2:01.712 | 7 | |||
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 12 | 2:00.358 | 9 | 2:02.094 | 8 | 2:02.213 | 8 | |||
9 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 16 | 2:01.689 | 10 | 2:02.096 | 9 | 2:03.078 | 9 | |||
10 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 13 | 2:00.889 | 8 | 2:01.810 | 10 | 2:04.053 | 10 | |||
11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 15 | 2:01.175 | 11 | 2:02.351 | 11 | |||||
12 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 14 | 2:01.134 | 12 | 2:02.369 | 12 | |||||
13 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 9 | 2:00.047 | 13 | 2:02.460 | 13 | |||||
14 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 10 | 2:00.076 | 14 | 2:02.511 | PL* | |||||
15 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 8 | 1:59.709 | 15 | 2:02.756 | 18* | |||||
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 11 | 2:00.202 | 16 | 2:02.885 | 15 | |||||
17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 17 | 2:02.074 | 16 | |||||||
18 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | 2:02.131 | 17 | |||||||
19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 19 | 2:02.702 | 19 | |||||||
20 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 20 | 2:03.595 | 20 | |||||||
21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 21 | 2:04.388 | 21 | |||||||
22 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 22 | 2:04.407 | 22 |
*Sergio Pérez failed to make the grid due to engine problems, and could not start from the pit lane.
Grid
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
Nico Rosberg | 4 | |
______________ | Fernando Alonso | |
Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | |
______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | |
______________ | Kevin Magnussen | |
Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | |
______________ | Jenson Button | |
Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
Daniil Kvyat | 12 | |
______________ | Esteban Gutiérrez | |
Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
Felipe Massa | 14 | |
______________ | ||
Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
Romain Grosjean | 16 | |
______________ | Pastor Maldonado | |
Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
Adrian Sutil | 18 | |
______________ | Valtteri Bottas* | |
Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
Jules Bianchi | 20 | |
______________ | Kamui Kobayashi | |
Row 11 | 21 | ______________ |
Max Chilton | 22 | |
______________ | Marcus Ericsson |
*Valtteri Bottas was penalised three places for impeding Daniel Ricciardo.
Race
Results
Milestones
- Lewis Hamilton's 33rd pole, matching Jim Clark for the most by a British driver.
- 100th point finish for Hamilton.
- First Grand Chelem for Hamilton, and the 55th overall.
- First one-two finish for Mercedes since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.
Standings after race
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