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The 2014 Russian Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix) was the sixteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was the first running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was held between October 10 and October 12, 2014.

Following Jules Bianchi's accident at the Japanese Grand Prix, Marussia choose to run just one car.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg after Valtteri Bottas' tyres gave up on his fast lap. The race saw extremely low degradation. Hamilton won very easily, while Rosberg, having flat-spotted both his front tyres on first lap, managed to finish second despite spending 52 laps on the medium compound tyre. Bottas finished third. Back down the grid, Max Chilton, Marussia's sole entrant, retired early on.

Mercedes clinched their frist Constructors' Championship as a result of the race.


Background[]

Because of some political issues between Russia and the Ukraine, the 2014 Russian Grand Prix was considered for cancellation. However, it was announced part way through the season that this would not happen and that the Russian Grand Prix would take place despite this conflict. Charlie Whiting visited the facility in mid-August and gave the circuit the green light to hold the race.

Jules Bianchi, having suffered a horrendous accident at the previous race, will be medically unable to take part in the race. Alexander Rossi was entered as Marussia's second driver, but he did not drive out of respect to Bianchi.

Sergey Sirotkin is to be given his first taste of F1 with an appearance in FP1. Roberto Merhi also got a drive in the Caterham.

Lewis Hamilton extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Nico Rosberg to ten points.

Mercedes, having extended their championship advantage over Red Bull to 190 points with just 215 remaining, could clinch the Constructors' Championship as long as Red Bull score less than 19 more than Mercedes (post-race, there would be 172 points remaining; simply equaling this total would give Mercedes title victory on wins tiebreaker).

Entry list[]

The full entry list for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB10 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB10 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR03 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W05 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F14 T Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E22 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus F1 Team Lotus E22 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F14 T Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams FW36 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-29 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR9 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR9 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM07 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
42 United States Alexander Rossi Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR03 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 W05 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams FW36 Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t P
99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
Test Drivers for Free Practice 1 Only
37 Russia Sergey Sirotkin Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber C33 Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6t P
45 Spain Roberto Merhi Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t P

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 1:44.506 14 1:41.396 9 1:40.338 10
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-Renault 1:43.821 12 1:42.061 13 1:39.755 4
4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari 1:47.284 21 1:44.530 20 1:44.737 20
6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 1:42.311 1 1:40.542 4 1:39.016 2
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 1:43.212 8 1:41.630 11 1:40.011 7
8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 1:45.190 18 1:42.892 16 1:41.915 16
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham-Renault 1:46.922 20 1:44.135 19 1:43.109 18
10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham-Renault DNP 1:44.952 21 1:43.975 19
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 1:43.129 6 1:42.090 14 1:40.699 13
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 1:44.876 16 1:42.905 17 No Time 21
14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 1:42.720 4 1:40.504 3 1:40.151 8
19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:43.741 11 1:40.731 7 1:39.954 5
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.026 5 1:40.494 2 1:42.436 17
21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari DNP 1:43.055 18 1:41.520 15
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:42.507 3 1:40.718 6 1:40.355 11
25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 1:43.327 9 1:41.531 10 1:40.205 9
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 1:43.164 7 1:41.108 8 1:40.009 6
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 1:43.976 13 1:41.677 12 1:40.669 12
37 Russia Sergey Sirotkin Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.032 17 DNP DNP
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1:42.376 2 1:39.630 1 1:38.726 1
45 Spain Roberto Merhi Malaysia Caterham-Renault 1:46.782 19 DNP DNP
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:43.542 10 1:40.573 5 1:39.097 3
99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 1:44.625 15 1:42.233 15 1:41.146 14

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos. Time
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1 1:38.759 1 1:38.338 1 1:38.513 1
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 2 1:39.076 2 1:38.606 2 1:38.713 2
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 3 1:39.125 3 1:38.971 3 1:38.920 3
4 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 4 1:39.560 6 1:39.381 4 1:39.121 4
5 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 6 1:40.074 5 1:39.296 5 1:39.277 5
6* 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 5 1:39.735 4 1:39.022 6 1:39.629 11
7 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-Renault 12 1:40.519 7 1:39.666 7 1:39.635 6
8 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 8 1:40.255 8 1:39.786 8 1:39.709 7
9 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 7 1:40.098 9 1:39.838 9 1:39.771 8
10 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 10 1:40.354 10 1:39.929 10 1:40.020 9
11 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 11 1:40.382 11 1:40.052 10
12* 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 9 1:40.273 12 1:40.058 17
13 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 13 1:40.723 13 1:40.163 12
14 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 15 1:41.159 14 1:40.536 13
15 99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 14 1:40.766 15 1:40.984 14
16 8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 16 1:42.526 16 1:41.397 15
17 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham-Renault 17 1:42.648 16
18 19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 18 1:43.064 18
19 10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham-Renault 19 1:43.166 19
20 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 20 1:43.205 21
21* 4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari 21 1:43.649 20
107% Time: 1:45.672
  • Bold indicates a driver's fastest time in each session.
  • * Magnussen, Hülkenberg, and Chilton all received five place grid penalties for a gearbox change.
  • Maldonado received a five place grid penalty for the remainder of a ten place grid penalty for an engine change at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Grid[]

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

Notes:

  • * Kevin Magnussen was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
  • ^ Nico Hülkenberg was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
  • Pastor Maldonado was penalized 5 grid places for the remainder of 10-place penalty for engine change at the last round
  • Max Chilton was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change

Race[]

Report[]

Both the Mercedes cars made a strong getaway, however Hamilton maintained the lead.[1] Rosberg immediately tucked into the slipstream of his teammate before making a lunge into turn 2.[1] Rosberg locked his brakes before abandoning and cutting the corner.[1]

He exited the corner in the lead, however he had taken a massive advantage in moving off the circuit.[1] Behind him, a number of cars had followed his pathway in cutting the corner.[1] Rosberg was immediately instructed to give the place back to Hamilton, however Rosberg simply replied that he had to box because of the "vibrations".[1] Brundle commenting, "Nico Rosberg's championship has just taken another punch."[1]

Upon pitting, Rosberg's engineer alerted him to being on prime tyres and having to catch up the rest of the field and finish the race on the same compound. [1]

On lap 12, Chilton was confirmed to have retired from the race.[1]

Upon Alonso's pit-stop on lap 26, the front left tyre struggled to be attached.[1] Ted Kravitz commenting "What a messy stop for Fernando Alonso that was. That's not going to help them and they're losing their battle in the Constructors' Championship with Williams."[1]

In the midfield, Grosjean made a dive down the inside of Sutil at turn 2.[1] The Sauber refused to give way and Grosjean collided with Sutil's right rear to which he spun the Sauber around.[1] Brundle commenting, "A bit clumsy all round but I don't see that Grosjean needs to be penalised for that."[1]

On lap 31, with Vettel entering the pits, Rosberg had stormed back up into third position.[1] Approaching turn 2, Rosberg stormed up the inside of Bottas to take second place.[1] The Williams tried to defend, however he was late on the brakes and cut the corner.[1] Bottas conceded the position after making a very similar mistake to Rosberg's own troubles at the start of the race.[1]

Rosberg was described as being "unleashed" by Croft to which the Mercedes driver would then go on to set the fastest lap of the race.[1] Having been alerted this by his engineer, Rosberg confidently responded, "The tyres still feel really good."[1] Vitaly Petrov standing and watching in awe alongside Toto Wolff in the Mercedes garage.[1]

However, with Rosberg botching his start to the race, Hamilton therefore dominated the race to which he took an easy victory having led every lap of the race.[1]

Results[]

The full results for the 2014 Russian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 53 1:31.50.744 1 25
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 53 +13.657s 2 18
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 53 +17.425s 3 15
4 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 53 +30.234s 4 12
5 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 53 +53.616s 11 10
6 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 53 +1:00.016 7 8
7 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-Renault 53 +1:01.812 6 6
8 1 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 53 +1:06.185 10 4
9 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 53 +1:18.877 8 2
10 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 53 +1:20.067 12 1
11 19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 53 +1:20.877 18
12 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 53 +1:21.309 17
14 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 53 +1:37.295 9
15 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 13
16 99 Germany Adrian Sutil Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 52 +1 Lap 14
17 8 France Romain Grosjean United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 52 +1 Lap 15
18 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 52 +1 Lap 21
19 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Malaysia Caterham-Renault 51 +2 Laps 16
Ret 10 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Malaysia Caterham-Renault 21 Brakes 19
Ret 4 United Kingdom Max Chilton Russia Marussia-Ferrari 9 Suspension 20
WD 42 United States Alexander Rossi Russia Marussia-Ferrari

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts +/-
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 291
2 Germany Nico Rosberg 274
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 199
4 Finland Valtteri Bottas 145 ▲2
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel 143 ▼1
6 Spain Fernando Alonso 141 ▼1
7 United Kingdom Jenson Button 94
8 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 76
9 Brazil Felipe Massa 71
10 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 49 ▲2
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez 47 ▼1
12 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 47 ▼1
13 France Jean-Éric Vergne 21
14 France Romain Grosjean 8
15 Russia Daniil Kvyat 8
16 France Jules Bianchi 2
17 Germany Adrian Sutil 0
18 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 0
19 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 0
20 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 0
21 United Kingdom Max Chilton 0
22 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 0
23 Germany André Lotterer 0
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts +/-
1 Germany Mercedes 565
2 Austria Red Bull-Renault 342
3 United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 216
4 Italy Ferrari 188
5 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 143 ▲1
6 India Force India-Mercedes 123 ▼1
7 Italy Toro Rosso-Renault 29
8 United Kingdom Lotus-Renault 8
9 Russia Marussia-Ferrari 2
10 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 0
11 Malaysia Caterham-Renault 0

Notes[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 FORMULA 1. (2015, March 13). 2014 FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - Race Highlights. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDH4rBksMyQ

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