2014 Australian Grand Prix

2014 Australian Grand Prix
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Round	1 of 2014
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Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit
Race Details
Date	March 16, 2014
Location	Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 5.303 km (3.295 mi)
Scheduled Distance	58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 mi)
Completed Distance	57 laps, 302.271 km (187.822 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:44.231
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time	1:32.478 on lap 19
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg
Second	Kevin Magnussen
Third	Jenson Button
Lap Leaders

The 2014 Australian Grand Prix was the opening race of the 2014 Formula One Season, which took place at the Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne over the weekend of 14-16th March 2014. It was the first race to feature turbocharged cars since the 1988 Australian Grand Prix.

After a close battle in wet conditions during qualifying, Lewis Hamilton started the race on pole. Daniel Ricciardo in his first race for Red Bull will join the Briton on the front row.

At the start, Nico Rosberg took the lead from third on the grid. Hamilton retired from a cylinder issue, while further down the field World Champion Sebastian Vettel retired after five laps with powertrain issues. Rosberg won very comfortably from Ricciardo, who had to fight off debutant Kevin Magnussen for second place, both drivers taking their first podiums.

However, after the race, Ricciardo was disqualified for excessive fuel flow, promoting Magnussen to second and Jenson Button to third. Despite an appeal by Red Bull, Ricciardo's disqualification was upheld.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Rain
Race	Cloudy

Available Tyres
Option	Soft
Prime	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Entry list

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

Practice Overview

FP1

Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was the first driver to enter the track. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was the first driver to stop after an engine failure on turn 9, only 12 minutes into the session. His car was returned to the garage, but he was unable to rejoin the track.

Drivers Marcus Ericsson, Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham), Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean (Lotus) were also unable to set any times in the session. With 10 minutes remaining in the session, Maldonado was able to leave the garage, but continued to experience issues before returning to the garage.

The session was calm with very few accidents.

FP2

Drivers Adrian Sutil (Sauber), Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso), Felipe Massa (Williams), Valtteri Bottas (Williams), Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) all took turns holding the fastest lap, while racing on the medium tyre.

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) then took the lead when his team switched to the soft tyres.

Lewis Hamilton managed to take the lead, with a lap time of 1:29.625 which would be the fastest of the session.

A battle took place between Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) and Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) on turn 2 of the track when Vettel forced Gutierrez high into the turn.

There were issues for both team Caterham and Lotus as they suffered from mechanical issues. Pastor Maldonado required a change in power unit parts, while Marcus Ericsson was still experiencing battery issues. Kamui Kobayashi required a change of its Renault powertrain after some issue they had earlier in the morning. None of these three drivers were able to set a time in this session.

Romain Grosjean (Lotus) was forced to retire from the session after spinning off the track in turn 6 on his 13th lap. His car struck the wall, damaging his rear suspension.

FP3

Saturday Free Practice started with a few drops of rain in the air which, although they didn't last long, gave a few drivers some problems. Most cars went out in the first few minutes, but a number of them were caught out at turns 9, 12 and 13. Among the drivers to find the gravel at turn 9 were Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen, all of whom misjudged braking points while pushing for a good time. Elsewhere, Esteban Gutiérrez had gearbox problems which forced an early exit to the session and ultimately a five-place grid penalty as his gearbox would have to be changed. The two Caterhams managed to get some laps on the board for the first time of the weekend but the inexperienced Marcus Ericsson was well off the pace. He also had a couple of off-track excursions, only just keeping it out of the barriers late on. Other drivers who were having problems were Romain Grosjean, who complained of a constantly misfiring engine, and Sebastian Vettel who confounded a miserable winter by ending the practice session with problems accelerating.

While many drivers were having problems, Mercedes were flying, with Rosberg beating the field by almost a second and a half. McLaren, Ferrari and Williams also fared well with Button and Alonso completing the top three. Ricciardo made good use of the healthier Red Bull with the fourth fastest lap of the morning.

In the latter stages of the session, Pastor Maldonado's Lotus stopped out on track but with no long-term issues. The same could not be said for Maldonado's former Williams teammate, Valtteri Bottas, who barely got out of the pits and will take a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.793	7	1:30.381	4	1:32.255	12
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.599	5	1:30.538	6	1:30.970	5
4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:46.922	17	1:34.757	19	1:34.717	17
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.604	6	1:29.782	2	1:29.375	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.977	9	1:30.898	7	1:31.156	7
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	no time	22	1:33.646	18	no time	22
9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	no time	18	no time	20	1:36.159	19
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	no time	20	no time	21	1:34.413	16
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.855	12	1:31.283	13	1:31.665	9
13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	no time	21	no time	22	1:34.754	18
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:31.840	1	1:30.132	3	1:30.876	3
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:40.859	16	1:33.486	17	1:34.184	14
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.431	4	1:31.119	12	1:31.723	10
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.847	8	1:31.031	9	1:31.251	8
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.578	14	1:32.468	15	no time	21
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.357	2	1:30.510	5	1:30.766	2
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:33.446	10	1:31.060	11	1:32.417	13
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:34.272	13	1:32.495	16	1:31.925	11
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.533	11	1:31.054	10	1:30.978	6
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	no time	19	1:29.625	1	1:30.919	4
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.403	3	1:30.920	8	no time	20
99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.445	15	1:32.355	14	1:34.188	15

Qualifying

Q1

Cars queueing to beat the weather in Q1

The first qualifying session of the new season started in overcast conditions with the clear threat of rain in the air. As a result, drivers made an early start, queueing at the end of the pits to try to beat the weather and get a dry lap on the cards. The first cars out of the pits were the two Mercedes', followed by the rest of the field. The last of the front-runners to leave pits after this early rush was Sebastian Vettel. Once the World Champion put a lap in, he was a second and a half down, despite pushing so hard as to brush the wall on the exit of turn 10. As the early laps came in, Ricciardo's Red Bull, Massa's Williams and a surprisingly aggressive lap by débutant Magnussen topped the timesheet. The two Mercedes drivers opted to save tyres by going out on the prime compound, hoping the arrival of the rain would slow their opponents. Despite setting times well down the order, Hamilton and Rosberg were safely within the top 16. Elsewhere, Kobayashi was going well on his return to F1, placing his Caterham within the top 16 at the first attempt. Things weren't going so well at Lotus, however: Grosjean set an early time that was six seconds off the pace, while Maldonado was still in the pits as the rain began to fall.

Maldonado struggling in wet conditions

As the Lotus pair rejoined the track, the rain began to fall heavier, causing major problems for Maldonado. Already without a time on the board, the Venezuelan spun off at turn 3 and, while he managed to rejoin the track, it was clear that the conditions were worsening. Maldonado opted to abandon the lap and failed to set a time. Grosjean also failed to make the cut for Q2. The other casualties of Q1 were the two Marussias, Sauber's Gutiérrez (who would also take a five-place grid penalty for changing a gearbox), and Marcus Ericsson. The weather did, however, favour the second Caterham of Kobayashi, who made it through to Q2 in 16th place - the first time the Malaysian team had made the second session since the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix.

Q2

Between sessions, the rain had stopped but the track was still wet. All sixteen cars went out early, most on the intermediate tyre, to set an early time in case of more rain. The best of the early running was done by the Mercedes' and Ricciardo, while Vettel struggled. Kobayashi's first effort was 12 seconds off the pace, but the Japanese driver would improve on this later. Midway through, Bottas took too much kerb into turn 1 and spun, but recovered quickly. As the session went on and the track dried, the times began to fall. Rosberg, Ricciardo, and Button, among others, traded blows at the top of the standings but it soon became clear that the best times would be achieved towards the end of the 15 minute session. As cars pitted for fresh tyres in the hope of a late run, Magnussen, Vettel, Pérez and Massa all found themselves in the bottom six, needing to improve to make Q3. Magnussen put in a good lap to improve to fifth and Massa to 8th, but Sergio Pérez found the gravel while pushing hard at turn 3. As Pérez was recovering from the gravel, Kimi Räikkönen was having his own problems at the same corner.

Räikkönen in the wall at turn 3

Pushing for improvement when his Q3 place looked in jeopardy, the Finn pushed too hard on a damp track, spun out and hit the wall. The incident brought out the yellow flags causing the drivers behind, including Vettel, to slow down. Vettel then lost time in the chicane as he missed his apex, and ended up missing out on a top-ten finish by six tenths. It was the first time the German had failed to make Q3 since the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix. Jenson Button was also caught out by the yellow flags and was squeezed out in 11th. Räikkönen, Sutil, Kobayashi and Pérez also dropped out at this stage.

Q3

Lewis Hamilton in Q3 as he would get pole for the race.

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo was on a provisional pole position for the race. The crowd would cheer very loud, but his pole position was taken by Lewis Hamilton by 0.317 seconds.

Kevin Magnussen nearly lost control of his McLaren at Turn 8, when he would slide his car to do a save.

Post-qualifying

Kevin Magnussen and Sebastian Vettel were called to the stewards for speeding under yellow flags, but were cleared of any wrongdoing.

Fernando Alonso was also called to the stewards for blocking Esteban Gutiérrez in Q1, but he would also escape a penalty.

Pastor Maldonado, who did not set a time in the session, was allowed to start the race by the stewards.

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		7	1:31.699		4	1:42.890		1	1:44.231	1
2	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault		1	1:30.775		2	1:42.295		2	1:44.547	2
3	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		10	1:32.564		1	1:42.264		3	1:44.595	3
4	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes		2	1:30.949		5	1:43.247		4	1:45.745	4
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari		4	1:31.388		3	1:42.805		5	1:45.819	5
6	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault		11	1:33.488		7	1:43.849		6	1:45.864	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		14	1:33.893		6	1:43.658		7	1:46.030	7
8	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault		13	1:33.777		9	1:44.331		8	1:47.368	8
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Renault		3	1:31.228		10	1:44.428		9	1:48.079	9
10	77	Valtteri Bottas			6	1:31.601		8	1:43.852		10	1:48.147	15*
11	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:31.396		11	1:44.437				10
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		9	1:32.439		12	1:44.494				11
13	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Infiniti		8	1:31.931		13	1:44.688				12
14	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari		12	1:33.673		14	1:45.655				13
15	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault		16	1:34.274		15	1:45.867				14
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		15	1:34.141		16	1:47.293				16
17	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari		17	1:34.293							17
18	17	Jules Bianchi			18	1:34.794							18
19	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:35.117							21*
20	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault		20	1:35.157							19
21	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault		21	1:36.993							PL
107% time: 1:37.129
22	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault		22	no time							22

Grid

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

Notes:

• * Valtteri Bottas (qualified 10th) and Esteban Gutiérrez (qualified 19th) received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes and will start in 15th and 21st respectively.
• ^† Romain Grosjean started from the pit lane.
• ^‡ Pastor Maldonado did not set a time in qualifying, but was allowed to race under the steward's discretion and will start last.

Race

Report

Romain Grosjean's car was wheeled out too early, meaning he had to serve a drive-through penalty. As the cars started the formation lap, Max Chilton was left behind. Then, teammate Jules Bianchi's car failed to start. This initiated an extra formation lap.

In the first turn, Kamui Kobayashi suffered a brake failure and collided with Felipe Massa in the first corner. Neither Kobayashi nor Massa were able to continue in the race. Because it was a brake failure, both drivers were cleared from any penalties.

Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton lost the lead off of the start. He retired to the pits on lap 2 because of an engine issue. Defending world champion, Sebastian Vettel was not far off, as he returned to the pits one lap later with a power unit malfunction.

Valtteri Bottas got his Williams car into the wall, forcing the Safety Car onto the track. Bottas was able to return to the race and later grabbed 5th position.

Post-race

Nico Rosberg won the 2014 Australian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg's victory was the fourth win of his career and showed the world that the Mercedes F1 W05 was the quickest car by a good margin. Sebastian Vettel's retirement ended his streak of nine consecutive wins.

Daniel Ricciardo's podium was his first, on his first race for his new team. It was the first time that the Red Bull RB10 had gone the race distance.

Kevin Magnussen's podium, on his début, was equally as impressive as Ricciardo's, and also McLaren's first podium since the final race of 2012. Combined with Jenson Button's fourth place, McLaren lead the championship.

Daniil Kvyat scored a point on his first start, meaning he become only the second teenager to score a point in F1 after Sebastian Vettel. Kvyat was younger than Vettel was by 25 days, so Kvyat is the youngest points scorer in F1 history.

The accident between Kamui Kobayashi and Felipe Massa was found to be caused by Kobayashi's rear brakes failing – meaning the Japanese driver was only about to break with his front wheels. As a result of this, Kobayashi was not penalised for the accident.

Ricciardo was also placed under investigation and eventually disqualified by the stewards for having "exceeded consistently the maximum allowed fuel flow of 100 kg/h". However, due to the system potentially being faulty, Red Bull have appealed the decision.

The stewards find that car #3 was out of compliance with the technical regulations and is therefore excluded from the results of the race.

The stewards decision on Daniel Ricciardo, car no. 3

The appeal, held on 14 April, was rejected, and Ricciardo's disqualification was upheld.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	1:32:58.710	3	25
DSQ	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	57	+25.525	2
2	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+26.777	4	18
3	22	Jenson Button		57	+30.027	10	15
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+35.284	5	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	57	+47.639	15	10
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	57	+50.718	7	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	57	+57.675	11	6
8	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	57	+60.441	6	4
9	26	Daniil Kvyat		57	+63.585	8	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	57	+85.916	16	1
11	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap	13
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez		56	+1 lap	20
13	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	55	+2 laps	PL
NC	17	Jules Bianchi		49	+8 laps	PL
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	43	ERS	PL
Ret	13	Pastor Maldonado		29	ERS	22
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	27	Oil Pressure	19
Ret	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	3	Power Unit	12
Ret	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	Engine	1
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	0	Collision	9
Ret	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	0	Collision	14

Notes:

Fastest laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Time	Gap	Race
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	19	1:32.478		1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	1:32.568	+0.090	5
3	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	1:32.616	+0.138	4
4	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	38	1:32.634	+0.156	9
5	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	39	1:32.917	+0.439	2
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	49	1:33.066	+0.588	DSQ
7	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	1:33.186	+0.708	3
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	1:33.210	+0.732	6
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	34	1:33.366	+0.888	10
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	1:33.691	+1.213	7
11	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	35	1:33.864	+1.386	8
12	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	33	1:34.202	+1.724	12
13	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	41	1:34.564	+2.086	12
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	30	1:34.766	+2.288	Ret
15	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	41	1:35.281	+2.803	NC
16	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	55	1:35.635	+3.157	13
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	26	1:37.064	+4.586	Ret
18	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	17	1:37.332	+4.854	Ret
19	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1:40.287	+7.809	Ret
20	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	1:49.947	+8.469	Ret

Laps in the lead

By lap

Lap(s)	Leader	Team
1 - 57	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes

Totals

Driver	Team	Laps Lead
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57

Milestones

• First Grand Prix starts for Kevin Magnussen, Daniil Kvyat and Marcus Ericsson.
• 20th Grand Prix starts for Jules Bianchi, Max Chilton, Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutiérrez.
• 250th Grand Prix start for Jenson Button.
• Kvyat became the eighth teenager to race in F1.
• First Grand Prix with the new V6 turbo engines after the old V8's were discontinued.
• Kamui Kobayashi's first race since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
• Felipe Massa's first race at a team other than Ferrari since the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix, since he moves to Williams.
• Daniel Ricciardo's first race for Red Bull, third home race and first front row start.
• Lewis Hamilton's 32nd pole position, brining him to equal sixth most poles, alongside Nigel Mansell.
• 100th pole and victory for a Mercedes-powered car.
• Magnussen's second place on début was the best result for a débutante since Jacques Villeneuve's second place at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix.
• Ricciardo would also have scored his first podium had he not been disqualified. Would also have been the first time since the 1994 German Grand Prix, where both Ligier drivers scored their first podium at the same race.
• First podium for a Danish driver.
• 50th podium for Jenson Button.
• Kvyat became the youngest pointscorer in F1 history by 25 days, breaking Vettel's record.
• First Grand Prix for a Swedish driver since the 1991 British Grand Prix, first for a Danish driver since the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix and first for a Russian driver since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.
• Thanks to the permanent numbers system, this will be the first Grand Prix with a number 13 car since the 1976 British Grand Prix and the first time the number 99 is used in a race other than the Indianapolis 500.
• First time the polesitter failed to finish since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, the driver also Hamilton.
• First double podium for McLaren since the same race in 2012, which was won by Button.
• Ricciardo is the first driver to be disqualified from a Grand Prix in three years, and the first to be disqualified from his home race since Volker Weidler at the 1989 German Grand Prix.
• First time that Sebastian Vettel retired from the race since the 2013 British Grand Prix.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Nico Rosberg 25 — 2 Kevin Magnussen 18 — 3 Jenson Button 15 — 4 Fernando Alonso 12 — 5 Valtteri Bottas 10 — 6 Nico Hülkenberg 8 — 7 Kimi Räikkönen 6 — 8 Jean-Éric Vergne 4 — 9 Daniil Kvyat 2 — 10 Sergio Pérez 1 — 11 Adrian Sutil 0 — 12 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 — 13 Max Chilton 0 — Jules Bianchi 0 — Romain Grosjean 0 — Pastor Maldonado 0 — Marcus Ericsson 0 — Sebastian Vettel 0 — Lewis Hamilton 0 — Felipe Massa 0 — Kamui Kobayashi 0 — Daniel Ricciardo 0 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 McLaren-Mercedes 33 — 2 Mercedes 25 — 3 Ferrari 18 — 4 Williams-Mercedes 10 — 5 Force India-Mercedes 9 — 6 Toro Rosso-Renault 6 — 7 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — 8 Marussia-Ferrari 0 — Lotus-Renault 0 — Caterham-Renault 0 — Red Bull-Renault 0 —

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