2014 USA Grand Prix

 2014 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 19 races in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Date:	2nd November 2014
Place:	Austin
Course:	Circuit of The Americas
Length:	308.405 km in 56 laps of 5.513 km
Spectator:	~ 107,778
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 36.067 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 41.379 min (lap 50)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault

The 2014 USA Grand Prix (officially 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix ) took place on November 2 at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin and was the 17th race of the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Russian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 17 points from Nico Rosberg and 92 points from Daniel Ricciardo . Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 223 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 349 points ahead of Williams .

At the US Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

There were two DRS zones. The first zone was on the back straight and began 320 meters after turn eleven, the measuring point was 150 meters after turn ten. The second DRS zone was on the start-finish straight and began 80 meters after the last corner. The measuring point was 65 meters after curve 18.

Kevin Magnussen , Pastor Maldonado (four each), Valtteri Bottas , Romain Grosjean , Adrian Sutil (two each) and Jean-Éric Vergne (one) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Hamilton (twice) and Sebastian Vettel (once) two former winners competed in this race.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Garry Connelly (AUS), Tim Mayer (USA) and Derek Warwick (GBR).

In the run-up to the race, the takeover of the Caterham F1 team announced in June 2014 by the Arab-Swiss consortium Engavest SA failed. The team then stopped racing and did not compete in the US Grand Prix. On October 27, 2014 it was announced that Marussia had also entered bankruptcy and would not participate in the race. For the first time since the Monaco Grand Prix in 2005, only 18 vehicles competed in a Formula 1 World Championship race.

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton was the fastest ahead of Rosberg and Jenson Button . At Williams , Felipe Nasr drove in place of Valtteri Bottas , at Toro Rosso Max Verstappen instead of Jean-Éric Vergne . The track had little grip during this practice session, so several drivers had to leave the track at turn 19. There were no accidents. In the second free practice session, Hamilton was again the fastest ahead of Rosberg and Fernando Alonso . With Sebastian Vettel the transmission had to be changed. However, this has no consequences, as Vettel has to start from the pit lane due to the use of the sixth drive unit.

In the third free practice, Hamilton stayed in front of Rosberg. Felipe Massa came third. Rosberg had problems with the brakes during this session.

Qualifying

Due to the smaller number of participants, the qualifying format was slightly modified. It consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 14 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton drove the fastest lap. Grosjean, Vettel, Esteban Gutiérrez and Vergne were eliminated. Vettel made no serious attempt to qualify as he had to start from the pit lane regardless of the qualifying result due to the use of a sixth engine unit.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg was the fastest. The Force India pilots as well as Daniil Kwjat and Maldonado were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Rosberg finally achieved pole position in front of Hamilton and Bottas.

Button received a starting place penalty of five positions for a gearbox change, and Kwjat received a starting position penalty of ten positions for using a seventh internal combustion engine (ICE).

run

Hülkenberg, Kwjat and Vettel started on the medium compound, all other drivers started on the soft tire compound. Vettel started out of the box. Rosberg kept the lead at the start from Hamilton. On the first lap there was a collision between Pérez and Sutil, in which both drivers were eliminated. Pérez tried to overtake Raikkonen and drove into Sutil. The safety car came out to rescue Sutil's vehicle, Pérez drove back to the pits. Pérez was given two penalty points for causing the collision and a penalty transfer of seven positions for the next starting grid. Maldonado, Hülkenberg, Button, Gutiérrez and Vettel went to the pits to change tires. Vettel switched to the softer tire compound and a lap later back to the harder one. During the safety car phase, Maldonado, Gutiérrez and Vergne drove faster than the specified delta time. The three drivers received a time penalty of five seconds and one penalty point.

The race was reopened on the fifth lap. Rosberg stayed ahead of Hamilton, Massa and Bottas. Ricciardo passed Alonso. The Mercedes pulled away from the rest of the field in the next few laps. The first pit stop phase began on lap 14. Massa and Ricciardo first pitted. Massa stayed on the softer tire compound, Ricciardo switched to medium. One lap later, Rosberg and Bottas pitted, whereupon Rosberg decided to switch from soft to medium. Before the stop he was about two seconds ahead of Hamilton. Bottas fell behind Ricciardo at the stop. Hamilton followed one lap to Rosberg and stayed behind him. During the first pit stop phase, Hülkenberg rolled out with a technical problem.

After the first pit stop, Hamilton managed to catch up on Rosberg. On the 24th lap, Hamilton finally slowed past and took the lead. Hamilton immediately withdrew from Rosberg, so that it was no longer in the DRS time interval. During the second pit stop phase, Hamilton stopped ahead of Rosberg and stayed in the lead. Ricciardo went to a stop in front of Massa and with this tactic passed him to third position.

On lap 39, Maldonado received a five-second time penalty for driving too fast in the pit lane. At the time the penalty was pronounced, he was in 14th place. In the last third of the race, Alonso and Vettel pitted again. While Alonso only fell behind Vettel, who then pitted, Vettel lost some position, which he made up through overtaking maneuvers and was finally back behind Alonso. Vergne also overtook a few drivers, touching Grosjean lightly while overtaking and was subsequently given a five-second time penalty and a penalty point by the race management. Since Vergne and Maldonado had both received such a time penalty and in the end they were alone in this time window, the order at the finish was identical to the race result.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Ricciardo. Hamilton became the most successful British Formula 1 racing driver after victories. Massa was fourth, Bottas fifth. Alonso, Vettel, Magnussen, Maldonado and Vergne completed the top 10. It was Maldonado's first point placement of the season.

In the drivers and constructors' world championships, the first three positions remained unchanged. Only Hamilton and Rosberg still have a chance at the driver's world title. The title decision will only be made in the last race of the season, in which double points are awarded, as Hamilton cannot get a sufficient lead over Rosberg before this race. Rosberg can no longer win the title on his own, as Hamilton two second places are enough to win the title.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Infiniti Red Bull Racing	01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB10	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	03	Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W05	Mercedes-Benz 1.6 V6T	P
	44	Lewis Hamilton
Scuderia Ferrari	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari F14 T	Ferrari 1.6 V6T	P
	14th	Fernando Alonso
Lotus F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus E22	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	13	Pastor Maldonado
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM07	Mercedes-Benz 1.6 V6T	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW36	Mercedes-Benz 1.6 V6T	P
	40	Felipe Nasr
	77	Valtteri Bottas
McLaren Mercedes	20th	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren MP4-29	Mercedes-Benz 1.6 V6T	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Sauber F1 Team	21st	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean C33	Ferrari 1.6 V6T	P
	99	Adrian Sutil
Scuderia Toro Rosso	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat
	38	Max Verstappen

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the starting number 40 was used in the first free practice for Nasr. Bottas then took over the vehicle with his number 77 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Toro Rosso with the start number 38 was used in the first free practice for Verstappen. Vergne then took over the vehicle with its number 25 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38.308	1: 36.290	1: 36.067	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 37.196	1: 37.287	1: 36.443	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 38.249	1: 37.499	1: 36.906	03
04th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 37.877	1: 37.347	1: 37.205	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.814	1: 37.873	1: 37.244	05
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 38.349	1: 38.010	1: 37.610	06th
07th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.574	1: 38.024	1: 37.655	12
08th	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.557	1: 38.047	1: 37.706	07th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 38.669	1: 38.263	1: 37.804	08th
10	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.855	1: 38.378	1: 38.810	09
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	1: 38.608	1: 38.467	-	10
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 39,200	1: 38.554	-	11
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.931	1: 38.598	-	13
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 38.936	1: 38.699	-	17 *
15th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 39.250	-	-	14th
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.555	-	-	15th
17th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 39.621	-	-	box
18th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 39.679	-	-	16
107 percent time : 1: 43.999 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 37.196 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Jenson Button was moved five positions back because of a gear change.
2. ↑ Daniil Kwjat was moved ten positions back because of the use of the seventh internal combustion engine (ICE). Since he could only be moved back three positions, he will take a seven-position penalty into the next race.
3. ↑ Sebastian Vettel started from the pit lane because of the use of the sixth engine unit.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1: 40: 04.785	02	1: 41.929 (49.)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+ 4.314	01	1: 41.932 (48th)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	56	+ 25,560	05	1: 42.831 (33.)
04th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	56	+ 26.924	04th	1: 42.971 (50th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	+ 30.992	03	1: 42.505 (55.)
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+1: 35.231	06th	1: 41.474 (47th)
07th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+1: 35.734	box	1: 41.379 (50.)
08th	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1: 40.682	07th	1: 44.287 (29.)
09	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	56	+1: 47.870	10	1: 43.808 (38th)
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	+1: 48.863	14th	1: 44.180 (17.)
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	55	+ 1 lap	16	1: 44,440 (51st)
12	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+ 1 lap	12	1: 44.255 (33.)
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	55	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 42.888 (54.)
14th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	55	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 43.006 (47th)
15th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 41.689 (53.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	16	DNF	13	1: 46.226 (15.)
-	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	01	DNF	11	-
-	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	00	DNF	09	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 316 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 292 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 214 04th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 155 05  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 149 06th  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 149 07th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 94 08th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 83 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 76 10  Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 53 11  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 47 12  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 47

Item driver constructor Points 13  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 22nd 14th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 8th 15th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 8th 16  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Renault 2 17th  Jules Bianchi Marussia Ferrari 2 18th  Adrian Sutil Clean Ferrari 0 19th  Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 0 20th  Esteban Gutiérrez Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Max Chilton Marussia Ferrari 0 22nd  Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 -  André Lotterer Caterham-Renault 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Mercedes 608 02  Red Bull-Renault 363 03  Williams-Mercedes 238 04th  Ferrari 196 05  McLaren-Mercedes 147 06th  Force India-Mercedes 123

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 30th 08th  Lotus Renault 10 09  Marussia Ferrari 2 10  Clean Ferrari 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: "Again two DRS zones in Austin". Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2014, accessed October 30, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: "Austin: Warwick as a driver commissioner in action". Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2014, accessed October 30, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: "Ecclestone: Caterham and Marussia in Austin not at the start". Motorsport-Total.com, October 25, 2014, accessed October 25, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Timo Pape: “Marussia is insolvent”. Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2014, accessed October 27, 2014 . 
6. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2014, accessed November 1, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Fabian Hust: "Kick-off in Austin: Two Mercedes before Button". Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2014, accessed November 1, 2014 . 
8. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, October 10, 2014, accessed October 10, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Fabian Hust: "Best time for Hamilton: 0.003 seconds ahead of Rosberg". Motorsport-Total.com, October 31, 2014, accessed November 1, 2014 . 
10. ^ "GP USA in Austin / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2014, accessed November 2, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Fabian Hust, Christian Nimmervoll: "Final training: Hamilton again before Rosberg". Motorsport-Total.com, November 1, 2014, accessed November 2, 2014 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e} "GP USA in Austin / Race". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 . 
13. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "After a crash with Sutil: Punishment for Perez". www.Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2014, accessed on November 17, 2014 . 
14. ^ "GP USA in Austin / Race". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 . 
15. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: "Victory in Austin: Hamilton storms world championship title". Motorsport-Total.com, November 2, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 .