2014 Russian Grand Prix

 2014 Russian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 19 races in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix
Date:	October 12, 2014
Place:	Sochi
Course:	Sochi Autodrome
Length:	309.745 km in 53 laps of 5.848 km
Spectator:	~ 55,000
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 38.759 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes
Time:	1: 40.896 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes

The Grand Prix of Russia in 2014 (officially 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix ) took place on 12 October at the Sochi Autodrome in Sochi place and was the 16th race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2014 .

Reports

background

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with ten points ahead of Nico Rosberg and 73 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo . Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 190 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 321 points ahead of Williams .

At the Russian 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 .

The route had two DRS zones. The first zone began after curve 1 , the measuring point was just behind the finish line. The second measuring point was before curve 9 , immediately afterwards on the back straight was the second DRS zone.

After Jules Bianchi was seriously injured at the Japanese Grand Prix , Marussia substitute pilot Alexander Rossi was given the cockpit. However, his report was withdrawn on Friday morning and the cockpit was not re-staffed.

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

The Russian Grand Prix was held for the first time in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship, the last time there was a Russian Grand Prix in 1914, exactly 100 years ago.

Gerd Ennser (DEU), Radovan Novak (CZE), Wassili Skryl (RUS) and Danny Sullivan (USA) acted as race commissioners .

Because of Russia's role in the crisis in Ukraine and the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the use of major international sporting events as propaganda by Vladimir Putin called for politicians and officials, including Ari Vatanen , prior to the cancellation of the race. Bernie Ecclestone , who is said to have a friendship with Putin in the media, rejected a political role for Formula 1 and said: I see no problem, we have nothing to do with politics . Various team leaders, including John Booth , Federico Gastaldi , Christian Horner , Niki Lauda , Marco Mattiacci , Claire Williams and Toto Wolff , referred in advance to the FIA , which had included the race in the racing calendar and had not canceled it.

training

In the first free practice, Rosberg was the fastest ahead of Hamilton and Jenson Button . Sergei Sirotkin made his debut as a Friday test driver at Sauber and took over the vehicle from Esteban Gutiérrez . In addition, at Caterham Roberto Merhi drove in place of Kamui Kobayashi . The track had little grip in this session, so that several pilots braked themselves. There were no accidents. In the second free practice, Hamilton was the fastest ahead of Magnussen and Alonso. The time difference between the medium and soft tire compounds was significant. Training was interrupted about ten minutes before the end after Ricciardo rolled out with an engine failure. The engine would have been scrapped after the training anyway, so the resulting engine change would not have any consequences.

After the first two training sessions, the speed limit in the pit lane was lowered from 80 km / h to 60 km / h for safety reasons.

In the third free practice, Hamilton stayed in the lead. Rosberg finished second, Bottas third.

Qualifying

The qualifying 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 16 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton drove the fastest lap. The Marussia and Caterham pilots as well as Maldonado and Felipe Massa , who had significantly less power available due to a problem with the fuel pump, were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton drove the fastest lap. The Sauber and Force India pilots as well as Romain Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton finally achieved pole position ahead of Rosberg and Bottas, who made a mistake in the last corner on his last lap and was therefore unable to improve despite the best times in the first two sectors. With fifth place, Daniil Kwjat achieved the best starting position of his Formula 1 career to date.

Maldonado was moved five positions back for a penalty transfer from Japan that was still outstanding and received a further starting place penalty of five positions for a premature gear change. Max Chilton , Nico Hülkenberg and Magnussen were moved five positions back because they changed their gearbox prematurely.

run

At the start, Hamilton stayed in front, but Rosberg passed Hamilton on the outside before the second corner. He braked himself and drove through the run-off zone. He was initially ahead of Hamilton, but allowed himself to be overtaken because he had to change tires due to vibrations after the brakes. He opted for the medium tire compound so that he no longer needed to make another pit stop. Massa also came into the pits at the end of the first lap and switched from the hard to the soft tire compound. Magnussen started well and improved from eleventh to sixth place on the first lap. At the end of the first lap, Hamilton was leading in front of Bottas, Button, Alonso, Vergne, Magnussen, Sebastian Vettel , Kwjat and Ricciardo.

While Rosberg worked his way forward and overtook several drivers, Hamilton took the lead. In the first half of the race, Chilton retired with a defective wheel suspension and Kobayashi with overheated brakes. Most drivers use a one-stop strategy. Of the leading group, Hamilton stayed the longest, so he stayed in the lead throughout. At Alonso's pit stop there was a problem with the jack, so that he fell behind Magnussen. After his stop, Bottas stayed in front of Rosberg, who had passed all the other drivers after his stop. Three laps after Bottas' stop, Rosberg also overtook him and pulled away from him. However, he was unable to reduce the gap to Hamilton, which was around 20 seconds at the time of the overtaking maneuver, more significantly.

In the back of the field there was contact between Grosjean and Sutil. Both drivers drove on. Grosjean received a five-second time penalty for triggering the collision and was given two penalty points. Since he was in the pits for the last time, the time was added to his race result. Ultimately, the penalty had no influence on the race result.

In the final phase of the race, Bottas and Rosberg drove the fastest laps of the race. Rosberg, whose tires offered good grip again at the end, drove his fastest lap on 51 lap old tires on the penultimate lap, which was the fastest race lap at the time. Bottas undercut this time in the final lap.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Bottas. With his ninth win, Hamilton prematurely became the driver with the most victories in the 2014 World Championship. Button and Magnussen in fourth and fifth achieved the second-best result of the season for McLaren to date. Alonso, Ricciardo, Vettel, Räikkönen and Pérez completed the top 10. After the race, Vettel regretted that due to missing parts it was not possible in Sochi to completely change the engine unit and thus to cancel the penalty for using additional elements on a route that his vehicle did not suit.

With the double victory, Mercedes secured the constructors' championship for the first time early. The racing team last won the designer's title in 2009 , then under the name Brawn . The first three positions remained unchanged. The top three positions also remained unchanged in the drivers' world championship. Only these three drivers had theoretical title chances after the race.

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
Marussia F1 Team	04th	Max Chilton	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 1.6 V6T	P
	42	Alexander Rossi
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
Caterham F1 team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham CT05	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	10	Kamui Kobayashi
	45	Roberto Merhi
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
	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
	37	Sergei Sirotkin
	99	Adrian Sutil
Scuderia Toro Rosso	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat

Remarks

1. ↑ Rossi was entered by Marussia for the Russian Grand Prix. On Friday morning, the FIA ​​granted Marussia's request to withdraw the report.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Caterham with starting number 45 was used in the first free practice for Merhi. Kobayashi then took over the vehicle with his number 10 for the rest of the race weekend.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Sauber with start number 37 was used in the first free practice for Sirotkin. Gutiérrez then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend with his number 21.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 38.759	1: 38.338	1: 38.513	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 39.076	1: 38.606	1: 38.713	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 39.125	1: 38.971	1: 38.920	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 39.560	1: 39.381	1: 39.121	04th
05	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 40.074	1: 39.296	1: 39.277	05
06th	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 39.735	1: 39.022	1: 39.629	11
07th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.519	1: 39.666	1: 39.635	06th
08th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 40.255	1: 39.786	1: 39.709	07th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 40.098	1: 39.838	1: 39.771	08th
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 40.354	1: 39.929	1: 40.020	09
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.382	1: 40.052	-	10
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 40.273	1: 40.058	-	17th
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 40.723	1: 40.163	-	12
14th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.159	1: 40.536	-	13
15th	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	1: 40.766	1: 40.984	-	14th
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 42.526	1: 41.397	-	15th
17th	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1: 42.648	-	-	16
18th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 43.064	-	-	18th
19th	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1: 43.166	-	-	19th
20th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	1: 43.205	-	-	21st
21st	Max Chilton	Marussia Ferrari	1: 43.649	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 45.672 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 38.759 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Kevin Magnussen was moved five positions back because of a gearbox change.
2. ↑ Nico Hülkenberg was moved five positions back because of a gear change.
3. ↑ Pastor Maldonado was moved five positions back because of a pending punishment transfer from Japan. In addition, he was moved five positions back because of a gear change.
4. ↑ Max Chilton was moved five positions back because of a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1: 31: 50.744	01	1: 41.606 (48th)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	+ 13.657	02	1: 41,360 (52nd)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	53	+ 17.425	03	1: 40.896 (53.)
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 30.234	04th	1: 41.964 (47th)
05	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+ 53.616	11	1: 43.076 (44th)
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	+1: 00.016	07th	1: 42,179 (53.)
07th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	53	+1: 01.812	06th	1: 43.050 (50th)
08th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	53	+1: 06.185	10	1: 42.630 (53.)
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+1: 18.877	08th	1: 42,919 (45th)
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1: 20.067	12	1: 42.924 (47th)
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	53	+1: 20.877	18th	1: 42.879 (47.)
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	53	+1: 21.309	17th	1: 42.685 (50.)
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	53	+1: 37.295	09	1: 42,550 (53.)
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	+ 1 lap	05	1: 42.022 (52nd)
15th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	52	+ 1 lap	13	1: 44.075 (45th)
16	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	52	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 43.822 (42nd)
17th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	52	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 44,461 (49.)
18th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	52	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 44.030 (50th)
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	51	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 43.979 (48th)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	21st	DNF	19th	1: 47.407 (17.)
-	Max Chilton	Marussia Ferrari	09	DNF	20th	1: 48.268 ( 08.)

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 291 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 274 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 199 04th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 145 05  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 143 06th  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 141 07th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 94 08th  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 76 09  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 71 10  Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 49 11  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 47 12  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 47

Item driver constructor Points 13  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 21st 14th  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 8th 15th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 8th 16  Jules Bianchi Marussia Ferrari 2 17th  Adrian Sutil Clean Ferrari 0 18th  Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 0 19th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus 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 565 02  Red Bull-Renault 342 03  Williams-Mercedes 216 04th  Ferrari 188 05  McLaren-Mercedes 143 06th  Force India-Mercedes 123

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 29 08th  Lotus Renault 8th 09  Marussia Ferrari 2 10  Clean Ferrari 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Timo Pape: “Two DRS zones in Sochi”. Motorsport-Total.com, October 8, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014 . 
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4. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Sotschi: Sullivan as race steward in action". Motorsport-Total.com, October 8, 2014, accessed October 8, 2014 . 
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