2014 Spanish Grand Prix

 2014 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 19 races in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2014
Date:	May 11, 2014
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 25.232 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 28.918 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault

The 2014 Spanish Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2014 ) took place on May 11th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

background

After the Chinese Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with four points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 38 points ahead of Fernando Alonso . Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 97 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 100 points ahead of Force India-Mercedes .

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

The measuring point for the first DRS zone was 86 meters in front of the Campsa , the zone began 40 meters after the curve. The measuring point for the second DRS zone, which was on the start-finish straight, was the safety car line, the DRS was then allowed to be activated 157 meters after the New Holland .

Jules Bianchi (four), Pastor Maldonado (three), Valtteri Bottas , Kevin Magnussen and Adrian Sutil (two each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Kimi Räikkönen , Alonso (twice each), Felipe Massa , Jenson Button , Sebastian Vettel and Maldonado (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Garry Connelly (AUS), David Domingo (ESP), Danny Sullivan (USA) and Farhan Vohra (IND).

training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time ahead of Button and Daniel Ricciardo . Felipe Nasr took over the Williams from Valtteri Bottas and Giedo van der Garde took over the Sauber from Esteban Gutiérrez in this training session . Vettel suffered a technical defect during this training session when a cable harness was damaged. The repairs to this defect were so complex that Vettel could no longer go out on the track in the second training session. In the second free practice, Hamilton stayed in front. Rosberg finished second, Ricciardo third. In Jean-Éric Vergne a wheel was briefly attached not right, so he lost it in the first corner before the finish. He was given a starting place penalty of ten positions. His team Toro Rosso also received a fine of 30,000 US dollars . Max Chilton finished training just before the time ran out in the gravel trap.

In the third free practice session, Rosberg took over the lead from his team-mate, who dropped to second place. However, Hamilton had canceled his qualifying simulation. Alonso reached the third position.

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. Maldonado had an accident in the fifth minute and triggered an interruption. He hadn't scored any time and therefore failed to qualify. Maldonado was subsequently admitted to the race because he was fast enough in training. Rosberg was the fastest driver. In addition to Maldonado, the Caterham and Marussia pilots and Sutil did not make it into the second part.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Rosberg stayed in the lead. Vergne and Magnussen did without a timed lap. In addition to the two, the Force India pilots as well as Gutiérrez and Daniil Kwjat were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Vettel stopped in the fourth minute with a technical defect in the third corner and triggered an interruption. His gearbox was then changed prematurely, so that he was moved five positions back on the starting grid. At this point several pilots were on their fast lap. Times had not yet been set. Hamilton ultimately drove the fastest lap and thus achieved pole position in front of Rosberg and Ricciardo.

After qualifying, the following five drivers were randomly selected for a doping test : Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg , Maldonado, Sutil and Vergne.

run

With the exception of Vergne, all drivers started on medium tires. The Mercedes stayed in the lead. Ricciardo fell back to third place behind Bottas. In the back of the field there was a contact between Maldonado and Marcus Ericsson on the first laps . No vehicle was damaged in the process. Maldonado was given a 5-second time penalty by the race stewards and received one penalty point. In the meantime, the Mercedes were at the top. Hamilton also drove out a small lead over Rosberg.

While there were some overtaking maneuvers in midfield, Ricciardo put Bottas under pressure. He was unable to overtake, however, because his top speed was too low. Ricciardo dropped back briefly, but caught up with Bottas again shortly afterwards. In sixth place, Raikkonen was right in front of his team-mate Alonso, who did not attempt to overtake.

Vettel began the first pit stop phase on lap twelve. Ricciardo followed two laps later. Red Bull shared the strategy: Vettel switched to the harder tires, Ricciardo stayed on medium. Ricciardo managed by an earlier stop to move past Bottas to third position. Hamilton pitted three laps before Rosberg and temporarily lost the lead. After both were in the pits, Hamilton was back in front. Similar to Red Bull, Mercedes shared the strategy. Hamilton stayed on the softer tires, Rosberg switched to the harder compound. Due to the pit stops, there were some overtaking maneuvers, mostly between drivers on tires of different ages. However, after his stop, Raikkonen managed to drive past Grosjean, who had also stopped. Shortly afterwards, Alonso also passed Grosjean. In the meantime Vergne had broken down with an exhaust fault.

In the 34th lap, Vettel pitted for the second time, opting for a three-stop strategy. Alonso pitted shortly afterwards and switched to the harder mixture. With that, Alonso could theoretically have passed. Originally, Alonso had also planned a two-stop strategy. However, since his second set of tires was no longer as powerful and Vettel, whom Alonso wanted to keep behind, had changed the strategy, Alonso decided to do the same, while his Ferrari team- mate Raikkonen on the originally planned two-stop strategy stayed. In the meantime, Kamui Kobayashi gave up with a brake failure.

Among the Mercedes drivers, Hamilton was again the first to pit on lap 43. Rosberg briefly took the lead. After both pit stops, Hamilton was leading on the harder mix in front of Rosberg on medium tires by about four seconds. Ricciardo, who was far behind in third place, followed the same strategy as Hamilton.

In the 53rd lap, Vettel began the third pit stop phase. Shortly afterwards he drove the fastest lap of the race and over the next few laps passed Raikkonen and Bottas into fourth place. Alonso also caught up with the fresher tires and passed his team-mate Raikkonen. At the top, Rosberg gradually caught up with Hamilton. He was still less than a second behind Hamilton, but he was unable to overtake.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Ricciardo, who was 49 seconds behind Hamilton. This was the fourth time in a row that Mercedes achieved a double victory. The last time a team had at least four one-two victories in a row was in 2002, when Ferrari won the last five races with one one-two. Mercedes also achieved double victories in the last four races of the season in 1955 , but in contrast to the current winning streak with different driver constellations. Starting from 15th place, Vettel reached fourth place and attracted attention during the race with a few overtaking maneuvers. Bottas was fifth, Alonso and Räikkönen followed in sixth and seventh. Grosjean, Pérez and Hülkenberg completed the top 10. With this, Lotus, who had achieved several podium finishes and also a victory in 2013 , scored points for the first time through Grosjean in the fifth race.

In the World Championship, Hamilton took the lead from Rosberg, who dropped to second place. Alonso stayed third. In the constructors' world championship, Mercedes expanded its lead. Red Bull stayed second, Ferrari took third.

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
	17th	Jules Bianchi
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid	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
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
	36	Giedo van der Garde
	99	Adrian Sutil
Scuderia Toro Rosso	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault 1.6 V6T	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the 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 Sauber with the number 36 was used in the first free practice for van der Garde. 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: 27.238	1: 26.210	1: 25.232	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 26.764	1: 26.088	1: 25,400	02
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1: 28.053	1: 26.613	1: 26.285	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 28.198	1: 27.563	1: 26.632	04th
05	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	1: 28.472	1: 27.258	1: 26.960	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 28.308	1: 27.335	1: 27.104	06th
07th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 28.329	1: 27.602	1: 27.140	07th
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 28.279	1: 27.570	1: 27.335	08th
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 28.061	1: 27.016	1: 27.402	09
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 27.958	1: 27.052	no time	15th
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.155	1: 27.685	-	10
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.469	1: 28.002	-	11
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 28.074	1: 28.039	-	12
14th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	1: 28.374	1: 28.280	-	13
15th	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 28.389	no time	-	14th
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 28.194	no time	-	21st
17th	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	1: 28.563	-	-	16
18th	Max Chilton	Marussia Ferrari	1: 29.586	-	-	17th
19th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia Ferrari	1: 30.177	-	-	18th
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1: 30.312	-	-	19th
21st	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1: 30.375	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 32.837 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 26.764 min)
DNQ	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	no time	-	-	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Sebastian Vettel was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Jean-Éric Vergne was moved ten positions back because of a lost bike in the second free practice.
3. ↑ Pastor Maldonado was subsequently admitted to the start because he was sufficiently fast in training.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	66	2	1: 41: 05,155	01	1: 29.483 (54th)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	66	2	+ 0.636	02	1: 29.236 (51.)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	66	2	+ 49.014	03	1: 30.012 (65th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	66	3	+1: 16.702	15th	1: 28.918 (55th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	66	2	+1: 19.293	04th	1: 30.424 (47th)
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	66	3	+1: 27.743	07th	1: 29.898 (55th)
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	65	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 30.580 (53rd)
08th	Romain Grosjean	Lotus Renault	65	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 31.068 (47th)
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 30.756 (39.)
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 31,411 (42nd)
11	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 30.563 (43rd)
12	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 30.318 (43rd)
13	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	65	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 30.468 (55th)
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	65	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 30.269 (59.)
15th	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus Renault	65	2	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 31.235 (39.)
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Clean Ferrari	65	3	+ 1 lap	13	1: 30.666 (55th)
17th	Adrian Sutil	Clean Ferrari	65	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 31,473 (38th)
18th	Jules Bianchi	Marussia Ferrari	64	2	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 31.784 (46.)
19th	Max Chilton	Marussia Ferrari	64	3	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 31.767 (44th)
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	64	2	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 33,350 (54th)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	34	1	DNF	20th	1: 33.064 (25.)
-	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	24	1	DNF	21st	1: 31.781 (18.)

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 100 02  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 97 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 49 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 45 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 39 06th  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 37 07th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 34 08th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 23 09  Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 20th 10  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 20th 11  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 17th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 12 13  Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 4th 14th  Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 15th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 16  Adrian Sutil Clean Ferrari 0 17th  Esteban Gutiérrez Clean Ferrari 0 18th  Max Chilton Marussia Ferrari 0 19th  Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 20th  Pastor Maldonado Lotus Renault 0 21st  Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 0 22nd  Jules Bianchi Marussia Ferrari 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Mercedes 197 02  Red Bull-Renault 84 03  Ferrari 66 04th  Force India-Mercedes 57 05  Williams-Mercedes 46 06th  McLaren-Mercedes 43

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 8th 08th  Lotus Renault 4th 09  Clean Ferrari 0 10  Marussia Ferrari 0 11  Caterham-Renault 0

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Timo Pape: "DRS zones at the Spanish Grand Prix". Motorsport-Total.com, May 7, 2014, accessed May 8, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Sven Haidinger: "Ex-IndyCar ace Sullivan in Spain race commissioner". Motorsport-Total.com, May 7, 2014, accessed May 8, 2014 . 
4. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: "Barcelona start: Problems with Rosberg and Vettel". Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
5. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 1st free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Vettel: No participation in the second training in Barcelona". Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2014, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
7. ↑ 2014 Spanish Grand Prix - FIA Document 17. fia.com, May 9, 2014, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Hamilton dominates the first day of training in Barcelona". Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2014, accessed May 10, 2014 . 
9. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 2nd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2014, accessed May 10, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Barcelona: Rosberg before Hamilton, but appearances are deceptive ..." Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2014, accessed on May 10, 2014 . 
11. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 3rd free practice". Motorsport-Total.com, May 10, 2014, accessed May 10, 2014 . 
12. ↑ “2014 Spanish Grand Prix - FIA Document 26”. fia.com, May 10, 2014, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . 
13. ↑ “2014 Spanish Grand Prix - FIA Document 35”. fia.com, May 11, 2014, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . 
14. ↑ “2014 Spanish Grand Prix - FIA Document 25”. fia.com, May 10, 2014, archived from the original on May 12, 2014 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . 
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} "GP Spain in Barcelona / Race". Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2014, accessed April 12, 2014 . 
16. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Dieter Rencken: "Different strategies: Trouble at Ferrari?" Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2014, accessed on May 12, 2014 . 
17. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: “Mercedes double victory at the Spanish Grand Prix”. Motorsport-Total.com, May 11, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 . 
18. ↑ Ben Anderson: “Spanish GP: Lewis Hamilton denies Nico Rosberg in F1 thriller”. autosport.com, May 11, 2014, accessed May 12, 2014 .