2014 Australian Grand Prix
2014 Australian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | ||||
Date | 16 March 2014 | |||
Official name | 2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix | |||
Location | ||||
Course | Temporary street circuit | |||
Course length | 5.303 km (3.295 miles) | |||
Distance | 57 laps, 302.271 km (187.822 miles) | |||
Scheduled distance | 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles) | |||
Weather | Overcast, 19 °C(66 °F) | |||
Attendance | 100,500[1] | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:44.231 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | ||
Time | 1:32.478 on lap 19 | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Mercedes | |||
Second | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Lap leaders |
The 2014 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix)
The race was won by German driver
The race marked the end of Sebastian Vettel's streak of nine race wins in a row.[11] Magnussen and Button's podium finishes were the last for McLaren until the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Report
Background
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought its white-banded medium compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where medium and super-soft selections were provided.[12]
Qualifying
Rain began to fall in Q2, with the slippery conditions claiming their first victim in Kimi Räikkönen, who spun his Ferrari late in the period. Räikkönen's accident interrupted the laps of several drivers, with Jenson Button and reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel both reporting that Räikkönen's accident prevented them from advancing to Q3. It was later found that Vettel was also hindered by engine problems, which had plagued him since FP3 that morning.[14] Sauber's Adrian Sutil finished the period in fourteenth, with Kamui Kobayashi fifteenth after Sergio Pérez spun his Force India on his final flying lap.
The rain intensified in the final period, with several drivers venturing out on full wet tyres.
Post-qualifying
Kevin Magnussen and Sebastian Vettel were referred to the stewards for speeding under yellow flags following Kimi Räikkönen's accident, but they were cleared of any wrongdoing.[16][17] Fernando Alonso was called to the stewards for impeding Esteban Gutiérrez in Q1, but also escaped a penalty.[18][19] Pastor Maldonado failed to post a lap time during qualifying. He was allowed to start the race on the stewards' discretion, who judged that he was capable of lapping within the 107% limit based on his free practice times.[20]
Race
The race began at 17:00 local time. Marussia drivers Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi stalled on the grid, with Bianchi having a problem after the formation lap and Chilton stalling at the beginning of the formation lap. Romain Grosjean started the race from the pit lane due to car modifications under parc fermé conditions[21] and received a drive-through penalty for leaving the garage before the 15-minute signal. Seconds after the lights had gone out, Felipe Massa, Kamui Kobayashi and Kimi Räikkönen were involved in a first-lap collision, putting Kobayashi and Massa out of the race whilst Räikkönen's Ferrari did not suffer any major damage and was able to continue the race without further problems. It was later confirmed Kobayashi had suffered a loss of rear brakes.
Polesitter Lewis Hamilton's engine lost a cylinder at the start of the race, which resulted in him dropping to third by the first corner.[22] Nico Rosberg got a good start, allowing him to pass Daniel Ricciardo in addition to his teammate, and at the first corner Rosberg led, with Ricciardo second and Hamilton third. Hamilton continued to slip down the order with his engine running on five cylinders - having fallen from first to fifth by the end of lap one - and on the second lap he was called into the pits to retire. Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel also had an early retirement due to engine issues, retiring on lap three. Rosberg dominantly won the race by almost twenty-five seconds, picking up his fourth career win, and his first since the previous year's British Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo snatched second in front of his home crowd, making him the first Australian Formula One driver to finish on the podium in his home race as a world championship round. John Smith finished on the podium in 1983, but at the time, it was not yet an official Formula One world championship round. Kevin Magnussen finished third, two seconds behind Ricciardo. This made him the first Formula One debutant since Lewis Hamilton at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix seven years earlier to finish on the podium.
Magnussen's teammate Jenson Button took fourth after starting eleventh, finishing just over 3 seconds behind his teammate and half a minute behind Rosberg. He was followed by Fernando Alonso in fifth. Valtteri Bottas finished in sixth despite clipping the wall and causing a puncture on the right rear tire on lap 11. Nico Hülkenberg finished seventh, 2013 winner Kimi Räikkönen eighth, Jean-Éric Vergne in ninth and debutant Daniil Kvyat in tenth, becoming the youngest points-scorer in Formula One.[8] The Ferraris suffered some electrical problems in the race, according to the team.[23]
Post race
Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the race for a breach of Article 5.1.4 of the Formula One Technical Regulations, which govern the maximum allowable rate at which fuel may flow into the engine. The team were also referred to the stewards for using an unauthorised method of measuring the fuel flow.[24] Kevin Magnussen was thus promoted to second with Jenson Button up to third. It was Button's 50th and final podium finish, but the podium ceremony took place before Ricciardo's exclusion which meant Button did not take part in the proceedings.
Red Bull immediately announced their intention to appeal the disqualification, claiming that the sensors provided by the FIA to measure the fuel flow were unreliable.[9] The appeal was heard by the FIA on 14 April, but it was rejected and the disqualification was upheld. This meant that McLaren got their first double podium since the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.[25]
Kamui Kobayashi was referred to the stewards as well for his involvement in the first-lap collision with Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen. The stewards decided not to take any further action against him after they determined that the accident was triggered by a mechanical failure on his Caterham.[26]
Classification
Qualifying
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.699 | 1:42.890 | 1:44.231 | 1 |
2 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:30.775 | 1:42.295 | 1:44.548 | 2 |
3 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.564 | 1:42.264 | 1:44.595 | 3 |
4 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.949 | 1:43.247 | 1:45.745 | 4 |
5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31.388 | 1:42.805 | 1:45.819 | 5 |
6 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:33.488 | 1:43.849 | 1:45.864 | 6 |
7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.893 | 1:43.658 | 1:46.030 | 7 |
8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:33.777 | 1:44.331 | 1:47.368 | 8 |
9 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.228 | 1:44.242 | 1:48.079 | 9 |
10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.601 | 1:43.852 | 1:48.147 | 151 |
11 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:31.396 | 1:44.437 | 10 | |
12 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.439 | 1:44.494 | 11 | |
13 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:31.931 | 1:44.668 | 12 | |
14 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari
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1:33.673 | 1:45.655 | 13 | |
15 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:34.274 | 1:45.867 | 14 | |
16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.141 | 1:47.293 | 16 | |
17 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:34.293 | PL2 | ||
18 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:34.794 | PL2 | ||
19 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari
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1:35.117 | 201 | ||
20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:35.157 | 19 | ||
21 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.993 | PL2 | ||
107% time: 1:37.129 | |||||||
NC3 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | No time3 | 21 | ||
Source:[21][27][28] |
Notes:
- ^1 — Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutiérrez were given a five-place grid penalty for changing their gearboxes.
- ^2 — Driver started the race from pit lane.
- ^3 — Pastor Maldonado failed to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest lap time set by Daniel Ricciardo in Q1. He was later given permission to start by race stewards.[29]
Race
Notes:
- ^1 — Jules Bianchi did not complete 90% of the race distance, and therefore is not classified as a finisher in the official results.
- ^2 — Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified for breaching the maximum fuel limit and using an unauthorised method of measuring fuel consumption.[9]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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