2014 Russian Grand Prix
2014 Russian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 16 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2] | |||||
Date | 12 October 2014 | ||||
Official name | 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix[1] | ||||
Location |
Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia | ||||
Course | Semi-permanent racing facility[3] | ||||
Course length | 5.848 km (3.634 miles) | ||||
Distance | 53 laps, 309.745 km (192.467 miles) | ||||
Weather |
Fine and dry; 21 °C (70 °F) ambient temperature, 33 °C (91 °F) track temperature[4] | ||||
Attendance | 65,000[5] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:38.513 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:40.896 on lap 53 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Williams-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2014 Russian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix; Russian: Гран-при России 2014 года, romanized: Gran-pri Rossii 2014 goda) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 October 2014.[6] The fifty-three lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom, a brand new circuit built on the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the city of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
The race was the sixteenth round of the
The result secured the World Constructors' Championship for Mercedes with three races remaining in the season, while Hamilton extended his World Drivers' Championship lead over Rosberg to seventeen points. Bottas's podium allowed him to overtake Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' standings.
Background
Preparations
With
In September 2014, the circuit hosted a round of the
Controversy
Following the shooting down of
When responding to questions about the race—and humanitarian concerns over the revival of the
Support events
The
Report
Pre-event
Marussia entry
Tributes to Jules Bianchi
There were several tributes at this Grand Prix to show support for Bianchi:
- Marussia adopted a "#JB17" livery on the cockpit sides of its sole participating car;
- Drivers wore a sticker on their helmets saying "Tous avec Jules #17",[30][31] and held a one-minute silence just before the race.[32]
Penalties
Tyres
Tyre supplier Pirelli announced that they would be providing teams with their medium-compound tyre as a "prime" tyre and the soft-compound as the "option" tyre for the Grand Prix to cope with the brand-new surface and to tolerate the high lateral loads placed on the tyre, particularly through turn 4,[38][39] an elongated constant-radius corner with estimated speeds of 200 km/h (120 mph) that stands out as the longest corner on the 2014 Formula One calendar.[39]
Drag reduction system
Two drag reduction system (DRS) zones were introduced for the race. The detection point for the first was located on the entry to turn 1, with the activation zone placed on the apex of the corner. The second detection point was positioned along the circuit's back straight, with the activation zone encompassing turns 12 and 13.[40]
Free practice
In accordance with the 2014 regulations, three free practice sessions were held. Two one and a half-hour sessions on Friday and another one-hour session on Saturday morning. Per the regulations the teams were allowed to replace one of their regular drivers with a test and reserve driver during the first two sessions.[41]
Hamilton led the way in the second free practice session, finishing eight tenths of a second ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Rosberg finished fourth, though he made a mistake on his final flying lap.[45] Hamilton was again fastest in the third practice session, three tenths of a second quicker than Rosberg, with Bottas in third.[46] Several drivers encountered trouble whilst simulating a qualifying lap, most notably Magnussen, who damaged his suspension after running wide over a kerb; and Hamilton, who spun at the penultimate corner, narrowly avoiding the wall. Pastor Maldonado was unable to set a lap time after his energy recovery system failed. Aided by practice and qualifying sessions from the GP2 and GP3 Series support categories, the track evolved to the point where drivers were setting lap times three and a half seconds quicker ahead of qualifying than they had been at the start of the weekend.[42][46]
Following the first day's running, officials made several changes to the circuit, including the installation of speed bumps in the turn 2–3 run-off area to discourage drivers from deliberately running wide to carry more speed into turn 4, a practice that had been observed during the free practice and qualifying sessions for the GP2 and GP3 races.[47] The pit lane speed was also revised from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 60 km/h (37 mph) to address concerns over the narrow pit entry and its tight corners.[47]
Qualifying
Normally qualifying consists of three parts, 18, 15 and 12 minutes in length respectively, with six drivers eliminated from competing after each of the first two sessions.[41] However, with Marussia's permission to run a single car for the race, the qualifying procedure was revised, with five drivers—instead of the usual six—eliminated at the end of the first part of qualifying (Q1).[48]
Hamilton, Rosberg and Bottas once again led the way in Q2, which saw several drivers in a close fight to avoid elimination. Having struggled with a lack of pace over the course of the weekend,
The Mercedes drivers continued to dominate in the final twelve-minute period, but the rapid evolution of the circuit came to an abrupt halt after the first timed laps, and neither Hamilton nor Rosberg were able to improve their times, leaving Hamilton with provisional pole. Despite the lap times dropping off, Valtteri Bottas was able to best Hamilton's time through the first two sectors, and maintained a pace that suggested he could steal a maiden pole position until he made an unforced error in the final corner. Jenson Button finished fourth, with Kevin Magnussen proving McLaren's newfound performance was no accident in sixth. Daniil Kvyat secured a career-best fifth place in his home Grand Prix, while Daniel Ricciardo out-qualified teammate Vettel for the eleventh time in 2014 with seventh. Ferrari endured their most difficult qualifying session since the British Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen closely matched, but over two seconds behind Hamilton. Jean-Éric Vergne finished tenth overall, ensuring two Toro Rossos in the top ten.[48]
Post-qualifying
Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes,[37][50] demoting them to eleventh and seventeenth place respectively.[48] Pastor Maldonado qualified in twentieth which became twenty-first once his carry-over penalty was applied. Maldonado and Max Chilton also received a five-place penalty for a gearbox change.[48][N 2]
Race
At the start of the race, Nico Rosberg attempted to out-brake Lewis Hamilton into turn 2, but locked both of his front wheels, running wide and creating a flat spot on both tyres. After returning the position to Hamilton, he made a pit stop at the end of the lap, as the flat spots would create a vibration in the car given the high speeds and lateral loading on the tyres. He immediately changed to the harder Prime compound, with the team switching to a strategy that called for him to do the next fifty-two laps of the race on a single set of tyres. Rosberg took advantage of the pit strategies of other drivers and the straight-line speed of his car to gradually work his way through the field. Behind him, Felipe Massa attempted to replicate his strategy, also making a pit stop on the first lap, but switching to the softer Option compound. He was less successful than Rosberg, hampered by slower mid-field drivers.[51]
At the front of the field,
McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen finished fourth and fifth, giving Mercedes-powered cars the top five places in the final standings. McLaren attempted to adjust Button's strategy to place ahead of Rosberg after his pit stop, but were powerless to prevent Rosberg from overtaking. Magnussen spent the early phase of the race in a strategy battle with Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel, which he ultimately won. Alonso finished in sixth, the first non-Mercedes-powered driver across the line, having spent most of the race fending off Ricciardo. After spending most of the weekend struggling with an under-powered and under-performing car, Vettel secured four World Championship points with eighth place. Kimi Räikkönen and Sergio Pérez completed the top ten.[51]
Felipe Massa's attempt at replicating Rosberg's strategy failed, leaving him outside the points in eleventh place, ahead of
The race saw two retirements, with Kamui Kobayashi forced out on lap twenty-one with what the team described as a brake issue, though Kobayashi later suggested that Caterham had deliberately retired the car to avoid damaging its power unit ahead of the next race.[53] He also reported that the team had found damage to a suspension wishbone following free practice 3, and that with no replacement part available, the team had repaired the damage by fusing the wishbone together with carbon, a solution that Kobayashi felt was unsafe.[54] Marussia's difficult race lasted just nine laps, with Max Chilton reporting an unusual vibration in his front-left suspension, and the team elected to retire the car rather than risk a suspension failure.[51]
Post-race
With twenty-five points for first place, Lewis Hamilton extended his World Drivers' Championship lead over Nico Rosberg by seven points to carry a seventeen-point margin into the United States Grand Prix.[55] By out-scoring title rivals Red Bull Racing, the result also secured the World Constructors' Championship for Mercedes, their first title as a Formula One constructor.[56] Hamilton dedicated the win to Jules Bianchi.[57]
Both Marussia and
Accolades
In December 2014, the race was awarded with the Formula One Promotional Trophy. Dmitry Kozak received the award from Bernie Ecclestone in a special ceremony at the circuit.[60]
Classification
Qualifying
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.759 | 1:38.338 | 1:38.513 | 1 |
2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.076 | 1:38.606 | 1:38.713 | 2 |
3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:39.125 | 1:38.971 | 1:38.920 | 3 |
4 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.560 | 1:39.381 | 1:39.121 | 4 |
5 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:40.074 | 1:39.296 | 1:39.277 | 5 |
6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.735 | 1:39.022 | 1:39.629 | 111 |
7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:40.519 | 1:39.666 | 1:39.635 | 6 |
8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.255 | 1:39.786 | 1:39.709 | 7 |
9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.098 | 1:39.838 | 1:39.771 | 8 |
10 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:40.354 | 1:39.929 | 1:40.020 | 9 |
11 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:40.382 | 1:40.052 | 10 | |
12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.273 | 1:40.058 | 171 | |
13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.723 | 1:40.163 | 12 | |
14 | 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber-Ferrari
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1:41.159 | 1:40.536 | 13 | |
15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari
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1:40.766 | 1:40.984 | 14 | |
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.526 | 1:41.397 | 15 | |
17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:42.648 | 16 | ||
18 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes
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1:43.064 | 18 | ||
19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:43.166 | 19 | ||
20 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:43.205 | 212 | ||
21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:43.649 | 201 | ||
107% time: 1:45.672 | |||||||
Source:[48] |
Notes:
- ^1 — Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hülkenberg and Max Chilton all received five-place grid penalties for changing their gearboxes.[48][50]
- ^2 — Pastor Maldonado received a five-place grid penalty to complete the penalty he received for exceeding his quota of five engine components for the season at the Japanese Grand Prix.[37] He then received a further five-place penalty after qualifying for a gearbox change.
Race
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
- Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ The Marussia entry and assets were subsequently purchased by Manor Motorsport—the team that had run Marussia's trackside operations since their inception as Virgin Racing in 2010—who contested the 2015 season under the Marussia name.[7]
- ^ As penalties are applied after qualifying in the order that they are incurred, Pastor Maldonado was considered to have taken his penalty even though the subsequent penalty given to Max Chilton negated it.
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