2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

  2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details[1]
Race 18 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season
Date	9 November 2014
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)
Weather	Mostly cloudy with maximum temperatures reaching 25 degrees during the day.
Attendance	70,681
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:10.023
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:13.555 on lap 62
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2014) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, in São Paulo, Brazil on 9 November 2014. The race was the eighteenth round of the 2014 season, and marked the forty-third running of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

As in the previous race, Marussia and Caterham missed the Grand Prix, leaving the field at eighteen cars.^[2]

Mercedes's Nico Rosberg won the race from pole position.^[3] Rosberg's tenth pole of the season secured him the inaugural FIA Pole Trophy.^[4]

Report

Background

Circuit changes

Before the event, the circuit was completely resurfaced, with a much smoother surface. Following a series of heavy accidents in national races, the pit lane was reprofiled with the entry brought forward from the Arquibancadas corner to move it off the racing line and a chicane added to the pit lane to further slow cars entering the pits. The pit exit was moved further away from the circuit to allow for a run-off area on the outside of turn 2.^[5] In addition, in response to the incident suffered by Jules Bianchi during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, procedures relating to the location of a tractor crane serving the Senna "S" chicane were also altered.^[6]

Tyres

Pirelli originally nominated the orange-banded Hard and white-banded Medium tyres, as it has for the event since 2012. However, following the Russian Grand Prix one month prior, many drivers criticized the low level of grip and wear shown on the new tarmac of the Sochi Autodrom. Since Autódromo José Carlos Pace was completely repaved following the 2013 race, there was concern that the hard compound would be "very dangerous".^[7] Along with unanimous agreement from all eleven teams,^{[N 1]} Pirelli ultimately decided to bring the Medium and yellow-banded Soft tyres to the event.^[8]

Team changes

As they were at the United States Grand Prix the previous week, Caterham and Marussia were again granted dispensation from attending this event by Bernie Ecclestone due to their ongoing financial struggles coupled with the high cost of travel to the western hemisphere and the one week gap between the United States and Brazilian Grand Prix.^[9]

Penalties

Sergio Pérez received a seven-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Adrian Sutil on the opening lap of the United States Grand Prix. Daniil Kvyat received a seven-place grid penalty to complete the ten-place penalty he received for exceeding the six-component quota of power unit parts in the previous race.^[10]

During the race Felipe Massa and Sergio Pérez both received a 5-second stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.^[11]

Virtual Safety Car (VSC)

During practice, the FIA re-tested its Virtual Safety Car system, which has been proposed for 2015 to better deal with race track emergencies, following the incident suffered by Jules Bianchi during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Changes made to this system, relative to the version first tested in the United States, satisfied the drivers.^[12]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:10.347	1:10.303	1:10.023	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:10.457	1:10.712	1:10.056	2
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:10.602	1:10.343	1:10.247	3
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:10.832	1:10.421	1:10.305	4
5	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:11.097	1:11.127	1:10.930	5
6	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:11.880	1:11.129	1:10.938	6
7	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:11.134	1:11.211	1:10.969	7
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:11.558	1:11.215	1:10.977	8
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:11.593	1:11.208	1:11.075	9
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:11.193	1:11.188	1:11.099	10
11	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:11.520	1:11.591		11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:11.848	1:11.976		12
13	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:11.943	1:12.099		13
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:11.423	no time		17^1
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:12.037			14
16	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:12.040			15
17	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:12.076			18^2
18	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:12.233			16
107% time: 1:15.271
Source:[10]

Notes:

• ^1 — Daniil Kvyat received a seven-place grid penalty to complete the ten-place penalty that he received at the previous race.^[10]
• ^2 — Sergio Pérez received a seven-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident in the previous race.^[10]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	1:30:02.555	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+1.457	2	18
3	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	71	+41.031	3	15
4	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+48.658	5	12
5	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	71	+51.420	6	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+1:01.906	8	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+1:03.730	10	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	71	+1:03.934	12	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1:10.085	7	2
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	4	1
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	+1 Lap	17
12	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	+1 Lap	15
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	11
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	18
16	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	13
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	63	Power unit	14
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	39	Suspension	9
Source:[13]

Championship standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Nat. Pos. Nat. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 334 2 Nico Rosberg 317 3 Daniel Ricciardo 214 1 4 Sebastian Vettel 159 1 5 Fernando Alonso 157 Source:[14]

Constructors' Championship standings Nat. Pos. Nat. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 651 2 Red Bull Racing-Renault 373 3 Williams-Mercedes 254 4 Ferrari 210 5 McLaren-Mercedes 161 Source:[14]

Footnotes

1. Caterham and Marussia's agreement was required, as they had not yet entered administration when the decision to switch tyre compounds was made.

References

1. "Race Preview 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix" (PDF). Fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2016.
2. "Marussia join Caterham in missing next two grand prix in America and Brazil". The Telegraph. 25 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
3. "Nico Rosberg ends Lewis Hamilton's winning streak as spin costs Brit victory... he now needs second in ‘Abu Double’ for F1 title". Daily Mail. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
4. "Brazilian Grand Prix: F1 – as it happened". The Guardian. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
5. "Massa endorses Interlagos safety changes". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
6. "Brazil moves tractor after Bianchi crash". Grandprix.com. 6 November 2014.
7. "Pirelli tyre choice for Brazil unacceptable: Massa". Reuters. 14 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
8. "Tyre nominations for Brazilian Grand Prix altered". Pirelli. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
9. "Marussia and Caterham to miss US Grand Prix – Bernie Ecclestone". BBC Sport. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
10. "2014 Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
11. "Brazil GP Race – selected team and driver quotes". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
12. "Virtual safety car gets the go-ahead". Planet F1. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
13. "2014 Brazilian Grand Prix – Race results". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
14. Collantine, Keith (9 November 2014). "2014 Brazilian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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