2014 Singapore Grand Prix

  2014 Singapore Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season
Marina Bay Street Circuit
Date	21 September 2014
Official name	2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix[1]
Location	Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	5.065 km (3.147 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 303.900 km (188.835 mi)
Scheduled Distance	61 laps, 308.965 km (191.982 mi)
Weather	Mostly cloudy with maximum temperatures reaching 28 degrees during the evening.
Attendance	85,704 (3-day average) [2]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1.45.681
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:50.417 on lap 39
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Third	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2014 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix)^[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 21 September 2014 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore.^[3] The race was the fourteenth round of the 2014 season. It was the seventh consecutive time the race had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton starting from pole.

Report

Background

Nico Rosberg went into the race as the championship leader.

As in the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where medium and super-soft selection were provided.^[4] The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was from turns 5 and 7, and the second was on the start/finish straight from the final to first corners.^[5]

Going into the race, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 238 points, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton with 216 points and Daniel Ricciardo with 166. Valtteri Bottas was fourth with 122 points while Fernando Alonso was fifth with 121 points.^[5] In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes were leading with 454 points and Red Bull were second with 272 points. Williams with 177 points and Ferrari with 162 points contended for third place, with McLaren fifth with 110 points.^[5] Mercedes had so far dominated the championship, winning eleven out of the fourteen races so far in the calendar.

In the weeks before the race, the FIA announced plans to introduce a ban on certain pit-to-car communications, with a particular emphasis on banning driver "coaching"—such as describing a driver's sector times relative to another competitor—under Article 20.1 of the sporting regulations, which state that a driver must drive the car "alone and unaided".^[6]

Qualifying

The qualifying began at 21:00 local time (UTC+8). Hamilton took his sixth pole position of the season, and his third overall in Singapore. He beat Nico Rosberg by seven thousands of a second with a time of 1:45.681.^[7]

Race

The race started at 20:00 local time (UTC+8). The conditions on the grid were dry before the race. Rosberg's car had faults at the start of the formation lap due to wiring loom in his car that forced him to start from the pit lane, He ultimately retired after thirteen laps.^[8]

The power unit on Kamui Kobayashi's car failed during the formation lap and he failed to make it to the starting grid.^[9]

Classification

Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton secured pole position and went on to win the race.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:46.921	1:46.287	1:45.681	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:47.244	1:45.825	1:45.688	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:47.488	1:46.493	1:45.854	3
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:47.476	1:46.586	1:45.902	4
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:46.889	1:46.328	1:45.907	5
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:47.615	1:46.472	1:46.000	6
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.685	1:46.359	1:46.170	7
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:47.196	1:46.622	1:46.187	8
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.976	1:46.700	1:46.250	9
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:47.656	1:46.926	1:47.362	10
11	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.161	1:46.943		11
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:47.407	1:46.989		12
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:47.370	1:47.308		13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.970	1:47.333		14
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.143	1:47.575		15
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:47.862	1:47.812		16
17	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1:48.324			17
18	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1:49.063			18
19	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1:49.440			19
20	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1:50.405			20
21	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1:50.473			21
22	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1:52.287			22
107% time: 1:54.152
Source:[10]

Race

Jean-Éric Vergne achieved Toro Rosso's best result of the season in sixth place.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	60	2:00:04.795	1	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	60	+13.534	4	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault	60	+14.273	3	15
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	60	+15.389	5	12
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	60	+42.161	6	10
6^1	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	60	+56.801	12	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	60	+59.038	15	6
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	60	+1:00.641	7	4
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	60	+1:01.661	13	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+1:02.230	9	1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	60	+1:05.065	8
12	13	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	60	+1:06.915	18
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	60	+1:08.029	16
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	60	+1:12.008	10
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	60	+1:34.188	22
16	17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	60	+1:34.543	19
17	4	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	59	+1 Lap	21
Ret	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	52	Power box	11
Ret	99	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	40	Water leak	17
Ret	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber-Ferrari	17	Electrical	14
Ret	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	13	Electrical	PL^2
DNS	10	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	0	Power unit	–^3
Source:[11]

Notes:

• ^1  — Jean-Éric Vergne had five seconds added to his race time for exceeding track limits.^[11]
• ^2  — Nico Rosberg started from pit lane due to electronic problems at the start of the formation lap.^[9]
• ^3  — The power unit on Kamui Kobayashi's car failed during the formation lap and he failed to make it to the starting grid.^[9]

Championship standings after the race

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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Lewis Hamilton 241 1 2 Nico Rosberg 238 3 Daniel Ricciardo 181 1 4 Fernando Alonso 133 1 5 Sebastian Vettel 124

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 479 2 Red Bull Racing-Renault 305 3 Williams-Mercedes 187 4 Ferrari 178 1 5 Force India-Mercedes 117

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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