2014 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2014) was the eighteenth round of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was held between November 7 and November 9, 2014.
Nico Rosberg won the race from pole position, with Lewis Hamilton second. Felipe Massa finished third at his home race.
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==Background==
A few weeks before the race, Pirelli altered their tyre allocation from the Medium and Hard compounds to the Soft and Medium compounds after the initial choice was criticised as being too conservative.
Both and are expected to miss this race, for both the second race in succession.
After securing his eighth Pole Position of the season in Austin, Nico Rosberg will claim the 2014 Pole Position Trophy if anyone but Lewis Hamilton claims pole at this event.
The Drivers' World Championship cannot be won at this race, as Hamilton leads Rosberg by 24 points; at best, Hamilton can go into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 49-point lead, with 50 available for victory at the final race.
 are already Constructors' champions; need 4 points to secure 2nd place in the 2014 Constructors Championship.
Daniil Kvyat will serve a seven-place grid penalty after only incurring three of the ten applied after his engine change at the previous race. Sergio Pérez will also drop seven positions on the grid after his collision with Adrian Sutil.
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB10 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB10 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W05 Hybrid 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W05 Hybrid 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F14 T 	 	059/3 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F14 T 	 	059/3 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E22 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E22 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-29 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-29 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 	
99 	Adrian Sutil 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 	
25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR9 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR9 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
34 	Daniel Juncadella 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
38 	Max Verstappen 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR9 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
40 	Felipe Nasr 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No	Driver 	Team	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No	Driver 	Team	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:14.902	14 	1:13.333	9 	1:11.967	11
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:14.197	10 	1:12.956	4 	1:11.188	5
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:12.764	1 	1:12.123	1 	1:10.446	1
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:14.114	8 	1:12.696	3 	1:11.316	7
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:15.109	15 	1:13.714	12 	1:12.235	14
11	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	No Time 	18 	1:12.942	18 	
13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:14.034	7 	1:13.497	11 	1:12.069	12
14	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:13.742	4 	1:13.122	7 	1:11.399	8
19	Felipe Massa 	 	1:13.811	5 	1:13.099	6 	1:10.875	3
20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:14.136	9 	1:13.479	10 	1:11.499	9
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	No Time 	18 	1:13.902	14 	1:12.286	16
22	Jenson Button 	 	No Time 	17 	1:14.209	16 	1:11.210	6
25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	 	1:17.171	17 	1:12.235	15 	
26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:13.723	3 	1:13.254	8 	1:11.834	10
27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:14.678	13 	1:13.882	13 	1:12.324	17
34	Daniel Juncadella	 	1:16.030	16 	 	 	 	
38	Max Verstappen 	 	1:13.827	6 	 	 	 	
40	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:14.522	12 	 	 	 	
44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:12.985	2 	1:12.336	2 	1:10.560	2
77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1:13.035	5 	1:11.054	4 	
99	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:14.434	11 	1:14.204	15 	1:12.184	13
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Team		Q1 	Q1 		Q2 	Q2 		Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Team		Pos	Time 		Pos	Time 		Pos	Time 	Grid
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 		1 	1:10.347		1 	1:10.303		1 	1:10.023	1
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		2 	1:10.457		4 	1:10.712		2 	1:10.056	2
3 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 		3 	1:10.602		2 	1:10.343		3 	1:10.247	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		4 	1:10.832		3 	1:10.421		4 	1:10.305	4
5 	22 	Jenson Button 	 		5 	1:11.097		5 	1:11.127		5 	1:10.930	5
6 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 		13 	1:11.880		6 	1:11.129		6 	1:10.938	6
7 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 		6 	1:11.134		9 	1:11.211		7 	1:10.969	7
8 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 		10 	1:11.558		10 	1:11.215		8 	1:10.977	8
9 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		11 	1:11.593		8 	1:11.208		9 	1:11.075	9
10 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		7 	1:11.193		7 	1:11.188		10 	1:11.099	10
11 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 		9 	1:11.520		11 	1:11.591		 	 	11
12 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		12 	1:11.848		12 	1:11.976		 	 	12
13 	99 	Adrian Sutil 	 		14 	1:11.943		13 	1:12.099		 	 	13
14 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 		8 	1:11.423		14 	No Time 		 	 	17*
15 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		15 	1:12.037		 	 		 	 	14
16 	25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		16 	1:12.040		 	 		 	 	15
17 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 		17 	1:12.076		 	 		 	 	18^
18 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		18 	1:12.233		 	 		 	 	16
 	 	 	 		 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 		 	 		 	 	
Notes:
* * Daniil Kvyat served the remainder of a grid place penalty from an engine change in the previous round
* ^ Sergio Pérez served a grid place penalty for causing a collision in the previous round
===Grid===
Notes:
* * Daniil Kvyat served the remainder of a grid place penalty from an engine change in the previous round
* ^ Sergio Pérez served a grid place penalty for causing a collision in the previous round
==Race==
=== Report ===
Rosberg got the best start off the line and led into the first corner with Hamilton right behind him.FORMULA 1. (2015, March 13).2014
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 Massa locked his right front heading into the S do Senna, however he maintained his third position. Behind him, the two McLaren's of Button and Magnussen take a very wide line through the first corner. Magnussen in particular drifted wide after failing to overtake Vettel. With his line out of shape exiting the S do Senna, Magnussen became vulnerable to Alonso's Ferrari, however he aggressively defended his line and kept his position through turn 4. Martin Brundle exclaimed surprise as despite the chaos "there was no contact at all through 1,2 and 3."
Heading into turn 4, Vettel drifted wide and lost position to Magnussen and Alonso. Brundle noting "he went too deep into turn 4, up on the kerb and lost two places. It is costing him very dearly indeed."
On lap 27, Rosberg entered the pits to fit the medium compound tyre. Behind him, Bottas also pitted, however he was having problems with a loose seatbelt. David Croft noting, "Absolute disaster for Williams."
 Two laps later it became very apparent that Rosberg's early stop was the right call. Hamilton whom was running very worn tyres then had a huge spin at turn 3. Hamilton thereafter opted to pit to which he lost a total of 7 seconds to Rosberg in his mistake. Rosberg, now comfortably in the lead of the race was alerted by his engineer, "Okay so you can reduce your pushing, the other car has made a mistake." 
On lap 40, Ricciardo significantly slowed to which he reported over the radio, "yeah, the left front brakes gone. I can feel it start to wobble." Brundle, however observed that it was in fact a "suspension failure. Its the front upright". Ricciardo's front left suspension worked loose heading into the S do Senna. A dejected Ricciardo limped back to the pits to retire.
There was more trouble in the pits for Williams to which Massa had mistook the McLaren pit-box for the Williams pit box. McLaren's chief mechanic, Johnny Brookes waving for Massa to move on. He quickly fixed his mistake and drove into his correct pit-stop. He lost time, however Claire Williams still managed to laugh in amusement.
 With ten laps to go, Button launched an attack on Räikkönen around the outside of turn 3. Räikkönen defended his line, however Button continued to hold his ground through turn 4 before finally overtaking into turn 5. With Räikkönen out of place into turn 5, Vettel whom was looming in the background surged past the Ferrari at the same place as Button.
 Räikkönen was struggling with tyre degradation and had soon fallen behind his teammate. Alonso's Ferrari having the advantage of being on 17 lap younger tyres than Räikkönen in the closing stages of the race. David Croft noting "He hasn't got the ability to fight that time. Didn't have the traction coming out of Junção which meant he was pretty much a sitting duck all the way up that straight."
Rosberg, however whom had never finished on the podium in Interlagos before would go on to take the race victory. Croft describing it as "important" for Rosberg in order to keep his title challenge alive. Mercedes would score a 1–2 with Rosberg leading Hamilton. However the efforts of Massa and Button to finish third and fourth had meant that Mercedes engines had locked out the top four places.
Matt Deane Mercedes team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer's award.
===Results===
 	 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	71 	1h 30m 02.555s	1 	25
2 	44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	71 	+1.4 	2 	18
3 	19	Felipe Massa 	 	71 	+41.0 	3 	15
4 	22	Jenson Button 	 	71 	+48.6 	5 	12
5 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	71 	+51.4 	6 	10
6 	14	Fernando Alonso 	 	71 	+61.9 	8 	8
7 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	71 	+63.7 	10 	6
8 	27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	71 	+63.9 	12 	4
9 	20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	71 	+70.0 	7 	2
10 	77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	4 	1
11 	26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	17 	
12 	13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	16 	
13 	25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	15 	
14 	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	70 	+1 Lap 	11 	
15 	11	Sergio Pérez 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	18 	
16 	99	Adrian Sutil 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	13 	
Ret	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	63 	Power Unit 	14 	
Ret	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	39 	Suspension 	9 	
==Milestones==
* Sergio Pérez's 75th entry (73rd start).
* Nico Hülkenberg's 75th start (76th entry).
* Pastor Maldonado's 75th start (76th entry).
* 's 11th one–two of the season, breaking the record for a team in a season.
* Lewis Hamilton's 20th fastest lap.
* Nico Rosberg wins the first Pole Position Trophy.
* Felipe Massa's first podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix since 2012.
* Jenson Button's 150th points-finishing race.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	334 	
2 	Nico Rosberg 	317 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	214 	
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	159 	1
5 	Fernando Alonso 	157 	1
6 	Valtteri Bottas 	156 	2
7 	Jenson Button 	106 	
8 	Felipe Massa 	98 	
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	80 	
10 	Kevin Magnussen 	55 	
11 	Kimi Räikkönen 	53 	1
12 	Sergio Pérez 	47 	1
13 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	22 	
14 	Romain Grosjean 	8 	
15 	Daniil Kvyat 	8 	
16 	Pastor Maldonado 	2 	3
17 	Jules Bianchi 	2 	1
18 	Adrian Sutil 	0 	1
19 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	1
20 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0 	
21 	Max Chilton 	0 	
22 	Kamui Kobayashi 	0 	
23 	André Lotterer 	0 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	651 	
2 	 	373 	
3 	 	254 	
4 	 	210 	
5 	 	161 	
6 	 	127 	
7 	 	30 	
8 	 	10 	
9 	 	2 	
10 	 	0 	
11 	 	0 	
==Notes==
==External links==
* Race highlights
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Category:Brazilian Grand Prix
Category:Formula One races in Brazil