2014 German Grand Prix

The 2014 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2014) was the tenth race of the season. It was held between July 18 and July 20, 2014.
Nico Rosberg took pole position and won the race. Lewis Hamilton, who started 20th after both a crash in qualifying and a grid penalty, finished third; Valtteri Bottas separated the two drivers.
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==Background==
In the German Grand Prix, all drivers ran cars without the FRIC system. FRIC, the front-to-rear interconnected suspension, is essentially an electronic self-levelling suspension system that gives the car better cornering abilities. This system has been used in Formula One for the past ten years. All teams abandoned the FRIC system because of the threat of being protested against if they ran the system.
With his home country's victory in the FIFA World Cup, Nico Rosberg has designed a special German World Cup helmet for his home Grand Prix. His original design contained an image of the World Cup trophy on the top of the helmet, however FIFA banned this design as it infringed upon the official World Cup brand. Rosberg has created an alternate design that does not contain the World Cup trophy on it.
Going into the race, the duo are locked in a tight battle for lead in the World Drivers' Championship. This being the home Grand Prix for the team, both drivers will be looking to finish in a high result. Rosberg leads the World Drivers' Championship by just four points to Lewis Hamilton, but after a victory in his home Grand Prix Hamilton is thought to have the momentum.
In addition to Rosberg, this event is also Nico Hülkenberg, Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Vettel's home Grand Prix.
This event was held at the Hockenheimring due to the track alternating years with the Nürburgring. The last time that this race was held at the Hockenheimring was in 2012 and we saw Fernando Alonso win his 30th Formula One victory.
==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 	
4 	Max Chilton 	 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 	
17 	Jules Bianchi 	 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
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36 	Giedo van der Garde 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 	
41 	Susie Wolff 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW37 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton of proved yet again that they are two of the best drivers of the season by posting the top two fastest times in the session. The World Drivers' Championship leader Rosberg led Hamilton, but only by 0.065 seconds.
Sebastian Vettel of set the fastest time early on after entering the track with the first group of drivers, however this was a position that he was unable to maintain. He had dropped to a respectable sixth position by the end of the session. Teammate Daniel Ricciardo finished in a fourth position, but still had a sizable gap to Fernando Alonso.
 test driver Giedo van der Garde stood in for Esteban Gutiérrez and managed to place the car into 16th position after driving a 23 laps. Susie Wolff made another appearance for , driving Valtteri Bottas' car. This experience proved to be better after suffering mechanical issues in first free practice session of the 2014 British Grand Prix. Early in the session it looked as though Wolff would not get the chance to participate in the session because of more mechanical issues, but the team was able to fix the issue and get her out onto the track for her 22 laps of practice.
Marcus Ericsson made the early start to the session and managed to complete the most laps of the session with a successful 35 laps. However, this would not help his session as he would still finish 21st. Max Chilton finished in the last position after having to return to the garage on his installation lap when he car began to emit smoke. Chilton did manage to complete 22 laps after the issues was repaired, but was off of the pace.
===FP2===
Much like the first practice session, both Mercedes drivers finished with very close lap times. The big difference this session was that Hamilton was on top, with a gap of 0.024 seconds over Rosberg. Rosberg set the pace early on, running the soft tyres. It would remain this way until Rosberg, Hamilton and Ricciardo pitted to change to the super soft tyres. This allowed Ricciardo to set the fastest lap, but Rosberg quickly resumed his spot on top. A few laps later, Hamilton would take the lead by a very small gap. Hamilton would remain on top for the remainder of the session.
Ericsson again suffered mechanical issues with his early in the session and was forced to stop, but rejoined the session after the car was repaired. Kamui Kobayashi in the other also had some issues when he car caught fire after twelve laps and he was forced to retire from the session.
Bottas and Gutiérrez took there seats back from the test drivers. Gutiérrez was not able to finish better than his test driver did in the first session, but Bottas was successful in beating Wolff's impressive performance by a staggering five positions.
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No	Driver 	Team	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	
No	Driver 	Team	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:20.097	6 	1:19.248	8 	1:18.890	9
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:19.697	4 	1:18.443	3 	1:18.769	7
4 	Max Chilton 	 	1:23.299	22 	1:21.898	21 	1:23.449	22
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:19.131	1 	1:18.365	2 	1:17.779	1
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:20.210	8 	1:18.887	4 	1:18.842	8
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:21.603	17 	1:20.358	17 	1:20.078	16
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:23.256	21 	1:21.870	20 	1:23.077	21
10	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	1:22.572	19 	1:23.728	22 	1:21.018	20
11	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:20.598	14 	1:19.581	13 	1:19.505	14
13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:21.854	18 	1:20.158	16 	1:20.466	18
14	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:19.423	3 	1:19.329	9 	1:18.384	3
17	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:22.982	20 	1:21.328	19 	1:20.198	17
19	Felipe Massa 	 	1:20.542	11 	1:19.024	6 	1:18.575	4
20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:20.105	7 	1:18.960	5 	1:18.756	6
21	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	 	1:20.504	18 	1:19.601	15 	
22	Jenson Button 	 	1:19.833	5 	1:19.221	7 	1:19.489	13
25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:20.586	12 	1:19.760	15 	1:19.470	12
26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:20.337	9 	1:19.452	12 	1:19.131	11
27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:20.592	13 	1:19.593	14 	1:19.127	10
36	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:20.782	16 	 	 	 	
41	Susie Wolff 	 	1:20.769	15 	 	 	 	
44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:19.196	2 	1:18.341	1 	1:18.380	2
77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1:19.385	10 	1:18.611	5 	
99	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:20.505	10 	1:19.417	11 	1:20.844	19
==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 	1:17.631		1 	1:17.109		1 	1:16.540	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		4 	1:18.215		3 	1:17.353		2 	1:16.759	2
3 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 		6 	1:18.381		2 	1:17.370		3 	1:17.078	3
4 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 		5 	1:18.260		5 	1:17.788		4 	1:17.214	4
5 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		2 	1:18.117		6 	1:17.855		5 	1:17.273	5
6 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 		3 	1:18.194		4 	1:17.646		6 	1:17.577	6
7 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 		7 	1:18.389		7 	1:17.866		7 	1:17.649	7
8 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 		10 	1:18.530		9 	1:18.103		8 	1:17.965	8
9 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		16 	1:18.927		8 	1:18.017		9 	1:18.014	9
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 		15 	1:18.916		10 	1:18.161		10 	1:18.035	10
11 	22 	Jenson Button 	 		8 	1:18.425		11 	1:18.193		 	 	11
12 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		11 	1:18.534		12 	1:18.273		 	 	12
13 	25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		9 	1:18.496		13 	1:18.285		 	 	13
14 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 		13 	1:18.739		14 	1:18.787		 	 	16*
15 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		14 	1:18.894		15 	1:18.983		 	 	14
16 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		12 	1:18.683		16 	No Time 		 	 	20†
17 	99 	Adrian Sutil 	 		17 	1:19.142		 	 		 	 	15
18 	17 	Jules Bianchi 	 		18 	1:19.676		 	 		 	 	17
19 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		19 	1:20.195		 	 		 	 	18
20 	10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 		20 	1:20.408		 	 		 	 	19
21 	4 	Max Chilton 	 		21 	1:20.489		 	 		 	 	21
22 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 		 	 		 	 		 	 	PL
Notes:
* *Esteban Gutiérrez was penalized three grid positions for causing a collision in the previous round
* † Lewis Hamilton was penalized five grid positions for a gearbox change
===Grid===
Notes:
* * Esteban Gutiérrez was penalised three grid positions for causing a collision with Pastor Maldonado at the .
* † Lewis Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
* ‡ Marcus Ericsson started from the pitlane.
==Race==
===Results===
 	 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Grid	Points
1 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	67 	1h 33m 42.914s	1 	25
2 	77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	67 	+20.7 	2 	18
3 	44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	67 	+22.5 	20 	15
4 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	67 	+44.0 	6 	12
5 	14	Fernando Alonso 	 	67 	+52.4 	7 	10
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	67 	+52.5 	5 	8
7 	27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	67 	+64.1 	9 	6
8 	22	Jenson Button 	 	67 	+84.7 	11 	4
9 	20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	4 	2
10 	11	Sergio Pérez 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	10 	1
11 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	12 	
12 	13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	18 	
13 	25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	13 	
14 	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	66 	+1 Lap 	16 	
15 	17	Jules Bianchi 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	17 	
16 	10	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	65 	+2 Laps 	19 	
17 	4 	Max Chilton 	 	65 	+2 Laps 	21 	
18 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	65 	+2 Laps 	22 	
Ret	99	Adrian Sutil 	 	47 	Spin 	15 	
Ret	26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	44 	Ignition 	8 	
Ret	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	26 	Cooling 	14 	
Ret	19	Felipe Massa 	 	0 	Accident 	3 	
==Milestones==
* A car with number six started an 882nd race, standing alone as the most-used car number in F1 history (car number 2, unused in 2014, has been used in 881 races).
* Nico Rosberg scored his 20th podium, lead his 500th lap and passed 750 points.
* ' 300th podium.
* 300th podium for a engine.
* Adrian Sutil drove his 119th race without scoring a podium finish, overtaking Pierluigi Martini's record of 118.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Nico Rosberg 	190 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	176 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	106 	
4 	Fernando Alonso 	97 	
5 	Valtteri Bottas 	91 	
6 	Sebastian Vettel 	82 	
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	69 	
8 	Jenson Button 	59 	
9 	Kevin Magnussen 	37 	
10 	Felipe Massa 	30 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	29 	
12 	Kimi Räikkönen 	19 	
13 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	9 	
14 	Romain Grosjean 	8 	
15 	Daniil Kvyat 	6 	
16 	Jules Bianchi 	2 	
17 	Adrian Sutil 	0 	
18 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	
19 	Pastor Maldonado 	0 	
20 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0 	
21 	Max Chilton 	0 	
22 	Kamui Kobayashi 	0 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	366 	
2 	 	188 	
3 	 	121 	1
4 	 	116 	1
5 	 	98 	
6 	 	96 	
7 	 	15 	
8 	 	8 	
9 	 	2 	
10 	 	0 	
11 	 	0 	
==Notes==
Category:2014 Grands Prix
Category:German Grand Prix
Category:Formula One races in Germany