2014 Russian Grand Prix

The 2014 Russian Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix) was the sixteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was the first running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was held between October 10 and October 12, 2014.
Following Jules Bianchi's accident at the , choose to run just one car.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of Nico Rosberg after Valtteri Bottas' tyres gave up on his fast lap. The race saw extremely low degradation. Hamilton won very easily, while Rosberg, having flat-spotted both his front tyres on first lap, managed to finish second despite spending 52 laps on the medium compound tyre. Bottas finished third. Back down the grid, Max Chilton, Marussia's sole entrant, retired early on.
 clinched their frist Constructors' Championship as a result of the race.
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==Background==
Because of some political issues between Russia and the Ukraine, the 2014 Russian Grand Prix was considered for cancellation. However, it was announced part way through the season that this would not happen and that the Russian Grand Prix would take place despite this conflict. Charlie Whiting visited the facility in mid-August and gave the circuit the green light to hold the race.
Jules Bianchi, having suffered a horrendous accident at the previous race, will be medically unable to take part in the race. Alexander Rossi was entered as 's second driver, but he did not drive out of respect to Bianchi.
Sergey Sirotkin is to be given his first taste of F1 with an appearance in FP1. Roberto Merhi also got a drive in the .
Lewis Hamilton extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Nico Rosberg to ten points. 
, having extended their championship advantage over to 190 points with just 215 remaining, could clinch the Constructors' Championship as long as Red Bull score less than 19 more than Mercedes (post-race, there would be 172 points remaining; simply equaling this total would give Mercedes title victory on wins tiebreaker).
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Sebastian Vettel 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB10 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	RB10 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
4 	Max Chilton 	Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	F1 W05 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F14 T 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E22 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
13 	Pastor Maldonado 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E22 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F14 T 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW36 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-29 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-29 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR9 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR9 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
42 	Alexander Rossi 	Marussia F1 Team 	 	MR03 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	F1 W05 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW36 	 	PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6t 	
99 	Adrian Sutil 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
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37 	Sergey Sirotkin 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 1.6 V6t 	
45 	Roberto Merhi 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6t 	
==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 	 	1:44.506	14 	1:41.396	9 	1:40.338	10
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:43.821	12 	1:42.061	13 	1:39.755	4
4 	Max Chilton 	 	1:47.284	21 	1:44.530	20 	1:44.737	20
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:42.311	1 	1:40.542	4 	1:39.016	2
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:43.212	8 	1:41.630	11 	1:40.011	7
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:45.190	18 	1:42.892	16 	1:41.915	16
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:46.922	20 	1:44.135	19 	1:43.109	18
10	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	1:44.952	21 	1:43.975	19 	
11	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:43.129	6 	1:42.090	14 	1:40.699	13
13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:44.876	16 	1:42.905	17 	No Time 	21
14	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:42.720	4 	1:40.504	3 	1:40.151	8
19	Felipe Massa 	 	1:43.741	11 	1:40.731	7 	1:39.954	5
20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:43.026	5 	1:40.494	2 	1:42.436	17
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	 	1:43.055	18 	1:41.520	15 	
22	Jenson Button 	 	1:42.507	3 	1:40.718	6 	1:40.355	11
25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:43.327	9 	1:41.531	10 	1:40.205	9
26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:43.164	7 	1:41.108	8 	1:40.009	6
27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:43.976	13 	1:41.677	12 	1:40.669	12
37	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:45.032	17 	 	 	 	
44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:42.376	2 	1:39.630	1 	1:38.726	1
45	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:46.782	19 	 	 	 	
77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:43.542	10 	1:40.573	5 	1:39.097	3
99	Adrian Sutil 	 	1:44.625	15 	1:42.233	15 	1:41.146	14
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:38.759 	 	1 	1:38.338 	 	1 	1:38.513 	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	2 	1:39.076 	 	2 	1:38.606 	 	2 	1:38.713 	2
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	3 	1:39.125 	 	3 	1:38.971 	 	3 	1:38.920 	3
4 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	4 	1:39.560 	 	6 	1:39.381 	 	4 	1:39.121 	4
5 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	6 	1:40.074 	 	5 	1:39.296 	 	5 	1:39.277 	5
6* 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	5 	1:39.735 	 	4 	1:39.022 	 	6 	1:39.629 	11
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	12 	1:40.519 	 	7 	1:39.666 	 	7 	1:39.635 	6
8 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	8 	1:40.255 	 	8 	1:39.786 	 	8 	1:39.709 	7
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	7 	1:40.098 	 	9 	1:39.838 	 	9 	1:39.771 	8
10 	25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	 	10 	1:40.354 	 	10 	1:39.929 	 	10 	1:40.020 	9
11 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	11 	1:40.382 	 	11 	1:40.052 	 	 	 	10
12* 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	9 	1:40.273 	 	12 	1:40.058 	 	 	 	17
13 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	13 	1:40.723 	 	13 	1:40.163 	 	 	 	12
14 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	 	15 	1:41.159 	 	14 	1:40.536 	 	 	 	13
15 	99 	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	14 	1:40.766 	 	15 	1:40.984 	 	 	 	14
16 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	16 	1:42.526 	 	16 	1:41.397 	 	 	 	15
17 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	17 	1:42.648 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	18 	1:43.064 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	19 	1:43.166 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20† 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	 	20 	1:43.205 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
21* 	4 	Max Chilton 	 	 	21 	1:43.649 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672	107% Time: 1:45.672
*Bold indicates a driver's fastest time in each session.
** Magnussen, Hülkenberg, and Chilton all received five place grid penalties for a gearbox change.
*† Maldonado received a five place grid penalty for the remainder of a ten place grid penalty for an engine change at the Japanese Grand Prix.
===Grid===
Notes:
* * Kevin Magnussen was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
* ^ Nico Hülkenberg was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
* † Pastor Maldonado was penalized 5 grid places for the remainder of 10-place penalty for engine change at the last round
* ‡ Max Chilton was penalized 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change
==Race==
===Report===
Both the Mercedes cars made a strong getaway, however Hamilton maintained the lead.FORMULA 1. (2015, March 13). 2014 FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - Race Highlights. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDH4rBksMyQ Rosberg immediately tucked into the slipstream of his teammate before making a lunge into turn 2. Rosberg locked his brakes before abandoning and cutting the corner.
 He exited the corner in the lead, however he had taken a massive advantage in moving off the circuit. Behind him, a number of cars had followed his pathway in cutting the corner. Rosberg was immediately instructed to give the place back to Hamilton, however Rosberg simply replied that he had to box because of the "vibrations". Brundle commenting, "Nico Rosberg's championship has just taken another punch."
Upon pitting, Rosberg's engineer alerted him to being on prime tyres and having to catch up the rest of the field and finish the race on the same compound. 
On lap 12, Chilton was confirmed to have retired from the race.
 Upon Alonso's pit-stop on lap 26, the front left tyre struggled to be attached. Ted Kravitz commenting "What a messy stop for Fernando Alonso that was. That's not going to help them and they're losing their battle in the Constructors' Championship with Williams."
In the midfield, Grosjean made a dive down the inside of Sutil at turn 2. The Sauber refused to give way and Grosjean collided with Sutil's right rear to which he spun the Sauber around. Brundle commenting, "A bit clumsy all round but I don't see that Grosjean needs to be penalised for that."
On lap 31, with Vettel entering the pits, Rosberg had stormed back up into third position. Approaching turn 2, Rosberg stormed up the inside of Bottas to take second place. The Williams tried to defend, however he was late on the brakes and cut the corner. Bottas conceded the position after making a very similar mistake to Rosberg's own troubles at the start of the race.
Rosberg was described as being "unleashed" by Croft to which the Mercedes driver would then go on to set the fastest lap of the race. Having been alerted this by his engineer, Rosberg confidently responded, "The tyres still feel really good." Vitaly Petrov standing and watching in awe alongside Toto Wolff in the Mercedes garage.
However, with Rosberg botching his start to the race, Hamilton therefore dominated the race to which he took an easy victory having led every lap of the race.
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	1:31.50.744 	1 	25
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	53 	+13.657s 	2 	18
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+17.425s 	3 	15
4 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	53 	+30.234s 	4 	12
5 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	53 	+53.616s 	11 	10
6 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	53 	+1:00.016 	7 	8
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	53 	+1:01.812 	6 	6
8 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	+1:06.185 	10 	4
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+1:18.877 	8 	2
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	53 	+1:20.067 	12 	1
11 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	53 	+1:20.877 	18 	
12 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	53 	+1:21.309 	17 	
14 	25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	53 	+1:37.295 	9 	
15 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	52 	+1 Lap 	13 	
16 	99 	Adrian Sutil 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	14 	
17 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	15 	
18 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	21 	
19 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	51 	+2 Laps 	16 	
Ret 	10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	21 	Brakes 	19 	
Ret 	4 	Max Chilton 	 	9 	Suspension 	20 	
WD 	42 	Alexander Rossi 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
* ' first World Constructors' Championship, also the first for a German constructor.
* Lewis Hamilton's 31st win, tying Nigel Mansell for most wins by a British driver.
* Hamilton's fourth win in a row.
* Valtteri Bottas' first fastest lap.
* Bottas' fifth podium finish.
* Adrian Sutil's 125th Grand Prix.
* Kamui Kobayashi's 75th entry (73rd start).
* Marussia's final race.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	291 	
2 	Nico Rosberg 	274 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	199 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	145 	2
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	143 	1
6 	Fernando Alonso 	141 	1
7 	Jenson Button 	94 	
8 	Nico Hülkenberg 	76 	
9 	Felipe Massa 	71 	
10 	Kevin Magnussen 	49 	2
11 	Sergio Pérez 	47 	1
12 	Kimi Räikkönen 	47 	1
13 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	21 	
14 	Romain Grosjean 	8 	
15 	Daniil Kvyat 	8 	
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 	
23 	André Lotterer 	0 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	565 	
2 	 	342 	
3 	 	216 	
4 	 	188 	
5 	 	143 	1
6 	 	123 	1
7 	 	29 	
8 	 	8 	
9 	 	2 	
10 	 	0 	
11 	 	0 	
==Notes==
==External links==
* Race highlights
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