2014 Italian Grand Prix

The 2014 Italian Grand Prix (formally called the 2014 Formula 1 Gran Premio d'Italia) was the thirteenth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It was held between 5 and 7 September, 2014 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the 84th running of the Italian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton started the race on pole position. Despite some technical issues at the start of the race, Hamilton was able to win the race.
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==Background==
The Italian Grand Prix took place at the fastest track on the 2014 season calendar. In the weeks leading up to the event, designers made some minor modifications to the circuit, removing most of the track's gravel traps. These modifications were geared towards the arrival of MotoGP.
In the previous race in Belgium, drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were involved in an incident. Rosberg and Hamilton made contact on the second lap of the race, causing damage to Rosberg's front wing and puncturing Hamilton's left-rear tyre. Rosberg was given blame for the accident and was internally disciplined by the team. In addition, Rosberg was also handed a €200 000 fine.
==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 	
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
30 	Charles Pic 	Lotus F1 Team 	 	E22 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
34 	Daniel Juncadella 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM07 	 	PU106A Hybrid 	
36 	Giedo van der Garde 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C33 	 	059/3 	
45 	Roberto Merhi 	Caterham F1 Team 	 	CT05 	 	Energy F1-2014 	
==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 	 	1:27.271	6 	1:26.762	7 	1:26.290	6
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:28.487	16 	1:26.992	10 	1:26.482	9
4 	Max Chilton 	 	1:30.017	19 	1:28.786	19 	1:28.579	20
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:26.995	3 	1:26.225	1 	No Time 	22
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:27.493	7 	1:26.331	3 	1:26.327	7
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	1:29.085	20 	1:28.459	19 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:30.948	23 	1:29.275	22 	1:29.251	21
10	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	1:29.178	21 	1:28.265	18 	
11	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:27.687	8 	1:27.079	11 	1:27.312	13
13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	1:29.512	18 	1:28.700	18 	1:28.137	17
14	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:27.169	4 	1:26.565	4 	1:25.931	2
17	Jules Bianchi 	 	1:30.081	20 	1:28.659	17 	1:28.025	16
19	Felipe Massa 	 	1:28.150	13 	1:26.935	9 	1:26.114	4
20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:27.228	5 	1:26.881	8 	1:26.829	11
21	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:28.114	11 	1:27.840	14 	1:27.207	12
22	Jenson Button 	 	1:26.810	2 	1:26.762	6 	1:26.242	5
25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	1:28.300	14 	1:27.929	15 	1:27.479	14
26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:27.741	9 	1:27.476	13 	1:26.437	8
27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:28.112	10 	1:27.227	12 	1:26.608	10
30	Charles Pic 	 	1:30.125	21 	 	 	 	
34	Daniel Juncadella 	 	1:29.192	17 	 	 	 	
36	Giedo van der Garde	 	1:28.429	15 	 	 	 	
44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:26.187	1 	1:26.286	2 	1:25.519	1
45	Roberto Merhi 	 	1:30.704	22 	 	 	 	
77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:28.148	12 	1:26.758	5 	1:26.090	3
99	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	1:28.029	16 	1:27.498	15 	
==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 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 		1 	1:25.363		1 	1:24.560		1 	1:24.109	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 		2 	1:25.493		2 	1:24.600		2 	1:24.383	2
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 		4 	1:26.012		3 	1:24.858		3 	1:24.697	3
4 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 		3 	1:25.528		4 	1:25.046		4 	1:24.865	4
5 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 		8 	1:26.337		10 	1:25.973		5 	1:25.314	5
6 	22 	Jenson Button 	 		7 	1:26.328		6 	1:25.630		6 	1:25.379	6
7 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 		10 	1:26.514		5 	1:25.525		7 	1:25.430	7
8 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 		12 	1:26.631		7 	1:25.769		8 	1:25.436	8
9 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 		14 	1:26.721		9 	1:25.946		9 	1:25.709	9
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 		11 	1:26.569		8 	1:25.863		10 	1:25.944	10
11 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 		6 	1:26.261		11 	1:26.070		 	 	21*
12 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 		13 	1:26.689		12 	1:26.110		 	 	11
13 	25 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 		5 	1:26.140		13 	1:26.157		 	 	12
14 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 		9 	1:26.371		14 	1:26.279		 	 	13
15 	99 	Adrian Sutil 	 		16 	1:27.034		15 	1:26.588		 	 	14
16 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 		15 	1:26.999		16 	1:26.692		 	 	15
17 	13 	Pastor Maldonado 	 		17 	1:27.520		 	 		 	 	16
18 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 		18 	1:27.632		 	 		 	 	17
19 	10 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 		19 	1:27.671		 	 		 	 	18
20 	17 	Jules Bianchi 	 		20 	1:27.738		 	 		 	 	19
21 	4 	Max Chilton 	 		21 	1:28.247		 	 		 	 	20
22 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 		22 	1:28.562		 	 		 	 	22
Notes:
* * Daniil Kvyat penalized 10 grid places for engine change
===Grid===
Notes:
* * Daniil Kvyat penalized 10 grid places for engine change
* † Marcus Ericsson penalized for failing to slow for yellow flags in qualifying and starts from the pit lane
==Race==
===Report===
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 Brundle commenting, "He moved slightly before the lights changed as well, very slightly. And I think that may have meant he hesitated and he got the start horribly wrong."
This meant that heading into the Variante del Rettifilo, Rosberg had taken a clear lead whilst Hamilton had dropped down to fourth behind Button and Massa.
 On the sixth lap, Chilton had retired at the Variante della Roggia. Croft noting, "The man who makes a habit of finishing races is out of the race in Formula One for the second time." Brundle described his accident as being "too hot on the way in" to which the Marussia driver ran too deep bouncing off the outside kerb and then flew into the opposing barriers at the exit of the corner.
 On the tenth lap, Hamilton had caught and passed Massa's Williams for second. The Mercedes driver had attacked around the outside of the Variante del Rettifilo to which he had passed the Williams in the second part of the chicane. Hamilton thereafter began to put in some blistering lap times in a bid to close in on Rosberg's lead.
As Hamilton closed in, Rosberg began to feel the pressure from his teammates speed. His lead was reduced a further five seconds when he outbraked himself into the Variante del Retiffilo and had to take the escape road to rejoin the circuit.
Hamilton continued to close in to Rosberg's lead to which on the twenty ninth lap after setting a new fastest lap of the race was on the tail of his teammate. With Hamilton now on his tail, Rosberg for the second time in the race outbraked himself into the Variante del Rettifilo. Rosberg's second mistake at the corner had meant he had lost the lead of the race to Hamilton. As the Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff watched his cars battle, David Croft noted "There is almost a smile across Toto Wolff's face." 
Hamilton after a storming drive had retaken the lead of the race to which Brundle noted "Why is he back out in front? Because he put his teammate under pressure. The racers instinct came through and won."
Shortly after the Mercedes cars had their antics at the Variante del Rettifilo, Alonso's Ferrari had arrived at the corner. However the Ferrari had ground to a halt to which Alonso pulled out of the race right ahead of a grandstand filled with his team's beloved Tifosi. With Alonso's retirement from the race, Brundle commented, "The first time he has not been on the podium here for Ferrari."
The Variante del Retiffilo would provide more entertainment on lap thirty one when Bottas made an attack on Magnussen around the outside of the corner. Magnussen, however refused to budge and Bottas now found on the outside of the corner and with no room was forced to take to the astroturf around the corner. Magnussen was thereafter handed a five-second stop and go penalty for forcing Bottas off the track.
On the forty-seventh lap, the Red Bull's were battling to which Ricciardo sliced his way past Vettel through the inside of the Variante della Roggia. Croft noting, "He forced Sebastian Vettel to the wide outside and then Ricciardo slipped to the inside."
At the conclusion of the race, it would be Hamilton leading Rosberg by three seconds to whom would lead another dominant one-two for the Mercedes team.
===Results===
 	 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	44	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	1:19:10.236 	1 	25
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	53 	+ 3.175 	2 	18
3 	19	Felipe Massa 	 	53 	+ 25.026 	4 	15
4 	77	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+ 40.786 	3 	12
5 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	53 	+ 50.309 	9 	10
6 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	+ 59.965 	8 	8
7 	11	Sergio Pérez 	 	53 	+ 1:02.518 	10 	6
8 	22	Jenson Button 	 	53 	+ 1:03.063 	6 	4
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+ 1:03.535 	11 	2
10*	20	Kevin Magnussen 	 	53 	+ 1:06.171 	5 	1
11 	26	Daniil Kvyat 	 	53 	+ 1:11.184 	21 	
12 	27	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	53 	+ 1:12.606 	13 	
13 	25	Jean-Éric Vergne 	 	53 	+ 1:13.093 	12 	
14 	13	Pastor Maldonado 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	16 	
15 	99	Adrian Sutil 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	
16 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	17 	
17 	10	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
18 	17	Jules Bianchi 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	19 	
19 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	51 	+ 2 Laps 	22 	
20^	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	51 	+ 2 Laps 	15 	
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso 	 	28 	ERS 	7 	
Ret	4 	Max Chilton 	 	5 	Accident 	20 	
Notes
* * Kevin Magnussen was penalized 5 seconds for forcing another driver off the track
* ^ Esteban Gutiérrez was penalized 5 seconds for causing a collision
==Milestones==
* Felipe Massa's first podium for .
* Lewis Hamilton's fourth hat-trick.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Nico Rosberg 	238 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	216 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	166 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	122 	1
5 	Fernando Alonso 	121 	1
6 	Sebastian Vettel 	106 	
7 	Jenson Button 	72 	1
8 	Nico Hülkenberg 	70 	1
9 	Felipe Massa 	55 	
10 	Kimi Räikkönen 	41 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	39 	1
12 	Kevin Magnussen 	38 	1
13 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	11 	
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 	 	454 	
2 	 	272 	
3 	 	177 	1
4 	 	162 	1
5 	 	110 	
6 	 	109 	
7 	 	19 	
8 	 	8 	
9 	 	2 	
10 	 	0 	
11 	 	0 	
==Notes==
==External links==
* Race highlights
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