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Race details
Race 11 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season
Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
Layout of the Hungaroring circuit
Date 27 July 2014
Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2014
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.539 mi)
Weather Overcast. Wet track at start, then drying.
Scattered thunderstorms during the day, temperatures reaching a maximum of 26 degrees.[1]
Pole position
Driver 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:22.715
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:25.724 on lap 64
Podium
First 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault
Second 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari
Third 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

The 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Nagydíj 2014) was a Formula One motor race held on 27 July 2014 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the eleventh round of the 2014 Formula One season and the 29th Hungarian Grand Prix. The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by Daniel Ricciardo for the Red Bull team after starting from fourth position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton third in a Mercedes.

The race was only the third Hungarian Grand Prix to be rain-affected, after the 2006 and 2011 races. Thunderstorms and heavy rain soaked the track at around lunchtime, forcing the drivers to start on intermediates before the track dried out later on in the race.

Report[]

Background[]

The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as constructors, were Red Bull, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Lotus, McLaren, Force India, Sauber, Torro Rosso, Williams, Marussia and Caterham. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought four different tyre types to the race: two dry compounds, the medium "primes" and the soft "options" and two wet-weather compounds, the intermediate and full wet.[2] The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was on the start/finish straight from the final to first corners, and the second from turns 1 and 2.[2]

Going into the race, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 190 points, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton on 176 points and Daniel Ricciardo on 106. Fernando Alonso was fourth with 97 points while Valtteri Bottas was fifth on 91 points.[2] In the Constructors' Championship Mercedes were leading with 366 points, Red Bull and Williams were second and third with 188 and 121 points respectively, while Ferrari with 116 and Force India on 98 points rounded out the top five positions.[2] Mercedes had so far dominated the championship, winning nine out of the ten previous races, with Ricciardo winning the Canadian Grand Prix.[2][3] Kevin Magnussen and Bottas had each gained second place finishes, and Vettel, Alonso, Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez had achieved third place podium finishes.[2]

Several teams made technical changes to their cars for the Grand Prix. Marussia changed one of their MR03 chassis for Max Chilton following balance and electrical issues that arose during the Austrian Grand Prix.[4] Williams introduced a small wing section, aimed at increasing the amount of downforce, and therefore grip, produced by the bodywork.[5] Lotus brought new front wing endplates, which were designed to scavenge airflow more efficently.[6]

Practice and qualifying[]

Three practice sessions were held before the race; two 90 minute sessions on Friday and one lasting an hour on Saturday.[7] Hamilton was the fastest driver in the first practice session, ahead of Rosberg and Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen. Chilton's Marussia car was afflicted by a oil leak, resulting in a fire;[8] this restricted him to completing only five timed laps, and he was 21st overall.[9] Hamilton was fastest in the second session, ahead of Rosberg, Vettel and Alonso — although Hamilton had struggled with tyre grip througout the session.[10] The third session on Saturday morning saw Hamilton again fastest, ahead of Rosberg, Ricciardo and Vettel.

The qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was split into three parts. The first part ran for 18 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 17th or lower. During this session, the 107% rule was in effect, which necessitated each driver set a time within 107% of the quickest lap to qualify for the race. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 16. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided pole position.[7]

Rosberg achieved his sixth pole position of the season, and his first at the Hungaroring, with a time of 1:22.715. He was joined on the front row by Vettel.

Race[]

The race started at 14:00 local time. The track was wet before the race, as thunderstorms had hit the area throughout the day. The air temperature ranged between 20 to 21 C (68 to 70 F), with the track temperature between 27 to 28 C (80 to 82 F).[11]

On the initial lap, Hamilton made a mistake an slid through the grass in turn 2 but kept it out of the barriers and continued. Marcus Ericsson made a mess of the track on lap 8 and crashed in his Caterham. Safety car came on the course.

Ricciardo won his second career GP by making crucial moves on two great F1 drivers at the front who were saving their tyres, passing Hamilton around the outside of turn 2, hanging on the very edge to squeeze through and overtaking Alonso on the inside of turn 1 one lap later. Ricciardo thus finished first, followed by Alonso in second place, and Hamilton completing the podium to a remarkable third place after having to start from the back and of course the mistake on the first lap. Rosberg finished in a solid 4th after his extra stop for fresh tyres, he was setting blistering lap times and closing the gap rapidly, but unable to get close enough on time to try and attack Hamilton.

During the race, Rosberg asked his team if he could be let past Lewis Hamilton, but Hamilton didn't want to comply and the Mercedes pitwall left it at that. Sebastian Vettel had a more difficult race, narrowly avoiding the wall after a spin on the main straight, ended up 7th, holding off of closing Valtteri Bottas in the Williams.

Sergio Perez was less fortunate and hit the wall which meant the end of his race.

Post-race[]

The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies, and were interviewed by a selected media delegate before the subsequent press conference.

Trivia[]

  • Second race to not have been won by a Mercedes driver in 2014
  • Second front row start for Sebastian Vettel

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 6 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.227 1:23.310 1:22.715 1
2 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:25.662 1:23.606 1:23.201 2
3 77 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:25.690 1:23.776 1:23.354 3
4 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1:25.495 1:23.676 1:23.391 4
5 14 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.087 1:24.249 1:23.909 5
6 19 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:26.592 1:24.030 1:24.223 6
7 22 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.612 1:24.502 1:24.294 7
8 25 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1:24.941 1:24.637 1:24.720 8
9 27 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:26.149 1:24.647 1:24.775 9
10 20 25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.578 1:24.585 no time PL2
11 26 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1:25.361 1:24.706 10
12 99 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.027 1:25.136 11
13 11 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:25.910 1:25.211 12
14 21 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:25.709 1:25.260 13
15 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:26.136 1:25.337 14
16 17 25px France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:26.728 1:27.419 15
17 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.792 16
18 10 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:27.139 17
19 4 25px Great Britain Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:27.819 18
20 9 25px Sweden Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:28.643 19
107% time: 1:30:886
NC 44 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton Mercedes no time PL1
NC 13 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault no time 201
Source:[12]

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 70 1:53:05.058 4 25
2 14 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 70 +5.225 5 18
3 44 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 +5.857 PL3 15
4 6 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 70 +6.361 1 12
5 19 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 70 +29.841 6 10
6 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +31.491 16 8
7 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 70 +40.964 2 6
8 77 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 70 +41.344 3 4
9 25 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 70 +58.527 8 2
10 22 25px Great Britain Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1:07.280 7 1
11 99 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 70 +1:08.169 11
12 20 25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1:18.465 PL3
13 13 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 70 +1:24.024 20
14 26 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 69 +1 Lap 10
15 17 25px France Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 15
16 4 25px Great Britain Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 18
Ret 21 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 32 Electrical 13
Ret 10 25px Japan Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 24 Fuel system 17
Ret 11 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 22 Accident 12
Ret 27 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 14 Collision/Accident 9
Ret 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 10 Spun off 14
Ret 9 25px Sweden Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 7 Accident 19
Source:[13]

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px Germany Nico Rosberg 202
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 2 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton 191
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo 131
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 4 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 115
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 5 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas 95
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px Germany Mercedes 393
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 2 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 219
1uparrow green.svg 1 3 25px Italy Ferrari 142
1downarrow red.svg 1 4 25px Great Britain Williams-Mercedes 135
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 5 25px Flag of India Force India-Mercedes 98
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  1. http://www.timeanddate.com/weather/hungary/budapest/historic
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Race Preview". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 July 2014. http://www.fia.com/news/hungarian-grand-prix-preview. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  3. Weaver, Paul (8 June 2014). "Daniel Ricciardo pips Nico Rosberg for his first grand prix win in Canada". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/08/daniel-ricciardo-nico-rosberg-grand-prix-canada. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  4. Noble, Jonathan (24 July 2014). "Max Chilton changes F1 chassis after "balance issues"". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115114. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  5. "Williams FW36 - additional wing on roll hoop". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 26 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2014/926/1208.html. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  6. "Lotus E22 - new front wing endplate". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 26 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2014/926/1207.html. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "2014 Formula One Sporting Regulations". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 March 2014. http://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulation/file/1-2014%20SPORTING%20REGULATIONS%202014-02-28.pdf. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  8. "FP1 - Hamilton on top as Mercedes seize control in Hungary". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 25 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/7/16148.html. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  9. Benson, Andrew (25 July 2014). "Lewis Hamilton fastest in Hungarian GP practice". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28481361. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  10. Galloway, James (25 July 2014). "2014 Hungarian GP Practice Two: Lewis Hamilton retains edge over Nico Rosberg". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. http://www1.skysports.com/f1/report/12523/9394460/2014-hungarian-gp-practice-two--lewis-hamilton-retains-edge-over-nico-rosberg. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  11. Beer, Matt; Straw, Edd; Freeman, Glenn; Anderson, Ben; Mitchell, Scott (27 July 2014). "As it happened: Sunday - Hungarian Grand Prix". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/764. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Qualifying Results". Formula One World Championship Limited. 5 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/926/7376/. Retrieved 5 July 2014. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Formula 1 Pirelli Magyar Naygdíj 2014". 27 July 2014. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/926/. Retrieved 27 July 2014. 

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