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Race details[1]
Race 17 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season
Austin circuit.svg
Date 2 November 2014
Official name 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Location Circuit of the Americas
Travis County, Austin, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
5.513 km (3.426 mi)
Distance 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 mi)
Weather Sunny, Dry
Attendance 237,406[2][3]
Pole position
Driver 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Time 1:36.067
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Time 1:41.379 on lap 50
Podium
First 25px Great Britain Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Second 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Third 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault

The 2014 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit of the Americas on 2 November 2014.[4] The race was the seventeenth round of the 2014 season, and marked the third running of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, and thirty-sixth time the race has been run as a round of the World Championship.

As both the Marussia and Caterham teams were under administration, they did not participate in the Grand Prix, and thus the race featured a field of only 18 cars. This is the smallest field entered into a Grand Prix event since the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton.[5][6]

Report[]

Background[]

Tyres[]

Pirelli brought their white-banded Medium compound tyre as its prime selection and yellow-banded Soft as the option, as opposed to the previous two meetings in Austin where the Hard and Medium compounds were selected.[7]

Team changes[]

Caterham and Marussia were each granted permission to miss the Grand Prix after both teams were afflicted with long-term financial problems and placed into administration.[8][9] With the grid limited to eighteen cars, the qualifying procedure was revised. Instead of the six slowest cars being eliminated after the first and second rounds, only the slowest four were eliminated. The third and final round of qualifying remained unchanged to determine the final top ten spots on the grid.[10]

DRS[]

The FIA elected to retain the two DRS zones they used at the previous year's event, with the first being along the backstretch between turns 11 and 12, and the second on the start-finish straight between turns 20 and 1.[11]

Virtual Safety Car (VSC)[]

After both Friday practice sessions, the FIA tested for the first time this new system, which is in response to minimising the risk of serious accidents and injuries, such as those suffered by Jules Bianchi at the Japanese Grand Prix. Its aim is to force drivers to reduce their speed by about 35% in an accident zone, with the aid of a dashboard display. Drivers have agreed it is a worthwhile system that, however, requires refinement.[12]

Qualifying[]

Nico Rosberg secured his ninth pole of the season in front of his teammate Lewis Hamilton.[13]

Race[]

Following the initial pitstop phase, Lewis Hamilton overtook Nico Rosberg at turn 12 on lap 24. Rosberg briefly regained the lead on Hamilton's second stop, but again relinquished the top spot during his own stop. Hamilton would go on to win the race comfortably, with Rosberg four seconds adrift in the runner-up position. Daniel Ricciardo rounded out the podium in what he would describe as "the best possible result" he could achieve after starting the race from 5th and getting off to a slow start on the opening lap. The Williams drivers of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas both ran a fair pace for the entire race, finishing 4th and 5th, respectively.

Fernando Alonso continued to push the Ferrari to its limit, ultimately finishing in 6th place. Sebastian Vettel, having started the race from pit lane, looked to benefit greatly from the opening lap collision between Adrian Sutil and Sergio Pérez, getting into the pits for soft tyres from last place before the safety car held up the front runners. However, he would then immediately switch back to medium tyres on the next lap after running over debris. Vettel would use a late race pitstop for a final set of soft tyres to push his way through the field, setting the fastest lap in the process. Despite pitting four times, he would go on to finish in 7th place after a final lap pass of Kevin Magnussen, who scored McLaren's only points of the race in 8th place. Jean-Éric Vergne made a furious push towards the end of the race, making contact with fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean under heavy braking into turn 1. Vergne would initially finish the race in 9th place, but had a 5-second penalty added to his time for avoidable contact and forcing Grosjean off track, relegating him to the final points paying position in 10th. This promoted Pastor Maldonado to 9th, resulting in him scoring his first points for the season.

Post-race[]

With his victory, Hamilton achieved five consecutive wins for the first time in his career, his tenth win of the season and 32nd Formula One win overall - the most for a British driver in his career, breaking Nigel Mansell's record held since 1994. With Ricciardo finishing third, he became mathematically excluded from winning the Drivers' World Championship; with two races remaining, only Hamilton and Rosberg are still in contention for the title.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
1 6 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.303 1:36.290 1:36.067 1
2 44 25px UK Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.196 1:37.287 1:36.443 2
3 77 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:38.249 1:37.499 1:36.906 3
4 19 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:37.877 1:37.347 1:37.205 4
5 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1:38.814 1:37.873 1:37.244 5
6 14 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.349 1:38.010 1:37.610 6
7 22 25px UK Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.574 1:38.024 1:37.655 12 1
8 20 25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.557 1:38.047 1:37.706 7
9 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:38.669 1:38.263 1:37.804 8
10 99 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.855 1:38.378 1:38.810 9
11 13 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:38.608 1:38.467 10
12 11 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:39.200 1:38.554 11
13 27 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:38.931 1:38.598 13
14 26 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1:38.936 1:38.699 17 2
15 25 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1:39.250 14
16 21 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.555 15
17 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:39.621 PL 3
18 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:39.679 16
107% time: 1:43.999
Source:[14]
Notes
  1. Jenson Button qualified 7th but dropped five places on the starting grid due to a gearbox change to his McLaren.[14]
  2. Daniil Kvyat qualified 14th but dropped ten places on the starting grid due to an engine change to his Toro Rosso.[14]
  3. Sebastian Vettel was required to start the race from pit lane after being penalised for exceeding the season limit of five power unit component changes, by changing a sixth on his Red Bull prior to qualifying.[14][15]

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 25px UK Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:40:04.785 2 25
2 6 25px Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +4.314 1 18
3 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 56 +25.560 5 15
4 19 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +26.924 4 12
5 77 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +30.992 3 10
6 14 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +1:35.231 6 8
7 1 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 56 +1:35.734 PL 6
8 20 25px Flag of Denmark Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +1:40.682 7 4
9 13 25px The flag of Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 56 +1:47.870 10 2
10 4 25 25px France Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 56 +1:48.863 14 1
11 8 25px France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 16
12 22 25px UK Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 12
13 7 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 8
14 21 25px Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 15
15 26 25px The flag of the Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 55 +1 Lap 17
Ret 27 25px Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 16 Engine 13
Ret 11 25px Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1 Collision damage 11
Ret 99 25px Germany Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 0 Collision 9
Source:[16]

Notes: 4 — Jean-Éric Vergne finished 9th but had 5 seconds added to race time for making contact with Romain Grosjean while overtaking him.[17]

Standings after the race[]

  • Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
Drivers' Championship standings
Nat. Pos. Nat. Driver Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px UK Lewis Hamilton 316
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 2 25px Germany Nico Rosberg 292
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 3 25px Australia Daniel Ricciardo 214
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 4 25px Finland Valtteri Bottas 155
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 5 25px Germany Sebastian Vettel 149
Source:[18]
Constructors' Championship standings
Nat. Pos. Nat. Constructor Points
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 1 25px Germany Mercedes 608
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 2 25px Austria Red Bull-Renault 363
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 3 25px UK Williams-Mercedes 238
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 4 25px Italy Ferrari 196
Nuvola single chevron right.svg 5 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 147
Source:[18]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

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  2. McCauley, Kevin. "Inside Formula 1: The best moments from the 2014 U.S. Grand Prix". CultureMap LLC. http://austin.culturemap.com/news/sports/11-03-14-the-best-moments-from-the-2014-united-states-grand-prix-at-cota/. Retrieved 3 November 2014. 
  3. http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2014/11/04/attendance-down-again-at-formula-1.html
  4. "World Motor Sport Council". FIA. 4 December 2013. http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-3. Retrieved 23 September 2014. 
  5. "Lewis Hamilton delivers swashbuckling US Grand Prix victory to move closer to a second drivers’ championship". Daily Telegraph. 2 November 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11204538/Lewis-Hamilton-delivers-swashbuckling-US-Grand-Prix-victory-to-move-closer-to-a-second-drivers-championship.html. Retrieved 3 November 2014. 
  6. "Lewis Hamilton wins 10th race of the season ahead of Nico Rosberg as Mercedes lead United States Grand Prix all the way". Daily Mail. 2 November 2014. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2818052/Lewis-Hamilton-claims-10th-win-season-ahead-Nico-Rosberg-Mercedes-lead-United-States-Grand-Prix-way.html. Retrieved 3 November 2014. 
  7. "Pirelli reveal tyre choices for final three Grands Prix". Formula One World Championship Limited. 8 October 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/10/16460.html. Retrieved October 25, 2014. 
  8. "Caterham 'allowed' to miss US and Brazil GPs by Bernie Ecclestone". BBC. 21 October 2014. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29765039. Retrieved 24 October 2014. 
  9. "Marussia and Caterham to miss US Grand Prix". BBC. 25 October 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29770496. Retrieved 25 October 2014. 
  10. "Qualifying format revised due to Caterham, Marussia absence". Formula One World Championship Limited. 30 October 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/10/16537.html. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  11. "United States GP retains two DRS zones". JHED Media BV. 26 October 2014. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/318072/. Retrieved 28 October 2014. 
  12. "Alonso: Still work to be done on VSC". PlanetF1.com. 31 October 2014. http://www.planet-f1.com/driver/18227/9543443/Alonso-Still-work-to-be-done-on-VSC. Retrieved 2 November 2014. 
  13. "Qualifying – rapid Rosberg beats Hamilton to pole". Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 November 2014. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/11/16556.html. Retrieved 1 November 2014. 
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "2014 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 November 2014. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/933/7424/. Retrieved 1 November 2014. 
  15. "Hamilton seeking another United States GP victory". Fox News Network, LLC.. 31 October 2014. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/10/31/hamilton-seeking-another-united-states-gp-victory/. Retrieved 31 October 2014. 
  16. "2014 United States Grand Prix – Race results". Formula One World Championship Limited. 2 November 2014. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/933/7425/. Retrieved 2 November 2014. 
  17. Collantine, Keith (3 November 2014). "Vergne relegated to 10th by penalty for Grosjean pass". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/11/03/vergne-relegated-tenth-penalty-grosjean-pass/. Retrieved 3 November 2014. 
  18. 18.0 18.1 Collantine, Keith (2014-11-02). "2014 United States Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/11/02/2014-united-states-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 2014-11-02. 

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