2014 Singapore Grand Prix
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| Race 14 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 21 September 2014 | ||
| Official name | 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix[1] | ||
| Location |
Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.065 km (3.147 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 303.900 km (188.835 mi) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 61 laps, 308.965 km (191.982 mi) | ||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy with maximum temperatures reaching 28 degrees during the evening. | ||
| Attendance | 85,704 (3-day average) [2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1.45.681 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:50.417 on lap 39 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||
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The 2014 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 21 September 2014 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore.[3] The race was the fourteenth round of the 2014 season. It was the seventh consecutive time the race had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton starting from pole.
Report
Background
As in the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded supersoft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre, as opposed to the previous year where medium and super-soft selection were provided.[4] The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race; one was from turns 5 and 7, and the second was on the start/finish straight from the final to first corners.[5]
Going into the race, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 238 points, ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton with 216 points and Daniel Ricciardo with 166. Valtteri Bottas was fourth with 122 points while Fernando Alonso was fifth with 121 points.[5] In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes were leading with 454 points and Red Bull were second with 272 points. Williams with 177 points and Ferrari with 162 points contended for third place, with McLaren fifth with 110 points.[5] Mercedes had so far dominated the championship, winning eleven out of the fourteen races so far in the calendar.
In the weeks before the race, the FIA announced plans to introduce a ban on certain pit-to-car communications, with a particular emphasis on banning driver "coaching"—such as describing a driver's sector times relative to another competitor—under Article 20.1 of the sporting regulations, which state that a driver must drive the car "alone and unaided".[6]
Qualifying
The qualifying began at 21:00 local time (UTC+8). Hamilton took his sixth pole position of the season, and his third overall in Singapore. He beat Nico Rosberg by seven thousands of a second with a time of 1:45.681.[7]
Race
The race started at 20:00 local time (UTC+8). The conditions on the grid were dry before the race. Rosberg's car had faults at the start of the formation lap due to wiring loom in his car that forced him to start from the pit lane, He ultimately retired after thirteen laps.[8]
The power unit on Kamui Kobayashi's car failed during the formation lap and he failed to make it to the starting grid.[9]
Classification
Qualifying
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:46.921 | 1:46.287 | 1:45.681 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:47.244 | 1:45.825 | 1:45.688 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:47.488 | 1:46.493 | 1:45.854 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:47.476 | 1:46.586 | 1:45.902 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | 1:46.889 | 1:46.328 | 1:45.907 | 5 |
| 6 | 19 |  Felipe Massa |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:47.615 | 1:46.472 | 1:46.000 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari | 1:46.685 | 1:46.359 | 1:46.170 | 7 |
| 8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:47.196 | 1:46.622 | 1:46.187 | 8 |
| 9 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47.976 | 1:46.700 | 1:46.250 | 9 |
| 10 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:47.656 | 1:46.926 | 1:47.362 | 10 |
| 11 | 22 | Jenson Button |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47.161 | 1:46.943 | 11 | |
| 12 | 25 |  Jean-Éric Vergne |
Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:47.407 | 1:46.989 | 12 | |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:47.370 | 1:47.308 | 13 | |
| 14 | 21 |  Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:47.970 | 1:47.333 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | Sergio Pérez |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:48.143 | 1:47.575 | 15 | |
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus-Renault | 1:47.862 | 1:47.812 | 16 | |
| 17 | 99 | Adrian Sutil |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:48.324 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 13 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Lotus-Renault | 1:49.063 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia-Ferrari | 1:49.440 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 10 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Caterham-Renault | 1:50.405 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton |
Marussia-Ferrari | 1:50.473 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson |
Caterham-Renault | 1:52.287 | 22 | ||
| 107% time: 1:54.152 | |||||||
| Source:[10] | |||||||
Race
Notes:
- ^1 — Jean-Éric Vergne had five seconds added to his race time for exceeding track limits.[11]
- ^2 — Nico Rosberg started from pit lane due to electronic problems at the start of the formation lap.[9]
- ^3 — The power unit on Kamui Kobayashi's car failed during the formation lap and he failed to make it to the starting grid.[9]
Championship standings after the race
- Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- 1 2 "2014 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Singapore Grand Prix attendance". Singapore Grand Prix. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "FIA Formula One calendar". FIA.com. Fedération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Pirelli reveal tyre choices up to Singapore". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Singapore Grand Prix – Preview 2014". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ Cooper, Adam (19 September 2014). "Charlie Whiting: "We believe a driver should drive the car alone and unaided ..."". Adam Cooper's F1 Blog. WordPress. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (20 September 2014). "Lewis Hamilton takes dramatic Singapore pole over Nico Rosberg". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix and takes lead in driver's championship after Nico Rosberg retires". Daily Telegraph. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 Barretto, Lawrence (21 September 2014). "Singapore GP as it happened". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ "Singapore Grand Prix 2014 Qualifying Results". formula1.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Singapore Grand Prix 2014 Results". formula1.com. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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