2014 Malaysian Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 2014 September 2014 April 2026 F1 Malaysia Malaysian 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/malaysia_915/circuit_diagram.html formula1.com Formula One Administration 14 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140214100519/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/malaysia_915/circuit_diagram.html 14 February 2014 30 March 2014 2014 Australian Grand Prix 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix 2 19 Sepang.svg 220px 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix Sepang International CircuitSepang, Selangor, Malaysia Permanent racing facility 3.444 5.543 56 192.879 310.408 Dry, 32°C 92,550 (Weekend)https://www.racefans.net/2017/02/08/are-tickets-too-dear-attendance-fell-at-some-tracks-in-2016/ Are tickets too dear? Crowds fell at some tracks in 2016 Collantine Keith 8 February 2017 www.racefans.net 9 July 2018 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:59.431 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:43.066 53 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes GBR Nico Rosberg Mercedes GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault GER MAL The 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix, formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 March 2014 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The 56-lap-race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton who started from pole position. Hamilton also took the fastest lap of the race and led every single lap, meaning that he achieved his first Grand Chelem, finishing ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg who won the season opener in Australia two weeks ago. It was Mercedes' first 1–2 finish since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Defending four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, driving for Red Bull, completed the podium by finishing third. Following the result, Hamilton made a huge step forward in the Drivers' standings after his retirement in Australia, climbing up seventeen places in order to advance to second in the championship behind teammate Rosberg, who extended his lead to 18 points. Fernando Alonso, who took his second consecutive fourth-place-finish, improved from fourth to third with 24 points, one behind Hamilton, but he managed to overtook the McLaren pair of Jenson Button and Kevin Magnussen, who fell to fourth and fifth, respectively. It also meant that the result elevated Mercedes to the lead of the Constructors' Championship with 68 points, 25 clear from the previous leaders McLaren, with Ferrari a further 13 points adrift in third. Report Background Like the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its orange-banded hard compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the white-banded medium compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre.Pirelli reveal tyre choices for first four races http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/3/15524.html 29 March 2014 Formula1.com Formula One Administration 3 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140307194711/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/3/15524.html 7 March 2014 Prior to the race, there was a minute's silence as a mark of respect to the passengers of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the Indian Ocean three weeks prior. Drivers also carried messages on their cars and helmets.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/26766623 Formula 1 to honour MH370 passengers BBC Sport BBC 27 March 2014 27 March 2014 Qualifying Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position, the 33rd of his career. He thus equalled Jim Clark for most poles of a British Formula One driver. Behind him was Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg. Race Lewis Hamilton dominated the race, flying away at the start. Nico Hülkenberg also had a good start from seventh place, briefly battling with Kimi Räikkönen before getting stuck up behind Fernando Alonso. Sergio Pérez did not start the race due to a gearbox issue. There was a first lap incident when Pastor Maldonado and Jules Bianchi collided with one another, effectively ending the race for both of the drivers when they received mechanical complications. Bianchi would later receive a penalty for his actions despite Marussia officials' claims that the incident was due to a collision with Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne hitting the back of the Marussia. At the end of the first lap, the top four – Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo – had effectively escaped the rest of the pack and the grid was unchanged until the last ten laps of the race.https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/10697778/lewis-hamilton-leads-mercedes-1-2-malaysian-grand-prix Lewis Hamilton wins Malaysian GP 30 March 2014 ESPN.com ESPN, Inc. Associated Press 1 April 2014 Hülkenberg fought a lengthy battle with Alonso for fourth place, ultimately losing it due to Alonso's fresh tyres, as Force India were the only team in the top five to have successfully executed a two-stop pit strategy, while the others stuck to three stops. Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas and Jenson Button battled for sixth place, during which Massa received the radio message, "Felipe, Valtteri is faster than you", similar to the one he received during the 2010 German Grand PrixElson James December 5, 2020 'Fernando is faster than you' message knocked my confidence, says Massa https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/fernando-is-faster-than-you-message-knocked-my-confidence-says-massa/ Motor Sport Magazine London, United Kingdom Motor Sport Magazine Limited 11 July 2026 in reference to Fernando Alonso, his teammate at Ferrari.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/26800835 Malaysian Grand Prix 2014: as it happened Lawrence Barretto 30 March 2014 BBC Sport BBC 1 April 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140331102730/http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/26800835 31 March 2014 Both the Saubers of Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutiérrez had retired after Sutil experienced an electrical failure and Gutiérrez experienced a gearbox failure, preventing him from getting out of neutral gear. Ricciardo was having a good race until his third pit-stop, when he was released before his left-front tyre was correctly fastened. He then had to be pushed back into the pits. He then experienced the failure of his front wing, leading him to make the decision to retire.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/10732429/Malaysian-Grand-Prix-2014-as-it-happened-March-30-2014.html Malaysian Grand Prix 2014: as it happened Rebecca Clancy 30 March 2014 The Daily Telegraph 1 April 2014 Räikkönen had a terrible race from the start after Kevin Magnussen's McLaren clipped his right rear tyre going into the first corner on lap 2, causing a puncture. He ultimately finished twelfth, 0.1 seconds behind the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. Hamilton led every lap of the race and set the fastest lap and thus took the first Grand Chelem of his career, giving Mercedes their first 1-2 finish since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix, after Rosberg finished second and Vettel third. Alonso came in fourth after a last-lap battle with Hülkenberg who finished fifth, almost forty seconds ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who was able to hold off both of Williams' drivers, Massa and Bottas, who finished seventh and eighth respectively giving Williams a one-point lead over Force India. Magnussen finished ninth for McLaren and the top ten was completed by Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso. Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson finished thirteenth and fourteenth for Caterham, effectively putting them ahead of Marussia in the Constructors' Championship standings.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/mar/30/lewis-hamilton-wins-f1-malaysia-gp Lewis Hamilton leads from the front to win his first Malaysian Grand Prix Paul Weaver 30 March 2014 The Guardian 1 April 2014 Post-race Daniel Ricciardo was given a 10-place grid penalty for the 2014 Bahrain after the Red Bull Racing team released his car in an unsafe manner from his pit box.Daniel Ricciardo gets Bahrain grid penalty http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113189 30 March 2014 30 March 2014 Autosport Haymarket Publications Kevin Magnussen and Jules Bianchi both received two penalty points each, along with Valtteri Bottas after Bottas was accused of impeding Ricciardo during qualifying.http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/27993/9238064/malaysia-gp-grid-demotion-for-williams-valtteri-bottas-after-daniel-ricciardo-clash Malaysia GP grid demotion for Williams' Valtteri Bottas after Daniel Ricciardo clash Pete Gill Sky Sports BSkyB 29 March 2014 29 March 2014http://www.espn.co.uk/malaysia/motorsport/story/151697.html Magnussen and Bianchi get penalty points ESPN F1 ESPN Sports Media Ltd. 30 March 2014 1 April 2014 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position 1 44 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:57.202 1:59.041 1:59.431 1 2 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:57.654 1:59.399 1:59.486 2 3 6 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:57.183 1:59.445 2:00.050 3 4 14 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:58.889 2:01.356 2:00.175 4 5 3 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:58.913 2:00.147 2:00.541 5 6 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:59.257 2:01.532 2:01.218 6 7 27 GER Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:58.883 2:00.839 2:01.712 7 8 20 DEN Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 2:00.358 2:02.094 2:02.213 8 9 25 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 2:01.689 2:02.096 2:03.078 9 10 22 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2:00.889 2:01.810 2:04.053 10 11 26 RUS Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 2:01.175 2:02.351 11 12 21 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 2:01.134 2:02.369 12 13 19 BRA Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 2:00.047 2:02.460 13 14 11 MEX Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 2:00.076 2:02.511 14 15 77 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:59.709 2:02.756 181 1 16 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2:00.202 2:02.885 15 17 13 VEN Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 2:02.074 16 18 99 GER Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 2:02.131 17 19 17 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 2:02.702 19 20 10 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 2:03.595 20 21 4 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 2:04.388 21 22 9 SWE Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 2:04.407 22 107% time: 2:05.385 Source:2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix – Qualifying results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/7322/ Formula1.com Formula One Administration 29 March 2014 29 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140329214825/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/7322/ 29 March 2014 Notes 1 1 — Valtteri Bottas was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Daniel Ricciardo during qualifying. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Starting grid position Points 1 44 GBR Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:40:25.974 1 25 2 6 GER Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +17.313 3 18 3 1 GER Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 56 +24.534 2 15 4 14 ESP Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +35.992 4 12 5 27 GER Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 56 +47.199 7 10 6 22 GBR Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +1:23.691 10 8 7 19 BRA Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:25.076 13 6 8 77 FIN Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:25.537 18 4 9 20 DEN Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 8 2 10 26 RUS Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 55 +1 Lap 11 1 11 8 FRA Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 15 12 7 FIN Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 6 13 10 JPN Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap 20 14 9 SWE Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 54 +2 Laps 22 15 4 GBR Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 54 +2 Laps 21 Ret Retired 3 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 49 Wing 5 Ret Retired 21 MEX Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 35 Gearbox 12 Ret Retired 99 GER Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 32 Power unit 17 Ret Retired 25 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 18 Turbo 9 Ret Retired 17 FRA Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 8 Brakes 19 Ret Retired 13 VEN Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 7 Power unit 16 DNS Did not start 11 MEX Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 0 Gearbox 14 Source:2014 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix — Results http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/7323/ Formula1.com Formula One Administration 30 March 2014 30 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140330023033/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/7323/ 30 March 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GER Nico Rosberg 43 10px 17 2 GBR Lewis Hamilton 25 10px 1 3 ESP Fernando Alonso 24 10px 1 4 GBR Jenson Button 23 10px 3 5 DEN Kevin Magnussen 20Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2014/malaisie/championnat.aspx Malaysia 2014 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 1 GER Mercedes 68 10px 1 2 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 43 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 30 10px 4 GBR Williams-Mercedes 20 10px 5 IND Force India-Mercedes 19Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 33em External links Malaysian Grand Prix 2014 2014 Australian Grand Prix 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian Category:Malaysian Grand Prix Grand Prix Malaysian Grand Prix