2014 British Grand Prix
Hamilton wins from sixth, Rosberg retires with gearbox fault.
The 2014 British Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2014 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom before a crowd of 122,000 people. It was the ninth round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship, and the 65th British Grand Prix to be held as part of the series. Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team won the 52-lap race, from a sixth position start. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas finished second, with Daniel Ricciardo third for the Red Bull squad. It was Hamilton's fifth victory of 2014 and the 27th of his career.
- Circuit
- Silverstone Circuit
- Date
- July 2014
- Red Bull Finishers
- Sebastian Vettel (7th), Daniel Ricciardo (DNF)
- Race Winner
- Lewis Hamilton
- Team Status
- Mid-field contenders in hybrid era
Lore & Background
Heading into the event, Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg led the World Drivers' Championship and his team Mercedes led the World Constructors' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg recorded the fastest lap in qualifying to start from pole position. The race was suspended for one hour, five minutes after a first-lap accident involving Kimi Räikkönen left a section of guardrail barrier needing repair. Rosberg led for 18 laps after the restart as Hamilton moved to second, then made a pit stop for tyres, giving the lead to Hamilton for six laps. Hamilton took the lead for good when Rosberg retired from a gearbox fault on the 29th lap; he won by more than 30 seconds over Bottas. Ricciardo held off McLaren's Jenson Button in the final laps to take third.
In Their Own Story
The sky over Silverstone bruised into a violent purple just as the clouds broke open, turning the Hangar Straight into a mirror of churning water within seconds. Inside car number three, Daniel Ricciardo's knuckles whitened against the wheel; the RB10 felt like a sled on ice, its Renault engine sputtering through the deluge while the Mercedes cars ahead glided with terrifying ease. Survival was the only metric that mattered today. As he carved through Copse in a blinding curtain of spray, he spotted Vettel fighting a losing battle for grip just behind him. The roar of the crowd was swallowed by the hiss of rain and the high-pitched whine of the hybrid systems, leaving only the raw, unfiltered tension of two drivers pushing a broken machine to its absolute limit in a race defined not by speed, but by sheer will.
Reader's Guide
Rosberg's non-finish left him with a reduced lead of four championship points over Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari maintained third and fourth respectively, and Bottas passed Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel for fifth. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 158-point lead over Red Bull and Ferrari was third. Williams overtook Force India for fourth with ten races left in the season.
Did You Know?
- The race was suspended for one hour, five minutes after a first-lap accident involving Kimi Räikkönen left a section of guardrail barrier needing repair.
- Lewis Hamilton won from a sixth position start, his fifth victory of 2014 and the 27th of his career.
- Daniel Ricciardo finished third for Red Bull, holding off Jenson Button in the final laps.
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