2014 British Grand Prix
Hamilton wins from sixth; Ricciardo third for Red Bull.
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.
Quick Facts
- 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. 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.
Reader's Guide
The 2014 British Grand Prix was the 9th of the 19 races in the 2014 Formula One World Championship and the 65th edition of the event as a round of the World Championship. It was held at the 18-turn 5.891 km Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England on 6 July. Tyre supplier Pirelli brought a white-banded Medium and orange-banded Hard dry-compounds to the race as well as two wet-weather compounds, the intermediate and full wet tyres.
The drag reduction system (DRS) had two activation zones for the race: one on the Wellington Straight and one on the Hangar Straight. After the 2013 race, artificial grass was removed at the exits at three corners, the inside side barrier at the entrance to Brooklands corner was enlarged, and circuit drainage was improved. After the two weeks earlier, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led the World Drivers' Championship with 165 championship points, ahead of his second-placed teammate Lewis Hamilton with 136 championship points.
Daniel Ricciardo of the Red Bull team was third with 83 championship points, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso followed close behind in fourth with 79 championship points. Sebastian Vettel, in the second Red Bull car, was fifth with 60 championship points. Mercedes led the World Constructors' Championship with 301 championship points with Red Bull second with 143 championship points, Ferrari with 98 championship points, and Force India with 87 championship points battling Williams with 85 championship points for fourth position.
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