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2014 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 57 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2014 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 898th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes571hr 32m 58.710s25
DQ (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault57+24.526s 
2+2(DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes57+26.777s18
3+7(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes57+30.027s15
4+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari57+35.284s12
5+10(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes57+47.639s10
6+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes57+50.718s8
7+4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari57+57.675s6
8-2(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault57+1m 00.441s4
9-1(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault57+1m 03.585s2
10+6(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes57+1m 25.916s1
11+2(DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari56+1 lap 
12+8(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari56+1 lap 
13PL(GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari55+2 laps 
NC (FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari49+8 laps 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault43DNF 
R (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault29DNF 
R (SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault27DNF 
R (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault3DNF 
R (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes2DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes0DNF 
R (JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified post-race for exceeding the maximum fuel limit during the race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
3 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
4 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes
5 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6 (FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
8 (RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault
9 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
10 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
11 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
12 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
13 (DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari
14 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault
15-5(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
16 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
17   
18   
19 (SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault
20-5(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari
21 (VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault
Started from the pit lane
  (GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari
  (FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari
  (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault

Notes

  • Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Gutierrez received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:44.231 
2(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:44.5480.317
3(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:44.5950.364
4(DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:45.7451.514
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:45.8191.588
6(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault1:45.8641.633
7(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:46.0301.799
8(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault1:47.3683.137
9(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:48.0793.848
10(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:48.1473.916
Q2
11(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:44.437 
12(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:44.494 
13(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:44.688 
14(DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:45.655 
15(JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:45.867 
16(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:47.293 
Q1
17(GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:34.293 
18(FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:34.794 
19(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:35.117 
20(SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:35.157 
21(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:36.993 
22(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg25
2(DNK) Kevin Magnussen18
3(GBR) Jenson Button15
4(ESP) Fernando Alonso12
5(FIN) Valtteri Bottas10
6(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg8
7(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen6
8(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne4
9(RUS) Daniil Kvyat2
10(MEX) Sergio Perez1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes33
2Mercedes25
3Ferrari18
4Williams-Mercedes10
5Force India-Mercedes9
6Toro Rosso-Renault6

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Marcus Ericsson (first Swedish driver to start a race since 1991)
Daniil Kvyat
Kevin Magnussen (first Danish driver to start a race since 2003)
Wins
4th for Nico Rosberg
14th for Mercedes
Podiums
50th and last for Jenson Button (14th driver to score 50 podiums, 4th British driver; first podium since 2012)
12th for Nico Rosberg
1st for Kevin Magnussen (203rd different podium finisher, 1st Danish driver)
484th & 485th for McLaren (last until 2019)
33rd for Mercedes
Poles
32nd for Lewis Hamilton
18th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
5th for Nico Rosberg (first since 2012)
14th for Mercedes
Front row starts
58th for Lewis Hamilton
1st for Daniel Ricciardo (147th different front row starter, 4th Australian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Kevin Magnussen (324th different point scorer, 2nd Danish driver)
1st for Daniil Kvyat (325th different point scorer, 2nd Russian driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Nico Rosberg (66th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 5th German driver)