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2014 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 44 laps
Round15 of 19
Race numbers

The 2014 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 912th World Championship race
  • 30th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Suzuka
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes441hr 51m 43.021s25
2-1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes44+9.180s18
3+6(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault44+29.122s15
4+2(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault44+38.818s12
5+3(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes44+1m 07.550s10
6-3(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes44+1m 53.773s8
7-3(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes44+1m 55.126s6
8+5(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes44+1m 55.948s4
9+11(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault44+2m 07.638s2
10+1(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes43+1 lap1
11+1(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault43+1 lap 
12-2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari43+1 lap 
13+2(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari43+1 lap 
14-7(DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes43+1 lap 
15+1(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault43+1 lap 
16+6(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault43+1 lap 
17 (SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
18+3(GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari43+1 lap 
19 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault43+1 lap 
20-2(FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari41DNF 
21-7(DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari40DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari2DNF 

Notes

  • Jules Bianchi ended lap 41 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Adrian Sutil ended lap 40 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
4 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
5 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
6 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault
7 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
9 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
10 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
11 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
12 (RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault
13 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14 (DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari
15 (MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari
16 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
17 (SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault
18 (FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari
19 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault
20-10(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault
21 (GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari
22-10(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault

Notes

  • Jean-Eric Vergne and Pastor Maldonado received 10-place grid penalties for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:32.506 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:32.7030.197
3(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:33.1280.622
4(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:33.5271.021
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:33.7401.234
6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-Renault1:34.0751.569
7(DNK) Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.2421.736
8(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.3171.811
9(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:34.4321.926
10(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:34.5482.042
Q2
11(FRA) Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Renault1:34.984 
12(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:35.089 
13(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault1:35.092 
14(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:35.099 
15(DEU) Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:35.364 
16(MEX) Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:35.681 
Q1
17(VEN) Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:35.917 
18(FRA) Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:35.984 
19(SWE) Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:36.813 
20(FRA) Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:36.943 
21(JPN) Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:37.015 
22(GBR) Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:37.481 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Roberto MerhiCaterham-Renault
(NLD) Max VerstappenToro Rosso-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton266
2(DEU) Nico Rosberg256
3(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo193
4(DEU) Sebastian Vettel139
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso133
6(FIN) Valtteri Bottas130
7(GBR) Jenson Button82
8(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg76
9(BRA) Felipe Massa71
10(MEX) Sergio Perez46
11(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen45
12(DNK) Kevin Magnussen39
13(FRA) Jean-Eric Vergne21
14(FRA) Romain Grosjean8
15(RUS) Daniil Kvyat8
16(FRA) Jules Bianchi2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes522
2Red Bull-Renault332
3Williams-Mercedes201
4Ferrari178
5Force India-Mercedes122
6McLaren-Mercedes121
7Toro Rosso-Renault29
8Lotus-Renault8
9Marussia-Ferrari2

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Jules Bianchi
Wins
30th for Lewis Hamilton (7th driver to win 30 races, 2nd British driver)
25th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
13th for Mercedes
Podiums
66th for Lewis Hamilton
66th for Sebastian Vettel (last for Red Bull)
23rd for Nico Rosberg
115th for Red Bull
55th & 56th for Mercedes
Poles
12th for Nico Rosberg
31st for Mercedes
1-2 start
15th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
19th for Lewis Hamilton
24th for Mercedes
Front row starts
68th for Lewis Hamilton
20th for Nico Rosberg (40th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 3rd German driver)
Win & fastest lap
9th for Lewis Hamilton