2014 Spanish Grand Prix

2014 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 5 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One World Championship
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A track map of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The track has 16 corners, which range in sharpness from hairpins to gentle, sweeping turns. There are two long straights that link the corners together. The pit lane splits off from the track on the inside of Turn 16, and rejoins the track after the start-finish straight.
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Race details[1]
Date 11 May 2014
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2014[2]
Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.655 km (2.892 miles)
Distance 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.825[n 1] miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 91,480
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:25.232
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:28.918 on lap 55
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Mercedes
Third
Red Bull Racing-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2014 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2014) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 May 2014 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship, the 44th Spanish Grand Prix held as part of the championship, and the 24th in Barcelona. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the 66-lap race from pole position. His teammate Nico Rosberg finished second and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took third.

Hamilton won the 35th pole position of his career by recording the fastest lap in qualifying. He led the race until his first pit stop at the end of lap 18, promoting Rosberg to first place for the next three laps. Hamilton's Mercedes had oversteer and understeer as Rosberg retook the lead for two laps when Hamilton made a second pit stop on the 43rd lap. He drew to less than a second behind Hamilton by lap 59. Hamilton responded by increasing his speed when he switched to a higher-powered engine setting to keep Rosberg behind for his fourth victory in succession in 2014 and the 26th of his career.

The race result left Hamilton with 100 points and the lead of the World Drivers' Championship for the first time since 2012. His teammate Rosberg fell to second and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso remained in third. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull moved to fourth and Ricciardo advanced from sixth to fifth. Mercedes further increased its advantage over Red Bull atop the Constructors Championship to 114 points. Ferrari passed Force India for third and Williams moved to fifth with fourteen races left in the season.

  1. ^ "2014 Spanish Grand Prix: LVI Gran Premio de España Pirelli". Chicane F1. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Disponibles los horarios del Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Pirelli 2014" [Schedules available for Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix Pirelli 2014]. Sport. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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