Race · Round 1 of 19 ·
2014 Australian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg won for Mercedes from 3rd on the grid at Albert Park. 9 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Kevin Magnussen.
Dry, with cloud · High of 20 °C, 0.9 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
How it is modelled
ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- Circuit
- Albert ParkMelbourne, Australia
- Winner
- Nico RosbergMercedes
- Fastest lap
- Nico Rosberg
- Entries
- 2213 classified
Classification
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:31.699 | 1:42.890 | 1:44.231 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:30.775 | 1:42.295 | 1:44.548 | +0.317 | 16 m | +0.317 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 1:32.564 | 1:42.264 | 1:44.595 | +0.364 | 19 m | +0.047 |
| 4 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 20 | 1:30.949 | 1:43.247 | 1:45.745 | +1.514 | 77 m | +1.150 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 14 | 1:31.388 | 1:42.805 | 1:45.819 | +1.588 | 81 m | +0.074 |
| 6 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 25 | 1:33.488 | 1:43.849 | 1:45.864 | +1.633 | 83 m | +0.045 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 1:33.893 | 1:43.658 | 1:46.030 | +1.799 | 92 m | +0.166 |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 26 | 1:33.777 | 1:44.331 | 1:47.368 | +3.137 | 160 m | +1.338 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:31.228 | 1:44.242 | 1:48.079 | +3.848 | 196 m | +0.711 |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | 1:31.601 | 1:43.852 | 1:48.147 | +3.916 | 199 m | +0.068 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 1:31.396 | 1:44.437 | — | — | 113 m | — |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:32.439 | 1:44.494 | — | — | 116 m | — |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:31.931 | 1:44.668 | — | — | 125 m | — |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 99 | 1:33.673 | 1:45.655 | — | — | 176 m | — |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 10 | 1:34.274 | 1:45.867 | — | — | 187 m | — |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:34.141 | 1:47.293 | — | — | 261 m | — |
| 17 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 4 | 1:34.293 | — | — | — | 206 m | — |
| 18 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 17 | 1:34.794 | — | — | — | 235 m | — |
| 19 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 21 | 1:35.117 | — | — | — | 254 m | — |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 9 | 1:35.157 | — | — | — | 256 m | — |
| 21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:36.993 | — | — | — | 363 m | — |
| NC | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Rosberg · Kevin Magnussen | 3 · 4 | 1 · 2 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Kevin Magnussen · Jenson Button | 4 · 10 | 2 · 3 | 12 · 11 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Kevin Magnussen · Fernando Alonso | 4 · 5 | 2 · 4 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button | 5 · 10 | 4 · 3 | 12 · 11 | Jenson Button | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Kimi Raikkonen | 10 · 11 | 3 · 7 | 11 · 12 | Jenson Button | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Valtteri Bottas | 5 · 15 | 4 · 5 | 12 · 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jean-Éric Vergne | 5 · 6 | 4 · 8 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Valtteri Bottas | 7 · 15 | 6 · 5 | 12 · 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Swapped places |
| Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez | 15 · 16 | 5 · 10 | 10 · 1 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Jean-Éric Vergne · Nico Hulkenberg | 6 · 7 | 8 · 6 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Kimi Raikkonen | 7 · 11 | 6 · 7 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Daniil Kvyat | 7 · 8 | 6 · 9 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Jean-Éric Vergne · Kimi Raikkonen | 6 · 11 | 8 · 7 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Jean-Éric Vergne · Daniil Kvyat | 6 · 8 | 8 · 9 | 12 · 12 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Daniil Kvyat · Sergio Perez | 8 · 16 | 9 · 10 | 12 · 1 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Adrian Sutil · Sergio Perez | 13 · 16 | 11 · 10 | 35 · 1 | Sergio Perez | Swapped places |
| Adrian Sutil · Esteban Gutierrez | 13 · 20 | 11 · 12 | 35 · 1 | Esteban Gutierrez | Kept their order |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.625 | — | 0 m | — | 37 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 1:29.782 | +0.157 | 9 m | +0.157 | 31 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 14 | 1:30.132 | +0.507 | 30 m | +0.350 | 28 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:30.381 | +0.756 | 45 m | +0.249 | 41 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 1:30.510 | +0.885 | 52 m | +0.129 | 33 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:30.538 | +0.913 | 54 m | +0.028 | 38 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:30.898 | +1.273 | 75 m | +0.360 | 32 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | 1:30.920 | +1.295 | 77 m | +0.022 | 38 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 20 | 1:31.031 | +1.406 | 83 m | +0.111 | 34 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 1:31.054 | +1.429 | 85 m | +0.023 | 33 |
| 11 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 25 | 1:31.060 | +1.435 | 85 m | +0.006 | 35 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:31.119 | +1.494 | 88 m | +0.059 | 31 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:31.283 | +1.658 | 98 m | +0.164 | 36 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 99 | 1:32.355 | +2.730 | 162 m | +1.072 | 36 |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 21 | 1:32.468 | +2.843 | 168 m | +0.113 | 26 |
| 16 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 26 | 1:32.495 | +2.870 | 170 m | +0.027 | 36 |
| 17 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 17 | 1:33.486 | +3.861 | 228 m | +0.991 | 29 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | 1:33.646 | +4.021 | 238 m | +0.160 | 12 |
| 19 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 4 | 1:34.757 | +5.132 | 304 m | +1.111 | 29 |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | 1:29.375 | — | 0 m | — | 15 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 22 | 1:30.766 | +1.391 | 83 m | +1.391 | 20 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 14 | 1:30.876 | +1.501 | 89 m | +0.110 | 11 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:30.919 | +1.544 | 92 m | +0.043 | 13 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:30.970 | +1.595 | 95 m | +0.051 | 13 |
| 6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 27 | 1:30.978 | +1.603 | 95 m | +0.008 | 16 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:31.156 | +1.781 | 106 m | +0.178 | 12 |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 20 | 1:31.251 | +1.876 | 111 m | +0.095 | 22 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:31.665 | +2.290 | 136 m | +0.414 | 17 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:31.723 | +2.348 | 139 m | +0.058 | 20 |
| 11 | Daniil Kvyat | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 26 | 1:31.925 | +2.550 | 151 m | +0.202 | 17 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 1 | 1:32.255 | +2.880 | 171 m | +0.330 | 14 |
| 13 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 25 | 1:32.417 | +3.042 | 180 m | +0.162 | 16 |
| 14 | Jules Bianchi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 17 | 1:34.184 | +4.809 | 285 m | +1.767 | 15 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 99 | 1:34.188 | +4.813 | 286 m | +0.004 | 16 |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 10 | 1:34.413 | +5.038 | 299 m | +0.225 | 19 |
| 17 | Max Chilton | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 4 | 1:34.717 | +5.342 | 317 m | +0.304 | 15 |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 Team | 13 | 1:34.754 | +5.379 | 319 m | +0.037 | 15 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 9 | 1:36.159 | +6.784 | 403 m | +1.405 | 21 |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 77 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 21 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 22 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 Team | 8 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid
Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid (Lewis Hamilton) · nhayashida · CC BY 2.0
McLaren MP4-29
Mclaren MP4-29 Jenson Button 2014 F1 Chinese GP · emperornie · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ferrari F14 T
Fernando Alonso 2014 British GP 002 (cropped) · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Williams FW36
Felipe Massa 2014 British GP 013 · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM07
F1 - Force India - Nico Hülkenberg (14428318228) · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Toro Rosso STR9
Daniil Kvyat 2014 British GP 002 (cropped) · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Sauber C33
Adrian Sutil 2014 Singapore FP1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Marussia MR03
Jules Bianchi Bahreïn 2014 · Habeed Hameed · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Caterham CT05
Marcus Ericsson 2014 British GP 001 · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus E22
Lotus E22 Maldonado Silverstone 2014 (3) · Jake Archibald · CC BY 2.0
Red Bull RB10
Sebastian Vettel 2014 China Race (cropped) · emperornie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 1 of 2014
- Grand Prix
- Australian Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Original layout · 5.303 km · 16 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Mercedes
- Entrant
- Mercedes
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.