Race · Round 19 of 19 · 23 November 2014

2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Yas Marina Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Sir Lewis Hamilton.

Dry · High of 31 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W05	2	55	Finished	50
2	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW36	4	55	Finished	36
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW36	3	55	Finished	30
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB10	PL	55	Finished	24	fastest lap
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-29	6	55	Finished	20
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM07	12	55	Finished	16
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM07	11	55	Finished	12
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB10	PL	55	Finished	8
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F14 T	8	55	Finished	4
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F14 T	7	55	Finished	2
11	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	MP4-29	9	55	Finished	0
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	10	55	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E22	18	54	Finished	0
14	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W05	1	54	Finished	0
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C33	14	54	Finished	0
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	C33	13	54	Finished	0
17	Will Stevens	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	17	54	Finished	0
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	16	42	Vibrations	0
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E22	15	26	Engine	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	5	14	Driveshaft	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-1 · 5.554 km · 21 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	55
Felipe Massa	4	2	55
Valtteri Bottas	3	3	55
Daniel Ricciardo	PL	4	55
Jenson Button	6	5	55
Nico Hulkenberg	12	6	55
Sergio Perez	11	7	55
Sebastian Vettel	PL	8	55
Fernando Alonso	8	9	55
Kimi Raikkonen	7	10	55
Kevin Magnussen	9	11	55
Jean-Éric Vergne	10	12	55
Romain Grosjean	18	13	54
Nico Rosberg	1	14	54
Esteban Gutierrez	14	15	54
Adrian Sutil	13	16	54
Will Stevens	17	17	54
Kamui Kobayashi	16	DNF	42
Pastor Maldonado	15	DNF	26
Daniil Kvyat	5	DNF	14

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:41.308	1:41.459	1:40.480	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:41.207	1:40.920	1:40.866	+0.386	21 m	+0.386
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:42.346	1:41.376	1:41.025	+0.545	30 m	+0.159
4	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:41.475	1:41.144	1:41.119	+0.639	35 m	+0.094
5	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:42.302	1:42.082	1:41.908	+1.428	79 m	+0.789
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.137	1:41.875	1:41.964	+1.484	82 m	+0.056
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:42.439	1:42.168	1:42.236	+1.756	97 m	+0.272
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:42.467	1:41.940	1:42.866	+2.386	132 m	+0.630
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:42.104	1:42.198	—	—	70 m	—
10	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:42.413	1:42.207	—	—	71 m	—
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.654	1:42.239	—	—	73 m	—
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:42.444	1:42.384	—	—	81 m	—
13	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:42.746	1:43.074	—	—	119 m	—
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:42.768	—	—	—	86 m	—
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:42.819	—	—	—	88 m	—
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:42.860	—	—	—	91 m	—
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:44.540	—	—	—	183 m	—
18	Will Stevens	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	46	1:45.095	—	—	—	213 m	—
EX	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:42.204	1:41.692	1:41.267	—	44 m	—
EX	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:42.495	1:42.147	1:41.893	—	78 m	—

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

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. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	55	2	10, 31	21.9, 21.9
Felipe Massa	2	55	2	13, 43	22.1, 22.0
Valtteri Bottas	3	55	2	10, 35	21.7, 22.0
Daniel Ricciardo	4	55	2	27, 47	21.7, 21.6
Jenson Button	5	55	2	6, 28	22.6, 22.0
Nico Hulkenberg	6	55	2	15, 37	27.4, 21.6
Sergio Perez	7	55	2	14, 41	22.0, 22.3
Sebastian Vettel	8	55	2	21, 46	23.1, 21.6
Fernando Alonso	9	55	2	5, 27	21.6, 22.1
Kimi Raikkonen	10	55	2	6, 26	21.5, 22.2
Kevin Magnussen	11	55	2	21, 29	22.1, 21.6
Jean-Éric Vergne	12	55	3	13, 30, 44	22.9, 22.8, 22.3
Romain Grosjean	13	54	3	1, 8, 21	16.1, 21.7, 21.6
Nico Rosberg	14	54	2	11, 34	21.7, 24.1
Esteban Gutierrez	15	54	2	7, 28	23.1, 23.3
Adrian Sutil	16	54	3	5, 22, 37	22.5, 22.3, 22.2
Will Stevens	17	54	2	14, 37	24.1, 23.5
Kamui Kobayashi	DNF	42	2	15, 36	24.4, 22.4
Pastor Maldonado	DNF	26	1	7	22.0
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	14	1	6	24.2

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

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	14 · 1	11 · 10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa	2 · 4	1 · 2	10 · 13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 3	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	3 · 4	3 · 2	10 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 12	5 · 6	6 · 15	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 7	5 · 10	6 · 6	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	11 · 12	7 · 6	14 · 15	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Adrian Sutil	12 · 13	6 · 16	15 · 5	Adrian Sutil	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	12 · 7	13 · 14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso	7 · 8	10 · 9	6 · 5	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Kevin Magnussen	8 · 9	9 · 11	5 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Kevin Magnussen	7 · 9	10 · 11	6 · 21	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Jean-Éric Vergne	9 · 10	11 · 12	21 · 13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Jean-Éric Vergne · Romain Grosjean	10 · 18	12 · 13	13 · 1	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Romain Grosjean	1 · 18	14 · 13	11 · 1	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Will Stevens · Romain Grosjean	17 · 18	17 · 13	14 · 1	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Esteban Gutierrez	1 · 14	14 · 15	11 · 7	Esteban Gutierrez	Kept their order
Adrian Sutil · Esteban Gutierrez	13 · 14	16 · 15	5 · 7	Adrian Sutil	Swapped places
Adrian Sutil · Will Stevens	13 · 17	16 · 17	5 · 14	Adrian Sutil	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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:43.476	—	0 m	—	32
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:43.609	+0.133	7 m	+0.133	31
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:45.184	+1.708	92 m	+1.575	22
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:45.334	+1.858	100 m	+0.150	30
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:45.361	+1.885	101 m	+0.027	23
6	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:45.718	+2.242	120 m	+0.357	17
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:45.835	+2.359	127 m	+0.117	32
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:45.913	+2.437	131 m	+0.078	8
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:45.983	+2.507	135 m	+0.070	23
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:46.030	+2.554	137 m	+0.047	24
11	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:46.049	+2.573	138 m	+0.019	23
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:46.131	+2.655	143 m	+0.082	23
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:46.549	+3.073	165 m	+0.418	7
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:46.556	+3.080	165 m	+0.007	28
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:46.711	+3.235	174 m	+0.155	31
16	Esteban Ocon	Lotus F1 Team	31	1:47.066	+3.590	193 m	+0.355	29
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:47.235	+3.759	202 m	+0.169	8
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:47.971	+4.495	241 m	+0.736	24
19	Adderly Fong (never started a Grand Prix)	Sauber	37	1:48.269	+4.793	257 m	+0.298	25
20	Will Stevens	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	46	1:50.684	+7.208	387 m	+2.415	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:42.113	—	0 m	—	35
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:42.196	+0.083	5 m	+0.083	37
3	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:42.895	+0.782	43 m	+0.699	37
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:42.959	+0.846	46 m	+0.064	33
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:43.070	+0.957	52 m	+0.111	34
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:43.183	+1.070	58 m	+0.113	32
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:43.489	+1.376	75 m	+0.306	33
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:43.503	+1.390	76 m	+0.014	23
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:43.546	+1.433	78 m	+0.043	38
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:43.558	+1.445	79 m	+0.012	34
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:43.746	+1.633	89 m	+0.188	37
12	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:44.005	+1.892	103 m	+0.259	38
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:44.068	+1.955	106 m	+0.063	32
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:44.157	+2.044	111 m	+0.089	39
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:44.316	+2.203	120 m	+0.159	38
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:44.763	+2.650	144 m	+0.447	37
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:44.986	+2.873	156 m	+0.223	35
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:45.505	+3.392	184 m	+0.519	38
19	Will Stevens	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	46	1:47.057	+4.944	269 m	+1.552	34
20	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:41.424	—	0 m	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:41.793	+0.369	20 m	+0.369	17
3	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:42.429	+1.005	55 m	+0.636	18
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:42.653	+1.229	67 m	+0.224	8
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:42.679	+1.255	69 m	+0.026	19
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:42.768	+1.344	74 m	+0.089	20
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:42.773	+1.349	74 m	+0.005	14
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:42.794	+1.370	75 m	+0.021	19
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:42.809	+1.385	76 m	+0.015	20
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:43.038	+1.614	88 m	+0.229	14
11	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:43.112	+1.688	92 m	+0.074	13
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:43.352	+1.928	106 m	+0.240	20
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:43.360	+1.936	106 m	+0.008	19
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:43.501	+2.077	114 m	+0.141	18
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:43.643	+2.219	122 m	+0.142	24
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:43.718	+2.294	126 m	+0.075	17
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:43.778	+2.354	129 m	+0.060	18
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:44.022	+2.598	142 m	+0.244	22
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:45.044	+3.620	198 m	+1.022	16
20	Will Stevens	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	46	1:45.959	+4.535	248 m	+0.915	21

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 19 of 2014
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Nov 2014
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 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.