Race · Round 4 of 19 · 20 April 2014

2014 Chinese Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Shanghai International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 18 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2220 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W05	1	54	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W05	4	54	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F14 T	5	54	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB10	2	54	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB10	3	54	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM07	8	54	Finished	8
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW36	7	54	Finished	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	F14 T	11	54	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM07	16	54	Finished	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	13	53	Finished	1
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-29	12	53	Finished	0
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR9	9	53	Finished	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	MP4-29	15	53	Finished	0
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	E22	22	53	Finished	0
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW36	6	53	Finished	0
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	C33	17	53	Finished	0
17	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	19	53	Finished	0
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	18	53	Finished	0
19	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MR03	21	52	Finished	0
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	CT05	20	52	Finished	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	E22	10	28	Gearbox	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	C33	14	5	Engine	0

F1DB layout shanghai-1 · 5.451 km · 16 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	1	1	54
Nico Rosberg	4	2	54
Fernando Alonso	5	3	54
Daniel Ricciardo	2	4	54
Sebastian Vettel	3	5	54
Nico Hulkenberg	8	6	54
Valtteri Bottas	7	7	54
Kimi Raikkonen	11	8	54
Sergio Perez	16	9	54
Daniil Kvyat	13	10	53
Jenson Button	12	11	53
Jean-Éric Vergne	9	12	53
Kevin Magnussen	15	13	53
Pastor Maldonado	22	14	53
Felipe Massa	6	15	53
Esteban Gutierrez	17	16	53
Jules Bianchi	19	17	53
Kamui Kobayashi	18	18	53
Max Chilton	21	19	52
Marcus Ericsson	20	20	52
Romain Grosjean	10	DNF	28
Adrian Sutil	14	DNF	5

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:55.516	1:54.029	1:53.860	—	0 m	—
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:56.641	1:55.302	1:54.455	+0.595	28 m	+0.595
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:55.926	1:54.499	1:54.960	+1.100	53 m	+0.505
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:56.058	1:55.294	1:55.143	+1.283	61 m	+0.183
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:56.961	1:55.765	1:55.637	+1.777	85 m	+0.494
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:56.850	1:56.757	1:56.147	+2.287	109 m	+0.510
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:56.501	1:56.253	1:56.282	+2.422	116 m	+0.135
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:55.913	1:56.847	1:56.366	+2.506	120 m	+0.084
9	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:57.477	1:56.584	1:56.773	+2.913	139 m	+0.407
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:58.411	1:56.407	1:57.079	+3.219	154 m	+0.306
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:58.279	1:56.860	—	—	135 m	—
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:57.783	1:56.963	—	—	140 m	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:57.261	1:57.289	—	—	156 m	—
14	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:58.138	1:57.393	—	—	161 m	—
15	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:57.369	1:57.675	—	—	174 m	—
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:58.362	1:58.264	—	—	202 m	—
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:58.988	—	—	—	164 m	—
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:59.260	—	—	—	177 m	—
19	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:59.326	—	—	—	180 m	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	2:00.646	—	—	—	242 m	—
21	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	2:00.865	—	—	—	252 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

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.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	54	2	17, 38	23.0, 24.0
Nico Rosberg	2	54	2	13, 37	23.3, 23.1
Fernando Alonso	3	54	2	11, 33	22.8, 22.9
Daniel Ricciardo	4	54	2	15, 37	23.2, 22.5
Sebastian Vettel	5	54	2	12, 34	22.6, 22.2
Nico Hulkenberg	6	54	2	11, 31	23.4, 22.8
Valtteri Bottas	7	54	2	12, 31	24.8, 23.6
Kimi Raikkonen	8	54	2	10, 31	23.0, 23.3
Sergio Perez	9	54	2	10, 30	22.9, 23.6
Daniil Kvyat	10	53	2	14, 31	23.5, 23.6
Jenson Button	11	53	2	7, 28	22.4, 22.5
Jean-Éric Vergne	12	53	2	15, 32	24.1, 24.4
Kevin Magnussen	13	53	2	17, 31	23.7, 22.6
Pastor Maldonado	14	53	2	11, 32	24.0, 23.0
Felipe Massa	15	53	2	10, 31	78.3, 23.8
Esteban Gutierrez	16	53	3	14, 27, 40	23.0, 23.3, 22.7
Jules Bianchi	17	53	2	11, 28	24.8, 24.3
Kamui Kobayashi	18	53	3	11, 30, 40	24.9, 25.4, 24.7
Max Chilton	19	52	3	12, 32, 48	23.8, 23.9, 23.9
Marcus Ericsson	20	52	3	10, 27, 42	23.7, 23.7, 24.0
Romain Grosjean	DNF	28	1	9	23.2
Adrian Sutil	DNF	5	0	None recorded	—

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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 4	1 · 2	17 · 13	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 2	1 · 4	17 · 15	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg	3 · 4	5 · 2	12 · 13	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	2 · 3	13 · 11	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	4 · 3	15 · 11	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Felipe Massa	5 · 6	3 · 15	11 · 10	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	4 · 5	15 · 12	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Nico Hulkenberg	3 · 8	5 · 6	12 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	7 · 6	12 · 11	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jean-Éric Vergne	8 · 9	6 · 12	11 · 15	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas	6 · 7	15 · 7	10 · 12	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 11	7 · 8	12 · 10	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	11 · 16	8 · 9	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	11 · 12	8 · 11	10 · 7	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Sergio Perez	13 · 16	10 · 9	14 · 10	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Sergio Perez	15 · 16	13 · 9	17 · 10	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Esteban Gutierrez	16 · 17	9 · 16	10 · 14	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Daniil Kvyat	12 · 13	11 · 10	7 · 14	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Jenson Button	9 · 12	12 · 11	15 · 7	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jean-Éric Vergne · Kevin Magnussen	9 · 15	12 · 13	15 · 17	Jean-Éric Vergne	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Pastor Maldonado	15 · 22	13 · 14	17 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Pastor Maldonado	6 · 22	15 · 14	10 · 11	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Max Chilton · Pastor Maldonado	21 · 22	19 · 14	12 · 11	Pastor Maldonado	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Esteban Gutierrez	6 · 17	15 · 16	10 · 14	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Jules Bianchi	17 · 19	16 · 17	14 · 11	Jules Bianchi	Kept their order
Esteban Gutierrez · Kamui Kobayashi	17 · 18	16 · 18	14 · 11	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Jules Bianchi	18 · 19	18 · 17	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Jules Bianchi · Marcus Ericsson	19 · 20	17 · 20	11 · 10	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Kamui Kobayashi · Max Chilton	18 · 21	18 · 19	11 · 12	Kamui Kobayashi	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Max Chilton	20 · 21	20 · 19	10 · 12	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places

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	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:39.783	—	0 m	—	20
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:40.181	+0.398	22 m	+0.398	16
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:40.772	+0.989	54 m	+0.591	23
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:40.970	+1.187	65 m	+0.198	23
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:41.175	+1.392	76 m	+0.205	16
6	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:41.366	+1.583	86 m	+0.191	20
7	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:41.505	+1.722	94 m	+0.139	26
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:41.560	+1.777	97 m	+0.055	9
9	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:41.629	+1.846	101 m	+0.069	19
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:41.699	+1.916	105 m	+0.070	14
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:41.977	+2.194	120 m	+0.278	23
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:42.090	+2.307	126 m	+0.113	24
13	Felipe Nasr	Williams	40	1:42.265	+2.482	136 m	+0.175	13
14	Giedo van der Garde	Sauber	36	1:42.615	+2.832	155 m	+0.350	16
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:42.733	+2.950	161 m	+0.118	13
16	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:43.731	+3.948	216 m	+0.998	22
17	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:44.038	+4.255	232 m	+0.307	16
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:44.162	+4.379	239 m	+0.124	17
19	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:44.270	+4.487	245 m	+0.108	7
20	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:44.782	+4.999	273 m	+0.512	20
21	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:44.835	+5.052	276 m	+0.053	22
22	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	—	—	—	—	1

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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:38.315	—	0 m	—	25
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	1:38.456	+0.141	8 m	+0.141	28
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:38.726	+0.411	23 m	+0.270	30
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.811	+0.496	28 m	+0.085	30
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:39.015	+0.700	39 m	+0.204	31
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.118	+0.803	45 m	+0.103	25
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:39.283	+0.968	54 m	+0.165	25
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:39.491	+1.176	65 m	+0.208	29
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:39.537	+1.222	68 m	+0.046	36
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:39.648	+1.333	74 m	+0.111	26
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.736	+1.421	79 m	+0.088	30
12	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	1:39.744	+1.429	79 m	+0.008	29
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:39.759	+1.444	80 m	+0.015	28
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.830	+1.515	84 m	+0.071	25
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:40.124	+1.809	100 m	+0.294	32
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:40.359	+2.044	113 m	+0.235	32
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:40.395	+2.080	115 m	+0.036	30
18	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:40.455	+2.140	119 m	+0.060	12
19	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:42.327	+4.012	222 m	+1.872	27
20	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:43.473	+5.158	286 m	+1.146	30
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:43.530	+5.215	289 m	+0.057	32
22	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:43.679	+5.364	297 m	+0.149	32

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	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:53.958	—	0 m	—	5
2	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:54.492	+0.534	26 m	+0.534	5
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	8	1:54.514	+0.556	27 m	+0.022	4
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:55.032	+1.074	51 m	+0.518	6
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:55.062	+1.104	53 m	+0.030	4
6	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	13	1:55.228	+1.270	61 m	+0.166	12
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:55.235	+1.277	61 m	+0.007	7
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:55.381	+1.423	68 m	+0.146	5
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:55.673	+1.715	82 m	+0.292	4
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:56.019	+2.061	99 m	+0.346	6
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1	1:56.233	+2.275	109 m	+0.214	8
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	25	1:56.380	+2.422	116 m	+0.147	9
13	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	99	1:56.760	+2.802	134 m	+0.380	8
14	Max Chilton	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	4	1:56.841	+2.883	138 m	+0.081	13
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	21	1:57.468	+3.510	168 m	+0.627	9
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	10	1:57.812	+3.854	184 m	+0.344	12
17	Jules Bianchi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	17	1:57.976	+4.018	192 m	+0.164	14
18	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	9	1:59.507	+5.549	265 m	+1.531	6
19	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	—	—	—	—	4
20	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	20	—	—	—	—	3
21	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	14	—	—	—	—	1
22	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	—	3

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: 4 of 2014
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 20 Apr 2014
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.