2014 British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit on 6 Jul 2014 for Mercedes, from 6th on the grid; Valtteri Bottas was second and Daniel Ricciardo third. Pole position: Nico Rosberg.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 29 of 52, from Nico Rosberg; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 3). Hamilton stopped 2 times, on laps 24 and 41; 12 of 17 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 26. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:37.176 on lap 26. 17 of 22 starters were classified; 5 retired or were not classified. After the race Nico Rosberg led the championship with 165 points, 4 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 10 rounds left.

Date

6 Jul 2014

Circuit

Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, UK

Round

9 of 19

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Nico Rosberg (1:35.766)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 8 drivers: Max Chilton qualified 13th, started 17th; Esteban Gutiérrez qualified 14th, started 19th; Pastor Maldonado qualified 15th, started 20th; Adrian Sutil qualified 16th, started 13th; Valtteri Bottas qualified 17th, started 14th; Felipe Massa qualified 18th, started 15th; Fernando Alonso qualified 19th, started 16th; Kimi Räikkönen qualified 20th, started 18th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 24, 41), stints of 24, 17, 11 laps

2nd

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 31), stints of 31, 21 laps

3rd

Daniel Ricciardo: 1 stop (lap 15), stints of 15, 37 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 12 · 2 stops: 5

First stops

median lap 26 of 52

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2014 standings