Round 1 · 2014

Australian Grand Prix

CircuitAlbert ParkLocationMelbourne, AustraliaDates14 Mar – 16 Mar 2014Final

WinnerROSMercedes · from P3

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:32.478Rosberg · L19

Most laps led56Rosberg

Biggest gain+10Bottas P15→P5

Retirements8of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	3	+2	57	1:32:58.710 FL	2	25
2	Kevin Magnussen MAG	McLaren	4	+2	57	+26.780	2	18
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	10	+7	57	+30.030	2	15
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	5	+1	57	+35.280	2	12
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	15	+10	57	+47.640	2	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	7	+1	57	+50.720	2	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	11	+4	57	+57.680	2	6
8	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	6	-2	57	+1:00.440	2	4
9	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	8	-1	57	+1:03.590	2	2
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	16	+6	57	+1:25.920	3	1
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Sauber	13	+2	56	+1 lap	1
12	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	20	+8	56	+1 lap	2
13	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	17	+4	55	+2 laps	2
14	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	18	+4	49	+8 laps	2
—	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	9		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—		3	DNF · L3	1
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1		2	DNF · L2	0
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	22		43	DNF · L43	2
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Caterham	14		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	21		29	DNF · L29	1
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	2		57	DSQ	2
—	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Caterham	19		27	DNF · L27	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	22
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	21
4	Kevin Magnussen MAG	McLaren	—	—	—	19
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	21
6	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	21
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	20
8	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	20
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	21
10	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	19
11	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	13
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	13
13	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	13
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Sauber	—	—	—	12
15	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Caterham	—	—	—	13
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	13
17	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	5
18	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	5
19	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	—	—	—	7
20	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Caterham	—	—	—	5
21	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	6
22	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	—	—	—	3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:29.375	15
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:30.766	20
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:30.876	11
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:30.919	13
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:30.970	13
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:30.978	16
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:31.156	12
8	Kevin Magnussen MAG	McLaren	1:31.251	22
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:31.665	17
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:31.723	20
11	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:31.925	17
12	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:32.255	14
13	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:32.417	16
14	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:34.184	15
15	Adrian Sutil SUT	Sauber	1:34.188	16
16	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Caterham	1:34.413	19
17	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:34.717	15
18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	1:34.754	15
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Caterham	1:36.159	21
20	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	2
21	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	—	2
22	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:29.625	37
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:29.782	31
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:30.132	28
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:30.381	41
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:30.510	33
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:30.538	38
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:30.898	32
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:30.920	38
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	McLaren	1:31.031	34
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:31.054	33
11	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:31.060	35
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:31.119	31
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:31.283	36
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Sauber	1:32.355	36
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:32.468	26
16	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:32.495	36
17	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:33.486	29
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:33.646	12
19	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:34.757	29
20	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Caterham	—	1
21	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Caterham	—	0
22	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:31.840	20
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:32.357	23
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:32.403	27
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:32.431	19
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:32.599	26
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:32.604	17
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:32.793	10
8	Kevin Magnussen MAG	McLaren	1:32.847	28
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:32.977	19
10	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:33.446	30
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:33.533	23
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:33.855	24
13	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:34.272	27
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Sauber	1:35.578	7
15	Adrian Sutil SUT	Sauber	1:36.445	13
16	Jules Bianchi BIA	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.859	6
17	Max Chilton CHI	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.922	4
18	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Caterham	—	1
19	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	1
20	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Caterham	—	1
21	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Lotus F1	—	2
22	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	0

Session schedule

Practice 1Final14 Mar 2014 01:30 UTC

Practice 2Final14 Mar 2014 05:30 UTC

Practice 3Final15 Mar 2014 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal15 Mar 2014 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal16 Mar 2014 06:00 UTC

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Red Bull Racing	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
McLaren	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Jenson Button BUT
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Toro Rosso	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	—	Daniil Kvyat KVY
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Williams	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Sauber	Adrian Sutil SUT	—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT
Caterham	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Max Chilton CHI	—	Jules Bianchi BIA
Lotus F1	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Pastor Maldonado MAL

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2013	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	7
2012	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2
2011	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4
2009	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	1
2008	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1
2006	Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	3