It was looking like another standard, garden variety 1-2 finish for Mercedes at the 2014 British Grand Prix in Silverstone, when current Formula One season leader Nico Rosberg took a commanding six-second lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton after Hamilton began the race in sixth due to poor qualification. But after having built up that big lead 29 laps in, Rosberg suffered his first mechanical issue of the year when his gearbox failed – allowing Hamilton to breeze home as the easy winner – by 30 seconds – over distant runner-up Valtteri Bottas of Williams-Mercedes with Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo edging out McLaren’s Jenson Button for the final podium spot. Four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel claimed fifth.
The race was delayed an hour after Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen collided with Williams-Mercedes’s Felipe Massa – knocking both of them out on the first lap and bringing out the safety crew. While 17 cars finished the race – only nine were on the lead lap at the end.
In the season point standings, Rosberg extends the season lead over Hamilton with 165 points to Hamilton’s 161 followed by Daniel Ricciardo in a distant third with 98 points.
The 2014 Formula One racing season continues with the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim on July 20, 2014.
2014 British Grand Prix Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 52 2:26:52.094 6 25
2 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 52 +30.1 secs 14 18
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 52 +46.4 secs 8 15
4 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 52 +47.3 secs 3 12
5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 52 +53.8 secs 2 10
6 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 52 +59.9 secs 16 8
7 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 52 +62.5 secs 5 6
8 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 52 +88.6 secs 4 4
9 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 52 +89.3 secs 9 2
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 51 +1 Lap 10 1
11 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 51 +1 Lap 7
12 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 51 +1 Lap 11
13 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 51 +1 Lap 13
14 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 51 +1 Lap 12
15 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 50 +2 Laps 22
16 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 50 +2 Laps 17
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 49 Exhaust 20
Ret 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 28 Gearbox 1
Ret 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 11 Suspension damage 21
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 9 Accident 19
Ret 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 0 Accident 15
Ret 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0 Accident 18
