2014 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

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Times in Africa/Johannesburg

Explore the recorded classification, qualifying and championship context from this weekend.

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Race

2014-04-06 · time TBA

Bahrain International Circuit

Race classification ↓

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Race classification

Understand the points ↗

Race classification · shared drives and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Race · 1:39:42.743 · 57 laps	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Fastest lap · Race · 1:39:43.828 · 57 laps	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Race · 1:40:06.810 · 57 laps	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Race · 1:40:07.232 · 57 laps	12
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Race · 1:40:11.397 · 57 laps	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Race · 1:40:12.622 · 57 laps	8
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	Race · 1:40:14.008 · 57 laps	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Race · 1:40:14.619 · 57 laps	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Race · 1:40:15.338 · 57 laps	2
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Race · 1:40:16.205 · 57 laps	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Race · 1:40:24.085 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Race · 1:40:25.886 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
13	Max Chilton	Marussia	Race · 1:40:42.652 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	Race · 1:40:45.546 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	Race · 1:41:10.643 · 57 laps	Unknown / not applicable
16	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Race · Time not recorded · 56 laps	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	Race · Clutch · Time not recorded · 55 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	Race · Clutch · Time not recorded · 40 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Race · Collision · Time not recorded · 39 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	Race · Oil leak · Time not recorded · 33 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Race · Collision damage · Time not recorded · 18 laps	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	Race · Collision · Time not recorded · 17 laps	Unknown / not applicable

Recorded competitors & entries

Competitors below are evidenced by this weekend's retained race or qualifying observations; this is not an inferred future entry list.

Lewis Hamilton · Mercedes

Nico Rosberg · Mercedes

Sergio Pérez · Force India

Daniel Ricciardo · Red Bull

Nico Hülkenberg · Force India

Sebastian Vettel · Red Bull

Felipe Massa · Williams

Valtteri Bottas · Williams

Fernando Alonso · Ferrari

Kimi Räikkönen · Ferrari

Daniil Kvyat · Toro Rosso

Romain Grosjean · Lotus

Max Chilton · Marussia

Pastor Maldonado · Lotus

Kamui Kobayashi · Caterham

Jules Bianchi · Marussia

Jenson Button · McLaren

Kevin Magnussen · McLaren

Esteban Gutiérrez · Sauber

Marcus Ericsson · Caterham

Jean-Éric Vergne · Toro Rosso

Adrian Sutil · Sauber

Qualifying & starting grid

Qualifying classification

Qualifying order; original formats preserved
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.439 · Q2 1:33.708 · Q3 1:33.185 · 12 laps
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.323 · Q2 1:33.872 · Q3 1:33.464 · 12 laps
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.220 · Q2 1:34.592 · Q3 1:34.051 · 16 laps
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.934 · Q2 1:34.842 · Q3 1:34.247 · 15 laps
5	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.998 · Q2 1:34.747 · Q3 1:34.346 · 19 laps
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.234 · Q2 1:34.925 · Q3 1:34.368 · 15 laps
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.699 · Q2 1:34.714 · Q3 1:34.387 · 17 laps
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.085 · Q2 1:34.842 · Q3 1:34.511 · 14 laps
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.288 · Q2 1:34.904 · Q3 1:34.712 · 17 laps
10	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.251 · Q2 1:34.723 · Q3 1:34.992 · 17 laps
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.549 · Q2 1:34.985 · 9 laps
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Qualifying · Q1 1:34.874 · Q2 1:35.116 · 12 laps
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.395 · Q2 1:35.145 · 14 laps
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Qualifying · Q1 1:35.815 · Q2 1:35.286 · 14 laps
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.567 · Q2 1:35.891 · 14 laps
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.654 · Q2 1:35.908 · 10 laps
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.663 · 7 laps
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	Qualifying · Q1 1:36.840 · 5 laps
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	Qualifying · Q1 1:37.085 · 6 laps
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Qualifying · Q1 1:37.310 · 6 laps
21	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	Qualifying · Q1 1:37.875 · 7 laps
22	Max Chilton	Marussia	Qualifying · Q1 1:37.913 · 6 laps

Starting grid

Official recorded grid; pole awards are separate
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Starting grid · 1:33.185
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Starting grid · 1:33.464
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Starting grid · 1:34.247
4	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Starting grid · 1:34.346
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Starting grid · 1:34.368
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	Starting grid · 1:34.387
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	Starting grid · 1:34.511
8	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	Starting grid · 1:34.712
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Starting grid · 1:34.992
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Starting grid · 1:34.985
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Starting grid · 1:35.116
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Starting grid · 1:35.145
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Starting grid · 1:34.051 · Grid penalty: 10 · 10 places
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Starting grid · 1:35.286
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Starting grid · 1:35.891
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Starting grid · 1:35.908
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	Starting grid · 1:36.663
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	Starting grid · 1:37.085
19	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Starting grid · 1:37.310
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	Starting grid · 1:37.875
21	Max Chilton	Marussia	Starting grid · 1:37.913
22	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	Starting grid · 1:36.840 · Grid penalty: 5 · 5 places

Practice & warm-up results

Practice 1

Practice 1
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:37.502 · 14 laps
2	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:37.733 · 13 laps
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:37.953 · 17 laps
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:38.122 · 10 laps
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:38.636 · 16 laps
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:38.783 · 12 laps
7	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:38.949 · 15 laps
8	Daniil Kvyat	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.056 · 24 laps
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.102 · 21 laps
10	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.389 · 16 laps
11	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.533 · 11 laps
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:39.862 · 26 laps
13	Felipe Nasr	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.078 · 14 laps
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.406 · 19 laps
15	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.652 · 20 laps
16	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.793 · 31 laps
17	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.889 · 20 laps
18	Giedo van der Garde	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:40.913 · 20 laps
19	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:41.036 · 24 laps
20	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:41.794 · 20 laps
21	Robin Frijns	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:42.417 · 35 laps
22	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 1 · 1:42.711 · 21 laps

Practice 2

Practice 2
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.325 · 28 laps
2	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:34.690 · 31 laps
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.360 · 28 laps
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.433 · 28 laps
5	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.442 · 13 laps
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.528 · 21 laps
7	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.606 · 30 laps
8	Daniil Kvyat	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.640 · 31 laps
9	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.662 · 22 laps
10	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.802 · 40 laps
11	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.920 · 9 laps
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.972 · 33 laps
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:35.998 · 18 laps
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.366 · 33 laps
15	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.962 · 13 laps
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:36.975 · 35 laps
17	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.259 · 25 laps
18	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.599 · 23 laps
19	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:37.800 · 15 laps
20	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:38.247 · 10 laps
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:38.257 · 33 laps
22	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 2 · 1:39.136 · 30 laps

Practice 3

Practice 3
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:35.324 · 12 laps
2	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:35.439 · 12 laps
3	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:35.868 · 10 laps
4	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.116 · 10 laps
5	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.364 · 8 laps
6	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.394 · 8 laps
7	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.454 · 12 laps
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.455 · 11 laps
9	Daniil Kvyat	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.680 · 16 laps
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.772 · 13 laps
11	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:36.822 · 8 laps
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:37.030 · 11 laps
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:37.119 · 11 laps
14	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:37.325 · 18 laps
15	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:38.089 · 24 laps
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:38.400 · 17 laps
17	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:38.736 · 15 laps
18	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:38.880 · 21 laps
19	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:38.971 · 18 laps
20	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:39.208 · 17 laps
21	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:39.225 · 8 laps
22	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Practice 3 · 1:39.597 · 14 laps

Fastest laps, pit stops & penalties

Fastest laps

Recorded fastest laps; awards eligibility is separate
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Fastest laps · 1:37.020
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Fastest laps · 1:37.108
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Fastest laps · 1:38.785
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Fastest laps · 1:39.269
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	Fastest laps · 1:39.272
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Fastest laps · 1:39.312
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Fastest laps · 1:39.320
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Fastest laps · 1:39.438
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	Fastest laps · 1:39.443
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	Fastest laps · 1:39.565
11	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	Fastest laps · 1:39.666
12	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Fastest laps · 1:39.732
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	Fastest laps · 1:39.762
14	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	Fastest laps · 1:40.108
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	Fastest laps · 1:40.160
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	Fastest laps · 1:40.698
17	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	Fastest laps · 1:41.134
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	Fastest laps · 1:41.246
19	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	Fastest laps · 1:41.650
20	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	Fastest laps · 1:41.791
21	Max Chilton	Marussia	Fastest laps · 1:41.825
22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	Fastest laps · 1:42.175

Recorded pit stops

Source pit-stop observations
Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jean-Éric Vergne	1	1	33.895
Adrian Sutil	1	7	25.293
Valtteri Bottas	1	10	25.040
Daniil Kvyat	1	10	26.064
Jules Bianchi	1	10	25.756
Marcus Ericsson	1	11	25.367
Max Chilton	1	11	25.858
Fernando Alonso	1	12	25.770
Esteban Gutiérrez	1	12	25.543
Felipe Massa	1	13	24.528
Kimi Räikkönen	1	13	25.009
Romain Grosjean	1	13	25.192
Jules Bianchi	2	13	29.729
Kevin Magnussen	1	14	24.611
Adrian Sutil	2	13	40.747
Jean-Éric Vergne	2	14	25.897
Nico Hülkenberg	1	15	24.757
Kamui Kobayashi	1	15	27.124
Sergio Pérez	1	16	24.697
Sebastian Vettel	1	16	24.964
Jenson Button	1	17	24.476
Daniel Ricciardo	1	18	24.706
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	24.687
Pastor Maldonado	1	19	25.395
Jules Bianchi	3	18	18.989
Nico Rosberg	1	21	24.851
Daniil Kvyat	2	24	25.340
Valtteri Bottas	2	25	25.068
Kevin Magnussen	2	25	24.559
Marcus Ericsson	2	26	25.819
Esteban Gutiérrez	2	27	25.633
Felipe Massa	2	28	25.896
Fernando Alonso	2	28	24.576
Romain Grosjean	2	28	25.032
Max Chilton	2	28	27.233
Jules Bianchi	4	31	25.866
Kimi Räikkönen	2	33	25.415
Sergio Pérez	2	34	24.737
Sebastian Vettel	2	34	26.186
Nico Hülkenberg	2	35	24.440
Jenson Button	2	35	25.245
Daniel Ricciardo	2	35	24.816
Kamui Kobayashi	2	35	26.628
Romain Grosjean	3	37	25.693
Felipe Massa	3	38	24.575
Kevin Magnussen	3	38	25.572
Pastor Maldonado	2	39	26.440
Daniil Kvyat	3	39	25.345
Valtteri Bottas	3	40	25.980
Lewis Hamilton	2	41	25.146
Nico Rosberg	2	41	24.907
Pastor Maldonado	3	40	34.249
Max Chilton	3	40	25.981
Fernando Alonso	3	41	24.493
Kimi Räikkönen	3	41	24.453
Jules Bianchi	5	40	25.383
Pastor Maldonado	4	47	32.874

Recorded time penalties

Grid penalties, where recorded, are shown with the starting grid above.

No separately recorded time penalty is available. This does not certify a penalty-free event or reconstruct steward decisions.

The championship picture

Driver standings after this round

Source-reported retained championship points
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	61
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	50
3	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	28
4	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	26
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	23
6	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	23
7	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	20
8	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	18
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	16
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	12
11	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	12
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	7
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	4
14	Daniil Kvyat	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	3
15	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
16	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
17	Esteban Gutiérrez	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
18	Max Chilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
20	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
20	Pastor Maldonado	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0
22	Jules Bianchi	Not applicable / not recorded	Driver standings · Championship record	0

Constructor standings after this round

Source-reported constructor/engine championship points
Position	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Mercedes Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	111
2	Force India Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	44
3	McLaren Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	43
4	Red Bull Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	35
5	Ferrari Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	33
6	Williams Mercedes	Constructorstandings · Championship record	30
7	Toro Rosso Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	7
8	Lotus Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0
9	Sauber Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0
10	Marussia Ferrari	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0
11	Caterham Renault	Constructorstandings · Championship record	0

Retained championship scores, sprint points and race-only totals are different measures. No title-clinching scenario is inferred.

The circuit, beyond this weekend

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