2014 British Grand Prix
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| Race 9 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
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| Date | 6 July 2014 | ||
| Official name | 2014 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.891 km (3.661 mi) | ||
| Distance | 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 mi) | ||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy with maximum temperatures reaching 21 degrees during the day. | ||
| Attendance | 122,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:35.766 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:37.176 on lap 26 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Williams-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Renault | ||
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The 2014 British Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2014 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the ninth round of the 2014 Formula One season, and the 69th British Grand Prix. The 52-lap race was won by Lewis Hamilton for the Mercedes team, from a sixth position start; the lowest position he has ever won from. Valtteri Bottas finished second in a Williams car, with Daniel Ricciardo third for the Red Bull team. This race was the first to be red-flagged on lap one since the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix.
The Grand Prix was contested by eleven teams, each of two drivers. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Lotus, Sauber, Force India, Williams, Toro Rosso, Caterham and Marussia.
Before the race, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 165 points, his team-mate Lewis Hamilton was second on 136 points. Behind them in the Drivers' Championship, Daniel Ricciardo was third on 83 points for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel on 79 and 60 points respectively. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes were leading with 301 points and Red Bull were second on 143 points, with Ferrari third on 98 points.
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