2014 Chinese Grand Prix

2014 Chinese Grand Prix
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Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race details
Date	20 April 2014
Official name	2014 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix[1]
Location	Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	54 laps, 294.164 km (182.785 miles)
Scheduled distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Mostly cloudy, dry
Attendance	150,000
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:53.860
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:40.402 on lap 39
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2014 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the 2014 Formula 1 UBS Chinese Grand Prix)^[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 20 April 2014 at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. The race was the fourth round of the 2014 Formula One season, and marked the eleventh time that the Chinese Grand Prix was held as a round for the Formula One World Championship.

Lewis Hamilton won the race comfortably after starting from pole position, leading from start to finish driving for the Mercedes team. Nico Rosberg finished second in the other Mercedes with Fernando Alonso third in a Ferrari. Although contested over 56 laps, the race result was declared after 54 laps, as the chequered flag was shown one lap early through a marshalling error. The leading positions were not affected by this error.^[2]

As a consequence of the race, Rosberg's lead in the Drivers' Championship was reduced to four points, with Alonso a further thirty-four behind. In the World Constructors Championship, Red Bull Racing passed Force India for second position, ninety-six points behind Mercedes.