Nico Rosberg comfortably wins in Brazil as Hamilton spins
Nico Rosberg comfortably won the race in Brazil starting from the pole position. He was helped by a error from Lewis Hamilton before the second pit stop.Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton started on soft tyres which quickly became worn out on the newly laid racetrack. They had to strop soon for tyre change. Nico being the driver leading the race had the first option to stop and he stopped first on lap 7 followed by Hamilton in lap 8. During the second round of pit stops, Hamilton had the best chance to overtake.
Nico Rosberg came to the pits in lap 27 and Hamilton took the advantage of clean air to run fast. Unfortunately he spun 180 degree and rejoined the track. He lost lot of time and since then it was difficult to catch up and overtake. All Hamilton could do was finish second.
Before this race, Lewis Hamilton had a lead of 24 points. Now that lead has been reduced to 17. To win the championship, Lewis Hamilton has to finish atleast 2nd in the season ending Abu Dhabi race where the points awarded is double that of other races.
Felipe Massa finished a distant 3rd in his home race. He had a botched pit stop. His teammate Valtteri Bottas too had problems with pitstops and finished in 10th.
Jenson Button of McLaren who is bound to lose his drive with McLaren next year, drove a good race and finished in P4. His teammate Kevin Magnussen who will be driving alongside Fernando Alonso for McLaren next year finished in 9th.
Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull came in 5th. The Ferrari duo of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen had a fight for the 6th position and finally Alonso could overtake Kimi with 3 laps to go as Kimi had old tyres. Alonso and Kim finished 6th and 7th.
Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was 8th.
Results of Brazilian F1 Grand Prix 2014
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3. Felipe Massa Williams
4. Jenson Button McLaren
5. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India
9. Kevin Magnussen McLaren
10. Valtteri Bottas Williams
11. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
12. Pastor Maldonado Lotus
13. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
14. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber
15. Sergio Perez Force India
16. Adrian Sutil Sauber
Retirements in Brazilian F1 Grand Prix 2014
Romain Grosjean LotusDaniel Ricciardo Red Bull
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