Mercedes finishes 1 & 2 again this time at the Austrian Grand Prix for their 7th race win of 2014
Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes won the Austrian Grand Prix after starting in 3rd place on the grid giving him his 3rd win of the year.
2nd place was Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes who started in 9th place and jumped up to 4th place in the 1st lap.
3rd Place was Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes who started from outside pole position earning his 1st podium finish.
4th place was Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes who started from pole position.
5th Place was Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari started from 4th place and actually had the lead for a bit.
6th Place was Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes started way back in 15th place, followed by 7th place Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes who started in 6th place.
8th Place Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault started from 5th place, followed by 9th place Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes who started from 10th place.
Lastly in the points was 10 place Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault.
The difference in this race was Mercedes did not start from the front row as Williams-Mercedes took that honor with Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes on pole and team mate Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes on the outside pole.
The biggest threat to the Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes win was team mate Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes who was coming up fast and just waiting for a mistake to capitalize on. In the next race I would expect Lewis Hamilton to bring a it up notch at the British Grand being it is his home track & country.
Since Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault winning the Canadian Grand Prix & Williams-Mercedes winning the front row in qualifying, Mercedes can be beat. The toughest part the other teams need to beat is Mercedes straight line speed does not have a match.
The race was sponsored by Red Bull – too bad their cars didn’t do better with Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault retirement; having power problems from the start, and Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 8th place finish.
Drivers Championship Points, Nico Rosberg 165, Lewis Hamilton 136, Daniel Ricciardo 83, Fernando Alonso 79, Sebastian Vettel 60.
Constructors Championship Points, Mercedes 301 points, Red Bull 143, Ferrari 98, Force India 87, Williams 85 and McLaren 72.
The Austrian Grand Prix Circuit Spielberg
Laps (71) Race Distance: 307.020 km Circuit Length: 4.326 km Time 1:27:54.976
Position, Car #, Driver, Team
1. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2. Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3. Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
4. Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes
5. Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
6. Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes
7. Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
8. Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
9. Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
10. Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault
11. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
12. Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
13. Car 99 Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari
14. Car 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
15. Car 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari
16. Car 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault
17. Car 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari
18. Car 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault
19. Car 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
Ret Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault – Brakes
Ret Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault – Power Unit
Ret Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault – Suspension
Next race: British Grand Prix July 4 – 6