The 2014 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, in Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium, on 24 August. It was the twelfth round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship and the 58th Belgian Grand Prix held as part of the series. Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo won the 44-lap race starting from fifth position. Nico Rosberg finished second for Mercedes and Williams ' Valtteri Bottas was third.
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (pictured in 2018), where the race was held
André Lotterer (pictured in 2012) made his début at a Formula One race weekend, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham.
Pastor Maldonado (pictured in 2015) crashed in the second practice session and stopped the session temporarily.
Nico Rosberg achieved the 11th pole position of his career in a rain-affected qualifying session.
2014 Formula One World Championship
The 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 68th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 65th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The season commenced in Australia on 16 March and concluded in Abu Dhabi on 23 November. In the nineteen Grands Prix of the season, a total of eleven teams and twenty-four drivers competed for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships. It was the first Formula One season since 1994 to see an accident with ultimately fatal consequences as Jules Bianchi succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. He died on 17 July 2015 after spending nine months in a coma following the accident.
Lewis Hamilton won his second World Drivers' Championship.
Nico Rosberg finished second in the Drivers' Championship and won the inaugural Pole Trophy.
Daniel Ricciardo finished third in his first year at Red Bull.
Jules Bianchi died in July 2015 as a result of a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.