2014 Brazilian Grand Prix
The 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 9 November at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo. It was the 18th and penultimate round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship and the 42nd Brazilian Grand Prix as part of the series. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won the 71-lap race from pole position. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished second and Williams driver Felipe Massa was third. It was Rosberg's fifth victory of the season and the eighth of his career.
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace (pictured in 2006), where the race was held
Nico Rosberg won the first FIA Pole Trophy after achieving pole position and overtook Rubens Barrichello's ten-year qualifying track record.
Felipe Massa finished third after a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Lewis Hamilton finished second to allow the title to be decided at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Autódromo de Interlagos or simply Interlagos, is a 4.309 km (2.677 mi) motorsport circuit located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It was inaugurated on 12 May 1940, by the federal intervener of the São Paulo province, Adhemar de Barros. The traditional name of the circuit and of the neighborhood itself comes from the fact that it is located in a region between two large artificial lakes, Guarapiranga and Billings, which were built in the beginning of the 20th century to supply the city with water and electricity. In 1985, the circuit was renamed to honor the Formula 1 driver José Carlos Pace, who died in a plane crash in 1977. Attached to its facilities there is a kart circuit named after Ayrton Senna. The circuit runs counterclockwise.
The bust of José Carlos Pace in the circuit
Satellite view of the circuit in 2018
Grand Prix Circuit (2nd Variation) (1980–1989)
Overlay showing the differences between present-day and 1973 layouts