The 2014 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 6 July 2014 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom before a crowd of 122,000 people. It was the ninth round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship, and the 65th British Grand Prix to be held as part of the series. Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team won the 52-lap race, from a sixth position start. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas finished second, with Daniel Ricciardo third for the Red Bull squad. It was Hamilton's fifth victory of 2014 and the 27th of his career.
Susie Wolff was the first woman to drive in a Formula One race weekend since Giovanna Amati in 1992.
Felipe Massa crashed at the exit of Stowe corner in the first practice session.
Nico Rosberg had the fourth pole position of his season and the eighth of his career.
Romain Grosjean was the first of the 22 drivers not to qualify within the top ten positions.
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.