The 2014 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 11 May 2014 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. The race was the fifth round of the 2014 Formula One World Championship, the 44th Spanish Grand Prix held as part of the championship, and the 24th in Barcelona. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the 66-lap race from pole position. His teammate Nico Rosberg finished second and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took third.
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (pictured in 2011), where the race was held.
Sebastian Vettel completed minimal running during the Friday practice sessions due to a recurring problem with his Red Bull Racing's wiring loom.
Cars circulating the track during the ffith lap of the event
Daniel Ricciardo finished in third to take the first podium of his career.
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.