At the 2014 German Grand Prix the drivers started the race on the following tyres:
| Rosberg | Supersoft |
| Bottas | Supersoft |
| Massa | Supersoft |
| Magnussen | Supersoft |
| Ricciardo | Supersoft |
| Vettel | Supersoft |
| Alonso | Supersoft |
| Kvyat | Supersoft |
| Hulkenberg | Supersoft |
| Perez | Supersoft |
| Button | Supersoft |
| Raikkonen | Soft |
| Vergne | Supersoft |
| Grosjean | Soft |
| Sutil | Supersoft |
| Gutierrez | Supersoft |
| Bianchi | Supersoft |
| Maldonado | Supersoft |
| Kobayashi | Supersoft |
| Hamilton | Soft |
| Chilton | Supersoft |
| Ericsson * | Supersoft |
Nico Rosberg took a comfortable victory in the German Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton recovered from 20th on the grid to third place.
Hamilton was due to start from 15th place following his crash in qualifying, but the incident damaged his gearbox and the resulting penalty compounded his problems as it dropped him to 20th. With Rosberg leading away from pole position, he was never threatened and eased away to victory while Hamilton fought back to take third behind Valtteri Bottas.
Bottas had looked like a sitting duck as Hamilton closed at over 1.5s per lap but once the Mercedes arrived on ageing supersoft tyres, Bottas managed to hold off Hamilton despite being on soft tyres that were also over 20 laps old.
Gutierrez qualified P14, dropped 3 for collision at last round; Hamilton qualified P16, dropped 5 for gearbox change; Ericsson failed to meet 107% qualifying requirement, raced at stewards’ discretion, started from pit lane due to parc