Ferrari stronger in race but Hamilton struggles

2011 Malaysian GP analysis

April 10, 2011 at 5:25 pm by Keith Collantine

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, Sepang, 2011

Lewis Hamilton started second but slumped to eighth in the Malaysian Grand Prix after his pace dropped off in the second half of the race.

But Ferrari were much closer to the leaders’ pace in race trim than they had been in qualifying.

Analyse the data from the Malaysian Grand Prix below.

Lap 1

Lap 1 position change

Mark Webber gave a graphic illustration of the risks of starting without KERS, losing six places at the start.

The Renault drivers capitalised, especially Nick Heidfeld, who moved up four places to second.

Pit stops

Drivers' pit stops

As expected, the Malaysian Grand Prix saw a lot more pit stops.

Webber seemed to do a planned four-stop strategy. But Hamilton’s late extra stop was surely not planned – this was McLaren bringing him in because they were worried his tyres were about to go off in a big way and potentially lose cost him time than a 20-second pit stop.

Fernando Alonso, of course, only made a fourth stop because of front wing damage.

Once again Sauber proved the team best equipped to run fewer stops – Kamui Kobayashi was the only driver to score points using a two-stop strategy.

The Toro Rosso drivers also made two stops, though Buemi made an extra visit for a ten-second stop-and-go penalty.

Tyre compounds

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3	Stint 4	Stint 5
Sebastian Vettel	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Lewis Hamilton	Soft	Soft	Hard	Hard	Hard
Mark Webber	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard	Hard
Jenson Button	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Fernando Alonso	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard	Hard
Nick Heidfeld	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Felipe Massa	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Vitaly Petrov	Soft	Soft	Hard	Hard
Nico Rosberg	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Kamui Kobayashi	Soft	Soft	Hard
Michael Schumacher	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Sebastien Buemi	Soft	Soft	Hard
Jaime Alguersuari	Soft	Soft	Hard
Paul di Resta	Soft	Soft	Soft	Hard
Rubens Barrichello	Soft	Soft	Hard
Sergio Perez	Soft	Soft
Adrian Sutil	Soft	Soft	Hard	Soft
Pastor Maldonado	Soft
Heikki Kovalainen	Soft	Soft	Hard
Jarno Trulli	Soft	Soft
Timo Glock	Soft	Soft	Hard
Jerome d’Ambrosio	Soft	Soft	Hard
Vitantonio Liuzzi	Soft	Soft	Hard	Soft
Narain Karthikeyan	Soft

Race progress

Hamilton ran close to Sebastian Vettel’s pace in the first two stints but it all went wrong when he put the hard tyres on.

Not only did he fall off the pace, but he couldn’t get them to last much longer either. Team mate Jenson Button fared better and said afterwards he’d increasing his front wing angle in his pit stops to improve the balance.

This chart shows how far each driver was behind the leader (in seconds) on each lap.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2011drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Sebastian Vettel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.261	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Hamilton	2.432	3.401	3.913	4.423	4.708	4.866	5.321	5.816	7.196	8.151	8.933	13.239	26.93	14.485	6.233	6.318	6.394	5.789	5.643	5.549	4.948	4.414	3.976	6.159	22.663	14.098	3.988	3.987	3.756	4.445	4.494	5.443	6.429	7.208	7.965	8.871	13	34.735	35.266	35.212	33.009	14.586	14.855	16.014	17.558	19.688	21.454	22.325	23.894	25.438	27.221	37.085	55.177	54.697	53.724	49.957
Mark Webber	6.752	8.869	11.802	13.084	14.593	17.171	19.368	22.146	23.545	27.635	43.844	41.221	34.844	22.322	13.952	13.162	13.567	14.409	14.831	15.949	16.77	22.178	38.244	38.16	34.026	23.781	13.245	13.281	12.574	12.863	13.518	17.819	36.344	36.573	36.686	35.405	34.742	35.355	35.706	36.103	33.491	15.179	18.236	35.757	34.256	33.116	31.901	30.246	31.798	31.546	30.585	29.955	28.98	29.469	29.096	26.384
Jenson Button	4.03	5.25	6.142	6.976	8.017	8.666	9.086	9.271	9.692	10.412	11.005	11.669	11.895	17.121	11.15	9.888	12.103	11.783	11.648	11.666	11.304	10.602	12.821	29.067	25.503	16.208	5.954	5.828	5.221	5.796	5.939	6.688	7.631	8.502	9.552	10.443	11.828	15.953	33.024	31.589	27.858	8.859	8.939	8.776	8.154	8.068	7.535	6.909	6.787	6.039	5.744	6.608	6.109	6.525	6.11	3.261
Fernando Alonso	5.529	6.921	8.217	9.418	10.938	11.758	12.165	12.509	12.907	13.287	13.264	12.667	9.321	0	11.487	10.255	10.707	10.225	9.377	8.723	8.324	7.836	7.431	7.356	5.118	0	9.522	9.896	9.614	10.143	11.132	12.332	13.519	13.7	13.697	14.559	14.908	15	15.243	15.819	16.655	16.647	16.147	16.311	17.795	26.343	47.474	45.465	44.164	43.085	42.419	41.768	40.762	40.769	40.002	37.248
Nick Heidfeld	1.939	2.425	2.845	3.291	3.739	4.237	4.709	5.289	6.378	7.472	8.385	9.436	10.786	19.249	12.234	11.983	12.724	13.13	13.512	13.65	13.334	16.918	17.057	17.758	16.701	11.805	20.406	20.815	20.84	21.356	21.516	22.392	23.835	24.554	25.212	25.231	25.19	25.719	29.021	46.735	43.331	24.83	26.532	27.098	27.348	27.348	26.891	26.326	26.678	26.619	27.567	28.392	27.961	28.771	28.489	25.075
Felipe Massa	5.2	6.392	7.591	8.756	9.671	10.379	10.801	10.921	11.387	11.59	11.575	12.133	12.514	26.126	20.127	18.865	18.469	18.165	17.986	17.769	17.464	17.755	18.07	18.493	17.204	9.92	4.795	23.58	23.001	23.204	23.537	24.226	25.257	26.085	26.841	27.228	27.732	30.603	49.335	48.865	45.385	26.588	27.187	28.713	28.883	30.143	30.244	29.803	31.385	34.381	35.042	36.505	37.707	38.597	38.883	36.958
Vitaly Petrov	4.824	5.815	7.057	8.425	12.751	14.518	15.497	16.164	16.52	17.298	17.148	16.751	13.791	3.443	2.236	21.445	21.464	21.387	21.379	21.396	22.07	22.687	22.951	23.581	22.239	16.911	12.745	32.432	32.433	32.968	33.894	36.341	38.554	39.589	40.216	40.674	40.549	40.976	41.661	42.365	41.011	24.266	27.068	34.161	57.887	57.559	56.866	56.422	55.458	54.957	54.045	53.591
Nico Rosberg	8.828	12.064	14.293	16.43	18.488	20.932	22.995	25.328	27.842	30.012	31.745	33.254	32.612	26.87	29.174	50.622	52.157	52.2	52.575	52.942	53.196	53.516	54.034	54.728	53.461	46.266	40.423	44.003	50.629	70.966	72.014	75.093	77.324	79.068	80.771	82.894	85.833	90.035	94.349	102.127	118.293	99.153	98.825	99.03	98.571	100.455	100.419	99.967	103.51	105.691	105.913	106.188	107.381	110.721	111.481
Kamui Kobayashi	7.204	9.617	11.296	12.592	13.948	17.481	19.064	21.479	22.436	23.536	23.978	24.119	20.681	9.836	4.714	7.681	15.834	35.454	35.309	35.369	35.415	36.141	37.529	39.346	38.192	31.525	24.084	26.487	28.247	30.261	32.86	36.109	40.308	43.584	47.317	54.389	74.175	74.369	73.69	73.201	70.48	53.738	53.736	54.407	55.525	56.284	56.406	58.582	59.498	60.211	61.46	62.967	64.525	66.085	67.229	66.439
Michael Schumacher	5.905	8.08	10.08	11.608	13.118	15.878	17.694	19.455	20.848	22.327	23.307	23.821	22.882	19.131	30.778	30.53	32.108	32.754	33.609	34.428	34.818	35.634	36.531	37.948	37.628	30.619	23.747	31.779	51.843	54.82	56.257	57.861	59.634	61.374	62.651	63.593	65.081	66.236	67.242	68.373	66.921	57.858	76.725	77.772	78.026	78.881	79.5	79.432	80.06	80.786	81.372	82.731	83.992	85.522	86.188	84.896
Sebastien Buemi	8.14	10.833	13.238	15.279	17.051	18.966	21.352	23.367	24.721	25.784	26.184	25.986	23.186	15.322	15.74	36.437	36.884	37.147	37.698	41.807	67.906	68.237	68.881	69.976	69.022	61.563	53.758	56.666	60.426	64.467	69.594	80.428	106.098	106.762	107.149	107.104	107.124	107.206	107.701	107.8	105.347	86.938	87.889	89.716	90.865	92.907	95.447	97.366	100.446	106.709	112.291	117.391	123.024	130.062	139.432
Jaime Alguersuari	7.711	10.267	12.822	14.547	16.453	18.66	20.634	24.674	26.622	28.526	30.069	30.93	29.975	22.139	21.029	31.998	53.085	53.089	54.067	54.727	55.402	55.916	56.908	57.733	56.971	50.278	43.112	46.665	50.521	56.403	62.055	72.285	93.88	97.201	99.099	100.458	101.404	104.344	105.968	109.181	108.252	90.796	92.532	94.967	97.225	100.122	105.593	108.764	113.878	117.976	122.185	127.067	133.763	140.005	148.819
Paul di Resta	8.946	12.603	15.283	17.401	19.59	21.851	23.883	26.242	28.528	30.787	36.129	52.23	46.316	32.933	25.745	26.682	27.617	28.362	29.18	29.903	30.859	31.898	33.246	38.048	54.873	46.661	38.21	39.856	41.062	42.599	44.615	47.285	50.455	53.511	56.173	60.347	66.825	89.017	89.545	89.704	87.291	69.09	70.64	72.711	73.938	75.707	77.141	77.278	78.25	79.179	80.253	82.154	83.425	87.843	90.47	91.563
Rubens Barrichello	9.251	14.742	82.229	113.077	117.648	120.728	122.27	123.818	125.136	125.707	126.965	126.938	123.129	113.528	108.797	112.49	124.522	146.915	149.171	151.472	153.905	176.393
Sergio Perez	10.451	14.65	17.858	19.287	20.689	23.009	24.995	27.456	29.564	31.805	33.454	33.979	32.68	23.431	21.406	27.508	37.494	57.106	56.954	56.913	56.801	56.95	57.594
Adrian Sutil	9.862	14.12	24.853	53.872	54.019	54.139	54.334	54.761	54.994	55.063	54.859	54.57	50.098	37.663	34.219	38.166	57.522	58.482	59.38	60.264	61.116	62.121	63.193	64.35	63.615	56.465	48.904	51.917	55.089	59.954	64.574	72.951	94.154	95.124	96.32	97.235	98.028	98.731	99.519	100.487	98.491	80.585	81.824	83.477	84.567	86.17	87.414	88.086	89.432	91.035	92.781	94.39	96.329	99.462	101.419	101.379
Pastor Maldonado	10.642	14.965	19.418	21.085	22.396	26.457	29.741	45.702
Heikki Kovalainen	11.04	15.642	20.113	22.32	24.585	27.39	30.081	32.624	34.668	36.643	38.343	39.031	37.017	28.26	29.949	57.15	60.385	63.027	65.98	68.444	70.948	73.331	75.398	78.113	77.186	70.181	62.638	66.106	69.236	73.512	77.013	81.462	85.9	94.179	117.376	121.739	124.183	126.052	127.682	129.589	128.705	113.714	115.081	117.495	119.334	123.776	126.397	128.073	131.209	134.622	137.061	141.994	145.443	147.565	149.234
Jarno Trulli	11.968	17.225	21.859	24.374	26.149	28.718	31.9	34.524	36.849	39.221	41.378	43.268	45.501	74.344	71.082	73.978	77.099	79.783	82.338	84.672	87.466	89.612	91.445	93.675	93.677	87.807	81.232	85.192	88.665	93.264	102.194
Timo Glock	11.62	17.338	22.572	26.4	29.966	33.707	37.523	41.352	44.455	47.865	50.469	51.968	51.812	42.835	39.55	43.324	51.566	76.04	79.555	83.506	87.127	91.909	95.675	100.026	101.332	96.173	90.048	93.855	97.758	103.064	110.807	117.519	122.954	132.139	157.234	160.158	163.064	165.974	169.306	174.971	177.257	162.221	165.886	170.597	174.763	180.461	185.802	189.742	196.003	199.348	204.704	210.737	215.565	220.933
Jerome dAmbrosio	12.545	18.015	23.041	26.896	31.036	35.044	38.901	42.924	46.899	50.366	54.199	57.705	56.622	48.071	46.024	51.464	62.342	90.085	92.696	95.373	97.864	100.93	105.059	108.531	109.675	104.036	97.993	103.233	108.707	114.255	119.877	126.165	133.136	140.071	151.037	175.468	179.74	182.52	185.187	187.894	187.761	172.059
Vitantonio Liuzzi	13.049	19.276	24.904	30.03	34.756	39.949	44.611	49.542	54.195	60.183	64.388	68.005	67.836	61.191	59.937	66.427	79.341	111.299	120.061	126.241	130.335	134.345	139.807	147.404	148.854	143.815	138.326	143.399	148.636	153.803	158.641	165.113	171.469	177.1	182.761	190.849	197.746	214.867	247.101	255.32	260.35	245.511	250.696	272.986	318.37	333.287
Narain Karthikeyan	13.662	20.466	26.817	32.864	37.871	43.102	48.244	53.671	59.897	67.218	72.395	77.435	79.434	76.96

Lap chart

This chart shows the drivers’ positions on each lap.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2011drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Lewis Hamilton	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	10	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	7	7	7	7
Mark Webber	3	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	17	15	14	11	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	11	10	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Jenson Button	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Fernando Alonso	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	2	1	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6
Nick Heidfeld	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Felipe Massa	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	13	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	2	3	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Vitaly Petrov	8	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	2	2	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	5	7	6	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Nico Rosberg	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	17	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Kamui Kobayashi	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	4	3	3	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Michael Schumacher	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9
Sebastien Buemi	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	6	9	14	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13
Jaime Alguersuari	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	13	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Paul di Resta	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	17	16	13	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Rubens Barrichello	15	15	17	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Sergio Perez	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	13	15	15	15	14	14	14
Adrian Sutil	17	16	15	21	23	23	23	23	23	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Pastor Maldonado	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	20
Heikki Kovalainen	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Jarno Trulli	20	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Timo Glock	21	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	19	18	18	16	14	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Jerome dAmbrosio	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Narain Karthikeyan	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Fastest laps

Webber set the fastest lap of the race shortly after his last pit stop.

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’40.571		46
2	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’40.717	0.146	49
3	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1’41.054	0.483	49
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’41.264	0.693	50
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’41.512	0.941	54
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’41.539	0.968	33
7	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1’41.547	0.976	47
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’41.778	1.207	45
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’41.999	1.428	41
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’42.095	1.524	39
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’42.491	1.920	45
12	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’42.659	2.088	36
13	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1’42.883	2.312	48
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1’42.973	2.402	34
15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’43.298	2.727	19
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1’43.677	3.106	43
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’43.744	3.173	37
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1’45.280	4.709	23
19	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1’45.346	4.775	41
20	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1’45.357	4.786	50
21	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1’45.516	4.945	10
22	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1’45.689	5.118	5
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1’46.521	5.950	42
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1’49.385	8.814	5

All lap times

A poor pit stop for Felipe Massa allowed Alonso to get ahead of him. Alonso then drove a surprisingly fast second stint, cutting the gap to leader Vettel.

Alonso said afterwards that his collision with Hamilton cost him a podium and on the strength of this it looks like he was right.

This chart shows all the drivers’ lap times.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2011drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Sebastian Vettel	109.614	104.539	104.209	104.369	104.378	104.265	104.541	104.568	104.782	104.945	105.798	106.893	110.561	125.241	105.211	105.36	104.026	103.993	103.45	103.393	103.52	103.5	103.447	103.435	105.734	122.148	102.582	102.259	102.688	102.043	102.284	101.668	101.539	102.003	102.387	102.704	102.798	102.901	102.774	102.823	105.479	121.36	102.31	101.876	102.237	101.711	102.004	102.746	102.018	102.012	102.072	101.858	102.38	101.992	102.861	105.543
Lewis Hamilton	112.046	105.508	104.721	104.879	104.663	104.423	104.996	105.063	106.162	105.9	106.58	111.199	124.252	105.676	104.079	105.445	104.102	103.388	103.304	103.299	102.919	102.966	103.009	105.618	122.238	103.322	102.733	102.258	102.457	102.732	102.333	102.617	102.525	102.782	103.144	103.61	106.927	124.636	103.305	102.769	103.276	102.937	102.579	103.035	103.781	103.841	103.77	103.617	103.587	103.556	103.855	111.722	120.472	101.512	101.888	101.776
Mark Webber	116.366	106.656	107.142	105.651	105.887	106.843	106.738	107.346	106.181	109.035	122.007	104.27	104.184	105.599	103.961	104.57	104.431	104.835	103.872	104.511	104.341	108.908	119.513	103.351	101.6	101.642	102.307	102.295	101.981	102.332	102.939	105.969	120.064	102.232	102.5	101.423	102.135	103.514	103.125	103.22	102.867	103.048	105.367	119.397	100.736	100.571	100.789	101.091	103.57	101.76	101.111	101.228	101.405	102.481	102.488	102.831
Jenson Button	113.644	105.759	105.101	105.203	105.419	104.914	104.961	104.753	105.203	105.665	106.391	107.557	110.787	123.347	106.36	104.098	106.241	103.673	103.315	103.411	103.158	102.798	105.666	119.681	102.17	102.592	102.589	102.133	102.081	102.618	102.427	102.417	102.482	102.874	103.437	103.595	104.183	107.026	119.845	101.388	101.748	102.361	102.39	101.713	101.615	101.625	101.471	102.12	101.896	101.264	101.777	102.722	101.881	102.408	102.446	102.694
Fernando Alonso	115.143	105.931	105.505	105.57	105.898	105.085	104.948	104.912	105.18	105.325	105.775	106.296	107.215	108.8	123.818	104.128	104.478	103.511	102.602	102.739	103.121	103.012	103.042	103.36	103.496	106.769	122.365	102.633	102.406	102.572	103.273	102.868	102.726	102.184	102.384	103.566	103.147	102.993	103.017	103.399	106.315	121.352	101.81	102.04	103.721	110.259	123.135	100.737	100.717	100.933	101.406	101.207	101.374	101.999	102.094	102.789
Nick Heidfeld	111.553	105.025	104.629	104.815	104.826	104.763	105.013	105.148	105.871	106.039	106.711	107.944	111.911	126.584	105.316	105.109	104.767	104.399	103.832	103.531	103.204	107.084	103.586	104.136	104.677	106.991	121.444	102.668	102.713	102.559	102.444	102.544	102.982	102.722	103.045	102.723	102.757	103.43	106.076	120.537	102.075	102.859	104.012	102.442	102.487	101.711	101.547	102.181	102.37	101.953	103.02	102.683	101.949	102.802	102.579	102.129
Felipe Massa	114.814	105.731	105.408	105.534	105.293	104.973	104.963	104.688	105.248	105.148	105.783	107.451	110.942	131.733	106.332	104.098	103.63	103.689	103.271	103.176	103.215	103.791	103.762	103.858	104.445	104.603	107.718	121.044	102.109	102.246	102.617	102.357	102.57	102.831	103.143	103.091	103.302	105.772	121.506	102.353	101.999	102.563	102.909	103.402	102.407	102.971	102.105	102.305	103.6	105.008	102.733	103.321	103.582	102.882	103.147	103.618
Vitaly Petrov	114.438	105.53	105.451	105.737	108.704	106.032	105.52	105.235	105.138	105.723	105.648	106.496	107.601	107.773	111.124	124.569	104.045	103.916	103.442	103.41	104.194	104.117	103.711	104.065	104.392	106.559	108.677	121.946	102.689	102.578	103.21	104.115	103.752	103.038	103.014	103.162	102.673	103.328	103.459	103.527	104.125	104.615	105.112	108.969	125.963	101.383	101.311	102.302	101.054	101.511	101.16	101.404
Nico Rosberg	118.442	107.775	106.438	106.506	106.436	106.709	106.604	106.901	107.296	107.115	107.531	108.402	109.919	112.379	114.635	126.808	105.561	104.036	103.825	103.76	103.774	103.82	103.965	104.129	104.467	104.692	107	105.839	109.314	122.38	103.332	104.747	103.77	103.747	104.09	104.827	105.737	107.103	107.088	110.601	121.645	102.22	101.982	102.081	101.778	103.595	101.968	102.294	105.561	104.193	102.294	102.133	103.573	105.332	103.621
Kamui Kobayashi	116.818	106.952	105.888	105.665	105.734	107.798	106.124	106.983	105.739	106.045	106.24	107.034	107.123	107.276	107.209	108.327	112.179	123.613	103.305	103.453	103.566	104.226	104.835	105.252	104.58	105.22	105.402	104.662	104.448	104.057	104.883	104.917	105.738	105.279	106.12	109.776	122.584	103.095	102.095	102.334	102.758	104.618	102.308	102.547	103.355	102.47	102.126	104.922	102.934	102.725	103.321	103.365	103.938	103.552	104.005	104.753
Michael Schumacher	115.519	106.714	106.209	105.897	105.888	107.025	106.357	106.329	106.175	106.424	106.778	107.407	109.622	114.37	123.978	105.112	105.604	104.639	104.305	104.212	103.91	104.316	104.344	104.852	105.414	104.878	105.971	110.291	122.752	105.02	103.721	103.272	103.312	103.743	103.664	103.646	104.286	104.056	103.78	103.954	104.027	112.297	121.177	102.923	102.491	102.566	102.623	102.678	102.646	102.738	102.658	103.217	103.641	103.522	103.527	104.251
Sebastien Buemi	117.754	107.232	106.614	106.41	106.15	106.18	106.927	106.583	106.136	106.008	106.198	106.695	107.761	110.257	112.749	126.057	104.473	104.256	104.001	107.502	129.619	103.831	104.091	104.53	104.78	104.428	105.038	105.167	106.448	106.084	107.411	112.502	127.209	102.667	102.774	102.659	102.818	102.983	103.269	102.922	103.026	102.951	103.261	103.703	103.386	103.753	104.544	104.665	105.098	108.275	107.654	106.958	108.013	109.03	112.231
Jaime Alguersuari	117.325	107.095	106.764	106.094	106.284	106.472	106.515	108.608	106.73	106.849	107.341	107.754	109.606	110.285	111.221	116.329	125.113	103.997	104.428	104.053	104.195	104.014	104.439	104.26	104.972	105.194	105.677	105.812	106.544	107.925	107.936	111.898	123.134	105.324	104.285	104.063	103.744	105.841	104.398	106.036	104.55	103.904	104.046	104.311	104.495	104.608	107.475	105.917	107.132	106.11	106.281	106.74	109.076	108.234	111.675
Paul di Resta	118.56	108.196	106.889	106.487	106.567	106.526	106.573	106.927	107.068	107.204	111.14	122.994	104.647	104.738	105.143	106.297	104.961	104.738	104.268	104.116	104.476	104.539	104.795	108.237	122.559	103.675	104.392	103.905	103.894	103.58	104.3	104.338	104.709	105.059	105.049	106.878	109.276	125.093	103.302	102.982	103.066	103.159	103.86	103.947	103.464	103.48	103.438	102.883	102.99	102.941	103.146	103.759	103.651	106.41	105.488	106.636
Rubens Barrichello	118.865	110.03	171.696	135.217	108.949	107.345	106.083	106.116	106.1	105.516	107.056	106.866	106.752	108.52	107.6	109.053	116.058	126.386	105.706	105.694	105.953	125.988
Sergio Perez	120.065	108.738	107.417	105.798	105.78	106.585	106.527	107.029	106.89	107.186	107.447	107.418	109.262	108.872	110.306	111.462	114.012	123.605	103.298	103.352	103.408	103.649	104.091
Adrian Sutil	119.476	108.797	114.942	133.388	104.525	104.385	104.736	104.995	105.015	105.014	105.594	106.604	106.089	105.686	108.887	109.307	123.382	104.953	104.348	104.277	104.372	104.505	104.519	104.592	104.999	104.737	105.282	105.272	105.86	106.908	106.904	110.045	122.742	102.973	103.583	103.619	103.591	103.604	103.562	103.791	103.483	103.454	103.549	103.529	103.327	103.314	103.248	103.418	103.364	103.615	103.818	103.467	104.319	105.125	104.818	105.503
Pastor Maldonado	120.256	108.862	108.662	106.036	105.689	108.326	107.825	120.529
Heikki Kovalainen	120.654	109.141	108.68	106.576	106.643	107.07	107.232	107.111	106.826	106.92	107.498	107.581	108.547	109.364	114.02	132.561	107.261	106.635	106.403	105.857	106.024	105.883	105.514	106.15	104.807	104.882	105.3	105.727	105.818	106.319	105.785	106.117	105.977	110.282	125.584	107.067	105.242	104.77	104.404	104.73	104.595	106.369	103.677	104.29	104.076	106.153	104.625	104.422	105.154	105.425	104.511	106.791	105.829	104.114	104.53
Jarno Trulli	121.582	109.796	108.843	106.884	106.153	106.834	107.723	107.192	107.107	107.317	107.955	108.783	112.794	146.964	109.069	108.256	107.147	106.677	106.005	105.727	106.314	105.646	105.28	105.665	105.736	106.017	106.268	106.219	106.161	106.642	111.214
Timo Glock	121.234	110.257	109.443	108.197	107.944	108.006	108.357	108.397	107.885	108.355	108.402	108.392	110.405	109.144	109.046	109.134	112.268	128.467	106.965	107.344	107.141	108.282	107.213	107.786	107.04	106.728	106.718	106.066	106.591	107.349	110.027	108.38	106.974	111.188	127.482	105.628	105.704	105.811	106.106	108.488	107.765	106.324	105.975	106.587	106.403	107.409	107.345	106.686	108.279	105.357	107.428	107.891	107.208	107.36
Jerome dAmbrosio	122.159	110.009	109.235	108.224	108.518	108.273	108.398	108.591	108.757	108.412	109.631	110.399	109.478	109.57	110.284	110.8	114.904	131.736	106.061	106.07	106.011	106.566	107.576	106.907	106.878	106.248	106.8	107.499	108.162	107.591	107.906	107.956	108.51	108.938	113.353	127.135	107.07	105.681	105.441	105.53	105.346	105.658
Vitantonio Liuzzi	122.663	110.766	109.837	109.495	109.104	109.458	109.203	109.499	109.435	110.933	110.003	110.51	110.392	111.476	111.077	111.85	116.94	135.951	112.212	109.573	107.614	107.51	108.909	111.032	107.184	106.848	107.354	107.332	107.925	107.21	107.122	108.14	107.895	107.634	108.048	110.792	109.695	120.022	135.008	111.042	110.509	106.521	107.495	124.166	147.621	116.628
Narain Karthikeyan	123.276	111.343	110.56	110.416	109.385	109.496	109.683	109.995	111.008	112.266	110.975	111.933	112.56	115.647

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58 comments on Ferrari stronger in race but Hamilton struggles

Mr.Zing Zang said on 10th April 2011, 21:24

Tyres were dud tyres. Mclaren were just to ashamed to admit they gave the guy the wrong set. Those tyres probably had 20 laps in them even before they went on Hamilton’s car!

- Oliver said on 10th April 2011, 21:47
  
  Haha that is a possibility. Mistakes can Happen. The final sets he sent on was much faster it seems.
  
  - VXR said on 11th April 2011, 2:24
    
    He was obviously going to go a bit faster on new tyres for the last few laps of the race.
    
    Hamilton’s first set of hard tyres were brand new.
    
    - Damon said on 11th April 2011, 10:10
      
      Yes and they were working fine so why did they bring him in so early??
      
Oliver said on 10th April 2011, 21:43

A single fastest lap does not a race win make.
Webber set the fastest lap but Vettel finished the race in the fastest time which is what matters. And the chart will show that Vettels average lap time was much faster than Webber’s.

BROOKSY007 (@brooksy007) said on 10th April 2011, 23:11

Kers might have helped!!! – webber was the driver of the day, how unlucky to have 2 races in a row with car problems! But he showed his true grit by never giving up and still collecting 4th with a faulty car! Other drivers would have just had a sunday drive. How much would that have hurt emotionally at the start with all these cars just driving by! You’d feel like going home after lap 1! Great effort from a true competitor!

- wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 11th April 2011, 4:10
  
  Do agree I thought after the first lap that he won’t be in the points at all but great driver from him.
  
wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 11th April 2011, 4:04

I do wonder whether Sauber & Torro Rosso are setting up their car less aggressively which will help them to last their car longer?

McRo (@mcro) said on 11th April 2011, 10:40

Hamiltons trouble with his tyres could even mean even more conservation of tyres in qualifying, which is bad news for us viewers.
I was very disappointed to see only McLaren and Red Bull competing in the first part of Q3. We may not see any cars out in the first 5 minutes next time!

- Dan said on 11th April 2011, 11:16
  
  yep exactly, may see them just do one run so have a set of softs for the race
  
troutcor said on 11th April 2011, 12:17

Observations:
1) Hamilton has been off since about 3/4 the way through last year.
2) Alonso wrings more out of his car than any other driver, then screws up.
3) Kobayashi single-handedly provides about 75 percent of the excitement in F1.
4) The movable wing has put an ended to the rolling roadblock (when it works, as shown by Alonso’s problem).

timi said on 11th April 2011, 12:47

you always have nice charts and graphs, but the analysis is about 10/15 lines. kinda weak. i think if you put more effort into a proper race analysis, the site would be even better

- Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 11th April 2011, 12:52
  
  There are also individual analyses for each of the teams, the first of which has just gone up.
  
Cool_bob said on 14th April 2011, 17:04

Jenson button has been going on about the 3,2 sec gap between him and Vettel at the end. the gap for 6.1s till the last corner when Vetttel slwed down swerving the car to pass the finish line.

In the last stint Button only made up 2 secs also becaus vettel was just controlling the pace in the closing stages. don’t know why him and mclaren are making such a big deal of it.

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