2014 British Grand Prix lap charts

2014 British Grand Prix

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Of the quartet who were surprisingly eliminated during Q1 yesterday – both the Williams and Ferrari drivers – the one who made the most progress in the race was Valtteri Bottas.

Half of the four were eliminated on lap one: Kimi Raikkonen slammed into a barrier on the Wellington straight and Felipe Massa was unable to avoid him.

Bottas emerged from the carnage having gained five places from his initial starting position on row seven. Aided by the impressive straight-line speed of the Williams he then picked off three cars in the two laps after the restart.

“We knew that this race would be good fun,” he said afterwards. “We knew we had a quick car and maybe it surprised us it was so quick.”

He then set about the two McLaren drivers, passing them at Stowe to claim third place. Nico Rosberg’s retirement ultimately handed him a career-best finish of second.

“The first stint we went through the field fast and that needed a bit of risk,” said Bottas. “I am so happy for the team, they have worked on race pace and it shows.”

Fernando Alonso also had a strong recovery drive, making up ten places to finish sixth despite a penalty for being outside of his grid box at the start.

British Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

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Nico Rosberg11111111111111111112222221111
Sebastian Vettel255555555541010101087777777776555333226666666666666555555
Jenson Button32223333333333334444444445444555554444444444444444444
Nico Hulkenberg466677778998888988888999998998109999988888888888888888
Kevin Magnussen53344444445445566666666667668777777777777777777777777
Lewis Hamilton64432222222222222221111112222111111111111111111111111
Sergio Perez7201919191817171717161616151413141414141414141413131315151313121212121212111111111111111111111111111111
Daniel Ricciardo87788899988777779999988888776444443333333333333333333
Daniil Kvyat9889991010101010999914131312121212121110101010109888888109999999999999999
Jean-Eric Vergne1018171716161616161313121212121111111111111111121111111112111110101010109101010101010101010101010101010
Romain Grosjean1117161515151515151414141313131212121313131313131212121211109131313131313131313131312121212121212121212
Jules Bianchi12111010111111111212121314141515161616161616161616161614141415151515151515151515151515151515151515151414
Adrian Sutil13121111121212121111111111111110101010101010101015151513131212111111111111121212121213131313131313131313
Valtteri Bottas149976666666554443333333333333222332222222222222222222
Felipe Massa15
Fernando Alonso16141312101088777666655555555554987666665555555555555666666
Max Chilton171020202020202020201919181818181818181818181818181818181817171717171717171717171717171717171717171716
Kimi Raikkonen18
Esteban Gutierrez19131213131313131316
Pastor Maldonado2015141414141414141515151516161615151515151515151414141616151414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Marcus Ericsson211615161717181819191818
Kamui Kobayashi221918181819191918181717171717171717171717171717171717171716161616161616161616161616161616161616161615

British Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

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Nico Rosberg00000000000000000016.23515.91515.50615.04514.62215.3540000
Sebastian Vettel8.7713.4666.979.50412.37714.76517.25619.68221.92922.78743.0842.84343.3344.36145.43745.53846.09347.72945.29946.03246.87847.83848.96651.5637.59139.32340.90941.12239.78340.74541.48441.76742.37763.33963.88764.5265.30865.2666.05666.41367.21546.72747.94949.68251.42152.14453.50453.76253.6954.04855.16353.864
Jenson Button1.2391.5894.036.6318.92311.30213.91716.39918.57620.52122.46623.99825.53827.41829.131.25233.54836.85736.07437.99439.90141.83144.00947.42334.6437.01539.79839.64858.39159.27959.52659.32559.69259.75460.14760.43160.50160.37160.87960.85461.29939.82341.39342.70544.04645.10545.62746.65147.32347.70247.88647.39
Nico Hulkenberg10.053.8118.0811.43714.89318.51521.64125.50329.2332.75935.87438.21840.77443.546.52548.71250.76554.47653.63256.12159.69362.35764.96869.19757.08760.56465.02268.27168.86591.02791.51991.7192.38192.32193.37194.3194.82895.36996.25896.70397.66676.78878.2780.13581.95783.24984.7585.94687.16688.05988.84788.692
Kevin Magnussen2.5672.4466.2438.74211.47114.14216.71618.98621.02922.93924.69626.11728.30430.66333.37235.16137.31140.34739.0941.42243.7945.71947.70950.97939.08442.44644.41763.98662.3763.53963.64862.99663.22564.19865.14465.9466.24667.01368.21368.70169.40748.24649.60451.48653.38554.60155.95557.33958.90560.45261.98362.563
Lewis Hamilton4.652.8894.5645.0865.4975.5335.5375.6925.7835.4084.9564.6224.3094.0483.8783.1822.8233.4090000005.9555.044.0591.976000000000000000000000000
Sergio Perez12.50717.89322.9928.60132.95136.25139.75443.56247.43150.91654.59858.68862.19964.71467.95671.47375.81475.43178.24780.97183.85486.65490.92778.81481.254104.445104.645103.527104.45104.594104.685105.506105.951107.752109.609110.947111.915112.842113.256113.7492.58893.8295.60297.202100.667101.897103.343105.672107.843109.737
Daniel Ricciardo12.4644.3148.95512.0815.23719.31522.35725.7728.35130.22632.08833.48734.79336.44536.52656.38956.3857.90355.11656.40157.67658.22458.57760.34145.79947.17349.04749.44447.85949.18149.82449.66749.87649.15949.71950.06650.19750.6651.56952.03753.03332.15833.54135.19736.95638.13239.13740.9543.13544.73746.28246.495
Daniil Kvyat14.3544.7589.60512.77915.96219.88623.08726.50230.02433.25336.37338.65841.50443.76865.3766.18967.56170.70868.86370.50772.0973.89776.19179.28165.51367.79670.05270.95470.93973.01874.44975.31277.26478.34179.275100.934101.265101.433101.892102.024102.65581.20582.26983.5984.44385.24486.15786.90687.85488.85389.66889.34
Jean-Eric Vergne43.24510.37315.98420.88524.56328.89132.85937.16341.15944.89248.30750.80153.10455.86858.36160.42762.76666.12265.36367.82570.33572.78176.70880.26267.32870.72772.30394.08592.71993.73393.96194.0294.87295.78997.198100.159102.087102.812104.311105.183106.53985.89387.53589.31391.19292.7593.83295.06696.7699.972101.889
Romain Grosjean39.6239.92715.08318.99923.89228.20732.35536.58442.33546.47249.52752.58255.21458.04961.04463.50766.33271.1171.17374.60977.5980.56383.47487.60675.83479.86483.57785.56387.01489.095111.238111.553112.737113.273114.902116.484117.573118.504119.492120.488121.88101.142102.675104.848106.641107.736108.637109.365110.633111.655112.506
Jules Bianchi18.8245.83711.32816.68721.70326.27830.04135.23740.48844.25549.09653.70858.01863.68167.78872.52577.49382.69783.32586.9590.77794.16997.226102.02790.26794.43798.914104.21104.831129.62130.905131.937133.688135.014137.451140.263143.354145.425147.639148.986151.198133.785136.242139.687144.797148.53150.985157.815160.826163.406165.222
Adrian Sutil22.3296.19611.81317.11522.08726.88230.45134.237.15240.09344.05146.64649.36152.26954.88957.45460.02863.66163.11465.9468.94372.3274.261100.12187.32590.38292.45994.6795.58397.714100.738102.232104.386105.251107.031108.994112.289114.686116.839118.397121.466102.498105.479108.358111.641114.185116.417119.116122.241125.674131.276
Valtteri Bottas15.6515.1138.66710.87313.41415.90217.85920.30622.65224.43425.94526.80327.76128.92329.97930.6331.2832.90730.61131.39632.34933.12133.98736.00521.88823.37924.5824.14922.89724.36724.3843.13742.60241.6941.69241.63841.6941.39941.10640.98841.28619.59620.33821.222.73523.83324.23725.17226.65727.80128.93830.135
Felipe Massa
Fernando Alonso27.3756.89512.04414.41416.46819.01321.81523.91725.60126.72327.83528.37129.49231.25732.63233.78435.14937.70736.37538.6240.59142.36344.79248.2134.40961.64562.99562.73661.3962.22762.44662.19162.65962.66463.53664.18964.82564.75965.44965.78566.79246.19747.48749.17750.90151.71454.68556.11957.74858.88860.13959.946
Max Chilton17.499120.702138.862142.639146.27150.597154.603158.769162.915166.989170.599173.875177.672181.663186.085190.88195.251200.306201.715205.311209.244213.778218.736223.839212.044216.757221.234225.718227.09252.605254.778256.794263.619265.785268.558271.349274.192276.692278.89280.689283.389263.791267.267270.962274.898278.173280.663286.098290.08292.385
Kimi Raikkonen
Esteban Gutierrez25.4356.64312.41117.922.68727.36231.07135.59943.305
Pastor Maldonado30.0147.32512.76518.33423.16427.60131.63436.04842.84546.549.91753.95359.15663.98768.29671.56375.10679.48279.5682.81486.25989.40292.6497.17985.24887.514109.322109.969109.615111.686113.389114.935116.977118.71121.442123.714125.662127.745129.83131.712134.535115.561119.592123.036126.573129.167131.489133.612141.414
Marcus Ericsson34.3769.06115.69221.96127.80634.99940.46147.19152.58657.83288.757
Kamui Kobayashi11.7117.29422.58728.95435.49441.10846.45451.64456.39661.51566.03770.92276.30781.34886.45192.66898.237121.605126.054130.391136.099141.601147.834139.728146.815152.982156.973159.726185.127187.239189.785194.341200.105204.303207.99211.819216.589221.819225.539229.965212.275216.991223.295229.871234.534240.298246.31253.289261.126

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15 comments on “2014 British Grand Prix lap charts”

  1. Yep, so my theory confirmed that Red Bull should have pitted Vettel a lap earlier than they did. Oh well.

    1. @vettel1
      Whatever happened to your theory that Red Bull had the race pace to challenge Mercedes today? :P

      In all seriousness Red Bull seem to be going backwards. They were the clear 2nd best team in Spain (Barcelona) yet come to Silverstone they are now clearly behind Williams. Even Ferrari looked on par with the RB10 in the hands of Alonso.

      1. Again, strategy errors @kingshark ;)

        Clearly Mercedes were withholding displaying their true pace on Friday: that was an absolutely blistering first few laps (however that said, both Red Bull’s were in traffic due to poor starts/grid positions, so perhaps it wasn’t fully representative).

        1. That prediction was at least 70% pure hope!

        2. @vettel1
          Still though.
          Valtteri Bottas started 14th and finished 2nd.
          Daniel Ricciardo started 8th and finished 3rd, 16.350 seconds behind Bottas.

          Their strategy wasn’t hugely different, both did a 1-stop. Bottas started on meds, Ricciardo started on hards.

          The FW36 was the second fastest car today IMO.

          1. Not necessarily disagreeing with you on that one: to an extent superior top speed was a decisive factor, but tyre longevity and sheer pace also rivalled and surpassed Red Bull.

          2. Something else worth highlighting @kingshark is just how good Bottas has been this year – had he not tagged the wall in Australia, I think he would have had three podiums.

            Williams weren’t wrong in thinking he was a star for the future!

          3. @vettel1 Indeed I’d say that him and Ricciardo are the two biggest/rising stars this season.

            On another note, Williams could finish 3rd in the WCC this season, which would be their best result since 2003 (when they were championship contenders).

          4. @kingshark I don’t fully agree with you. Vettel was ahead of Bottas in the first stint and maybe with a sensible strategy he could have stayed ahead for the whole race.
            Vettel’s pace yesterday was pretty good, he set the second fastest lap on lap 52, after the battle with Alonso.
            I think that the decision to put the hard tyres after the red flag was the wrong one. Ricciardo finished on the podium because he took a gamble and he was quite lucky with it, but he kept losing places in the first part of the race.
            Vettel was doing a better job in the first part, but they decided to go for two stops, which was clearly not the way to go, especially with a car that has a serious straight-line speed deficit.

            Having said that, you’re right when you compare Barcelona to Silverstone. These tracks should suit Red Bull. Red Bull was clearly faster than Williams in Spain, but now not so much.

          5. @yobo01I don’t fully agree with you. Vettel was ahead of Bottas in the first stint and maybe with a sensible strategy he could have stayed ahead for the whole race.
            Vettel started on the front row, Bottas 14th. On the restart Bottas was 9th and Vettel 6th. Bottas was on the back of Vettel by lap 4. ;)

            I agree with you that Red Bull’s strategy for Vettel was very poor, indeed, but their strategy for Ricciardo was pretty much the same as Bottas’ strategy, yet Dan finished over 16 seconds behind Valtteri despite starting ahead, that’s almost a whole pit stop.

            Williams easily had as much pace as Red Bull this race, in my eyes they were faster. Most people would expect RBR to out-develop Williams, but that’s not what’s happening right now.

  2. Chris (@tophercheese21)
    7th July 2014, 0:59

    Wow.
    Mercedes probably could have run at 75% power delivery, and still won by a country mile.

    Austria didn’t suit them, and they still got 1-2. Silverstone did, and they made everyone look silly… Apart from Rosberg’s gearbox failure. lol

    1. From what I see in the graph, I’d say that Hamilton did run at 75% power delivery the second half of the race (and still won by a country mile).

  3. Neil (@neilosjames)
    7th July 2014, 1:11

    Nice seeing Bianchi running so close to the rear of the midfield… Chilton had OK pace too. Really impressed with the progress Marussia have made.

    1. I know there was an element of luck from the Marussia’s in qualy, however, I’m wondering if they’re genuinely improving, and while I do use the word “improving”, I don’t mean that they’ve chopped off a full second off their time, but are they actually at the same pace if not better than the Sauber’s, and perhaps even on par with Lotus, when the Lotus are having a bad day.

  4. Magnussen’s strategy looks silly. Why didn’t they react to Alonso’s pit stop. He had a 5 seconds penalty. Had Magnussen stopped a lap earlier, he would have left the pits in front of Alonso and taken his position at the end of the race. Did they not see that? I’m wondering if they were assuming that Alonso would overtake him (again) anyway and they didn’t want to undermine the morale of the rookie.

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