Australia 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.699	1:42.890	1:44.231
2	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.775	1:42.295	1:44.548	+0.317
3	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.564	1:42.264	1:44.595	+0.364
4	Magnussen	McLaren	1:30.949	1:43.247	1:45.745	+1.514
5	Alonso	Ferrari	1:31.388	1:42.805	1:45.819	+1.588
6	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:33.488	1:43.849	1:45.864	+1.633
7	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:33.893	1:43.658	1:46.030	+1.799
8	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:33.777	1:44.331	1:47.368	+3.137
9	Massa	Williams	1:31.228	1:44.242	1:48.079	+3.848
10	Bottas	Williams	1:31.601	1:43.852	1:48.147	+3.916
11	Button	McLaren	1:31.396	1:44.437		+2.173
12	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.439	1:44.494		+2.230
13	Vettel	Red Bull	1:31.931	1:44.668		+2.404
14	Sutil	Sauber	1:33.673	1:45.655		+3.391
15	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:34.274	1:45.867		+3.603
16	Pérez	Force India	1:34.141	1:47.293		+5.029
17	Chilton	Marussia	1:34.293			+3.518
18	Bianchi	Marussia	1:34.794			+4.019
19	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:35.117			+4.342
20	Ericsson	Caterham	1:35.157			+4.382
21	Grosjean	Lotus	1:36.993			+6.218
NC	Maldonado	Lotus

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	3	57	1:32:58.710	2	Mercedes
2	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	4	57	+26.777	2	Mercedes
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	10	57	+30.027	2	Mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	57	+35.284	2	Ferrari
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	15	57	+47.639	2	Mercedes
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	57	+50.718	2	Mercedes
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	11	57	+57.675	2	Ferrari
8	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	6	57	+1:00.441	2	Renault
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	8	57	+1:03.585	2	Renault
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	16	57	+1:25.916	3	Mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	13	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
12	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	20	56	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
13	Max Chilton	Marussia	PL	55	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
NC	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	PL	49	+8 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	PL	43	Power unit	2	Renault
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	21	29	Power unit	1	Renault
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	19	27	Oil pressure	1	Renault
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	12	3	Power unit	0	Renault
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	2	Power unit	0	Mercedes
DNF	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	14	0	Collision	0	Renault
DSQ	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	57	Fuel	2	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bottas Qualified 10, started 15 · 5-place penalty
Gutiérrez Qualified 19, started 20 · 5-place penalty
Grosjean Qualified 21, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Bottas15→5+10
Gutiérrez20→12+8
Button10→3+7
Pérez16→10+6
Räikkönen11→7+4
ChiltonPL→13+4
Rosberg3→1+2
Magnussen4→2+2
Sutil13→11+2
Alonso5→4+1
Hülkenberg7→6+1
Kvyat8→9-1
Vergne6→8-2

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Grosjean17.255R1
2Räikkönen21.825R36
3Alonso21.978R35
4Grosjean22.264R28
5Magnussen22.273R37
6Button22.399R32
7Button22.411R11
8Ricciardo22.427R36
9Pérez22.497R11
10Pérez22.526R32

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Rosberg1226192 stops
Magnussen1225202 stops
Button1121252 stops
Alonso1223222 stops
Bottas1026212 stops
Hülkenberg1221242 stops
Räikkönen1224212 stops
Vergne1221242 stops
Kvyat1224212 stops
Pérez11021253 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

GrosjeanPower unitLotus
MaldonadoPower unitLotus
EricssonOil pressureCaterham
VettelPower unitRed Bull
HamiltonPower unitMercedes
MassaCollisionWilliams
KobayashiCollisionCaterham
RicciardoFuelRed Bull

This race in history

18 races here since 1996Won from pole: 8 of 18

Win from furthest back (P11): David Coulthard 2003

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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