Russia 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.759	1:38.338	1:38.513
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:39.076	1:38.606	1:38.713	+0.200
3	Bottas	Williams	1:39.125	1:38.971	1:38.920	+0.407
4	Button	McLaren	1:39.560	1:39.381	1:39.121	+0.608
5	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:40.074	1:39.296	1:39.277	+0.764
6	Magnussen	McLaren	1:39.735	1:39.022	1:39.629	+1.116
7	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:40.519	1:39.666	1:39.635	+1.122
8	Alonso	Ferrari	1:40.255	1:39.786	1:39.709	+1.196
9	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.098	1:39.838	1:39.771	+1.258
10	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:40.354	1:39.929	1:40.020	+1.507
11	Vettel	Red Bull	1:40.382	1:40.052		+1.714
12	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:40.273	1:40.058		+1.720
13	Pérez	Force India	1:40.723	1:40.163		+1.825
14	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:41.159	1:40.536		+2.198
15	Sutil	Sauber	1:40.766	1:40.984		+2.646
16	Grosjean	Lotus	1:42.526	1:41.397		+3.059
17	Ericsson	Caterham	1:42.648			+3.889
18	Massa	Williams	1:43.064			+4.305
19	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:43.166			+4.407
20	Maldonado	Lotus	1:43.205			+4.446
21	Chilton	Marussia	1:43.649			+4.890

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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	53	1:31:50.744	1	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	53	+13.657	1	Mercedes
3	Valtteri BottasFastest lap	Williams	3	53	+17.425	1	Mercedes
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	4	53	+30.234	1	Mercedes
5	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	11	53	+53.616	1	Mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	7	53	+1:00.016	1	Ferrari
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	53	+1:01.812	1	Renault
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	10	53	+1:06.185	1	Renault
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	8	53	+1:18.877	1	Ferrari
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	12	53	+1:20.067	1	Mercedes
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	18	53	+1:20.877	2	Mercedes
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	17	53	+1:21.309	1	Mercedes
13	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	9	53	+1:37.295	1	Renault
14	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	5	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	13	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	14	52	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
17	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	15	52	+1 lap	1	Renault
18	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	21	52	+1 lap	1	Renault
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	16	51	+2 laps	2	Renault
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	19	21	Brakes	0	Renault
DNF	Max Chilton	Marussia	20	9	Suspension	1	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Magnussen Qualified 6, started 11 · 5-place penalty
Hülkenberg Qualified 12, started 17 · 5-place penalty
Chilton Qualified 21, started 20 · 5-place penalty
Maldonado Qualified 20, started 21 · 10-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Massa18→11+7
Magnussen11→5+6
Hülkenberg17→12+5
Maldonado21→18+3
Vettel10→8+2
Pérez12→10+2
Alonso7→6+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Bottas3→30
Button4→40
Ricciardo6→7-1
Räikkönen8→9-1
Gutiérrez13→15-2
Sutil14→16-2
Grosjean15→17-2
Ericsson16→19-3
Vergne9→13-4
Kvyat5→14-9

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

Fastest pit stops

1Magnussen29.736R26
2Pérez29.876R25
3Massa29.912R1
4Button29.994R22
5Ricciardo30.006R11
6Grosjean30.037R20
7Hülkenberg30.096R24
8Räikkönen30.097R26
9Maldonado30.180R21
10Vergne30.272R23

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton27261 stop
Rosberg1521 stop
Bottas26271 stop
Button22311 stop
Magnussen26271 stop
Alonso25281 stop
Ricciardo11421 stop
Vettel30231 stop
Räikkönen26271 stop
Pérez25281 stop

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.

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

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