Abu Dhabi 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.308	1:41.459	1:40.480
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.207	1:40.920	1:40.866	+0.386
3	Bottas	Williams	1:42.346	1:41.376	1:41.025	+0.545
4	Massa	Williams	1:41.475	1:41.144	1:41.119	+0.639
5	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:42.302	1:42.082	1:41.908	+1.428
6	Button	McLaren	1:42.137	1:41.875	1:41.964	+1.484
7	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.439	1:42.168	1:42.236	+1.756
8	Alonso	Ferrari	1:42.467	1:41.940	1:42.866	+2.386
9	Magnussen	McLaren	1:42.104	1:42.198		+1.278
10	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:42.413	1:42.207		+1.287
11	Pérez	Force India	1:42.654	1:42.239		+1.319
12	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:42.444	1:42.384		+1.464
13	Sutil	Sauber	1:42.746	1:43.074		+2.154
14	Grosjean	Lotus	1:42.768			+1.561
15	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:42.819			+1.612
16	Maldonado	Lotus	1:42.860			+1.653
17	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:44.540			+3.333
18	Stevens	Caterham	1:45.095			+3.888
EX	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.204	1:41.692	1:41.267	+0.787
EX	Vettel	Red Bull	1:42.495	1:42.147	1:41.893	+1.413

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	2	55	1:39:02.619	2	Mercedes
2	Felipe Massa	Williams	4	55	+2.576	2	Mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	55	+28.880	2	Mercedes
4	Daniel RicciardoFastest lap	Red Bull	PL	55	+37.237	2	Renault
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	6	55	+1:00.334	2	Mercedes
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	12	55	+1:02.148	2	Mercedes
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	55	+1:11.060	2	Mercedes
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	PL	55	+1:12.045	2	Renault
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	55	+1:25.813	2	Ferrari
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	7	55	+1:27.820	2	Ferrari
11	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	9	55	+1:30.376	2	Mercedes
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	10	55	+1:31.947	3	Renault
13	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	18	54	+1 lap	3	Renault
14	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	54	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	14	54	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
16	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	13	54	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
17	Will Stevens	Caterham	17	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	16	42	Vibrations	2	Renault
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	15	26	Engine	1	Renault
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	5	14	Driveshaft	1	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Grosjean Qualified 14, started 18 · 20-place penalty
Vettel Qualified EX, started PL
Ricciardo Qualified EX, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

RicciardoPL→4+16
VettelPL→8+11
Hülkenberg12→6+6
Grosjean18→13+5
Pérez11→7+4
Massa4→2+2
Hamilton2→1+1
Button6→5+1
Bottas3→30
Stevens17→170
Alonso8→9-1
Gutiérrez14→15-1
Magnussen9→11-2
Vergne10→12-2
Räikkönen7→10-3
Sutil13→16-3
Rosberg1→14-13

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

Fastest pit stops

1Grosjean16.120R1
2Räikkönen21.546R6
3Grosjean21.574R21
4Ricciardo21.582R47
5Vettel21.611R46
6Alonso21.619R5
7Magnussen21.623R29
8Hülkenberg21.642R37
9Bottas21.661R10
10Grosjean21.699R8

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1021242 stops
Massa1330122 stops
Bottas1025202 stops
Ricciardo272082 stops
Button622272 stops
Hülkenberg1522182 stops
Pérez1427142 stops
Vettel212592 stops
Alonso522282 stops
Räikkönen620292 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

This race in history

5 races here since 2009Won from pole: 1 of 5

Win from furthest back (P4): Kimi Räikkönen 2012

Most wins here

3 Sebastian Vettel

Previous winners 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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