Malaysia 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:57.202	1:59.041	1:59.431
2	Vettel	Red Bull	1:57.654	1:59.399	1:59.486	+0.055
3	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:57.183	1:59.445	2:00.050	+0.619
4	Alonso	Ferrari	1:58.889	2:01.356	2:00.175	+0.744
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:58.913	2:00.147	2:00.541	+1.110
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:59.257	2:01.532	2:01.218	+1.787
7	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:58.883	2:00.839	2:01.712	+2.281
8	Magnussen	McLaren	2:00.358	2:02.094	2:02.213	+2.782
9	Vergne	Toro Rosso	2:01.689	2:02.096	2:03.078	+3.647
10	Button	McLaren	2:00.889	2:01.810	2:04.053	+4.622
11	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	2:01.175	2:02.351		+3.310
12	Gutiérrez	Sauber	2:01.134	2:02.369		+3.328
13	Massa	Williams	2:00.047	2:02.460		+3.419
14	Pérez	Force India	2:00.076	2:02.511		+3.470
15	Bottas	Williams	1:59.709	2:02.756		+3.715
16	Grosjean	Lotus	2:00.202	2:02.885		+3.844
17	Maldonado	Lotus	2:02.074			+4.891
18	Sutil	Sauber	2:02.131			+4.948
19	Bianchi	Marussia	2:02.702			+5.519
20	Kobayashi	Caterham	2:03.595			+6.412
21	Chilton	Marussia	2:04.388			+7.205
22	Ericsson	Caterham	2:04.407			+7.224

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 HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	1	56	1:40:25.974	3	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	3	56	+17.313	3	Mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	2	56	+24.534	3	Renault
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	4	56	+35.992	3	Ferrari
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	56	+47.199	2	Mercedes
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	10	56	+1:23.691	3	Mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	13	56	+1:25.076	3	Mercedes
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	18	56	+1:25.537	3	Mercedes
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	8	55	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	11	55	+1 lap	3	Renault
11	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	15	55	+1 lap	3	Renault
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	55	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	20	55	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	22	54	+2 laps	3	Renault
15	Max Chilton	Marussia	21	54	+2 laps	3	Ferrari
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	49	Front wing	5	Renault
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	12	35	Gearbox	2	Ferrari
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	17	32	Power unit	2	Ferrari
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	9	18	Turbo	2	Renault
DNF	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	19	8	Brakes	1	Ferrari
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	16	7	Power unit	0	Renault
DNS	Sergio Pérez	Force India	14		Gearbox	0	Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bottas Qualified 15, started 18 · 3-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Bottas18→8+10
Ericsson22→14+8
Kobayashi20→13+7
Massa13→7+6
Chilton21→15+6
Button10→6+4
Grosjean15→11+4
Hülkenberg7→5+2
Rosberg3→2+1
Kvyat11→10+1
Hamilton1→10
Alonso4→40
Vettel2→3-1
Magnussen8→9-1
Räikkönen6→12-6

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

Fastest pit stops

1Alonso24.222R27
2Räikkönen24.246R34
3Magnussen24.415R39
4Räikkönen24.417R18
5Vettel24.432R13
6Alonso24.466R11
7Hamilton24.484R51
8Bottas24.498R44
9Button24.524R25
10Massa24.526R42

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton15181853 stops
Rosberg14181863 stops
Vettel13181873 stops
Alonso111615143 stops
Hülkenberg1618222 stops
Button131214173 stops
Massa121515143 stops
Bottas141515123 stops
Magnussen91515163 stops · +1 lap
Kvyat101212213 stops · +1 lap

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

15 races here since 1999Won from pole: 8 of 15

Win from furthest back (P8): Fernando Alonso 2012

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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