Bahrain 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:35.439	1:33.708	1:33.185
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.323	1:33.872	1:33.464	+0.279
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:36.220	1:34.592	1:34.051	+0.866
4	Bottas	Williams	1:34.934	1:34.842	1:34.247	+1.062
5	Pérez	Force India	1:34.998	1:34.747	1:34.346	+1.161
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.234	1:34.925	1:34.368	+1.183
7	Button	McLaren	1:35.699	1:34.714	1:34.387	+1.202
8	Massa	Williams	1:35.085	1:34.842	1:34.511	+1.326
9	Magnussen	McLaren	1:35.288	1:34.904	1:34.712	+1.527
10	Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.251	1:34.723	1:34.992	+1.807
11	Vettel	Red Bull	1:35.549	1:34.985		+1.277
12	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:34.874	1:35.116		+1.408
13	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:35.395	1:35.145		+1.437
14	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:35.815	1:35.286		+1.578
15	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:36.567	1:35.891		+2.183
16	Grosjean	Lotus	1:36.654	1:35.908		+2.200
17	Maldonado	Lotus	1:36.663			+1.789
18	Sutil	Sauber	1:36.840			+1.966
19	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:37.085			+2.211
20	Bianchi	Marussia	1:37.310			+2.436
21	Ericsson	Caterham	1:37.875			+3.001
22	Chilton	Marussia	1:37.913			+3.039

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	57	1:39:42.743	2	Mercedes
2	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	1	57	+1.085	2	Mercedes
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	4	57	+24.067	2	Mercedes
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	13	57	+24.489	2	Renault
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	11	57	+28.654	2	Mercedes
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	10	57	+29.879	2	Renault
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	7	57	+31.265	3	Mercedes
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	3	57	+31.876	3	Mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	9	57	+32.595	3	Ferrari
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	57	+33.462	3	Ferrari
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	12	57	+41.342	3	Renault
12	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	16	57	+43.143	3	Renault
13	Max Chilton	Marussia	21	57	+59.909	3	Ferrari
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	17	57	+1:02.803	4	Renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	18	57	+1:27.900	2	Renault
16	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	19	56	+1 lap	5	Ferrari
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	6	55	Clutch	2	Mercedes
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	8	40	Clutch	3	Mercedes
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	15	39	Collision	2	Ferrari
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	20	33	Oil leak	2	Renault
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	14	18	Collision damage	2	Renault
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	22	17	Collision	2	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Ricciardo Qualified 3, started 13 · 10-place penalty
Sutil Qualified 18, started 22 · 5-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Ricciardo13→4+9
Chilton21→13+8
Hülkenberg11→5+6
Vettel10→6+4
Grosjean16→12+4
Maldonado17→14+3
Kobayashi18→15+3
Bianchi19→16+3
Hamilton2→1+1
Pérez4→3+1
Kvyat12→11+1
Massa7→70
Alonso9→90
Rosberg1→2-1
Bottas3→8-5
Räikkönen5→10-5
Button6→17-11

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

Fastest pit stops

1Bianchi18.989R18
2Hülkenberg24.440R35
3Räikkönen24.453R41
4Button24.476R17
5Alonso24.493R41
6Massa24.528R13
7Magnussen24.559R25
8Massa24.575R38
9Alonso24.576R28
10Magnussen24.611R14

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1922162 stops
Rosberg2120162 stops
Pérez1618232 stops
Ricciardo1817222 stops
Hülkenberg1520222 stops
Vettel1618232 stops
Massa131510193 stops
Bottas101515173 stops
Alonso121613163 stops
Räikkönen13208163 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

ButtonClutch, classified P17McLaren
MagnussenClutchMcLaren
GutiérrezCollisionSauber
EricssonOil leakCaterham
VergneCollision damageToro Rosso
SutilCollisionSauber

This race in history

9 races here since 2004Won from pole: 4 of 9

Win from furthest back (P4): Fernando Alonso 2006

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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