China 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:55.516	1:54.029	1:53.860
2	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:56.641	1:55.302	1:54.455	+0.595
3	Vettel	Red Bull	1:55.926	1:54.499	1:54.960	+1.100
4	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:56.058	1:55.294	1:55.143	+1.283
5	Alonso	Ferrari	1:56.961	1:55.765	1:55.637	+1.777
6	Massa	Williams	1:56.850	1:56.757	1:56.147	+2.287
7	Bottas	Williams	1:56.501	1:56.253	1:56.282	+2.422
8	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:55.913	1:56.847	1:56.366	+2.506
9	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:57.477	1:56.584	1:56.773	+2.913
10	Grosjean	Lotus	1:58.411	1:56.407	1:57.079	+3.219
11	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:58.279	1:56.860		+2.831
12	Button	McLaren	1:57.783	1:56.963		+2.934
13	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:57.261	1:57.289		+3.260
14	Sutil	Sauber	1:58.138	1:57.393		+3.364
15	Magnussen	McLaren	1:57.369	1:57.675		+3.646
16	Pérez	Force India	1:58.362	1:58.264		+4.235
17	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:58.988			+3.472
18	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:59.260			+3.744
19	Bianchi	Marussia	1:59.326			+3.810
20	Ericsson	Caterham	2:00.646			+5.130
21	Chilton	Marussia	2:00.865			+5.349
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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	54	1:33:28.338	2	Mercedes
2	Nico RosbergFastest lap	Mercedes	4	54	+18.062	2	Mercedes
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	5	54	+23.604	2	Ferrari
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	54	+27.136	2	Renault
5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	3	54	+47.778	2	Renault
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	54	+54.295	2	Mercedes
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	7	54	+55.697	2	Mercedes
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	11	54	+1:16.335	2	Ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	16	54	+1:22.647	2	Mercedes
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	13	53	+1 lap	2	Renault
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	12	53	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
12	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	9	53	+1 lap	2	Renault
13	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	15	53	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
14	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	22	53	+1 lap	2	Renault
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	6	53	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	17	53	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
17	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	19	53	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	18	53	+1 lap	3	Renault
19	Max Chilton	Marussia	21	52	+2 laps	3	Ferrari
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	20	52	+2 laps	3	Renault
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	10	28	Gearbox	1	Renault
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	14	5	Engine	0	Ferrari

Race

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Places gained

Maldonado22→14+8
Pérez16→9+7
Räikkönen11→8+3
Kvyat13→10+3
Rosberg4→2+2
Alonso5→3+2
Hülkenberg8→6+2
Magnussen15→13+2
Bianchi19→17+2
Chilton21→19+2
Button12→11+1
Gutiérrez17→16+1
Hamilton1→10
Bottas7→70
Kobayashi18→180
Ericsson20→200
Ricciardo2→4-2
Vettel3→5-2
Vergne9→12-3
Massa6→15-9

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

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel22.246R34
2Button22.408R7
3Ricciardo22.498R37
4Button22.548R28
5Vettel22.570R12
6Magnussen22.579R31
7Gutiérrez22.734R40
8Hülkenberg22.764R31
9Alonso22.776R11
10Pérez22.914R10

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1721162 stops
Rosberg1324172 stops
Alonso1122212 stops
Ricciardo1522172 stops
Vettel1222202 stops
Hülkenberg1120232 stops
Bottas1219232 stops
Räikkönen1021232 stops
Pérez1020242 stops
Kvyat1417222 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.

This race in history

10 races here since 2004Won from pole: 5 of 10

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

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

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