Spain 2014: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27.238	1:26.210	1:25.232
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:26.764	1:26.088	1:25.400	+0.168
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:28.053	1:26.613	1:26.285	+1.053
4	Bottas	Williams	1:28.198	1:27.563	1:26.632	+1.400
5	Grosjean	Lotus	1:28.472	1:27.258	1:26.960	+1.728
6	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.308	1:27.335	1:27.104	+1.872
7	Alonso	Ferrari	1:28.329	1:27.602	1:27.140	+1.908
8	Button	McLaren	1:28.279	1:27.570	1:27.335	+2.103
9	Massa	Williams	1:28.061	1:27.016	1:27.402	+2.170
10	Vettel	Red Bull	1:27.958	1:27.052		+0.964
11	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:28.155	1:27.685		+1.597
12	Pérez	Force India	1:28.469	1:28.002		+1.914
13	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:28.074	1:28.039		+1.951
14	Gutiérrez	Sauber	1:28.374	1:28.280		+2.192
15	Magnussen	McLaren	1:28.389			+1.625
16	Vergne	Toro Rosso	1:28.194			+1.430
17	Sutil	Sauber	1:28.563			+1.799
18	Chilton	Marussia	1:29.586			+2.822
19	Bianchi	Marussia	1:30.177			+3.413
20	Ericsson	Caterham	1:30.312			+3.548
21	Kobayashi	Caterham	1:30.375			+3.611
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	66	1:41:05.155	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	66	+0.636	2	Mercedes
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	66	+49.014	2	Renault
4	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Red Bull	15	66	+1:16.702	3	Renault
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	4	66	+1:19.293	2	Mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	7	66	+1:27.743	3	Ferrari
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	5	65	+1 lap	2	Renault
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	10	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	8	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
12	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren	14	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
14	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	12	65	+1 lap	3	Renault
15	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus	22	65	+1 lap	2	Renault
16	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber	13	65	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
17	Adrian Sutil	Sauber	16	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
18	Jules Bianchi	Marussia	18	64	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
19	Max Chilton	Marussia	17	64	+2 laps	3	Ferrari
20	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham	19	64	+2 laps	2	Renault
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham	20	34	Brakes	1	Renault
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	21	24	Exhaust	1	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Vettel Qualified 10, started 15 · 5-place penalty
Vergne Qualified 16, started 21 · 10-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Vettel15→4+11
Maldonado22→15+7
Pérez11→9+2
Magnussen14→12+2
Alonso7→6+1
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Ricciardo3→30
Hülkenberg10→100
Bianchi18→180
Bottas4→5-1
Räikkönen6→7-1
Sutil16→17-1
Ericsson19→20-1
Kvyat12→14-2
Chilton17→19-2
Grosjean5→8-3
Button8→11-3
Gutiérrez13→16-3
Massa9→13-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel21.599R33
2Vettel21.608R52
3Alonso21.664R53
4Magnussen21.768R41
5Button21.810R17
6Ricciardo21.830R45
7Magnussen21.894R19
8Ricciardo21.969R14
9Alonso21.970R16
10Vettel21.974R12

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1825232 stops
Rosberg2124212 stops
Ricciardo1431212 stops
Vettel122119143 stops
Bottas2025212 stops
Alonso161918133 stops
Räikkönen1726222 stops · +1 lap
Grosjean1519312 stops · +1 lap
Pérez1819282 stops · +1 lap
Hülkenberg1719292 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

23 races here since 1991Won from pole: 17 of 23

Win from furthest back (P5): Fernando Alonso 2013

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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