Bahrain 2019: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.495	1:28.046	1:27.866
2	Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.733	1:28.356	1:28.160	+0.294
3	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.262	1:28.578	1:28.190	+0.324
4	Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.498	1:28.830	1:28.256	+0.390
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.579	1:29.109	1:28.752	+0.886
6	Magnussen	Haas	1:29.532	1:29.017	1:28.757	+0.891
7	Sainz Jr.	McLaren	1:29.528	1:29.055	1:28.813	+0.947
8	Grosjean	Haas	1:29.688	1:29.249	1:29.015	+1.149
9	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.959	1:29.471	1:29.022	+1.156
10	Norris	McLaren	1:29.381	1:29.258	1:29.043	+1.177
11	Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.859	1:29.488		+1.442
12	Albon	Toro Rosso	1:29.514	1:29.513		+1.467
13	Gasly	Red Bull	1:29.900	1:29.526		+1.480
14	Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.893	1:29.756		+1.710
15	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:29.876	1:29.854		+1.808
16	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.026			+1.531
17	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.034			+1.539
18	Stroll	Racing Point	1:30.217			+1.722
19	Russell	Williams	1:31.759			+3.264
20	Kubica	Williams	1:31.799			+3.304

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	3	57	1:34:21.295	2	Mercedes
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	4	57	+2.980	2	Mercedes
3	Charles LeclercFastest lapDriver of the Day	Ferrari	1	57	+6.131	2	Ferrari
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	57	+6.408	2	Honda
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	57	+36.068	3	Ferrari
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	9	57	+45.754	2	Renault
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	8	57	+47.470	2	Ferrari
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	13	57	+58.094	2	Honda
9	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	12	57	+1:02.697	2	Honda
10	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	14	57	+1:03.696	2	BWT Mercedes
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	16	57	+1:04.599	2	Ferrari
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	15	56	+1 lap	2	Honda
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	6	56	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	56	+1 lap	2	BWT Mercedes
15	George Russell	Williams	19	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
16	Robert Kubica	Williams	20	55	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	17	53	Power unit	2	Renault
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	10	53	Power loss	1	Renault
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	7	53	Gearbox	3	Renault
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas	11	16	Collision damage	1	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Grosjean Qualified 8, started 11 · 3-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Gasly13→8+5
Giovinazzi16→11+5
Pérez14→10+4
Stroll18→14+4
Russell19→15+4
Kubica20→16+4
Norris9→6+3
Albon12→9+3
Kvyat15→12+3
Hamilton3→1+2
Bottas4→2+2
Verstappen5→4+1
Räikkönen8→7+1
Hülkenberg17→170
Leclerc1→3-2
Vettel2→5-3
Magnussen6→13-7
Ricciardo10→18-8
Sainz Jr.7→19-12

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

Fastest pit stops

1Norris24.175R10
2Verstappen24.199R11
3Vettel24.212R35
4Vettel24.228R14
5Hamilton24.255R13
6Kubica24.313R27
7Hamilton24.324R34
8Leclerc24.358R36
9Bottas24.433R37
10Gasly24.484R39

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1321232 stops
Bottas1225202 stops
Leclerc1323212 stops
Verstappen1121252 stops
Vettel14213193 stops
Norris1024232 stops
Räikkönen924242 stops
Gasly930182 stops
Albon916322 stops
Pérez825242 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

HülkenbergPower unit, classified P17Renault
RicciardoPower loss, classified P18Renault
Sainz Jr.Gearbox, classified P19McLaren
GrosjeanCollision damageHaas

This race in history

14 races here since 2004Won from pole: 6 of 14

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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