Abu Dhabi 2019: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.851	1:35.634	1:34.779
2	Bottas	Mercedes	1:36.200	1:35.674	1:34.973	+0.194
3	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.390	1:36.275	1:35.139	+0.360
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.478	1:35.543	1:35.219	+0.440
5	Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.963	1:35.786	1:35.339	+0.560
6	Albon	Red Bull	1:36.102	1:36.718	1:35.682	+0.903
7	Norris	McLaren	1:37.545	1:36.764	1:36.436	+1.657
8	Ricciardo	Renault	1:37.106	1:36.785	1:36.456	+1.677
9	Sainz Jr.	McLaren	1:37.358	1:36.308	1:36.459	+1.680
10	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:37.506	1:36.859	1:36.710	+1.931
11	Pérez	Racing Point	1:36.961	1:37.055		+1.512
12	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:37.198	1:37.089		+1.546
13	Stroll	Racing Point	1:37.528	1:37.103		+1.560
14	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:37.683	1:37.141		+1.598
15	Magnussen	Haas	1:37.710	1:37.254		+1.711
16	Grosjean	Haas	1:38.051			+2.200
17	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:38.114			+2.263
18	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:38.383			+2.532
19	Russell	Williams	1:38.717			+2.866
20	Kubica	Williams	1:39.236			+3.385

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	55	1:34:05.715	1	Mercedes
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	55	+16.772	1	Honda
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	55	+43.435	2	Ferrari
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	20	55	+44.379	1	Mercedes
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	55	+1:04.357	2	Ferrari
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	5	55	+1:09.205	1	Honda
7	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	10	54	+1 lap	1	BWT Mercedes
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	54	+1 lap	1	Renault
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	13	54	+1 lap	1	Honda
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	8	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	7	54	+1 lap	2	Renault
12	Nico HülkenbergDriver of the Day	Renault	9	54	+1 lap	1	Renault
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	17	54	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	14	54	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	15	54	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	16	54	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	George Russell	Williams	18	54	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
18	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	11	53	+2 laps	1	Honda
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	19	53	+2 laps	1	Mercedes
DNF	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	12	45	Brakes	2	BWT Mercedes

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bottas Qualified 2, started 20 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

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

Race

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Places gained

Bottas20→4+16
Kvyat13→9+4
Räikkönen17→13+4
Pérez10→7+3
Russell18→17+1
Hamilton1→10
Verstappen2→20
Leclerc3→30
Magnussen14→140
Grosjean15→150
Giovinazzi16→160
Kubica19→190
Vettel4→5-1
Albon5→6-1
Norris6→8-2
Sainz Jr.8→10-2
Hülkenberg9→12-3
Ricciardo7→11-4
Gasly11→18-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Verstappen21.023R25
2Bottas21.145R29
3Leclerc21.274R38
4Sainz Jr.21.466R41
5Kvyat21.496R40
6Magnussen21.531R20
7Hülkenberg21.578R18
8Ricciardo21.624R42
9Kubica21.688R24
10Leclerc21.697R12

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton26291 stop
Verstappen25301 stop
Leclerc1226172 stops
Bottas29261 stop
Vettel1226172 stops
Albon13421 stop
Pérez37171 stop · +1 lap
Norris8461 stop · +1 lap
Kvyat40141 stop · +1 lap
Sainz Jr.1229132 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 2009Won from pole: 5 of 10

Win from furthest back (P4): Kimi Räikkönen 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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