2014 Malaysian Grand Prix lap charts

Which is the quickest of Mercedes’ customer teams? Malaysia gave cause to believe it’s not McLaren or Williams, but Force India.

As in Australia Nico Hulkenberg got his VJM07 in among the front runners – and proved a thorn in Fernando Alonso’s side.

Hulkenberg even briefly led the race on lap 16 after Lewis Hamilton made his first pit stop. But as the Mercedes driver passed him on his out-lap Hulkenberg did not officially lead a lap.

He only lost fifth place to the Ferrari with four laps to go following a tactical gamble by Alonso’s team. Ferrari got his stint on the hard tyres out of the way early, leaving him on mediums at the end, allowing him to attack – an approach that could have left him at a disadvantage had rain appeared at the end of the race, as some teams feared.

In another similarity with Australia, while Hulkenberg was clear of the pursuing midfield pack his team mate was out of contention. On this occasion Sergio Perez failed even to start the race following gear change problems on his installation lap.

The race chart below also reveals how well Daniil Kvyat did to hold Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen back to take the final point, though it shuold be noted both his rivals were coping with damage to their cars.

Malaysian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Lewis Hamilton	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sebastian Vettel	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Nico Rosberg	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Fernando Alonso	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	9	8	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Daniel Ricciardo	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Kimi Raikkonen	6	7	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Nico Hulkenberg	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	3	2	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Kevin Magnussen	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	17	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Jean-Eric Vergne	9	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	19
Jenson Button	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Daniil Kvyat	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	14	12	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	15	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Esteban Gutierrez	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13
Felipe Massa	13	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Sergio Perez	14
Romain Grosjean	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Pastor Maldonado	16	20	19	18	18	18	18	18
Adrian Sutil	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Valtteri Bottas	18	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	6	7	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Jules Bianchi	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
Kamui Kobayashi	20	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	12	11	9	9	10	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Max Chilton	21	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Marcus Ericsson	22	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Malaysian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the control below to show/hide different drivers:

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56
Lewis Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Vettel	3.188	4.546	5.527	5.367	6.277	6.779	8.049	8.75	9.284	10.31	11.065	11.906	16.427	35.143	30.241	10.769	11.357	11.214	11.498	12.094	12.203	12.428	12.799	13.418	13.669	13.713	13.6	13.897	13.636	14.225	18.205	36.78	31.759	12.091	12.741	13.296	13.313	13.3	14.206	15.038	15.373	16.166	17.154	18.67	19.92	20.639	21.391	21.872	25.666	45.187	40.501	20.167	21.989	24.203	25.025	24.534
Nico Rosberg	2.07	3.282	4.098	3.978	4.303	4.092	4.787	5.292	5.477	6.259	6.384	6.58	6.65	10.448	27.311	8.432	9.431	9.069	9.136	9.588	9.757	9.675	9.586	9.925	9.94	10.128	10.107	10.514	10.265	10.253	10.6	15.163	30.98	11.564	11.704	12.001	11.889	11.292	11.276	11.044	10.623	10.731	10.962	11.836	12.322	12.474	13.051	13.808	14.119	17.603	32.315	12.014	13.467	14.785	14.433	17.313
Fernando Alonso	4.616	6.269	6.725	7.151	8.25	8.857	10.126	10.979	12.239	14.833	19.46	37.893	37.883	38.287	34.469	15.144	16.152	16.471	17.114	17.774	18.548	19.766	20.681	22.422	23.531	24.549	28.61	47.646	47.114	46.905	46.188	46.126	43.166	23.497	24.651	25.589	26.17	27.025	29.081	30.707	32.112	38.572	57.806	57.936	57.881	56.95	55.705	54.359	53.041	51.375	47.126	29.225	32.402	34.616	35.719	35.992
Daniel Ricciardo	2.853	4.131	5.249	5.934	7.041	7.78	8.859	9.831	10.758	12.188	13.328	17.983	36.65	36.03	31.713	12.02	13.65	13.847	14.241	15.078	15.655	16.302	16.752	17.668	18.35	19.095	19.447	23.823	42.401	41.527	41.498	42.202	39.416	20.41	21.899	23.568	24.624	25.778	27.639	32.225	138.958	171.417	201.198	207.634	239.596	246.258	245.716	244.602	253.015
Kimi Raikkonen	6.297	49.539	71.178	70.579	71.539	72.316	73.722	75.165	76.077	77.68	78.906	80.404	81.613	83.323	82.157	66.021	70.722	77.527	97.844	98.125	99.292	99.999	100.79	102.241	104	107.875	109.198	111.367	112.341	113.862	114.969	116.857	115.342	102.847	121.733	121.686	122.817	123.259	124.404	125.161	125.86	127.268	129.227	131.209	132.641	133.785	134.867	135.805	136.906	137.752	137.939	121.35	126.124	132.583	137.09
Nico Hulkenberg	5.042	7.01	8.16	8.62	10.202	11.309	12.929	14.037	15.072	16.559	17.816	18.756	19.629	20.327	18.352	5.139	25.58	25.047	25.094	25.348	26.037	26.455	26.598	27.437	27.981	28.579	28.686	29.241	29.283	29.538	29.861	30.611	28.591	14.003	34.616	35.969	37.151	37.585	38.738	39.763	41.049	42.231	43.473	45.245	46.985	47.757	48.451	48.988	49.214	49.163	46.778	29.159	35.273	39.937	43.985	47.199
Kevin Magnussen	6.733	10.375	14.088	16.224	18.718	20.765	23.227	25.31	31.784	63.649	63.506	63.439	63.479	63.399	60.22	42.498	44.643	46.089	47.934	50.075	52.124	54.578	56.667	63.692	88.689	88.269	87.234	89.02	88.486	88.669	89.187	90.397	87.884	69.835	72.894	75.696	77.717	79.747	86.7	106.905	107.397	108.465	109.105	110.149	111.318	112.011	112.82	113.237	113.635	113.577	112.228	94.144	97.956	102.428	107.781
Jean-Eric Vergne	12.979	22.028	64.143	64.295	65.543	67.163	69.127	70.923	72.661	74.652	76.475	78.334	80.183	82.205	80.843	65.667	82.347	127.827
Jenson Button	7.184	10.568	12.401	13.364	14.987	16	17.85	19.148	20.664	23.072	25.103	27.198	32.633	52.353	48.484	29.643	31.168	32.002	33.466	35.042	36.885	38.671	40.227	42.679	47.964	67.082	66.828	67.549	67.727	68.274	68.393	69.201	66.821	48.314	50.337	52.676	54.568	56.625	62.301	82.839	83.808	85.41	87.289	89.494	91.539	93.696	94.325	94.852	95.058	94.649	91.814	73.147	76.716	79.975	81.995	83.691
Daniil Kvyat	9.726	12.849	15.823	18.403	20.864	23.176	26.008	28.62	31.083	37.453	56.485	55.748	55.295	57.302	55.261	38.06	40.545	41.823	43.622	45.47	49.224	55.618	79.17	80.45	81.89	83.421	83.763	85.105	86.544	88.004	91.497	94.072	93.194	79.692	100.348	101.867	103.396	106.897	108.833	110.9	112.867	116.807	119.191	122.279	124.717	128.637	130.642	132.167	133.285	134.554	133.168	117.616	122.761	128.076	134.75
Esteban Gutierrez	8.947	12.084	15.264	18.169	22.074	24.501	27.457	30.47	32.942	39.748	64.997	65.877	67.023	67.87	65.533	48.394	51.15	53.236	57.185	60.327	63.873	67.365	74.46	97.239	101.071	102.755	103.392	105.432	108.738	110.447	111.642	113.292	111.47	94.037	101.459
Felipe Massa	7.946	10.866	13.9	16.78	19.092	21.381	23.77	25.954	27.974	29.687	31.266	36.569	55.61	54.773	52.042	33.247	34.536	35.239	36.107	37.142	38.863	40.584	42.28	44.793	46.72	48.557	53.283	72.859	72.162	71.685	71.368	71.774	69.002	50.18	52.333	54.393	55.894	57.604	60.479	62.634	63.961	69.384	90.118	90.686	91.888	94.496	95.377	96.073	96.283	96.054	93.55	74.76	77.763	80.807	83.516	85.076
Sergio Perez
Romain Grosjean	10.328	13.841	16.449	19.319	22.68	25.263	28.413	31.12	33.546	36.442	38.554	45.335	65.39	65.656	63.163	45.185	47.655	48.906	51.091	53.103	55.227	57.52	59.441	62.158	68.198	89.308	89.3	90.293	91.936	96.017	96.803	98.024	95.991	77.794	79.912	82.62	84.911	87.662	91.132	97.877	119.905	121.325	124.729	126.945	128.903	130.707	132.879	134.799	136.283	137.455	136.782	120.852	125.693	132.258	136.952
Pastor Maldonado	18.156	23.781	28.023	31.453	35.708	39.105	51.136
Adrian Sutil	10.58	15.408	17.448	19.659	23.483	26.357	29.4	32.017	34.815	38.213	43.829	66.649	67.721	68.439	66.277	48.925	51.826	54.318	56.231	58.101	61.093	63.991	67.102	74.403	98.032	99.856	100.751	102.799	103.847	105.353	108.613	110.754
Valtteri Bottas	9.073	11.173	14.51	17.129	19.526	22.059	24.429	26.729	28.55	30.497	32.227	34.048	35.498	43.419	60.434	40.898	42.384	43.014	44.36	45.765	47.132	48.742	49.884	51.632	52.846	54.121	54.793	56.587	60.802	79.699	78.176	78.219	74.956	56.467	58.704	60.556	61.811	63.035	65.047	66.58	67.966	69.869	71.533	76.912	97.559	97.766	98.139	98.187	97.98	97.427	94.487	75.319	78.484	81.297	83.897	85.537
Jules Bianchi	76.233	133.052	136.769	139.867	144.042	148.196	153.724	164.667
Kamui Kobayashi	11.222	16.499	19.849	21.953	25.518	28.339	32.062	35.143	38.814	42.363	45.25	47.764	50.248	53.274	57.499	61.629	63.339	64.981	67.173	69.088	71.206	73.36	75.229	77.842	80.827	83.379	86.131	89.162	91.949	95.92	104.184	128.39	128.786	111.016	113.607	118.422	122.605	125.595	129.086	132.986	136.918	142.219	146.811	152.358	156.527	160.917	164.616	167.658	170.485	172.982	173.779	158.199	162.886	169.628	177.164
Max Chilton	13.491	18.476	21.92	24.909	28.926	32.49	35.927	39.702	43.179	51.263	73.786	76.128	78.221	80.252	79.275	63.715	67.393	70.861	74.95	78.595	82.405	86.624	90.505	94.794	100.543	105.685	116.248	142.185	143.456	145.92	148.119	151.918	152.7	135.706	139.725	144.834	148.694	152.284	157.07	161.657	169.882	196.683	200.303	206.306	210.076	214.27	217.464	221.928	223.995	225.929	226.046	210.328	215.603	221.369
Marcus Ericsson	12.554	17.15	20.204	22.78	26.138	29.558	33.583	37.551	40.711	44.502	52.102	79.336	80.997	82.816	81.445	65.394	70.3	74.83	78.034	81.29	84.605	88.388	92.047	96.24	101.523	113.086	137.663	140.367	141.507	143.379	146.435	151.35	151.799	134.716	138.227	142.247	147.157	154.847	179.12	181.592	184.372	187.577	190.931	194.838	202.476	206.387	209.156	213.045	216.007	218.368	218.834	204.256	212.813	221.239

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18 comments on “2014 Malaysian Grand Prix lap charts”

iAltair (@)
30th March 2014, 15:18

Congratz to Hamilton for his first Grand Chelem, though I don’t really like him. :)
1. Psychotext (@textuality)
  30th March 2014, 17:53
  
  Odd, I could have sworn that the commentators said Rosberg was leading at some point (whilst Hamilton pitted). Stupid commentators!
  1. Joe (@joetoml1n)
    30th March 2014, 18:29
    
    Hulkenberg was ahead of Hamilton at some point during the pit stop phases, but not as they crossed the line, which is where to measurements are taken from.
2. M Sakr (@m-sakr)
  31st March 2014, 10:24
  
  Nico led for half a lap.. Nico Hulkenberg that is ;)
Rooney (@rojov123)
30th March 2014, 15:40

FI is definitely not Mercedes’s fastest customer team. I feel Massa and Botas were stuck behind Jenson for most of the race and couldn’t really push. It might have been different if they had ran in clearer air.
George (@george)
30th March 2014, 16:25

What happened to Kobayashi in his middle stint? He went from similar pace to Chilton and Ericsson to a second faster, then back again.
1. Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
  31st March 2014, 6:24
  
  Impact of fuel weight on pace? Impressive race from Kobayashi to be only 43 seconds behind Kvyat at the line. His team mate and Chilton were the same distance behind him.
  
  Kimi would definitely have been near Hulk, and I imagine Magnussen ahead of Button on pace were it not for their incident early on.
Mr win or lose
30th March 2014, 16:36

@keithcollantine

But as the Mercedes driver passed him before the end of the ~~race~~ lap, Hulkenberg did not officially lead a lap.
Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
30th March 2014, 17:23

Of the three customer teams: Magnussen got a penalty and had to have his appendage changed and Massa and Bottas qualified poorly. Which leaves Button.

Is that enough evidence to show that McLaren and Mercedes are slower than Force India, especially as one of the latter’s cars didn’t even start the race?

Perhaps a better metric would be “who is the quickest of the Mercedes customer team drivers?”. Answer: Hulkenberg.
1. Fsoud (@udm7)
  30th March 2014, 19:26
  
  Well, Massa and Bottas did have clean air.
  But Hulk had it more and his strategy was quite different so I dont really see it as conclusive proof, SFI couldnt have improved to be better than McLaren and Williams in two weeks.
  Perhaps, it was the tyres again. They are quite good with degradation for the last 2 years like Lotus.
  And Im not saying it because of the two stopper.
Vivek Prabhu
30th March 2014, 17:37

Loving this site…..so much info….great going guys
Can we have fuel usage info
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
30th March 2014, 21:24

Which is the quickest of Mercedes’ customer teams?

I hope for Williams sake they get in a clean weekend quickly, before teams like Ferrari and McLaren leave them behind in the development race. The next race in Bahrain could be the team’s best opportunity; they went very well there in pre-season testing, and there should be no rain to spoil their qualifying. I think they are still the third fastest team in the dry, together with Ferrari, behind Red Bull and Mercedes.

I don’t think the Force India is all that special, but with Hulkenberg maxing the car’s potential in the first two weekends they have a good haul of points to show for it. At the moment it looks like Force India and Williams will be fighting for fifth in the WCC.
1. JerseyF1 (@jerseyf1)
  30th March 2014, 21:38
  
  @adrianmorse It’s starting to remind me a little of 2009, many people forget that 3 teamBrawn weren’t the only team whos started the season with a double-diffuser. In that year Williams which failed to really capitalize on their early season advantage.
  1. JerseyF1 (@jerseyf1)
    30th March 2014, 21:39
    
    Sorry – I seem to have temporarily lost the ability to construct sentences. Hopefully the general idea was conveyed to the reader.
    1. sato113 (@sato113)
      30th March 2014, 23:42
      
      LOL
2. Iestyn Davies (@fastiesty)
  31st March 2014, 6:27
  
  Agreed, and Lotus will come back ahead of Toro Rosso, as they turn their cars up to full pace. So they could come back towards FI/Williams, but it could be too late for them. Sauber look stuck in 9th until their car can save some weight.
3. Nikhil Bhandari
  31st March 2014, 10:16
  
  Force india Looks stonger on straight line speed, Even there tyre degradation is also less compared to others, they can 2-3 laps more then others with reducing the performance on tyres , they r lacking bit on qualifying pace, which will reduce in coming races, as they will getting a huge upgrades as per rob fernley in next few races,, with Hulk only scoring most of the points for the team, if sergio had also ran these race without any issues, i believe that he would have given Massa,Bottas,button, a real tough race and scoring few points adding to the tally of force india, ,
  It looks all good for Force india, they might be in a better shape then william and Mclaren, in comming races, even monaco is there favorite track, if they get it right they might even compete with mclaren for 4th, i feel mercedes,redbull and ferrari will be tough, for them to catch,, but he definately gave alonso a tuff fight,
4. Corrado (@)
  1st April 2014, 6:45
  
  What makes you say RBR is faster than Ferrari ? What “kind” of faster ? Ferrari set the fastest time for the entire GP weekend in both GPs, Mercedes apart (Alonso in Australia, then Raikkonen in Malaysia).