2014 Bahrain Grand Prix lap charts

Without the interruption of the Safety Car, Mercedes were on course to win by over 80 seconds and could potentially have lapped all their rivals.

But as the saying goes you only need two cars to make a race, and the two W05s by themselves provided more than enough action for one race – several of their positions swaps don’t even appear on the chart below.

And of course there was more going on than just the fight between the Mercedes – the position changes came thick and fast behind them.

One of the striking changes in the complexion of the race after the Safety Car period was the sudden increase in performance from the two Red Bull drivers. Having languished in the lower half of the points early in the race they made great strides in the final dozen laps.

The opportunity to save fuel during the Safety Car period, and the fact both drivers had already got their medium tyre stints out of the way, allowed both to go on the attack. Daniel Ricciardo was probably one lap away from finishing on the podium when the chequered flag fell.

Bahrain 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	57
Nico Rosberg	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	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
Valtteri Bottas	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	16	14	12	9	8	7	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	3	3	3	3	5	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sergio Perez	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kimi Raikkonen	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	9	14	13	13	11	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	9	10	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Jenson Button	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	16
Felipe Massa	7	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	11	10	8	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	4	4	5	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Kevin Magnussen	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	12
Fernando Alonso	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	14	12	11	10	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	6	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Sebastian Vettel	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	6	7	6	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Nico Hulkenberg	11	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	11	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Daniil Kvyat	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	17	16	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Daniel Ricciardo	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	13	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Jean-Eric Vergne	14	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	20	20
Esteban Gutierrez	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	15	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Romain Grosjean	16	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Pastor Maldonado	17	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	8	9	9	10	10	12	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Kamui Kobayashi	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	15	16	15	15	14	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15
Jules Bianchi	19	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	21	19	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Marcus Ericsson	20	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	20	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Max Chilton	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Adrian Sutil	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	18	22	22	22	22	22

Bahrain Grand Prix race chart

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

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

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	57
Nico Rosberg	1.02	1.03	0.969	1.297	1.495	1.455	1.504	1.382	1.529	1.341	1.473	1.432	1.409	1.509	1.178	0.897	0.55	0.516	0	0	0	6.094	5.623	6.058	6.476	6.801	7.041	7.268	7.461	7.582	7.818	8.512	8.432	8.869	9.242	9.511	9.682	9.787	9.787	9.526	13.585	0.925	1.288	1.423	1.245	0.413	0.48	0.982	0.894	0.612	0.565	0.578	0.827	1.011	0.986	1.014	1.085
Lewis Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.064	19.933	15.259	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
Valtteri Bottas	3.773	4.338	5.387	6.381	7.339	8.511	10.215	12.117	14.11	20.994	41.094	40.138	39.756	38.836	38.818	38.215	37.669	35.727	32.384	32.262	28.968	15.452	16.706	18.881	24.541	45.653	45.951	45.888	45.961	45.85	48.494	50.414	51.762	52.485	53.584	54.664	55.192	55.42	56.059	59.212	95.773	53.419	19.938	9.447	8.856	4.338	7.588	10.676	13.569	15.675	18.041	19.747	20.566	23.203	26.053	29.553	31.876
Sergio Perez	3.19	3.393	4.315	5.283	5.933	6.98	8.593	9.903	11.493	12.921	14.536	16.757	18.866	20.133	21.084	25.464	44.687	42.252	38.063	36.726	32.687	18.344	18.721	20.526	22.97	25.329	27.199	28.897	29.968	30.965	31.992	33.69	34.888	39.544	59.402	58.455	57.867	57.42	57.12	56.808	71.345	31.535	4.334	3.714	2.122	1.708	4.412	7.166	9.858	12.011	14.191	14.822	15.577	17.563	19.737	22.109	24.067
Kimi Raikkonen	5.994	7.333	8.978	10.683	12.008	13.268	15.11	17.13	19.021	20.9	22.929	24.723	29.806	50.003	48.146	48.159	47.339	47.101	44.233	44.124	41.662	27.86	28.713	31.521	34.394	36.411	38.615	40.697	43.101	44.934	47.004	51.654	57.98	79.604	79.127	78.696	80.056	81.463	82.256	81.969	100.306	76.236	46.474	11.767	11.49	5.498	8.681	12.671	16.929	20.546	22.729	23.249	23.853	26.06	28.141	30.906	33.462
Jenson Button	4.145	5.17	6.297	7.338	8.355	9.347	10.879	12.611	14.521	15.939	17.334	19.157	21.138	22.869	24.374	26.445	30.613	48.991	45.2	44.372	40.622	26.76	27.426	28.807	29.908	31.576	32.298	33.58	34.605	35.706	36.61	38.153	39.311	40.899	45.263	65.1	64.48	64.174	64.024	63.797	78.587	37.079	7.311	6.299	4.351	2.597	6.883	11.931	15.998	20.108	23.983	25.211	26.065	28.394	71.321
Felipe Massa	1.94	2.253	3.01	3.973	5.095	6.141	7.636	9.013	10.617	12.088	14.003	17.698	22.99	42.027	40.885	40.301	39.573	37.608	33.77	33.346	29.717	15.951	17.267	19.351	22.21	24.645	26.718	33.526	54.051	53.575	53.61	53.674	53.542	54.307	54.863	55.441	55.666	58.701	77.638	76.114	91.992	50.763	19.193	8.919	7.896	3.917	7.128	9.719	12.651	15.131	17.66	19.07	20.16	22.732	25.349	29.082	31.265
Kevin Magnussen	6.799	8.404	10.168	12.089	13.522	14.972	17.185	19.257	21.791	23.987	27.798	31.097	34.177	40.034	60.33	60.179	59.904	58.826	55.732	55.293	51.628	37.657	38.691	41.258	46.015	66.494	66.747	67.227	67.734	68.708	69.338	70.558	72.63	73.775	75.189	77.511	79.345	83.921	104.215	103.527
Fernando Alonso	4.929	6.062	7.352	8.802	11.076	12.584	14.384	15.767	17.592	19.457	21.162	25.61	45.786	44.634	43.287	42.795	42.493	41.437	39.736	40.013	36.93	23.483	24.95	27.123	29.263	31.238	33.637	38.293	58.246	58.028	58.178	58.753	59.006	59.678	60.723	61.407	62.212	62.479	63.443	63.383	80.927	58.922	21.518	10.343	9.953	4.86	8.103	12.328	16.408	18.758	20.663	21.057	21.512	24.333	26.963	30.294	32.595
Sebastian Vettel	6.38	7.792	9.663	11.472	12.819	14.028	15.783	17.615	19.764	21.59	23.475	25.31	27.339	28.771	30.898	35.53	54.624	51.315	47.84	46.35	42.136	28.289	29.268	31.308	32.769	33.969	35.027	36.548	37.496	39.208	41.089	43.501	46.182	52.094	75.403	75.4	75.081	74.555	74.384	73.372	88.615	47.081	14.226	7.173	5.54	3.106	5.886	8.438	11.619	14.369	17.077	18.457	19.697	22.232	24.971	28.242	29.879
Nico Hulkenberg	5.29	6.482	7.936	9.312	9.981	10.949	12.08	13.55	15.365	16.895	18.266	19.934	21.916	23.719	28.07	46.04	43.706	41.675	37.474	35.872	31.849	17.464	17.834	19.951	22.474	25.744	27.765	29.993	30.789	31.821	32.784	34.86	36.443	38.216	43.279	62.629	61.229	60.404	59.836	58.964	71.847	32.547	5.85	4.985	3.341	1.987	5	8.044	10.856	13.502	16.176	17.485	19.25	21.531	23.976	26.727	28.654
Daniil Kvyat	7.81	9.506	11.26	13.427	15.092	16.701	18.791	20.703	23.658	28.547	49.236	48.019	47.789	47.844	47.56	47.761	49.042	48.805	48.578	49.731	48.169	35.733	38.144	43.399	66.609	68.215	69.886	71.358	73.211	74.761	76.5	79.097	80.936	82.908	84.562	85.555	86.779	88.215	92.295	118.956	139.189	89.317	51.92	12.574	12.126	5.858	9.293	13.099	17.297	21.405	24.669	26.214	28.022	31.43	34.728	38.124	41.342
Daniel Ricciardo	7.3	8.954	10.748	12.771	14.243	15.604	17.814	19.802	22.615	24.58	26.392	26.986	28.133	29.27	30.326	31.095	31.882	34.888	52.013	50.954	47.119	32.642	32.935	33.853	35.207	36.781	39.138	41.258	43.696	45.648	47.504	49.837	51.535	54.22	59.352	78.97	78.079	77.007	76.453	74.973	89.716	47.822	18.322	8.2	7.286	3.548	6.168	9.051	11.815	13.968	16.561	17.935	18.393	19.882	21.668	23.173	24.489
Jean-Eric Vergne	48.071	79.633	81.547	84.51	87.354	89.734	92.965	95.779	98.998	104.252	107.198	110.077	113.024	118.634	140.918	140.793	142.052	144.713
Esteban Gutierrez	8.055	10.357	12.623	14.968	17.437	20.826	23.448	25.822	28.533	31.176	34.282	41.66	62.406	61.645	61.676	61.663	61.82	61.282	60.143	61.04	59.081	46.912	49.402	53.083	56.582	60.687	67.292	89.714	90.478	93.493	94.441	95.346	96.299	97.8	101.581	102.597	103.9	105.387	107.949
Romain Grosjean	11.173	14.577	16.029	18.112	19.797	22.054	24.218	27.446	29.893	32.29	34.771	37.32	42.294	63.745	63.037	62.756	62.58	61.827	59.064	59.726	57.243	44.36	46.036	48.374	51.006	53.25	55.768	61.459	82.862	83.664	83.901	84.575	85.206	86.39	87.719	88.949	93.293	114.563	113.886	119.868	139.382	90.054	53.438	13.378	13.111	6.243	10.104	14.1	18.343	22.033	25.342	26.621	28.526	32.374	35.593	39.359	43.143
Pastor Maldonado	8.829	11.506	13.732	16.134	18.015	20.169	22.512	25.032	27.294	29.46	31.66	33.902	36.13	38.051	40.084	42.387	45.535	47.594	50.412	70.526	66.257	52.454	53.423	54.781	57.006	58.734	60.485	62.2	63.559	65.176	66.71	68.671	70.445	72.285	74.365	76.456	78.629	80.47	86.325	126.248	175.863	147.878	113.371	60.467	20.035	6.676	13.084	44.866	48.714	51.328	53.198	53.383	54.767	56.72	58.942	61.345	62.803
Kamui Kobayashi	11.036	15.344	18.441	21.73	24.141	26.377	28.945	31.553	34.651	37.526	40.629	44.095	47.743	51.99	58.044	82.225	81.669	81.051	79.145	80.078	78.134	65.931	68.251	71.926	75.303	78.702	82.076	85.465	89.52	93.258	96.705	100.891	104.417	108.617	115.881	141.78	143.439	145.515	147.771	163.237	187.051	148.819	118.078	70.872	33.532	7.218	13.258	19.396	28.672	36.785	43.198	49.048	54.648	61.331	69.462	78.393	87.9
Jules Bianchi	9.888	12.74	15.399	18.864	21.945	24.424	27.557	30.342	33.849	40.715	63.909	65.542	104.938	134.999	136.614	145.046	149.047	157.752	173.84	176.961	176.946	166.593	172.368	177.36	182.426	187.095	192.905	198.245	204.561	211.007	219.731	246.15	248.561	251.779	255.327	260.691	265.408	268.329	288.227	314.167	337.184	281.241	238.281	186.874	151.221	112.747	118.636	124.816	131.567	137.631	143.199	146.986	152.38	160.528	168.059	175.209
Marcus Ericsson	11.024	14.527	17.976	21.306	25.271	28.168	31.349	34.928	38.492	42.331	49.654	72.839	73.894	74.469	75.128	76.06	77.302	78.168	78.76	81.752	81.682	70.887	74.908	80.423	86.042	94.398	118.222	119.258	120.705	122.282	124.341	126.808	128.753
Max Chilton	11.914	16.535	20.322	23.453	26.661	30.641	34.578	37.539	40.813	44.016	50.788	73.248	74.454	75.008	75.636	76.667	77.873	78.654	77.535	79.582	79.729	68.59	72.119	76.35	80.963	85.488	89.892	98.053	123.242	124.932	126.886	130.168	132.8	135.796	138.896	142.551	144.872	147.08	149.97	168.819	209.66	154.391	118.649	72.541	34.872	7.84	11.972	16.491	21.551	26.275	30.677	33.775	36.735	41.623	46.282	50.433	59.909
Adrian Sutil	11.708	16.168	19.477	22.877	26.171	29.856	36.814	59.682	60.631	61.517	63.084	65.075	201.399	239.213	244.222	248.02	251.859

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9 comments on “2014 Bahrain Grand Prix lap charts”

Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
6th April 2014, 23:57

So what would have happened without the safety car?

P1/P2 HAM/ROS clearly
P3/P4 PER/HUL probably
P5/P6 MAS/BOT – would most likely have been able to pass the Red Bulls, might even have been able to threaten Force India
P7/P8 RIC/VET – probably in this order as RIC had better top speed and seemed more comfortable all Sat/Sun
P9 BUT – if he didn’t retire. He might have been able to stay ahead of the Red Bulls but even before the SC, it looked like they would catch him
P10/P11 ALO/RAI probably
1. Warwick (@warwick)
  11th April 2014, 18:47
  
  @mike-dee How would the safety car have helped the Williams cars? Everyone had made their final stops so surely it just put them closer to the Red Bulls and Force Indias.
ivz (@ivz)
7th April 2014, 0:07

When’s the last time two cars swapped positions three or four times with passing moves? Normally the faster car gets ahead and it’s all over, something that has made F1 so boring in recent years. Would the ERS play a part, with one car having a little more, then next lap the other? Whatever it is, that Formula needs to be copied so all cars can fight like that! It was like watching a real car race!! lol.
1. KaIIe (@kaiie)
  7th April 2014, 7:36
  
  It’s mostly down due to the track layout. The Bahrain circuit allows drivers to counter-attack at the next corner; i.e. if you make a move at T1, you get a bad exit, and you’re vulnerable at T4.
Me Lello Jelo
7th April 2014, 4:25

Safety car gave a boost to Ricardo and Vettel who were far behind the pack. then they came breathing down on Perez and took Hulk in the mix who had a harder tire. You can clearly see Hulk defending Vettel and Ricardo for 5 ( Lap 46 to 52 giving breathing room for Perez.
I hope all the races are as fun and exiting as this one.
1. sato113 (@sato113)
  7th April 2014, 13:17
  
  Red Bull getting lucky again!
DaveD (@daved)
7th April 2014, 20:41

@keithcollantine did anyone else notice that the lap times are coming down quickly? Nico’s fastest lap of 1:37.020 was only .059 seconds behind Vettel’s 1:36.961in 2013?!!? The race was so exciting and great that everyone is overlooking that performance is already improving rapidly.

Granted, they’ve had lots of running time at Bahrain and it’s a better fit for the new engines and their power, but still another nail in the coffin of the doom sayers about how terrible the new 2014 Formula 1 is!!!
1. DaveD (@daved)
  7th April 2014, 20:43
  
  Oh, and the speed traps was over 21kmh faster this year, with Massa hitting over 335kmh!!!
Gene (@gene)
7th April 2014, 23:05

The lap chart starting from lap 47 is frightening for all teams but Merc.