2014 Monaco Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

Last year Mercedes user thier position at the front of the field to slow the pace at Monaco so they could look after their tyres and not be jumped in the pits by their rivals.

This time they had no such concerns, and Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton scorched away at the front of the pack.

Unfortunatley Adrian Sutil’s crash led to a Safety Car period which kept us from seeing whether Hamilton might have found a way past his team mate using pit strategy.

Several teams reaped the reward of gambling at this point. Nico Hulkenberg had qualified outside the top ten and started on soft tyres, but was able to go the remaining distance on the super-soft compound.

Conversely Felipe Massa had started the race on the softer tyre and Wiliams chose not to make a pit stop under the Safety Car, in order to move him up the running order. This also paid off, thanks partly to other drivers retiring, and he finished seventh. He also benefited from the fastest complete pit stop of the race, partly due to the fact that most other drivers made their stops on the same lap under the Safety Car, losing some time in the pits.

Monaco Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Monaco Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

2014 Monaco Grand Prix

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