2014 Austrian Grand Prix lap charts

Did Williams miss out on a chance to win the Austrian Grand Prix?

Their cars were running first and second at the end of the first stint yet come the chequered flag they had slipped to third and fourth behind the Mercedes drivers.

Williams began to lose their grip on the lead when they waited three laps before responding to Mercedes’ first pit stop, despite their pace worsening as their super-soft tyres wore down.

Felipe Massa had a slow in-lap at his first pit stop and was not alert to an attack from Lewis Hamilton at turn one, so that having led the race he immediately fell behind both Mercedes.

He was also jmped by Valtteri Bottas, who managed to hold position between the two Mercedes drivers when he came out of the pits – partly thanks to having the fastest pit stop of the race on lap 15.

Though helped by an error from Rosberg, Bottas had fallen two seconds behind the Mercedes driver by lap 38. Now Mercedes brought Hamilton in first and while Bottas waited three laps to come in – one lap longer than the team intended him to due to a miscommunication – Hamilton easily made up the time he needed to get ahead.

Williams had been sceptical that drivers would be able to ‘undercut’ their rivals while running on the soft tyre in the second two stints of the race. Afterwards Bottas said the team would have to examine the data to see whether a potential win had got away from them.

“We need to always – like we always do – we need to analyse if there’s anything we could have done better,” said Bottas. “It’s difficult to say.”

“Today it was difficult to know the real difference between the [super-soft] and [soft] because the [soft] tyre has been taking quite a long time to warm up so we really thought it would be really difficult to undercut because it takes many laps to warm up and get a good pace after the super-soft tyre.”

As the race drew to a close both Mercedes drivers were pushing flat-out to beat each other yet Bottas was faster than the pair of them on the final two laps.

Given their form this year it’s understandable Williams might have preferred avoiding taking any risks. But the data suggests they could have wasted less time on the super-soft tyres earlier in the race and pressed Mercedes a bit harder. Though a win was always going to be a tall order, they might have avoiding having both their cars passed by both Mercedes.

Austrian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the controls 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	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71
Felipe Massa	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	5	5	4	4	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	3
Nico Rosberg	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	8	7	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	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
Fernando Alonso	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Daniel Ricciardo	5	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Kevin Magnussen	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	15	13	12	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Daniil Kvyat	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	18	16	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Kimi Raikkonen	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Lewis Hamilton	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nico Hulkenberg	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	19	16	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Jenson Button	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sebastian Vettel	12	12	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Pastor Maldonado	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Jean-Eric Vergne	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	20	20	20	19	17	17	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sergio Perez	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	7	6	6	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Adrian Sutil	16	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Esteban Gutierrez	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	9	10	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Jules Bianchi	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	13	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Kamui Kobayashi	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	12	11	10	14	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Marcus Ericsson	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Max Chilton	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Romain Grosjean	22	22	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Austrian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls 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	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71
Felipe Massa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.178	17.224	2.76	3.113	3.262	2.959	2.748	2.884	3.116	3.441	3.564	3.26	2.876	3.215	4.409	5.55	4.157	3.922	4.196	4.223	4.087	4.575	4.675	5.62	5.97	6.782	4.2	0.666	0	1.617	18.836	17.904	17.196	12.446	10.646	11.12	11.226	11.714	11.633	11.736	12.248	12.709	12.286	11.991	11.833	11.485	11.667	11.794	11.661	11.475	11.321	10.941	11.052	11.499	12.544	13.847	15.625	17.358
Valtteri Bottas	0.969	1.01	0.98	1.111	0.854	0.824	0.727	1.101	1.174	0.996	1.038	1.274	1.129	0	0	1.295	1.267	1.314	1.492	1.465	1.618	1.759	1.77	1.914	1.434	1.273	1.319	1.595	1.586	0.847	0.936	1.154	1.396	1.349	1.464	1.45	1.699	2.005	2.155	0.435	0	15.169	12.16	12.847	12.771	12.433	8.028	6.846	7.389	7.649	7.508	7.408	7.534	7.674	7.744	8.12	8.5	8.531	8.07	8.083	8.062	8.151	7.96	7.827	7.505	7.929	8.301	8.895	8.841	8.68	8.172
Nico Rosberg	1.927	2.366	1.935	1.737	1.582	1.617	2.013	2.337	2.396	2.254	5.31	21.601	20.358	18.527	15.1	0.514	0.577	0.599	0.529	0.478	0.656	0.643	0.579	0.909	0.52	0.343	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.366	10.641	7.822	7.764	7.54	6.987	1.969	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Alonso	3.308	4.638	5.075	5.484	5.905	6.729	7.436	8.098	8.618	9.058	9.562	10.127	10.474	12.929	26.37	12.02	12.451	12.726	12.724	12.946	13.172	12.756	12.959	12.895	12.306	12.123	12.175	12.126	11.903	10.48	9.982	10.067	9.607	9.538	10.145	10.198	10.537	10.901	11.694	8.52	4.203	2.912	0	0	0	0	0	15.767	15.791	15.873	16.128	15.558	15.442	15.165	15.184	14.688	14.475	13.907	13.273	12.719	12.845	13.144	13.047	13.415	13.823	14.217	15.529	16.582	17.63	19.082	18.553
Daniel Ricciardo	5.208	7.352	9.582	10.559	11.337	12.625	14.066	15.891	17.378	21.742	40.236	40.873	41.295	39.769	36.593	22.779	23.397	23.963	24.776	25.339	25.727	25.8	26.159	26.545	27.53	27.715	28.084	28.331	28.235	27.081	26.849	27.148	27.144	27.114	27.436	27.781	28.351	28.704	29.432	26.663	22.521	21.539	22.437	39.924	39.704	39.107	34.572	33.127	33.576	34.322	34.539	34.549	35.633	35.622	35.777	35.699	35.864	36.682	36.893	36.941	37.356	37.855	38.201	38.525	38.685	39.143	40.247	41.24	42.057	42.948	43.522
Kevin Magnussen	3.931	5.881	7.015	8.013	8.844	10.424	12.043	13.659	14.901	19.051	36.776	36.569	36.093	35.196	31.499	17.35	17.68	18.371	19.018	19.304	19.626	19.635	19.899	20.252	20.471	20.464	20.664	21.221	21.464	20.31	20.1	20.182	20.246	20.503	20.874	21.654	22.558	24.023	24.521	25.42	38.376	36.707	33.651	33.571	33.083	32.456	28.076	26.659	27.17	27.585	27.786	27.618	27.394	27.032	27.209	27.28	27.273	27.572	27.533	27.47	27.692	27.829	27.888	27.983	27.961	29.343	30.161	31.11	31.916	32.294	32.031
Daniil Kvyat	5.657	7.828	8.983	10.255	10.962	12.365	13.781	15.436	16.971	21.028	39.439	39.622	39.262	37.299	34.597	20.912	21.454	22.093	22.44	22.82	23.112	23.236	23.314	24.286
Kimi Raikkonen	4.375	6.333	7.681	8.725	9.43	11.016	12.535	14.153	15.481	16.7	17.468	18.194	18.671	17.704	20.102	24.353	25.538	26.394	26.916	27.556	28.113	28.454	28.708	29.259	29.398	29.18	29.91	30.173	30.378	29.442	29.322	29.74	29.768	30.197	30.347	30.617	31.13	31.744	32.193	29.501	25.42	25.047	22.588	27.172	44.711	43.857	39.153	38.144	38.506	39.418	39.995	39.988	40.816	40.784	40.763	40.79	40.914	40.981	40.894	40.788	41.518	42.122	42.593	42.692	43.172	43.485	44.192	45.166	45.926	46.774	47.777
Lewis Hamilton	2.826	3.196	2.865	2.272	2.035	2.547	2.736	3.142	3.123	3.091	3.21	2.322	4.575	19.618	16.331	2.06	1.887	2.053	2.109	1.875	2.111	2.198	2.545	2.444	1.907	1.807	2.762	2.454	2.283	1.393	1.482	1.805	1.918	2.04	2.284	2.233	2.341	2.767	5.94	20.089	14.341	12.616	9.511	9.304	8.808	8.059	3.271	1.512	1.634	1.848	1.746	1.457	1.588	1.413	1.703	1.523	1.553	1.839	2.38	1.893	2.035	2.139	1.864	1.514	1.628	1.336	1.281	1.369	1.232	1.16	1.932
Nico Hulkenberg	4.853	6.937	8.573	9.664	10.49	11.914	13.349	14.921	19.573	36.911	37.273	37.501	37.15	35.642	32.858	18.699	19.121	19.602	20.341	20.795	21.042	21.094	21.311	21.973	22.171	22.279	22.453	22.951	23.294	22.418	22.172	22.639	22.534	22.762	23.106	24.695	25.239	25.99	29.851	43.861	39.393	38.135	35.752	36.27	36.313	36.145	31.666	30.483	31.562	32.218	32.775	33.289	34.01	34.322	34.925	35.145	35.249	35.599	35.819	35.806	36.268	36.843	37.414	37.955	38.135	38.575	39.63	40.378	41.425	42.45	44.137
Jenson Button	6.662	8.763	11.098	12.322	12.927	14.367	15.505	17.182	18.708	19.832	20.644	21.093	22.017	20.672	17.797	4.16	5.019	5.5	6.151	6.593	7.204	7.784	8.129	8.684	8.779	8.84	13.818	31.301	31.403	30.733	31.159	31.707	31.65	31.403	31.553	32.054	32.456	32.757	33.107	30.163	26.293	25.649	23.458	24.568	24.889	24.823	20.671	19.589	20.065	20.657	21.3	21.665	22.396	23.009	23.849	24.471	25.031	29.299	45.96	45.649	45.898	46.346	46.953	47.567	47.557	47.417	47.95	48.52	48.995	49.793	50.966
Sebastian Vettel	6.396	91.342	92.975	93.262	94.007	95.25	96.455	97.787	98.729	99.771	99.93	100.411	100.273	98.614	95.66	81.716	82.626	83.982	85.34	90.057	107.644	107.596	107.731	108.383	108.668	108.711	109.22	115.424	141.596	140.459	141.019	141.805	142.064	151.895
Pastor Maldonado	8.554	11.606	13.905	15.668	16.7	19.122	20.582	22.911	24.402	26.037	27.255	28.496	28.299	26.748	24.08	10.779	11.788	14.113	15.059	15.899	17.123	17.977	18.981	21.472	24.001	28.881	48.338	49.394	50.296	49.607	49.93	51.175	51.786	52.554	53.26	54.026	54.871	55.532	56.36	53.556	49.531	48.699	46.435	47.073	47.633	48.423	44.622	43.801	44.924	46.316	47.14	47.95	49.117	50.004	50.859	55.278	74.331	75.295	76.01	76.611	77.655	78.128	78.637	79.003	80.382	82.392	83.384	84.677	85.601	86.745
Jean-Eric Vergne	7.662	10.377	12.304	13.762	15.607	16.956	17.988	22.517	40.97	41.267	42.232	43.055	43.232	41.912	39.092	25.754	26.981	28.206	29.065	30.271	31.512	32.564	34.425	35.309	36.427	37.56	38.549	39.778	40.931	40.671	41.468	42.907	43.87	45.369	46.71	48.244	50.375	52.38	58.241	73.77	70.27	69.846	67.926	69.322	69.757	69.901	66.018	65.502	66.689	68.222	69.404	70.309	71.32	71.79	72.202	76.837	77.875	79.31	93.995
Sergio Perez	6.012	8.385	10.314	11.443	12.248	13.284	14.713	16.303	17.857	19.275	19.507	19.653	19.588	18.217	14.559	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.459	3.988	8.128	25.974	24.819	24.477	24.021	23.734	23.819	23.61	23.802	24.587	25.069	23.754	19.779	18.52	15.687	15.917	16.24	15.818	11.282	9.567	10.019	10.611	10.843	10.78	10.959	11.202	15.624	32.903	31.96	31.413	30.286	29.647	29.568	29.209	28.736	28.686	28.474	27.796	28.188	28.294	28.713	28.755	28.546
Adrian Sutil	7.322	9.856	11.878	13.481	15.214	17.771	19.13	20.674	21.74	23.099	27.941	47.764	56.022	54.764	51.677	37.896	38.891	40.087	41.507	42.965	44.19	44.936	45.832	47.042	48.35	49.063	50.219	51.465	52.625	52.264	53.031	54.352	55.201	56.02	56.993	57.836	58.946	60.114	61.778	59.781	56.363	56.126	58.217	77.734	78.18	78.229	78.241	78.181	81.387	85.668	86.515	89.406	90.516	91.75	93.101	94.106	94.925	95.709	96.149	96.822	97.915	98.809	102.878	104.169	105.294	106.384	107.666	110.267	111.299	113.083
Esteban Gutierrez	8.113	11.297	13.558	14.975	16.543	18.811	20.296	21.916	24.195	25.661	26.793	31.185	82.64	81.565	78.465	64.721	65.821	66.89	68.055	69.403	73.771	99.661	102.438	105.584	106.431	107.29	108.791	110.602	112.081	111.608	112.257	114.455	115.476	116.373	117.642	118.964	120.457	123.303	125.166	124.365	121.796	122.145	122.296	125.031	130.981	150.093	146.527	148.296	150.112	152.033	154.639	155.799	156.865	157.788	160.345	162.733	163.848	164.98	165.786	166.809	168.201	169.308	170.804	173.04	176.913	178.81	184.408	189.267	192.648
Jules Bianchi	9.119	12.825	15.443	17.77	20.2	22.322	24.196	26.13	28.914	30.635	32.342	34.02	35.15	35.614	34.206	22.082	24.987	27.507	30.06	32.121	34.43	36.103	37.821	39.634	41.244	42.787	44.631	46.575	48.524	48.994	51.519	53.895	56.775	59.309	62.079	65.297	68.581	71.973	77.769	80.994	99.011	101.001	99.509	101.451	103.185	104.467	102.88	103.506	106.437	109.417	111.566	114.464	116.273	117.997	120.053	122.178	124.992	126.724	128.309	129.815	131.839	133.788	135.908	137.892	139.347	140.825	142.84	147.866	150.833
Kamui Kobayashi	9.523	13.256	16.144	18.364	21.009	23.165	24.895	26.845	28.415	30.056	31.744	33.491	34.507	37.706	53.933	41.102	42.788	44.409	45.815	47.133	48.938	50.315	52.044	54.378	56.697	58.257	59.984	61.815	63.518	63.957	65.124	67.214	69.368	71.111	73.638	78.666	82.129	84.222	87.727	86.275	83.848	85.401	85.654	89.407	93.043	95.186	92.968	95.622	98.503	102.81	105.858	109.504	112.442	116.115	118.855	121.946	126.535	129.721	132.812	136.089	139.662	142.839	147.394	156.144	163.4	167.938	172.164	177.616	182.81
Marcus Ericsson	10.172	14.802	18.016	20.449	23.05	25.513	27.625	29.725	32.413	34.586	36.654	39.126	41.211	41.45	40.732	28.578	30.764	34.01	36.171	38.419	40.426	42.271	44.261	46.547	49.807	51.969	54.586	61.892	83.328	83.165	84.897	85.849	86.466	87.478	89.078	90.707	92.308	94.026	95.965	95.109	92.805	94.282	98.587	124.61	126.34	127.447	124.548	125.161	127.785	130.474	132.766	134.612	136.621	138.481	141.493	144.077	150.834	153.564	156.419	160.703	163.301	165.943	168.812	171.21	174.884	178.437	183.938	187.776	192.356
Max Chilton	10.407	15.548	19.273	21.713	24.281	27.217	29.748	32.019	34.398	36.4	39.142	42.472	45.073	46.106	44.523	32.284	34.912	37.534	39.97	42.51	46.221	48.774	51.028	53.61	56.297	59.381	62.166	65.291	68.01	69.143	71.258	77.583	81.4	85.502	88.918	93.205	101.187	122.507	124.129	122.25	119.35	119.466	118.197	120.295	122.029	124.402	122.104	122.756	125.111	127.783	130.147	132.31	134.522	136.474	138.96	141.107	143.227	145.436	150.583	153.097	156.543	160.815	163.832	166.92	169.972	173.061	177.317	181.076	184.921
Romain Grosjean	11.058	13.917	19.909	38.377	38.985	40.113	40.784	41.308	42.401	43.166	44.207	44.601	45.378	44.431	41.887	28.842	31.004	32.466	33.706	35.12	36.298	37.456	38.855	40.512	42.363	44.224	50.205	71.595	72.288	71.446	71.726	72.696	73.453	77.15	79.579	80.303	82.447	84.43	86.58	84.165	80.457	79.371	77.498	79.128	80.162	83.014	79.817	81.246	85.441	87.594	90.523	91.85	93.322	95.598	98.736	101.989	104.149	107.258	111.904	115.365	117.695	121.417	123.657	125.963	129.195	132.164	136.2	139.995	143.854	147.88

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13 comments on “2014 Austrian Grand Prix lap charts”

spoutnik (@spoutnik)
22nd June 2014, 20:38

Does anyone know what happened to Grosjean?
1. Toxic
  22nd June 2014, 23:18
  
  Lotus :)
PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
22nd June 2014, 20:44

I think they went safe because they wanted points which, from their perspective, was the smart thing to do. They never expected Hamilton to be there so fast I guess. They tried a 2-3 but because of Hamilton his lighting start got a solid 3-4 gaining them 27 points. Good day in the office for a team, mind you, that scored 5 points all last season.
1. frood19 (@frood19)
  23rd June 2014, 9:25
  
  why do you keep posting the same comment in different articles? what a waste of your time.
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
22nd June 2014, 21:08

I think that Bottas should have made his last stop one or two laps earlier. Hamilton’s pit stop was slow, it was a mistake not to react in time. With their top speed I think they could have kept a second place.
They played it safe, which is a shame for us, but it was the obvious thing to do from their side.
1. Mr win or lose
  22nd June 2014, 21:21
  
  Williams should have pitted earlier than Mercedes to maintain their track advantage. With their incredible top-speeds they had a very realistic chance to keep the Mercedes’ behind. At least it was worth trying, as they couldn’t have done worse than 3rd and 4th anyway.
  1. lubhz (@lubhz)
    23rd June 2014, 15:03
    
    I’m not very sure. I believe that if Massa had pitted 3 laps earlier it would cost him at the end of the race. If you see his final 10 laps vs Alonso, Massa’s tyres were falling off the cliff, and Alonso could pose a threat.
    
    Pitting earlier than Merc could help Bottas though, he seemed to preserve his tyres better.
    1. Mr win or lose
      23rd June 2014, 15:51
      
      Alonso claimed Massa was simply playing with him, so he was not really in trouble. Besides: the Williams’ were incredibly difficult to overtake, so even if they were in trouble, they possibly could still hang on to their positions. In any way Williams could have split strategies, with Bottas covering the Mercedes and Massa staying out longer.
2. James Keith (@fishinjim)
  22nd June 2014, 23:39
  
  I certainly agree with that.
Hugh Campbell
22nd June 2014, 21:16

What happened to Ricciardo to drop in one lap to 19th?
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  23rd June 2014, 9:04
  
  He pitted, see here:
  
  2014 Austrian Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops
Miko-Jarvinen (@miko-jarvinen)
22nd June 2014, 23:38

I am so exited for Silverstone. If Willliams is able to keep up and race with the Merc’s, i think we might have some exiting races in the future. If this happens, i can’t wait for Valtteri and Felipe to win a race.
1. lubhz (@lubhz)
  23rd June 2014, 15:21
  
  Felipe said that he doesn’t have high hopes for Silverstone due to the high downforce, which is not Williams’s strong point.