Nico Rosberg set the fastest lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix as he reeled in the leaders at the end of the race.
Rosberg was over two seconds per lap faster than the cars ahead of him in the final laps as he ran on a fresher set of soft tyres.
Lewis Hamilton ran a conservative final stint on the medium tyres so his best lap time, set just after half-distance, was 1.6 seconds slower than Rosberg’s.
As no driver had to use both types of slick tyre during the race (because they all started on intermediates), it’s interesting to speculate whether Hamilton would have finished higher than third had he done two stints on softs instead of one on mediums at the end of the race. He had better track position than Rosberg when he made his final pit stop and due to his problem in qualifying had plenty of soft tyres.
It’s possible to say in retrospect there might have been a chance for him to take what would have been a remarkable win having started in the pit lane. But under the circumstances he must be pleased merely to have taken a few points off his team mate.
Hungarian Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):
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 | |
Nico Rosberg | 109.365 | 105.177 | 104.422 | 104.232 | 103.566 | 103.046 | 104.303 | 102.447 | 146.958 | 143.803 | 134.365 | 139.58 | 135.661 | 99.743 | 98.944 | 93.98 | 92.567 | 91.101 | 90.462 | 90.096 | 90.169 | 89.987 | 109.557 | 123.765 | 130.729 | 129.733 | 89.996 | 89.595 | 89.265 | 89.463 | 89.225 | 92.683 | 108.167 | 89.045 | 87.642 | 88.978 | 89.517 | 88.708 | 89.39 | 87.516 | 87.673 | 87.361 | 87.569 | 87.81 | 87.764 | 88.059 | 88.379 | 88.205 | 88.442 | 88.164 | 88.346 | 88.419 | 88.631 | 88.908 | 89.262 | 92.413 | 105.158 | 88.161 | 89.543 | 88.325 | 86.083 | 86.766 | 86.019 | 85.724 | 86.631 | 85.823 | 86.066 | 86.73 | 88.384 | 89.653 |
Sebastian Vettel | 112.455 | 106.756 | 105.961 | 105.4 | 104.496 | 104.31 | 104.552 | 104.034 | 137.406 | 144.21 | 134.685 | 140.014 | 133.835 | 99.752 | 98.283 | 94.045 | 92.645 | 91.156 | 90.772 | 90.182 | 89.901 | 90.074 | 108.959 | 124.62 | 129.977 | 129.726 | 90.414 | 89.525 | 89.279 | 89.497 | 89.234 | 91.99 | 95.209 | 107.969 | 89.557 | 89.621 | 89.555 | 89.506 | 89.471 | 89.496 | 89.525 | 91.236 | 89.696 | 89.128 | 89.014 | 89.003 | 89.078 | 89.018 | 88.811 | 88.891 | 88.847 | 88.746 | 88.762 | 89.131 | 88.986 | 88.775 | 89.159 | 88.962 | 88.934 | 89.233 | 89.026 | 89.041 | 88.868 | 89.131 | 89.309 | 89.363 | 89.785 | 89.615 | 90.371 | 90.049 |
Valtteri Bottas | 112.083 | 106.545 | 106.044 | 105.289 | 104.563 | 104.396 | 104.258 | 103.902 | 138.014 | 146.938 | 137.299 | 138.312 | 132.112 | 101.125 | 97.726 | 95.386 | 93.553 | 92.206 | 91.41 | 90.95 | 90.317 | 90.108 | 113.664 | 127.898 | 122.844 | 125.397 | 92.853 | 93.248 | 91.079 | 90.433 | 92.144 | 89.639 | 89.942 | 89.779 | 90.092 | 89.733 | 89.698 | 91.666 | 89.731 | 89.525 | 89.428 | 89.397 | 89.116 | 89.201 | 89.06 | 88.914 | 89.099 | 88.597 | 88.544 | 88.395 | 88.168 | 88.606 | 88.601 | 88.763 | 89.278 | 89.153 | 89.555 | 89.89 | 92.885 | 107.109 | 86.914 | 87.327 | 86.85 | 87.181 | 88.042 | 88.097 | 88.5 | 89.421 | 90.449 | 89.961 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 114.871 | 108.031 | 107.106 | 105.903 | 105.834 | 105.028 | 104.657 | 106.59 | 132.221 | 133.979 | 134.248 | 139.879 | 135.598 | 97.648 | 97.222 | 92.981 | 91.509 | 90.877 | 90.053 | 89.686 | 89.489 | 90.572 | 108.199 | 138.362 | 130.711 | 127.595 | 90.992 | 89.57 | 89.266 | 89.266 | 89.512 | 89.567 | 88.826 | 89.863 | 87.355 | 87.496 | 87.726 | 88.149 | 88.056 | 88.081 | 87.974 | 88.528 | 89.545 | 88.551 | 88.291 | 88.345 | 88.685 | 88.367 | 88.394 | 88.668 | 88.504 | 88.694 | 89.584 | 92.905 | 106.754 | 87.718 | 86.783 | 86.608 | 86.861 | 87.289 | 88.068 | 88.551 | 88.597 | 89.045 | 89.297 | 89.182 | 88.486 | 87.107 | 87.963 | 89.14 |
Fernando Alonso | 113.306 | 107.768 | 105.939 | 105.187 | 105.415 | 104.18 | 103.824 | 104.992 | 135.334 | 144.573 | 134.885 | 139.935 | 132.961 | 99.067 | 97.77 | 92.838 | 90.977 | 90.643 | 90.599 | 90.325 | 89.901 | 90.439 | 108.774 | 125.224 | 131.458 | 130.151 | 89.536 | 89.081 | 88.76 | 88.439 | 88.791 | 88.62 | 88.623 | 88.626 | 88.755 | 88.809 | 88.682 | 91.916 | 106.824 | 87.419 | 88.289 | 88.759 | 88.318 | 88.444 | 88.539 | 87.981 | 88.459 | 88.348 | 88.397 | 88.256 | 88.096 | 88.408 | 88.482 | 88.423 | 88.281 | 88.359 | 88.597 | 88.643 | 88.511 | 88.463 | 88.89 | 88.796 | 88.704 | 89.131 | 89.192 | 89.132 | 89.175 | 91.015 | 89.247 | 89.602 |
Felipe Massa | 116.659 | 108.498 | 107.64 | 107.051 | 106.54 | 106.472 | 105.042 | 107.87 | 136.537 | 123.89 | 134.048 | 139.902 | 135.397 | 98.697 | 96.584 | 94.079 | 92.223 | 91.47 | 90.728 | 90.126 | 89.995 | 89.738 | 109.035 | 133.215 | 130.616 | 127.593 | 91.553 | 89.679 | 90.027 | 89.402 | 89.268 | 89.659 | 89.247 | 89.799 | 89.611 | 89.235 | 88.983 | 89.073 | 89.359 | 89.512 | 89.051 | 89.406 | 89.665 | 89.515 | 92.243 | 107.558 | 88.317 | 88.325 | 88.241 | 88.397 | 88.229 | 88.481 | 88.451 | 88.498 | 88.884 | 89.034 | 89.251 | 89.224 | 89.73 | 88.653 | 89.41 | 88.559 | 88.817 | 89.569 | 89.182 | 88.89 | 88.889 | 88.991 | 89.371 | 90.016 |
Jenson Button | 114.271 | 107.832 | 107.013 | 106.187 | 105.641 | 105.012 | 104.769 | 106.642 | 137.372 | 130.656 | 134.275 | 139.822 | 134.85 | 96.787 | 101.388 | 116.032 | 93.49 | 91.894 | 93.115 | 90.396 | 90.739 | 93.682 | 112.455 | 107.874 | 124.102 | 125.518 | 92.65 | 90.565 | 90.711 | 90.329 | 89.787 | 89.652 | 89.673 | 89.689 | 89.667 | 89.579 | 92.234 | 108.672 | 90.127 | 90.035 | 89.853 | 90.074 | 90.03 | 89.767 | 89.421 | 89.667 | 89.755 | 89.432 | 89.444 | 89.156 | 89.43 | 89.375 | 89.647 | 89.602 | 89.742 | 89.741 | 89.573 | 89.556 | 89.685 | 90.103 | 89.765 | 90.057 | 90.04 | 89.979 | 90.038 | 89.976 | 90.339 | 90.419 | 91.363 | 92.125 |
Jean-Eric Vergne | 117.28 | 108.764 | 107.689 | 107.022 | 106.764 | 106.381 | 105.516 | 107.378 | 137.513 | 124.569 | 134.425 | 139.693 | 134.76 | 99.212 | 98.504 | 93.632 | 92.333 | 91.193 | 90.695 | 89.799 | 90.151 | 90.129 | 109.24 | 123.151 | 131.462 | 130.008 | 89.95 | 89.547 | 89.471 | 89.367 | 89.12 | 89.509 | 90.058 | 93.839 | 109.794 | 90.017 | 90.272 | 90.389 | 90.161 | 90.754 | 90.218 | 90.827 | 90.047 | 90.079 | 90.488 | 90.162 | 90.064 | 89.795 | 89.84 | 89.647 | 89.574 | 89.497 | 89.478 | 89.399 | 89.693 | 89.448 | 89.694 | 89.536 | 89.462 | 89.896 | 89.597 | 89.725 | 89.892 | 89.606 | 89.604 | 89.54 | 89.581 | 89.577 | 89.511 | 90.597 |
Nico Hulkenberg | 116.026 | 108.452 | 107.378 | 106.2 | 105.918 | 105.295 | 104.913 | 106.829 | 144.538 | 125.369 | 135.082 | 140.237 | 132.357 | 101.151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniil Kvyat | 131.778 | 107.907 | 108.998 | 108.616 | 106.888 | 106.666 | 107.045 | 108.515 | 137.454 | 114.308 | 137.546 | 139.036 | 128.176 | 100.247 | 98.377 | 95.481 | 94.065 | 92.634 | 92.217 | 91.814 | 91.352 | 91.317 | 113.583 | 113.215 | 128.199 | 125.973 | 92.611 | 92.433 | 90.626 | 94.004 | 109.82 | 89.752 | 90.864 | 90.031 | 90.022 | 91.044 | 91.154 | 90.418 | 90.511 | 92.156 | 89.859 | 91.076 | 89.841 | 89.826 | 89.822 | 89.565 | 89.443 | 90.873 | 92.112 | 89.807 | 89.401 | 89.878 | 91.067 | 90.283 | 90.091 | 90.225 | 90.017 | 89.85 | 89.982 | 90.93 | 92.313 | 90.987 | 91.555 | 92.939 | 90.906 | 95.397 | 93.439 | 91.916 | 93.478 | |
Adrian Sutil | 119.857 | 109.914 | 108.545 | 108.162 | 107.376 | 106.617 | 105.608 | 109.692 | 146.578 | 115.118 | 137.735 | 138.956 | 128.284 | 100.287 | 97.763 | 95.582 | 93.634 | 93.222 | 92.435 | 91.42 | 91.211 | 91.037 | 113.791 | 113.408 | 128.434 | 126.173 | 92.32 | 90.95 | 91.267 | 91.655 | 90.597 | 90.373 | 90.004 | 90.021 | 90.103 | 89.545 | 89.896 | 90.019 | 92.904 | 108.995 | 88.704 | 88.77 | 89.309 | 89.599 | 89.387 | 89.615 | 89.42 | 89.635 | 89.552 | 89.337 | 89.265 | 89.562 | 89.271 | 89.695 | 89.76 | 89.671 | 89.787 | 89.343 | 89.715 | 90.009 | 89.907 | 90.016 | 90.317 | 90.166 | 90.071 | 89.969 | 90.393 | 90.474 | 91.043 | 91.977 |
Sergio Perez | 118.748 | 109.018 | 108.317 | 106.988 | 107.146 | 106.723 | 106.031 | 109.161 | 134.722 | 124.372 | 136.882 | 138.627 | 132.614 | 100.067 | 98.223 | 94.431 | 92.798 | 92.022 | 91.439 | 90.618 | 90.28 | 90.901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esteban Gutierrez | 119.365 | 109.709 | 108.487 | 107.972 | 106.816 | 106.62 | 105.309 | 109.373 | 134.618 | 124.522 | 137.604 | 138.044 | 131.7 | 101.271 | 97.892 | 95.39 | 93.695 | 92.72 | 91.793 | 91.232 | 91.112 | 90.625 | 112.327 | 114.911 | 129.627 | 127.243 | 91.913 | 90.856 | 90.485 | 92.786 | 96.004 | 100.119 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romain Grosjean | 121.019 | 110.602 | 108.871 | 108.224 | 107.151 | 107.167 | 106.312 | 111.139 | 137.147 | 118.11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jules Bianchi | 121.813 | 110.355 | 108.914 | 109.16 | 107.94 | 107.265 | 106.35 | 109.982 | 117.777 | 137.419 | 137.16 | 139.22 | 128.735 | 100.325 | 99.086 | 97.78 | 124.438 | 119.782 | 93.799 | 93.13 | 92.858 | 109.263 | 114.264 | 95.292 | 92.992 | 98.84 | 93.351 | 93.151 | 93.181 | 91.417 | 92.499 | 91.82 | 91.598 | 92.575 | 91.747 | 91.484 | 91.382 | 91.438 | 91.512 | 92.117 | 92.356 | 94.645 | 112.044 | 90.579 | 90.496 | 91.883 | 90.395 | 90.092 | 89.883 | 90.046 | 90.008 | 90.144 | 91.571 | 90.715 | 93.239 | 92.489 | 90.612 | 90.285 | 90.249 | 90.361 | 90.496 | 91.23 | 91.276 | 93.839 | 91.149 | 91.469 | 94.089 | 92.414 | 92.125 | |
Kimi Raikkonen | 120.329 | 110.127 | 108.346 | 108.194 | 107.47 | 106.757 | 105.985 | 112.011 | 138.027 | 117.587 | 138.254 | 139.079 | 128.791 | 100.827 | 97.752 | 95.452 | 93.757 | 92.697 | 91.86 | 91.531 | 90.996 | 90.813 | 115.094 | 113.078 | 129.055 | 126.461 | 92.127 | 90.658 | 91.399 | 90.502 | 88.879 | 89.6 | 89.086 | 89.058 | 89.095 | 88.793 | 89.279 | 89.051 | 89.498 | 89.298 | 92.191 | 108.938 | 89.663 | 88.623 | 88.415 | 88.299 | 87.983 | 88.263 | 88.041 | 88.082 | 88.312 | 88.647 | 88.533 | 88.194 | 89.106 | 89.143 | 89.142 | 88.94 | 89.701 | 89.525 | 89.046 | 88.555 | 88.998 | 89.566 | 89.293 | 88.978 | 88.93 | 89.053 | 89.44 | 90.296 |
Kamui Kobayashi | 123.129 | 111.884 | 109.459 | 109.333 | 108.266 | 108.072 | 108.554 | 112.808 | 149.519 | 108.387 | 127.919 | 139.404 | 127.99 | 99.794 | 98.28 | 97.307 | 98.532 | 94.209 | 93.742 | 94 | 92.888 | 97.592 | 113.951 | 102.223 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max Chilton | 123.829 | 112.549 | 110.764 | 111.436 | 110.194 | 109.253 | 108.888 | 114.373 | 144.719 | 111.094 | 121.364 | 139.765 | 127.598 | 100.249 | 99.397 | 98.238 | 97.729 | 96.102 | 94.752 | 94.182 | 92.555 | 97.395 | 114.956 | 97.908 | 119.377 | 125.08 | 94.213 | 94.51 | 92.529 | 92.521 | 91.99 | 92.073 | 92.101 | 91.634 | 91.929 | 91.461 | 91.704 | 91.848 | 91.813 | 92.331 | 92.701 | 91.58 | 91.776 | 91.389 | 94.388 | 110.645 | 89.499 | 89.545 | 89.701 | 89.545 | 89.634 | 89.925 | 91.97 | 92.903 | 91.212 | 91.54 | 90.647 | 90.636 | 90.199 | 90.375 | 91.607 | 90.942 | 93.618 | 91.004 | 91.108 | 92.935 | 92.044 | 92.49 | 91.933 | |
Marcus Ericsson | 125.523 | 112.407 | 112.128 | 110.196 | 109.65 | 108.459 | 109.255 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pastor Maldonado | 124.505 | 112.237 | 110.897 | 111.845 | 109.658 | 106.176 | 111.98 | 114.582 | 135.055 | 107.619 | 131.487 | 139.428 | 128.125 | 100.321 | 98.116 | 97.521 | 117.094 | 127.2 | 93.951 | 93.208 | 94.342 | 107.957 | 113.814 | 96.057 | 93.371 | 98.048 | 93.716 | 92.476 | 91.289 | 90.543 | 90.662 | 91.405 | 90.589 | 91.433 | 89.915 | 90.104 | 89.924 | 90.232 | 90.25 | 90.057 | 89.901 | 90.129 | 93.646 | 107.914 | 89.128 | 89.546 | 89.275 | 90.782 | 92.435 | 89.781 | 89.418 | 89.72 | 91.049 | 90.384 | 89.977 | 90.175 | 90.1 | 90.181 | 89.647 | 90.864 | 89.189 | 89.571 | 89.478 | 89.494 | 89.455 | 89.53 | 89.87 | 90.134 | 90.514 | 90.606 |
Kevin Magnussen | 125.615 | 111.767 | 110.966 | 110.479 | 106.39 | 106.596 | 107.328 | 107.716 | 115.883 | 125.233 | 134.433 | 139.392 | 135.625 | 99.113 | 102.041 | 115.428 | 95.423 | 91.472 | 91.519 | 89.802 | 91.643 | 92.442 | 112.005 | 107.507 | 121.815 | 125.169 | 92.874 | 91.422 | 90.516 | 90.553 | 90.44 | 91.136 | 89.905 | 89.834 | 89.829 | 89.828 | 89.65 | 90.139 | 92.895 | 108.615 | 88.883 | 89.3 | 89.64 | 89.414 | 89.38 | 89.021 | 89.293 | 89.836 | 89.988 | 90.612 | 90.467 | 89.77 | 89.614 | 89.912 | 90.026 | 90.151 | 90.109 | 90.054 | 89.997 | 90.105 | 90.256 | 89.972 | 89.917 | 89.803 | 90.2 | 90.335 | 90.803 | 91.356 | 91.961 | 92.91 |
Lewis Hamilton | 130.539 | 107.776 | 109.381 | 105.005 | 105.419 | 104.794 | 104.377 | 109.213 | 133.703 | 123.423 | 138.586 | 139.149 | 128.966 | 97.865 | 98.546 | 93.775 | 92.686 | 91.238 | 90.627 | 90.236 | 89.911 | 90.114 | 110.699 | 123.563 | 130.026 | 128.959 | 90.493 | 89.608 | 89.178 | 89.594 | 89.144 | 89.656 | 88.423 | 88.942 | 87.54 | 87.38 | 87.948 | 88.095 | 91.255 | 108.177 | 87.414 | 87.6 | 88.123 | 88.463 | 88.424 | 88.066 | 88.235 | 88.624 | 88.317 | 88.204 | 88.177 | 88.181 | 88.598 | 88.962 | 89.307 | 88.394 | 87.999 | 87.962 | 87.489 | 88.101 | 88.452 | 88.717 | 88.481 | 89.203 | 89.167 | 89.211 | 89.708 | 90.289 | 89.315 | 89.723 |
Hungarian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
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1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’25.724 | 64 | |
2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-Renault | 1’26.608 | 0.884 | 58 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1’26.850 | 1.126 | 63 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’27.380 | 1.656 | 36 |
5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’27.419 | 1.695 | 40 |
6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’27.983 | 2.259 | 47 |
7 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’28.229 | 2.505 | 51 |
8 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’28.704 | 2.980 | 41 |
9 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’28.746 | 3.022 | 52 |
10 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’28.883 | 3.159 | 41 |
11 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’29.120 | 3.396 | 31 |
12 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1’29.128 | 3.404 | 45 |
13 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’29.156 | 3.432 | 50 |
14 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’29.401 | 3.677 | 51 |
15 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’29.499 | 3.775 | 47 |
16 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1’29.883 | 4.159 | 49 |
17 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’30.280 | 4.556 | 21 |
18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’30.485 | 4.761 | 29 |
19 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1’32.888 | 7.164 | 21 |
20 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1’41.151 | 15.427 | 14 |
21 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1’46.312 | 20.588 | 7 |
22 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1’48.459 | 22.735 | 6 |
2014 Hungarian Grand Prix
Image © Mercedes/Hoch Zwei
Jake (@jleigh)
27th July 2014, 19:10
Looking at Hamiltons lap times compared to Alonso before and after he switched to Mediums shows what a poor decision it was to go on that tyre!
Dan
27th July 2014, 19:27
Completely agree, Ham came out 3 seconds ahead of Nico and pitted later, they both had slow stops so just shows Ham’s pace to get 3 ahead of Ros. Also Merc should have just stopped once more for Softs, should have done a 27-28 lap stint on softs. On a track that was wet before a soft is always going to be more grippy. Look at Ham’s pace on softs he would have breezed past Alonso.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
28th July 2014, 8:00
Do you think that Lewis would have been able to overtake Alonso on merit if both were on mediums?
John H (@john-h)
29th July 2014, 8:26
Yes, but no doubt you disagree @kingshark ! We both support our drivers!
Dan
27th July 2014, 19:30
Too add to that LH fastest lap was on old softs on lap 36 just proves how silly primes were if he can not beat that time for the rest of race, he had new sets aswell.
LH44
27th July 2014, 20:17
Mercedes are like red bull of the past four years.Incredibly fast in clean air but struggle massively when they are behind someone.
Eric (@)
27th July 2014, 20:19
Vettel’s lap times after the second stop.
Almost completely flat. Very impressive. Just like Alonso’s.
John H (@john-h)
27th July 2014, 20:20
* We knew that the two tyres lasted about the same time but one was over a second faster a lap from FP.
* Hamilton had loads of soft tyres available due to his engine fire in qualifying.
* Rosberg had already pitted for options, and Hamilton was coming out ahead of him with fresher tyres.
So honestly, why did they put Hamilton on primes? Was it some sort of payback for not obeying the team!!? (half-serious suggestion here).
Dan
27th July 2014, 20:52
Ham was on primes when the order came mate
John H (@john-h)
27th July 2014, 21:19
Yep, you’re right. Still, I still can’t work out why he was put on the prime when all logic seemed to suggest option was the way to go.
Jake (@jleigh)
27th July 2014, 21:34
7 hours after the decision, I still haven’t managed to comprehend a single reason for the decision!
Mark (@moknat28)
28th July 2014, 8:41
Any chance this data could be linked to a csv, excel etc? Not to say I don’t love the table above, just be nice to view it in other ways etc.
Marcus
10th December 2014, 4:02
According to this interview (http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2014/8/16227.html), Hamilton suffered a loss of engine power after his second pit stop on lap 40, losing him around 0.5 seconds per lap for the rest of the race (lap 40 to lap 70, so roughly 15 second loss total, likely costing him the win). This explains why lap 36 was his fastest lap, why he got stuck behind Alonso, and why Ricciardo was able to set up his overtake by getting alongside him on the short straight heading to turn 2.