Rosberg admits Hamilton was quicker at Monza

Lewis Hamilton had enough of a pace advantage over his team mate that even losing three places at the start didn’t stop him from winning the race.

Hamilton had consistently been a couple of tenths of a second quicker than Nico Rosberg throughout the Italian Grand Prix weekend. He headed two of the three practice sessions, and probably would have made it a hat-trick had he not been sidelined with an electrical problem for much of Friday afternoon. He was also quickest in all three stages of qualifying.

“Lewis was quicker this weekend,” Rosberg admitted afterwards, “so he deserved the win”. Sure enough Hamilton collected the fastest lap of the race, which he set several times while pursuing his team mate following his delay at the start.

“But I need to see the positive things from today,” Rosberg added. “Second place is still good and I lost only seven points to Lewis, so this could have been much worse.”

Italian Grand Prix lap times

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
Lewis Hamilton	94.764	90.6	90.843	90.163	90.162	89.701	89.646	89.495	89.541	89.306	89.228	89.155	89.128	88.948	88.952	89.097	89.24	88.956	89.216	89.284	89.373	89.548	89.083	89.983	93.715	108.958	88.33	88.053	88.004	88.795	88.531	88.852	88.088	88.827	88.661	88.819	88.923	89.111	88.684	88.861	88.82	88.844	88.64	88.723	88.887	88.646	88.67	88.444	88.461	88.82	88.581	89.024	89.052
Nico Rosberg	92.437	89.94	89.925	90.013	89.711	89.516	90.188	89.506	91.29	89.473	89.173	89.302	89.32	89.233	89.146	89.094	89.152	89.198	89.267	89.268	89.208	89.551	89.136	94.113	109.114	88.997	88.76	88.691	90.928	89.288	88.917	88.71	88.84	89.202	88.984	89.078	88.659	88.883	88.901	88.833	88.87	88.918	88.676	88.819	88.609	88.512	88.509	89.009	88.408	88.355	88.206	88.32	89.255
Valtteri Bottas	98.872	91.67	90.963	91.046	91.765	89.843	90.51	90.645	89.537	89.993	90.192	90.562	90.207	89.65	90.271	90.003	90.564	89.988	90.025	90.457	89.569	90.226	89.994	94.444	112.038	89.359	89.678	90.035	90.009	89.929	90.342	89.5	89.99	89.254	89.337	89.692	88.709	89.323	89.111	88.74	88.745	88.783	88.562	88.828	88.568	88.727	88.932	88.896	88.649	88.559	88.877	89.143	89.711
Felipe Massa	94.49	90.328	91.024	90.003	90.037	89.499	89.986	89.547	89.622	90.896	89.676	89.762	89.64	89.593	89.781	89.59	89.848	89.708	90.133	90.196	90.218	90.207	94.82	109.724	89.019	89.403	88.896	88.968	89.124	90.293	89.391	89.412	89.278	89.222	89.32	89.226	89.311	89.581	89.33	89.203	89.24	89.217	88.801	89.27	88.972	88.342	88.948	89.123	89.119	89.022	89.303	89.179	89.421
Kevin Magnussen	93.88	90.494	90.772	90.254	92.412	90.404	90.553	90.44	90.536	90.745	90.549	90.456	90.478	90.278	90.648	90.663	90.856	90.665	90.56	90.719	96.134	109.89	89.572	89.882	90.284	89.513	90.017	89.84	89.973	90.286	90.219	89.446	89.871	89.283	89.451	89.822	90.31	89.933	89.918	89.632	90.082	89.824	89.846	90.62	89.786	89.613	89.712	89.758	89.84	91.043	90.933	90.252	90.46
Jenson Button	96.349	91.155	90.477	90.596	90.532	90.667	90.869	90.523	90.347	90.596	90.256	90.58	90.707	90.37	90.599	90.62	90.815	91.235	90.275	90.41	91.013	94.773	109.935	89.461	90.679	90.109	89.75	89.502	90.201	90.042	90.151	89.885	89.497	89.568	89.245	89.658	89.52	90.23	91.24	90.441	89.96	90.681	89.386	89.557	89.42	89.488	89.593	89.829	89.373	90.734	91.051	90.562	90.787
Fernando Alonso	96.854	91.406	90.833	90.271	90.635	90.386	90.901	90.269	90.662	90.814	90.788	90.707	90.325	89.98	90.695	91.021	90.535	90.733	90.402	90.513	95.198	110.902	89.68	90.492	90.841	90.554	90.15	92.714
Sebastian Vettel	95.66	91.066	90.714	90.446	90.521	90.559	90.805	90.558	90.507	90.396	90.534	90.362	90.547	90.499	90.652	90.628	90.846	95.276	110.748	90.049	89.89	90.089	90.005	89.837	90.182	89.753	89.865	89.764	90.025	90.265	89.63	89.672	89.433	89.141	89.521	89.508	89.513	89.598	89.913	90.565	89.687	89.596	89.648	89.624	89.985	89.762	91.961	90.229	90.2	90.556	90.495	90.453	90.463
Daniel Ricciardo	99.116	92.117	90.983	90.796	91.761	91.259	90.85	90.807	90.711	90.896	90.637	90.544	90.338	90.313	90.448	90.448	90.404	90.315	90.312	90.326	90.242	90.294	90.229	90.553	91.056	94.737	110.629	89.57	89.587	89.48	88.987	89.161	89.048	88.88	88.884	89.065	88.84	89.54	90.57	89.498	89.246	88.875	89.466	88.831	88.734	88.804	89.928	88.922	88.962	89.689	89.451	88.818	88.588
Sergio Perez	97.589	91.339	90.702	90.616	90.44	90.599	90.73	90.559	90.484	90.667	90.843	90.573	90.421	90.884	90.25	90.651	90.618	90.737	94.739	110.397	89.312	90.183	89.694	89.725	90.245	90.419	89.489	89.888	90.153	90.163	90.18	89.601	89.598	89.614	89.107	89.945	89.744	90.084	90.978	89.751	90.922	90.456	89.314	89.462	89.424	89.65	89.553	89.533	89.78	90.391	91.342	90.481	90.735
Kimi Raikkonen	98.441	91.801	90.871	90.932	90.978	90.522	90.72	90.681	91.102	90.585	90.544	90.454	90.452	90.722	90.041	90.281	90.378	90.728	90.822	94.894	111.554	90.146	90.046	89.86	90.012	90.056	89.738	90.345	90.382	90.229	89.789	89.22	89.187	90.943	89.818	90.313	90.059	89.687	89.64	89.392	90.026	89.5	88.942	89.491	89.831	89.931	89.478	89.522	89.429	89.655	90.426	90.303	90.872
Jean-Eric Vergne	99.726	92.606	91.285	90.918	91.25	91.268	91.41	90.81	91.149	91.026	91.347	91.684	90.856	90.972	90.836	90.669	90.781	90.853	91.046	90.856	90.789	91.06	91.086	95.6	111.392	89.712	89.592	89.579	89.728	89.62	89.746	89.86	89.375	89.354	89.348	89.245	89.239	90.319	89.121	89.168	89.218	89.315	90.634	89.58	89.645	89.631	90.01	89.741	89.657	90.248	89.926	90.061	91.382
Nico Hulkenberg	98.158	91.552	90.945	91.05	92.401	91.649	91.972	91.072	91.166	91.041	91.012	90.788	90.78	91.015	90.746	90.878	91.112	91.294	95.615	111.774	89.921	90.167	89.835	90.505	90.074	90.108	89.925	89.874	90.093	90.15	89.988	89.852	89.778	89.417	89.366	89.481	89.474	89.702	89.468	89.408	89.553	89.541	89.699	90.06	89.554	90.729	89.762	89.772	89.984	90.049	90.058	90.229	91.246
Adrian Sutil	100.998	93.262	92.278	91.912	91.867	91.942	92.639	91.768	92.593	91.76	91.376	91.642	91.683	91.866	91.769	91.844	91.933	91.826	91.678	91.725	91.718	91.783	91.949	96.369	114.679	90.134	90.003	89.967	90.256	90.071	89.98	89.99	89.927	89.849	89.724	89.885	89.998	89.719	90.038	89.987	91.494	89.598	89.992	91.518	89.518	89.375	89.745	89.628	89.79	89.649	89.601	90.253
Esteban Gutierrez	101.226	93.454	92.627	92.345	92.426	91.902	92.146	91.65	96.351	113.239	90.606	90.569	90.442	90.584	90.895	90.645	91.248	90.815	90.538	90.712	90.812	92.087	90.665	90.675	90.788	90.68	90.581	90.915	90.974	90.864	90.835	90.958	90.64	90.783	91.001	95.314	111.639	89.637	89.584	89.449	90.495	91.278	89.788	89.793	89.862	90.8	90.218	91.102	122.312	116.011	89.812
Pastor Maldonado	100.338	93.106	91.355	91.181	91.778	91.19	91.259	90.75	91.032	91.16	90.866	91.123	91.05	91.181	91.298	91.217	90.954	91.445	92.372	91.483	95.571	113.492	90.636	90.752	90.413	90.464	90.516	90.298	90.292	90.106	89.988	89.856	89.927	89.886	90.058	90.353	90.298	90.409	90.135	90.109	89.948	89.94	90.577	90.072	89.872	90.027	89.902	89.912	90.05	91.083	91.623	90.061
Romain Grosjean	103.338	94.261	92.322	94.67	92.662	92.444	92.248	91.911	91.812	91.743	92.366	91.956	92.448	92.007	91.661	91.849	91.805	92.892	91.898	96.196	114.395	90.979	90.814	90.998	92.154	90.898	90.955	90.613	90.858	90.538	90.687	91.054	91.944	90.407	90.432	90.756	90.221	90.083	90.702	90.582	90.234	90.188	90.46	90.681	90.089	90.664	90.231	91.171	91.004	90.627	90.218	90.628
Kamui Kobayashi	101.588	93.773	93.336	92.207	91.802	92.142	92.091	91.75	91.788	91.788	92.113	91.591	91.68	91.784	91.761	91.829	91.925	91.913	92.226	92.111	92.954	97.738	115.445	91.682	91.647	91.515	91.229	92.355	91.673	92.822	92.606	90.924	91.013	90.947	90.758	91.034	92.557	91.061	91.174	91.547	90.975	91.008	91.208	91.431	92.425	91.371	91.427	92.836	96.608	92.793	91.946	91.376
Jules Bianchi	102.457	94.119	92.872	92.631	92.514	92.557	92.491	92.404	92.468	92.369	92.386	93.788	92.285	92.32	92.063	92.517	92.245	92.281	92.4	92.425	92.898	93.088	92.83	92.36	92.3	92.766	96.904	115.607	93.469	92.641	91.624	91.364	91.32	91.136	91.304	91.239	91.038	94.926	94.182	91.403	92.405	90.997	91.299	94.574	90.834	90.822	90.914	90.943	90.546	90.639	90.521	91.904
Max Chilton	102.475	94.793	93.517	93.338	92.569
Daniil Kvyat	102.863	92.711	92	92.325	91.254	91.246	90.76	90.847	91.507	90.732	90.78	90.78	90.467	90.919	90.736	90.949	90.791	91.034	90.914	90.868	90.786	90.56	90.69	90.744	90.2	90.605	90.386	90.563	90.483	94.941	110.467	89.643	89.439	89.289	88.768	88.62	88.543	88.953	88.6	88.868	88.725	88.9	88.904	89.359	89.827	88.747	88.824	88.703	88.747	88.629	88.486	96.777	91.161
Marcus Ericsson	105.446	93.822	93.229	93.012	92.833	92.91	93.632	92.999	92.727	92.546	92.559	92.583	92.736	92.767	92.67	92.866	92.982	93.692	93.377	93.35	93.5	93.417	95.04	93.698	97.246	93.843	95.572	94.278	94.732	100.357	117.05	91.316	92.127	91.232	91.373	92.552	91.184	91.053	91.137	91.126	90.912	90.903	90.88	90.488	92.041	91.623	90.28	90.548	90.509	90.574	92.326

Italian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’28.004		29
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’28.206	0.202	51
3	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1’28.342	0.338	46
4	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’28.486	0.482	51
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1’28.559	0.555	50
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1’28.588	0.584	53
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1’28.942	0.938	43
8	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1’29.107	1.103	35
9	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’29.121	1.117	39
10	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’29.141	1.137	34
11	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’29.245	1.241	35
12	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1’29.283	1.279	34
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’29.366	1.362	35
14	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1’29.375	1.371	46
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’29.449	1.445	40
16	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’29.680	1.676	23
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1’29.856	1.852	32
18	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’30.083	2.079	38
19	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1’30.280	2.276	47
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Ferrari	1’30.521	2.517	51
21	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1’30.758	2.754	35
22	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1’32.569	4.565	5

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26 comments on “Rosberg admits Hamilton was quicker this weekend”

Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
7th September 2014, 18:53
Lewis was still very, very lucky no one touched him at the start. A slight touch and he could’ve lost some piece of his car and make life for him particularly difficult trying to overtake Massa.
Also lucky Bottas had a rubbish getaway aswell. Rosberg made the day with those unforced errros anyway.
1. sato113 (@sato113)
  7th September 2014, 23:01
  thats not luck for lewis. that’s just smart placing of cars by the drivers around him and lewis himself.
  1. Toxic (@)
    8th September 2014, 0:23
    Not entirely. He was able to place his car so effectively because behind him Bottas and Ricciardo had terrible start as well. He had basically a wall of bad starting cars behind him that helped him retain top 5 place after the first corner.
    Either way I think it would still not make a big difference if he even slipped to P7 or P8. He was just in the different league to everyone else at the track and with nervous driving from Rosberg it was quite easy win for him today.
  2. Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
    8th September 2014, 4:30
    @sato113 really? at such a tight corner, it’s just a matter of probabilities. Had he stormed off in 1st, he’d have no trouble to get out of there with his car intact.
    When you’re in the pack (and slower than the others), there’s a lot more chance that someone might touch you, or someone ahead tangles with another driver, they both slow down, and you ram them over. Or a Liuzzi coming from the back totally out of control…
    We’ve seen than kazillion times there.
2. Supremacy (@supremacy)
  8th September 2014, 10:41
  So Lewis gets bad luck due to mechanical problem at the start, after a brilliant pole.
  And somehow you see this as luck?
  Weird!
Lawrence Adekoya (@ladekoya)
7th September 2014, 18:54
Any data on the speed traps this race Keith? I heard Ricciardo of all people clocked 225mph at the end of the start/finish straight.
1. Mr win or lose
  7th September 2014, 19:04
  Yes, Ricciardo’s top speed was 362 km/h, which is incredible indeed. Perhaps he knows best how to slipstream. :)
  1. Nick (@nick-uk)
    7th September 2014, 19:21
    Or Renault have actually now managed to put togetehr a decent engine and Red Bull just love to put them down all the time as a way to shift the buck off them for making a car that wasn’t fastest from day 1.
  2. sato113 (@sato113)
    7th September 2014, 23:01
    i dont understand this as there was a 20kph gap it seemed from fastest in the speed trap to 4th or 5th!
Rick Lopez (@viscountviktor)
7th September 2014, 19:24
Massa was faster than Bottas…
1. Toxic (@)
  8th September 2014, 0:25
  Obviously.. that’s why he was 3rd :) Although he was in a clear air the whole race without being really challenged to much after passing Magnussen and being passed by Lewis.
2. Estesark (@estesark)
  8th September 2014, 13:51
  Not exactly. Bottas was faster on 12 out of the last 14 laps of the race, which is the time he spent in fourth place. He was slower for most of the rest of the race because of his bad start and then having to overtake other cars, some of them with the same power unit (e.g. Magnussen between laps 30 and 37). There’s no doubt in my mind that Bottas would have finished on the podium with a better start.
nidzovski (@nidzovski)
7th September 2014, 19:49
That Russian is really something. Sure he lacks experience but it will come together in the future. Expecting big things from Kvyat.
1. spoutnik (@spoutnik)
  7th September 2014, 20:27
  That double slide on the grass was quite under control.
2. Luca Nuvolari (@nuvolari71)
  7th September 2014, 20:33
  He’s a superstar:) I agree he will be soon be fighting for the good stuff
hzh (@hzh00)
7th September 2014, 19:56
“But I need to see the positive things from today”.
He needs to see Hamilton’s data.
1. pking008 (@pking008)
  7th September 2014, 20:50
  Lol
2. stefano (@alfa145)
  7th September 2014, 21:24
  hehe
3. Supremacy (@supremacy)
  8th September 2014, 10:45
  :D
  Lewis should just skip FP2 from now onwards.
4. greg-c (@greg-c)
  8th September 2014, 12:58
  We’ll done @hzh00
  We need some funny stuff amidst all the conspiracy anger!
5. Bill Niehoff (@justafan)
  8th September 2014, 18:11
  COTD!
pking008 (@pking008)
7th September 2014, 21:19
Just wish Nico’s fans would admin it as well but I’m not holding my breath
Michael C
7th September 2014, 23:43
Nico set his fastest on lap 51,
Lewis set his fastest on lap 29… He had it all under control
Ben Bailey
8th September 2014, 9:56
Those three laps after hams pitstop were immense. Great to see look on Totes face then even better to see she’ll shocked Nic interview “he was coming at me like a rocket”.
Monzas run off at chicanes are great. Mistakes are punished by driver loosing small amount of time and track position. This should be a model for all run off areas. Time for Canada to sort out runoff at last chicane where Nice made same mistake when under pressure from lewis but actually extended his lead by fractions of a second.
Supremacy (@supremacy)
8th September 2014, 11:24
Nico: “Please don’t tell me what the gap is anymore….”
Mark (@marlarkey)
8th September 2014, 20:51
“Hamilton was quicker” , duh !