2014 Russian Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

Strategy in the Russian Grand Prix was shaped by unusually durable tyres, which Nico Rosberg completed almost the entire race distance on.

Having switched to medium compound tyres on his second lap Rosberg was still improving his lap times until the end of the race. He set the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, by which time his tyres were 51 laps old, though it was beaten on the final tour by Valtteri Bottas.

Both the Toro Rosso drivers appeared among the top seven fastest laps, demonstrating the same pace they showed in qualifying. But poor fuel economy meant neither finished in the points.

Unusually, Daniel Ricciardo set two lap times which equalled his quickest of the race to within a thousandth of a second, on the 50th and 53rd (and final) laps.

Russian 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	107.49	105.342	104.933	104.745	104.08	104.184	103.958	103.882	103.817	104.169	103.686	104.17	104.011	103.951	103.742	103.751	103.577	103.768	103.724	103.407	103.594	103.248	103.73	103.701	103.467	104.115	108.275	125.597	103.603	103.619	103.961	103.255	103.426	102.976	103.191	103.771	103.492	102.194	102.805	101.853	102.516	102.795	102.425	102.074	102.277	102.083	102.193	101.606	102.61	102.663	102.984	102.862	103.396
Nico Rosberg	112.669	129.911	105.571	105.34	106.992	104.962	105.338	105.52	104.803	104.927	104.384	104.65	105.202	104.89	104.163	104.037	104.181	104.237	104.691	103.828	104.05	103.775	103.695	103.503	103.76	103.144	103.687	103.704	103.943	104.844	103.155	102.77	103.45	102.67	102.551	102.408	102.088	103.43	103.091	102.784	102.623	102.913	102.458	102.274	102.3	101.972	102.067	101.904	102.27	101.752	101.757	101.36	101.953
Valtteri Bottas	109.127	105.641	105.225	104.652	104.468	104.237	104.147	104.029	103.856	103.994	104.236	104.353	104.46	104.05	104.247	103.94	104.303	104.651	104.209	104.544	104.952	104.878	105.267	105.214	105.325	109.97	126.544	103.952	104.406	105.053	105.515	103.519	103.398	103.787	103.319	103.096	103.615	102.777	102.864	102.535	102.568	102.23	102.806	102.457	101.83	102.192	102.071	101.908	101.544	102.186	101.534	101.592	100.896
Jenson Button	110.056	106.188	105.479	106.121	105.157	105.404	105.064	104.708	105.123	105.298	105.154	105.012	104.792	104.649	104.919	104.644	104.443	104.496	104.455	104.559	104.352	108.573	125.119	104.349	104.034	104.376	104.142	104.112	104.111	103.85	103.972	103.657	103.443	103.533	103.682	103.413	103.271	103.749	103.107	103.189	103.1	102.763	102.739	102.659	102.806	102.969	101.964	102.879	102.272	102.151	102.081	102.338	102.502
Daniil Kvyat	114.272	109.144	106.704	107.599	107.988	106.046	105.533	105.814	105.665	105.504	105.597	105.553	105.633	105.448	105.301	105.16	105.945	105.206	105.271	110.003	128.511	104.582	104.627	105.185	104.734	104.397	104.93	105.009	104.198	104.511	105.073	104.837	104.8	105.262	107.732	105.796	112.507	125.016	105.767	102.882	102.585	103.227	102.206	102.68	102.523	102.361	102.437	102.417	102.208	102.028	102.222	102.022
Daniel Ricciardo	115.016	107.423	107.119	107.149	105.555	106.892	105.843	105.24	105.584	105.891	110.292	126.435	105.599	104.622	104.617	104.694	104.699	104.935	104.069	104.427	104.103	104.681	104.34	104.519	103.955	104.247	104.673	103.819	103.506	104.186	103.989	104.093	104.255	104.072	103.988	103.888	103.808	103.876	104.061	103.754	103.414	103.844	103.661	103.775	103.68	103.396	103.178	103.465	103.14	103.05	103.461	103.528	103.05
Fernando Alonso	110.798	106.579	105.497	105.672	105.226	105.291	105.416	106.113	106.154	105.352	104.886	104.605	104.745	104.729	104.649	104.561	104.697	104.744	104.426	104.236	104.252	104.057	104.152	104.303	109.712	131.323	105.425	104.966	104.68	104.434	104.501	104.48	104.229	103.972	104.057	103.996	104.231	104.075	104.161	103.685	103.462	103.943	103.647	103.75	103.745	103.132	103.43	103.226	103.171	103.078	103.289	103.641	102.179
Kimi Raikkonen	115.606	108.418	106.814	107.229	106.579	106.162	105.656	105.985	105.45	105.63	105.561	105.502	105.727	105.415	105.202	105.023	105.319	104.855	104.629	104.624	104.684	104.581	105.359	104.19	104.303	110.482	125.82	104.624	104.332	104.78	104.797	105.149	104.618	104.789	105.447	105.472	105.254	105.241	103.909	103.743	103.425	103.8	103.466	103.104	102.919	103.224	103.067	103.061	102.934	103.124	103.387	103.333	103.817
Jean-Eric Vergne	112.641	107.195	109.011	108.518	106.662	106.1	105.607	105.592	105.806	105.571	105.673	105.061	105.692	105.399	105.187	104.865	104.603	104.814	104.756	104.858	104.917	105.493	109.664	127.882	104.749	104.84	105.297	105.197	105.063	104.837	105.188	105.127	105.004	105.047	104.735	104.728	104.71	107.067	104.848	104.941	105.916	104.878	104.136	104.119	103.659	104.319	104.158	104.308	104.668	104.016	102.806	105.561	102.55
Sebastian Vettel	114.632	106.956	107.603	106.584	105.834	106.994	105.468	105.181	105.319	105.357	105.219	105.493	105.125	105.11	105.381	105.329	105.069	104.71	104.575	104.58	104.762	104.555	104.137	104.626	104.713	104.517	104.719	104.735	104.782	109.715	127.395	105.052	104.278	103.848	103.842	103.912	103.653	103.78	103.413	103.535	103.325	103.355	103.523	103.841	103.314	103.403	103.35	103.635	102.967	102.698	103.716	102.684	102.63
Kevin Magnussen	113.179	107.292	107.423	105.761	105.579	105.628	105.165	104.981	105.178	105.018	105.176	105.705	104.975	105.111	104.737	104.409	104.286	104.114	104.046	103.927	104.93	104.189	104.072	103.862	104.144	108.931	124.864	103.942	103.989	104.295	104.608	103.873	104.217	104.115	104.095	103.65	103.801	103.72	103.963	103.889	104.102	103.408	103.307	103.076	103.424	103.344	104.223	103.541	103.335	103.755	103.12	103.523	103.363
Sergio Perez	116.827	108.126	107.207	106.792	107.505	106.464	105.921	105.97	105.789	105.634	105.561	105.661	105.897	105.679	105.436	105.281	105.256	105.416	105.484	106.533	105.205	104.731	105.046	104.866	109.071	125.152	104.326	105.342	104.159	104.377	105.064	104.842	104.77	105.316	104.074	103.796	104.19	103.863	104.911	103.556	103.313	103.403	103.441	103.281	103.199	103.133	102.924	103.01	102.943	103.171	103.416	103.264	103.217
Esteban Gutierrez	117.34	108.08	107.314	106.687	107.512	106.769	106.411	106.588	106.705	106.183	106	105.733	106.633	106.629	107.625	105.58	105.828	105.322	105.205	105.35	105.523	105.438	105.402	105.078	105.014	105.183	106.369	105.462	104.848	104.923	107.408	105.306	105.353	105.049	105.053	105.387	106.766	105.681	113.02	127.061	105.969	105.633	104.201	104.287	104.075	104.741	104.243	106.518	104.807	106.383	104.716	104.145
Adrian Sutil	120.924	110.122	109.104	108.868	108.114	107.436	107.994	107.81	107.05	107.068	107.165	111.13	128.122	105.362	105.464	105.559	105.579	106.971	105.95	105.442	105.347	105.077	105.188	106.53	105.216	105.685	105.697	113.17	104.293	104.625	104.858	104.861	104.912	105.346	106.625	105.46	105.401	104.414	104.002	103.929	103.996	103.822	104.115	106.484	104.583	106.365	104.153	104.692	107.18	105.36	106.052	106.365
Romain Grosjean	119.175	108.775	110.575	106.977	107.161	107.295	106.821	106.935	106.414	107.346	107.905	106.395	106.384	106.151	105.886	105.784	105.851	106.823	106.102	110.125	126.535	105.984	106.21	106.035	107.412	106.48	105.969	108.148	105.668	105.682	105.924	105.593	105.586	105.204	105.61	106.671	105.511	106.989	105.663	105.131	106.489	105.081	106.123	104.593	104.891	106.212	104.726	104.51	104.461	104.502	104.718	104.921
Marcus Ericsson	119.903	109.285	109.997	108.004	107.319	107.375	107.572	108.061	107.619	107.089	107.361	106.92	107.042	107.916	106.869	106.327	106.658	106.629	106.254	106.365	106.199	105.902	105.667	105.731	105.865	106.117	112.534	130.13	106.578	109.094	106.184	106.461	106.269	106.006	107.892	107.695	107.499	108.83	106.374	107.794	107.607	108.186	111.575	128.904	104.352	104.413	104.067	103.979	105.265	105.959	106.164
Nico Hulkenberg	118.298	108.099	107.409	106.728	107.058	106.807	108.075	106.359	106.398	106.468	106.341	105.931	107.299	106.984	106.518	105.611	105.808	105.473	105.385	105.11	105.362	105.16	105.339	109.023	124.803	104.644	103.786	104.48	104.154	104.305	103.859	103.544	103.644	103.762	104.433	105.668	103.304	103.231	104.101	104.724	103.13	103.035	102.806	102.841	102.811	103.136	102.966	102.804	102.95	102.685	102.992	103.114	103.298
Felipe Massa	120.434	125.798	105.193	104.601	106.13	105.529	105.216	105.114	104.494	105.344	104.495	104.421	105.121	104.652	104.964	104.074	103.926	103.921	104.229	105.474	105.334	104.824	105.067	104.883	105.111	105.289	110.054	125.082	103.84	103.339	104.372	104.823	104.76	105.244	104.359	103.841	103.867	104.047	105.087	103.387	103.359	103.423	103.371	103.386	103.14	103.181	102.879	103.002	103.101	102.972	103.546	103.151	103.37
Kamui Kobayashi	121.749	110.753	110.169	109.358	110.693	108.936	108.795	108.531	108.899	108.229	107.977	108.199	108.377	107.965	108.081	107.607	107.407	107.659	109.297	107.827	113.892
Max Chilton	122.191	111.585	110.789	115.332	131.378	108.383	108.557	108.268	126.792
Pastor Maldonado	120.537	109.947	109.266	109.085	111.114	109.254	108.367	108.08	107.712	107.688	107.822	107.931	107.724	107.684	108.477	107.268	107.937	107.828	107.138	107.08	111.576	127.496	105.991	108.375	107.287	105.567	106.251	105.794	105.378	105.183	105.092	106.886	107.18	106.87	105.645	104.583	105.66	107.227	104.308	105.665	105.16	104.227	104.231	104.248	108.406	104.189	104.055	106.459	104.033	104.03	104.436	106.361

Russian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1’40.896		53
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’41.360	0.464	52
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’41.606	0.710	48
4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’41.964	1.068	47
5	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’42.022	1.126	52
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’42.179	1.283	53
7	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’42.550	1.654	53
8	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’42.630	1.734	53
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’42.685	1.789	50
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1’42.879	1.983	47
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1’42.919	2.023	45
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1’42.924	2.028	47
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1’43.050	2.154	Set on 2 laps
14	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren-Mercedes	1’43.076	2.180	44
15	Adrian Sutil	Sauber-Ferrari	1’43.822	2.926	42
16	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham-Renault	1’43.979	3.083	48
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Renault	1’44.030	3.134	50
18	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1’44.075	3.179	45
19	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1’44.461	3.565	49
20	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham-Renault	1’47.407	6.511	17
21	Max Chilton	Marussia-Ferrari	1’48.268	7.372	8

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17 comments on “Rosberg sets second-fastest lap on 51-lap old tyres”

Chris (@cgturbo)
12th October 2014, 18:18
“Unusually, Daniel Ricciardo set two lap times which equalled his quickest of the race to within a thousandth of a second, on the 50th and 53rd (and final) laps.”
Any ideas if the sector times were very similar (I would be amazed if they were the same), or was it a case of gained in one sector, lost out in the others?
Regardless, you can’t get more consistent than that XD
1. gdewilde (@gdewilde)
  13th October 2014, 9:07
  Lap 50: 36.351 – 35.704 – 30.995
  Lap 53: 36.175 – 35.722 – 31.153
  So only the middle sector was more or less the same ;-)
  1. Mr win or lose
    13th October 2014, 9:50
    Cool stuff! Where did you find the sector times?
  2. Carlos Furtado das Neves
    14th October 2014, 14:21
    Great info! Can you tell us where did you find this data?
    Thanks.
Simon (@simon999)
12th October 2014, 19:06
Very fortuitous for Rosberg, in the end. I don’t think anyone expected the tyres to have almost zero degredation, even with the conservative choice.
He went from last to second in just over half race distance (good drive!), but without the normal “penalty” of another stop being needed. In any other race this year he’d have faced another fight through the middle-order, which would have made the latter half of the race a bit more interesting!
1. Theo Parkinson (@theo-hrp)
  12th October 2014, 19:29
  Well Rosberg didn’t actually go from last to second. When a driver undercuts another we don’t say they went from 15th to 6th, we say they went from 7th to 6th. Nico technically went from 2nd to 4th, but when you factor in his pit issues over 5 second stop, he went from 7th to 4th. Definitely not bad considering the traffic, but not exactly what I’d call a recovery drive, like you said. Plus he caused his crisis, which according to people’s opinions of Bottas in Australia, means it doesn’t count.
Randy (@randy)
12th October 2014, 19:42
Hamilton cruised throughout the race because he didn’t want to tax the engine unnecessarily. Ended up 13 seconds ahead of everyone else.
Rosberg had to cruise because he had to do whole race on single tyres, and he went *through the field* in little more than half of the race.
At this stage Mercedes could just skip the qualifying and still finish 1-2 starting from the pit lane.
1. Patrickl (@patrickl)
  12th October 2014, 20:19
  Rosberg didn’t go “through the field”. He simply made his stop earlier and of course ended back up on roughly the same position after everyone made their stop. Which took about half the race.
  If they really start at the back it’s a lot harder to make it back to the front. Imagine him having to make a stop just after halfway through the race (when he was pushing). Rosberg would have dropped back to P5 behind Magnussen and 20 seconds behind Bottas. He then would have had to overtake several faster cars instead of just waiting for them to pit.
ColdFly F1 (@)
12th October 2014, 19:59
Catherham seems to be improving, and Ericsson within the team!
1. Craig Woollard (@craig-o)
  12th October 2014, 21:10
  @coldfly I’ve been really impressed with Ericsson ever since Caterham changed their braking system. He has consistently been towards the front of the Caterham/Marussia battle and has at times even troubled the Saubers and the Lotuses. Given that form, it would be somewhat harsh to drop him at the end of the year.
  1. Boomerang
    13th October 2014, 21:50
    But it wouldn’t be harsh to drop some people from Lotus’ technical department.
Theoddkiwi (@theoddkiwi)
12th October 2014, 21:21
I look forward to those who have complained all these years about Pirelli and their fragile tyres. Look what happens when we have zero degridation. What an exciting race!
I can only imagine how far in front Hamilton could have finished if he wanted to push all the way.
Boomerang
13th October 2014, 11:12
It proves my theory that last year’s controversial Mercedes’ Barcelona test had only one goal: Helping Pirelli to design tires which will suit Mercedes’ cars. Good job Pirelli!
1. sonia luff (@sonia54)
  13th October 2014, 19:01
  Strange how Merc haven’t looked back since that secret test lol
Mandy
13th October 2014, 16:56
What I find very interesting, is why did Red Bull keep Vettel out for a stint of 30 laps on soft compound (longest of the top runners), when it was obvious that he was loosing time? One can clearly see that he was pulling away from Dan last few laps of his stint, gap was around 2 seconds when Dan pitted for medium compound. Also, it was easily visible that the medium compound is keeping its performance for a much longer than 23 laps, how much Vettel drove on them. He lost 3 seconds in only last few laps before pitting compared to Dan. When he switched to mediums, he was again faster or equal to Dan, and kept the pace easily to the end. Horner said that “He had that tyre for approximately half the race and, when we pitted for the prime, we expected the prime to have good performance in the second half of the race. But, as it turned out, a new harder tyre had no more performance than an older tyre. So he was only able to do the same times as Daniel.”
Very strange, considering lap times are showing that he had a pace 1 second per lap stronger than before pitting, indicating that he was losing considerable amount of time by not pitting at least 4-5 laps earlier..
Team orders in RB? What do you think?
1. Boomerang
  13th October 2014, 21:46
  They tried it in a discrete manner, but it didn’t work.
2. Brian Frank (@brianfrank302)
  14th October 2014, 8:41
  Exactly my thoughts. Vettel could’ve finished higher IMO.