Alonso salvages sixth as damage delays Raikkonen

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Fernando Alonso pipped Sebastian Vettel to sixth place after coming under pressure from the Red Bull driver at the end of the race.

The pair traded blows following Alonso’s final pit stop: Vettel, who had started from the pits, briefly got ahead, but Alonso’s fresher tyres allowed him to reclaim the position in the DRS zone.

A late pit stop allowed Vettel to come back at him, and at the end of the race the pair were separated by just half a second. Crucially, Alonso had broken free of the slower Mclarens earlier in the race after coming out on top in a scrap with Jenson Button.

It was another frustrating race for Kimi Raikkonen, however. He suffered damage on the first lap when he was hit by Sergio Perez, and that may have contributed to the difficulty he had looking after his tyres. That later forced him to make an extra pit stop with three laps to go.

Ferrari said both the medium tyres did not perform as well as expected for both drivers, but Raikkonen’s problems were particularly acute. “The collision with Perez might have damaged the left-rear on Kimi’s car and unfortunately he then had traffic on his second stint and excessive degradation that meant he had to make an extra stop,” said technical director Pat Fry.

“When we get the car back, we will try and see if there’s something wrong with it, although an initial look at the telemetry data revealed nothing.”

United States 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
Nico Rosberg 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lewis Hamilton 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Valtteri Bottas 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Felipe Massa 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Daniel Ricciardo 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 7 5 4 4 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 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Fernando Alonso 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Kevin Magnussen 7 5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 13 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8
Kimi Raikkonen 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 4 3 11 11 11 11 10 10 12 12 11 12 11 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 13 14 14 13
Adrian Sutil 9
Pastor Maldonado 10 10 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 10 10 9
Sergio Perez 11 17
Jenson Button 12 11 15 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 11 11 12
Nico Hulkenberg 13 9 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 12
Jean-Eric Vergne 14 12 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 8 8 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 8 9 10
Esteban Gutierrez 15 13 13 13 13 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 12 12 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 14
Romain Grosjean 16 14 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 5 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 8 7 7 11 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 11 11 11 12 12 11
Daniil Kvyat 17 15 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 7 6 6 6 6 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 11 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 13 14 15 15 15 15
Sebastian Vettel 18 16 14 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 12 14 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 6 7 7 7 7 14 14 13 12 10 9 7 7

United States Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

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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
Nico Rosberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.761 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.896 1.381 1.272 1.495 1.488 1.625 2.097 2.379 2.727 2.709 0 3.675 2.706 2.806 2.557 2.427 2.519 2.693 2.457 2.436 2.493 2.428 1.924 2 1.991 2.524 2.391 2.47 3.417 2.998 2.851 2.06 4.314
Lewis Hamilton 0.903 1.059 1.517 0.686 0.739 1.157 0.697 0.885 1 1.065 0.88 0.928 1.196 2.021 2.649 0 2.432 2.507 1.817 1.455 1.067 0.784 0.806 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.249 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valtteri Bottas 3.361 3.21 3.174 2.113 3.638 4.469 4.531 5.306 5.78 6.477 7.363 8.304 9.042 10.446 11.667 28.407 11.45 11.821 12.308 13.113 13.711 14.073 14.35 14.104 14.791 14.136 13.924 13.935 13.925 14.511 33.909 33.426 33.777 31.633 15.536 15.941 17.429 18.355 19.796 21.542 23.175 23.97 24.855 25.63 26.186 26.35 27.021 27.673 28.801 28.87 29.26 29.811 30.698 31.826 30.282 30.992
Felipe Massa 2.504 2.419 2.621 1.907 2.88 3.69 3.808 4.313 4.925 5.214 5.909 6.847 7.46 9.109 29.716 26.688 9.08 8.79 8.393 8.594 8.511 8.552 8.673 8.068 8.348 7.703 7.445 7.29 6.937 7.064 7.319 8.281 28.899 26.012 9.468 9.458 10.76 11.627 12.695 13.82 15.249 16.07 17.218 18.463 19.308 19.833 21.034 22.119 23.186 23.433 24.047 24.903 25.401 26.072 25.938 26.924
Daniel Ricciardo 5.891 5.509 5.101 2.87 4.372 5.64 5.96 7.031 7.761 8.393 8.793 9.226 9.742 11.071 31.03 27.799 10.493 10.447 10.322 10.613 10.769 10.683 10.876 10.316 10.87 10.566 10.15 9.914 9.517 9.459 9.543 28.474 27.374 24.274 7.621 7.876 8.9 9.372 10.097 11.126 12.485 13.273 14.186 15.327 16.12 17.145 18.497 19.864 21.283 21.835 22.63 23.324 23.797 24.561 23.966 25.56
Fernando Alonso 4.957 4.317 3.746 2.622 6.088 8.23 9.633 11.488 13.288 14.576 15.79 16.826 17.668 19.353 21.127 19.42 23.378 24.571 25.573 27.237 29.772 32.044 34.338 35.14 37.013 38.41 39.433 40.349 40.76 42.147 42.556 43.746 44.245 42.155 26.84 28.419 30.938 32.62 35.129 37.671 40.266 42.681 45.614 68.905 69.768 71.854 71.074 72.104 75.213 78.627 77.701 81.162 86.179 88.186 94.841 95.231
Kevin Magnussen 3.544 12.035 12.661 5.464 10.047 13.56 16.147 19.146 22.363 25.227 27.378 29.419 31.519 33.647 35.984 34.62 19.338 21.11 22.864 24.897 27.172 29.126 30.993 32.47 35.798 38.121 42.213 62.849 62.656 63.196 64.021 65.052 65.528 63.601 48.34 49.706 52.539 54.476 56.69 59.135 61.911 64.664 66.448 70.078 72.336 74.801 77.798 80.827 83.57 85.633 87.936 90.408 92.636 95.692 98.097 100.682
Kimi Raikkonen 7.136 6.516 6.423 3.442 6.774 9.21 11.202 13.578 15.429 16.815 18.064 19.684 20.969 22.586 23.986 22.345 7.579 28.817 30.499 32.357 33.804 35.736 37.772 40.771 43.108 45.505 48.083 50.141 51.449 52.952 54.27 55.665 56.725 55.69 40.931 42.609 45.353 47.306 49.756 52.772 56.027 59.208 80.267 81.352 82.245 82.817 84.25 87.93 90.969 94.406 97.359 101.965 123.168 123.342 123.306
Adrian Sutil
Pastor Maldonado 9.694 7.434 7.568 3.914 7.874 10.649 12.639 15.061 17.279 18.99 20.317 21.602 22.946 24.609 26.648 50.469 34.717 35.994 37.237 39.078 40.01 41.239 42.611 43.104 44.705 45.919 46.717 49.433 49.862 50.615 52.764 54.002 55.021 53.98 39.16 60.927 62.152 62.888 64.364 66.492 69.416 72.229 74.418 76.592 78.528 80.482 82.825 86.039 89.13 91.523 93.276 96.157 97.755 99.524 100.636 102.87
Sergio Perez 39.691
Jenson Button 9.725 16.648 14.763 6.357 10.547 14.286 17.068 20.038 23.474 26.058 28.307 30.389 32.557 34.835 37.042 35.598 20.294 22.411 24.109 26.574 29.316 31.555 33.953 36.614 39.179 41.339 44.921 49.248 68.679 69.696 70.376 70.992 71.316 69.541 54.468 55.714 57.938 59.436 61.331 63.637 66.934 68.905 70.949 73.577 76.286 78.539 81.212 84.179 87.522 89.687 92.081 95.661 99.99 105.024 109.817
Nico Hulkenberg 9.194 17.095 15.896 6.897 11.907 15.925 18.384 21.398 24.45 27.297 30.097 32.359 34.461 36.806 38.957 37.36
Jean-Eric Vergne 10.028 8.897 8.983 4.212 8.421 11.362 13.455 15.834 18.65 20.801 21.768 23.263 24.383 25.719 27.477 49.575 32.187 32.78 34.674 35.586 36.691 37.947 39.036 39.744 41.916 43.193 45.441 47.594 49.192 70.668 71.312 71.706 72.019 70.302 55.438 57.221 59.955 61.81 63.664 65.891 69.049 71.727 73.864 75.816 77.908 79.878 82.317 85.495 88.478 90.808 92.778 94.874 96.42 98.22 100.039 103.863
Esteban Gutierrez 11.214 13.184 13.804 6.205 11.389 17.481 21.423 25.54 29.411 32.554 35.032 37.569 39.784 42.572 45.06 43.861 29.212 31.884 36.131 39.327 68.335 70.375 72.153 73.009 74.591 75.319 76.497 77.72 78.794 80.52 82.19 83.379 84.648 83.788 68.981 70.854 74.653 77.354 80.325 84.62 107.933 109.01 110.214 111.154 112.106 112.682 113.434 114.813 115.984 117.039 118.609 120.589 121.783 122.757 124.379
Romain Grosjean 12.643 9.69 10.176 4.565 8.776 11.728 13.914 16.441 19.333 21.505 22.714 23.938 25.114 26.566 28.143 26.311 30.568 32.262 34.079 34.902 35.855 37.141 38.253 38.399 41.303 41.899 43.217 44.047 44.837 65.501 66.213 67.051 67.584 66.087 51.633 53.127 55.391 57.586 59.829 62.818 66.45 70.989 73.031 75.097 77.26 79.147 81.772 84.794 88.056 92.425 94.249 97.156 101.047 105.475 108.67
Daniil Kvyat 13.789 11.172 11.66 5.105 9.649 13.05 15.431 18.48 21.536 24.224 26.082 28.082 29.81 32.032 34.414 32.827 17.317 19.415 21.035 23.177 25.503 48.295 48.91 49.471 50.543 51.566 52.807 53.968 54.76 55.915 56.936 58.128 59.272 58.033 43.331 45.215 48.23 50.359 52.957 56.08 59.965 80.825 81.831 82.424 83 83.721 85.061 87.04 89.811 95.17 107.507 130.873 129.718 130.495 130.759
Sebastian Vettel 14.112 16.051 16.484 7.351 12.439 17.137 19.874 23.218 26.421 29.309 32.019 34.245 36.47 38.952 40.965 39.275 24.827 26.506 28.216 30.328 32.193 34.533 36.531 37.967 40.997 45.663 65.27 65.241 65.185 66.392 67.177 67.905 68.804 66.949 50.779 51.576 53.228 55.288 57.293 59.799 62.648 63.814 65.33 68.316 71.105 73.107 75.797 79.255 99.412 98.067 97.774 97.59 98.33 98.592 96.662 95.734

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12 comments on “Alonso salvages sixth as damage delays Raikkonen”

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    Jay Menon (@jaymenon10)
    3rd November 2014, 1:42

    Ferrari better get used to finishing in the lower reaches and outside of the points next year.

  2. dan
    3rd November 2014, 1:53

    Rai is that bad that it is hard to judge if Alo is as good as ever, of course he is still great but eventually at his age he will decline, Kimi has been terrible.

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    Neil (@neilosjames)
    3rd November 2014, 2:19

    Even the lap charts look empty…

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    Miko-Jarvinen (@miko-jarvinen)
    3rd November 2014, 5:40

    How can a team that big and recourse plenty can be that out of touch?

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      Clark Finlay (@ck2000)
      3rd November 2014, 9:40

      Simple, Ferrari had built themselves around creating a reasonable car at the start of the year and then using its extensive test facilities to improve it faster than others, they had a full test team, their own track and didn’t need to worry too much about computer models and wind tunnels being brilliant because they could model something and test it in the real world pretty quickly. The FIA then banned in season testing and Ferrari need to redo their whole development process, how many years have we heard of the correlation issues between wind tunnel, computer models and track even with the new wind tunnel. “Newer” teams (Red Bull and Mercedes for example) seem to have been able to change quicker releasing the need for a very good car from the start of the season as the development race throughout the season was a completely different thing. This year to make it worse the one thing they need to update (the engine and hybrid systems) is restricted to little or no development. I would assume Ferrari gave up months ago on this year and (fingers crossed) have a better car on the way for next year.

  5. Jon Gordon
    3rd November 2014, 6:39

    Money has replaced common sense , that somehow money can buy wins /championship /common sense . Nothing could be further from the truth

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      Patrickl (@patrickl)
      3rd November 2014, 8:08

      It’s not far from the truth. The teams with the biggest budgets do tend to win the championships the last 35 or so years. It started since the eighties when Williams started with Saudi sponsoring and the whole budget explosion started.

      Only teams like Benneton (95), Renault (2005 and 2006) and Brawn (2009) are exceptions. And this year Mercedes. Those did tend to have some clever thing that helped them overcome the budget deficit.

      Benetton had a new nose design, Renault had the tuned mass dampers and the right tyres, Brawn the double diffuser and Mercedes their clever cooling. Even Brawn is debatable though, because that car is reported to be the most expensive in the history of F1.

      Either way those 5 exceptions in 30 years hardly make something “further from the truth”.

      And of course Toyota is a notable exception of a team with the biggest budget and no result. To some extent so is Ferrari. Of if a team totally messes things up even the biggest budget wont be champion, but the order of the teams at the end of the years is pretty much in line with the team budgets. At best it matters one position plus or minus.

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        Clark Finlay (@ck2000)
        3rd November 2014, 13:47

        I honestly don’t think Mercedes can be considered an exception this year if the figures discussed over the weekend where correct, they have spent $300 million this year on winning everything, thats pretty much the amount the other big budget teams are likely to be spending

  6. Abba
    3rd November 2014, 18:04

    Has anyone bothered to make a comparison between Massa’s results compared to Alonso to that of Raikkonen?
    I will be very interested to see the differences, I am expecting to see Massa fairing better than Raikkonen.
    Maybe its just me but I don’t see too many cirtics as Massa had.
    It also seemed to be the same issues they have been complaining about.
    Please someone with facts and figures, assist
    As for Alonso, he is just quite simply a wizard

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    Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
    3rd November 2014, 20:33

    I was very surprised when I saw that Vettel only ended up half a second behind Alonso as I thought that Alonso was quite a bit ahead of the group that Vettel passed in the last few laps. But it seems Alonso had an awful second-last lap where Vettel gained 8 1/2 seconds on Alonso. Anyone knows what happened? I guess he was very lucky that the finish line was not further down the start finish straight or it would have been very difficult to keep Vettel behind in the end.

    1. Dave
      3rd November 2014, 23:34

      Alonso had a serious vibration problem for the last few laps. When he saw Vettel was closing fast, he drove flat out. Claims it vibrated so bad he could hardly see.

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    HK (@me4me)
    4th November 2014, 14:50

    The Lap-Chart looks so empty, yet the race was great. Funny how that turned out.

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