2015 Hungarian GP lap times and fastest laps

[interactivecharts]Ferrari were able to win the Hungarian Grand Prix because the rapid starts made by Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen allowed them to make the most of their car’s pace on soft tyres.

Team principal Maurizio Arrivabene said the team had endured a “horrible” Friday at the Hungaroring but were in better shape after Saturday. “But still we didn’t know we could win the race,” he said. “We were only confident that we could fight at the front.”

That all changed when Vettel and Raikkonen took full advantage of starting on the clean side of the track to pass both Mercedes drivers around the opening corners.

“Both Seb and Kimi had a tremendous start,” said Arrivabene, “and being able to drive in clean air surely made a difference in terms of tyre management, as we knew the first two sets of [softs] would perform very well.”

Sure enough, Nico Rosberg had no answer for their pace at this point in the race, and with Lewis Hamilton mired back in the pack Vettel was able to stretch his legs at the front. By lap 17 he was leading Raikkonen by almost three seconds and Rosberg was another seven seconds back.

With Rosberg switching to medium tyres for his middle stint, Vettel pulled away at an en quicker rate. At the half-way point in the race Rosberg was 22 seconds behind. Even with his final soft-tyre stint to come, and even allowing for Ferrari being weaker on the medium tyres, this was a very strong showing by Ferrari. Had it not been for Raikkonen’s mid-race MGU-K failure, they had a strong chance of taking their first one-two finish for five years.

2015 Hungarian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded):

https://www.racefans.net/charts/2015drivercolours.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
Lewis Hamilton	101.635	91.345	90.861	90.201	90.363	90.101	90.397	90.675	89.751	88.71	89.966	90.486	88.559	88.141	88.115	87.695	87.862	87.961	90.955	107.17	87.013	87.635	88.448	89.23	88.447	88.263	88.321	88.412	87.45	87.032	87.303	86.947	86.801	87.599	87.975	88.076	87.86	89.349	88.571	88.672	89.078	98.98	129.025	109.706	117.788	143.815	143.854	124.969	95.088	90.09	92.414	111.708	86.908	93.485	99.401	85.871	86.096	86.495	88.112	88.493	86.012	86.938	85.839	86.178	87.249	88.663	87.184	85.727	86.491
Nico Rosberg	95.978	89.499	88.808	88.409	88.277	88.214	88.563	88.459	88.692	88.888	89.092	88.658	88.591	89.027	88.549	88.276	88.794	88.521	88.531	91.91	106.432	88.36	87.97	89.195	89.055	88.072	89.039	88.561	88.339	88.212	88.536	88.454	88.499	88.731	88.881	88.835	89.801	89.075	87.883	87.979	88.541	95.026	128.803	112.056	121.971	145.394	145.489	126.108	88.251	87.394	87.318	86.917	87.083	87.672	87.569	87.363	87.453	87.095	87.15	87.224	87.153	87.052	87.179	127.418	108.633	87.187	85.253	85.149	88.315
Sebastian Vettel	92.868	88.82	88.664	88.067	88.312	87.976	88.132	88.361	88.271	88.339	88.17	88.278	88.183	88.206	88.071	87.913	88.184	88.748	88.288	88.51	91.463	105.677	86.877	87.386	87.367	87.505	87.548	88.011	87.653	87.822	88.239	87.775	87.743	87.769	87.923	87.925	88.055	88.012	87.802	88.048	87.79	88.098	110.825	127.289	148.914	144.948	154.423	126.538	88.232	87.439	87.122	87.095	87.434	87.482	87.357	87.283	87.379	87.265	87.196	87.221	87.074	87.344	86.772	87.038	87.358	87.34	87.547	87.211	88.01
Daniel Ricciardo	99.193	91.382	90.333	89.962	89.525	89.663	89.597	89.516	89.429	88.83	88.888	89.433	88.409	88.625	88.717	88.679	88.926	88.804	89.211	89.209	92.192	106.428	88.345	88.378	89.096	88.407	88.419	88.732	89.692	88.696	88.924	88.428	88.108	88.444	88.281	88.587	88.387	88.429	88.74	89.493	88.853	99.537	127.62	111.996	112.519	143.89	138.742	124.052	90.229	88.552	86.961	86.508	86.623	86.794	86.75	87.258	87.113	87.289	87.015	87.305	87.115	87.137	87.016	92.601	113.294	85.315	85.016	84.821	86.611
Kimi Raikkonen	94.2	89.087	88.731	88.255	88.309	88.168	88.37	88.255	88.341	88.45	88.153	88.234	88.426	88.054	88.187	88.14	88.403	88.641	88.738	88.543	88.229	91.501	107.08	86.954	87.607	87.927	88.122	88.297	87.771	87.924	87.905	87.972	87.645	88.537	88.008	88.231	88.526	88.296	88.398	88.798	90.511	91.911	113.428	130.119	132.088	145.322	149.065	126.66	90.599	89.058	89.466	93.032	145.313	89.701	92.339
Valtteri Bottas	97.282	90.564	89.796	89.774	89.577	89.671	89.794	89.682	89.747	89.917	89.673	89.8	93.595	109.73	88.622	88.911	89.035	88.826	89.074	90.719	89.116	89.095	89.04	89.057	89.145	89.327	89.62	89.32	88.927	89.273	89.308	89.112	88.927	89.311	89.21	89.285	89.815	91.918	107.719	89.105	89.291	108.122	111.724	111.643	97.657	129.246	137.771	123.432	121.356	115.085	87.058	87.874	88.414	88.81	89.196	88.233	87.958	88.168	88.048	87.433	87.683	87.982	88.284	88.817	88.046	87.993	89.269	87.854	88.347
Daniil Kvyat	98.483	91.656	90.104	90.003	89.587	89.658	89.603	91.34	89.97	89.888	90.616	89.62	92.71	108.099	89	90.377	89.457	89.249	89.096	89.799	89.377	89.536	89.748	89.55	89.658	90.436	90.043	89.441	89.753	89.745	89.352	89.306	91.945	106.638	86.97	87.236	87.562	87.556	89.907	88.811	89.036	108.722	110.93	129.17	98.502	112.487	136.826	122.036	91.177	87.909	88.089	86.824	87.311	86.879	86.761	86.711	86.519	87.243	87.582	86.917	86.712	87.113	87.284	88.727	87.368	87.101	87.451	87.544	87.917
Felipe Massa	100.775	91.857	90.734	90.312	90.278	90.15	90.144	90.129	90.631	91.136	90.172	90.402	90.424	93.041	115.529	90.466	90.225	89.92	89.966	90.174	89.687	90.303	90.11	89.882	90.245	90.564	91.751	91.708	93.361	107.24	88.757	88.33	89.134	89.127	90.573	90.121	91.479	89.682	89.943	89.817	98.638	109.661	111.856	127.878	145.548	120.247	91.15	90.534	89.907	89.988	89.124	89.532	90.217	93.557	106.195	87.717	87.272	87.23	86.864	87.289	87.22	87.025	87.543	87.907	90.035	88.613	88.233	89.148	89.856
Max Verstappen	103.086	92.547	90.747	90.708	90.092	89.765	89.651	90.525	90.113	90.076	90.441	90.314	90.291	93.177	107.191	88.469	88.877	88.831	89.737	88.774	89.63	89.054	89.356	88.88	89.137	89.313	89.238	89.242	89.427	90.002	89.508	89.585	89.627	89.258	89.332	89.57	92.121	108.742	88.734	88.822	88.777	110.215	110.752	106.925	101.804	117.505	139.424	121.724	94.465	90.351	88.988	88.215	88.51	88.446	88.465	90.692	100.694	88.063	88.17	87.855	87.679	87.65	87.659	88.421	87.746	87.873	87.907	88.329	88.942
Romain Grosjean	105.374	92.231	91.457	91.467	89.466	90.278	90.128	89.897	90.449	90.36	90.901	90.093	90.071	93.249	108.011	89.282	88.998	89.358	89.61	90.695	90.737	89.516	90.265	90.369	88.952	89.681	89.65	89.629	89.214	89.449	89.78	89.144	89.66	92.715	114.696	89.526	88.782	89.056	89.287	89.391	96.383	111.239	129.439	120.568	145.347	119.309	90.943	90.153	89.794	90.169	88.991	89.468	90.193	88.631	88.407	88.865	89.288	88.338	88.116	88.08	88.213	88.212	88.115	88.202	88.194	88.759	89.524	88.139	88.61
Nico Hulkenberg	98.769	90.222	90.129	90.073	89.921	89.716	89.51	89.921	89.973	90.997	89.86	89.687	89.78	89.599	92.257	107.962	89.035	89.18	88.854	89.418	89.491	89.277	89.888	88.916	89.191	89.471	89.584	89.732	89.282	89.047	89.313	89.185	89.07	89.396	89.205	92.095	106.634	88.074	89.621	89.093	89.146
Carlos Sainz Jnr	102.132	91.644	90.997	90.336	90.225	89.99	90.387	90.638	90.201	90.186	90.457	90.071	90.407	90.242	92.126	110.714	88.853	88.97	89.398	89.452	90.233	91.005	89.014	88.898	88.973	89.432	89.322	89.263	90.053	90.074	89.628	89.292	89.518	90.098	89.767	93.448	108.759	88.611	89.533	89.453	89.922	113.334	112.017	144.042	144.973	122.171	91.987	90.748	89.33	89.255	89.247	89.846	89.095	88.922	90.933	90.032	92.2	92.092	90.419	104.05
Sergio Perez	99.783	91.895	90.605	90.359	90.08	90.077	90.423	90.06	90.238	90.052	90.009	90.695	91.344	89.624	89.391	92.509	107.087	88.638	100.508	89.253	89.984	90.848	89.903	89.911	90.194	89.944	90.382	89.895	90.517	94.463	108.526	88.791	89.677	90.014	90.929	90.113	90.302	90.959	89.867	89.825	97.29	128.053	111.059	119.008	144.29	129.499	89.348	92.079	89.458	88.645	88.499	88.967	96.273
Pastor Maldonado	103.745	93.242	91.676	91.441	91.669	91.814	90.618	90.848	90.623	90.368	90.626	90.937	90.268	90.363	91.1	91.092	91.718	90.307	91.959	91.341	91.042	91.558	91.621	94.876	107.001	107.759	88.092	87.989	88.175	88.623	88.646	88.456	88.903	88.969	90.207	91.793	90.103	89.472	90.127	91.062	98.815	131.122	113.206	112.419	144.07	118.673	94.044	92.329	87.643	87.358	87.234	87.898	88.45	90.604	87.52	88.015	91.278	92.779	100.817	87.745	87.298	87.13	87.424	87.682	87.615	88.524	88.101	88.973	90.132
Fernando Alonso	102.692	92.138	90.956	90.629	90.39	91.251	90.153	90.363	90.381	89.767	90.09	90.075	90.355	90.2	92.306	107.493	89.342	89.407	89.386	89.181	90.538	89.316	89.358	89.219	89.34	89.454	89.439	89.269	90.003	89.217	89.46	89.043	89.607	89.462	89.301	92.104	107.803	90.66	89.507	89.947	89.589	112.497	112.333	151.24	144.712	121.943	91.291	90.347	89.035	88.633	89.032	89.896	89.202	88.909	89.113	88.617	88.671	87.97	88.173	87.965	87.554	87.49	87.717	88.067	88.61	88.625	87.311	87.976	87.944
Jenson Button	103.467	92.813	91.399	90.859	90.558	90.512	90.004	90.082	90.469	90.24	90.583	90.185	90.31	93.164	107.162	89.883	89.315	89.474	89.535	89.783	89.872	90.232	90.446	89.508	89.61	89.651	89.525	89.303	89.211	89.699	89.887	89.6	89.759	89.816	92.442	107.242	89.863	89.889	89.701	89.676	97.749	107.745	111.934	140.596	145.038	122.084	91.615	90.787	90.781	89.524	89.251	89.559	89.321	88.991	89.191	89.493	92.035	89.318	88.714	88.674	88.568	88.615	89.424	88.875	88.535	88.826	89.278	88.901	88.862
Marcus Ericsson	105.581	92.865	91.769	91.203	90.763	90.049	90.43	90.284	90.43	90.338	90.395	90.058	90.101	90.27	89.913	93.119	109.228	90.136	89.978	90.215	89.99	90.095	90.287	89.818	90.072	90.345	89.584	89.873	89.908	90.205	90.113	89.638	93.569	110.136	89.951	89.986	90.496	89.821	91.483	89.961	101.213	126.78	113.783	113.584	144.213	117.371	93.894	93.919	88.639	88.395	88.087	88.702	88.18	88.47	88.056	88.511	88.646	89.468	88.725	88.004	88.342	89.285	88.503	88.782	88.773	89.321	88.832	88.894	89.287
Felipe Nasr	105.925	93.199	92.34	90.961	90.83	90.826	90.967	90.704	90.505	90.691	90.792	90.576	90.464	94.109	107.375	88.318	89.979	89.544	89.561	89.952	89.901	90.23	90.346	90.054	90.091	90.153	90.968	89.618	89.735	89.753	90.574	92.743	111.071	89.722	89.967	89.652	92.785	90.19	90.641	89.94	101.049	110.889	128.078	113.801	144.053	116.581	93.839	93.541	89.45	88.538	88.268	88.612	88.753	88.824	88.305	88.293	88.378	88.656	89.173	88.638	88.639	88.311	88.606	89.176	89.312	89.545	89.173	89.369	89.841
Roberto Merhi	105.442	94.703	92.97	92.627	93.625	95.672	115.638	93.645	93.694	92.197	91.642	94.902	91.839	92.608	91.365	92.258	91.562	93.403	91.799	92.447	91.67	91.883	91.723	93.841	92.169	92.147	94.057	92.252	93.957	95.136	112.929	93.101	91.869	92.281	95.194	98.483	92.227	93.71	92.28	101.35	112.578	129.214	103.997	143.884	115.605	93.784	92.848	93.059	90.596	90.365	90.843	90.862	90.876	90.969	91.479	90.132	90.724	90.377	89.868	91.213	92.86	91.411	90.858	90.794	90.393	90.403	91.768
Will Stevens	107.035	95.14	93.355	92.841	92.699	93.309	92.813	92.544	92.647	92.672	92.747	92.566	92.546	92.533	92.69	93.284	93.886	93.657	94.5	92.444	93.615	94.31	93.956	92.594	92.349	96.144	112.137	91.005	93.716	93.936	92.129	91.664	93.17	92.92	91.947	92.488	93.233	91.772	92.977	98.223	111.972	130.198	119.538	145.072	121.231	93.952	94.688	95.483	92.403	92.042	92.139	93.612	93.58	95.434	111.142	89.543	90.318	90.179	90.246	89.838	90.044	91.879	90.357	93.98	115.511

2015 Hungarian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault	1’24.821		68
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’25.149	0.328	68
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’25.727	0.906	68
4	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull-Renault	1’26.519	1.698	57
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’26.772	1.951	63
6	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1’26.864	2.043	59
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1’26.954	2.133	24
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1’27.058	2.237	51
9	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus-Mercedes	1’27.130	2.309	62
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1’27.311	2.490	67
11	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’27.650	2.829	62
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1’28.004	3.183	60
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1’28.074	3.253	38
14	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	1’28.080	3.259	60
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1’28.268	3.447	51
16	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1’28.499	3.678	51
17	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1’28.535	3.714	65
18	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’28.611	3.790	38
19	Will Stevens	Manor-Ferrari	1’29.543	4.722	56
20	Roberto Merhi	Manor-Ferrari	1’29.868	5.047	59

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9 comments on “Fast starts help Ferrari unlock soft tyre pace for win”

Janh Kougan (@sameercader)
27th July 2015, 6:29
poor kimi
having acted as a perfect rear gunner for Sebastian suffered an MGU-K fail
he’s had alot of bad luck this year
1. angelo
  27th July 2015, 13:08
  he was lucky and competitive on his first season with Lotus (2012). since then his luck seems to have ran out..I hope he’ll have a much better 2nd half of the season, beginning at his favourite Spa circuit.
  1. evered7 (@evered7)
    27th July 2015, 17:57
    Think you need to look at the definition of the term ‘luck’. Kimi wasn’t lucky in 2012/13. He was brilliant. He swamped Grosjean and won the team battle even when he didn’t race for the last couple of races.
    1. dan
      27th July 2015, 20:42
      @evered7
      He was not brilliant it is well known how quick lotus where and easy on there tyres Alo would have won the title in 1 of them years. Well faster than his Ferrari in race pace. I mean Kimi has been beaten soundly by 2 WC, i can guarantee if Kimi and a driver like Gro wwere the best of the rest at times and challenging Red Bull at Suzuka Alo would have won many races.
      1. evered7 (@evered7)
        28th July 2015, 4:40
        So if a competitor is fast in a car, it is because of the car. But if our favorite driver does it, its because he was down pedalling it like the Flintstones?
        The TPs know how fast the car was and what their advantages were. If you have proof that the car was capable of more and Kimi underachieved, please provide it. Facts and not opinions count here.
        The reason Alonso didn’t win any championships at Ferrari was purely down to him. He had plenty of chances to close the deal but individual mistakes led to his downfall. Easy to blame the team for Abu Dhabi while ignoring his mistakes in Monaco, China. Similar case with his crash in Suzuka and underperformance in USA.
sato113 (@sato113)
27th July 2015, 14:43
wow 5 years since a ferrari 1-2!
rez (@rez0)
27th July 2015, 19:28
Vettel managed an incredibly consistent pace throughout the race. Just doing what he does best: leading a race from the front.
dan
27th July 2015, 20:44
Ham clearly had the pace, makes me laugh people yesterday saying Ham was like avg like Catalunya and Austria he had a bad race but was quicker than anyone unlike Austria and Catalunya. Remember Ros could not even stick with Ferrari he was so slow. If Ham kept 1st place he runs away with it and probably gets even more than 7 points. This was like Monaco for Ham best and quickest yet made mistakes. Ros was embarassing.
1. paul
  29th July 2015, 10:52
  It was pretty underwhelming and worse than Spain or Austria imo. He was not faster than Vettel in clean air which is pretty shocking considering he definitely had the faster car. The fact that he made a couple of faster laps with better tyres in clean air doesn’t change the fact that he wasn’t really closing down the gap as he should have.
  Rosberg wasn’t comfortable with the car all weekend, but didn’t make any mistake until he misjudged the situation with Ricciardo, which was a racing incident. Next time Hamilton’s uncomfortable with setup and complains you would make sure to mention it’s not entirely his fault…