2018 British Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

2018 British Grand Prix

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Had it not been for a slow start and a first-lap collision with Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton clearly had the pace to win the British Grand Prix again.

After Raikkonen left him pointing the wrong way at turn three, Hamilton got going again and was officially classified as low as 17th as lap two began. From there he demolished the midfield with astonishing speed: He passed 11 cars in just nine laps as he regained his place about the leading six cars.

Mercedes’ tactical gamble to leave him out on worn tyres when the Safety Car came out helped him make up three more places and he picked up another when Valtteri Bottas ran into trouble with his tyres. The result was having lost 16 places on the first lap he only finished one place lower than he started.

The Red Bull drivers didn’t have the pace to challenge for victory: Daniel Ricciardo committed to a two-stop strategy but wasn’t quick enough at the end of the race to pass the ailing Bottas.

The fastest lap went to Sebastian Vettel, though Hamilton on worn tyres was impressively close to the race winners’ lap times over the final run to the flag.

Take a closer look at the interactive data from the British Grand Prix below.

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2018 British Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2018 British Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

Position change

Driver Start position Lap one position change Race position change
Lewis Hamilton 1 -16 -1
Valtteri Bottas 4 2 0
Sebastian Vettel 2 1 1
Kimi Raikkonen 3 -1 0
Daniel Ricciardo 6 1 1
Max Verstappen 5 2 -10
Sergio Perez 12 -7 1
Esteban Ocon 10 2 3
Lance Stroll 19 1 6
Sergey Sirotkin 18 2 4
Nico Hulkenberg 11 5 5
Carlos Sainz Jnr 16 7
Pierre Gasly 14 2 4
Brendon Hartley 20 0
Romain Grosjean 8 -5
Kevin Magnussen 7 -3 -2
Fernando Alonso 13 2 5
Stoffel Vandoorne 17 2 5
Marcus Ericsson 15 1
Charles Leclerc 9 2

2018 British Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2018 British Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1’30.696 47
2 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1’30.795 0.099 51
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’31.245 0.549 52
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’31.377 0.681 43
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1’31.589 0.893 46
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1’32.007 1.311 42
7 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1’33.405 2.709 48
8 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Honda 1’33.465 2.769 48
9 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1’33.472 2.776 48
10 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 1’33.482 2.786 52
11 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 1’33.551 2.855 48
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1’33.604 2.908 48
13 Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1’33.606 2.910 48
14 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1’33.675 2.979 26
15 Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 1’33.869 3.173 48
16 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1’34.391 3.695 28
17 Carlos Sainz Jnr Renault 1’34.602 3.906 25
18 Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 1’34.620 3.924 52
19 Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 1’35.209 4.513 3
20 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso-Honda 2’54.472 83.776 1

2018 British Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3
Sebastian Vettel Soft (20) Medium (13) Soft (19)
Lewis Hamilton Soft (25) Medium (27)
Kimi Raikkonen Soft (13) Medium (20) Soft (19)
Valtteri Bottas Soft (21) Medium (31)
Daniel Ricciardo Soft (18) Medium (12) Soft (22)
Nico Hulkenberg Medium (20) Hyper soft (32)
Esteban Ocon Soft (19) Medium (33)
Fernando Alonso Soft (13) Medium (19) Soft (20)
Kevin Magnussen Soft (25) Medium (27)
Pierre Gasly Soft (20) Medium (12) Soft (20)
Sergio Perez Soft (13) Medium (19) Soft (20)
Stoffel Vandoorne Soft (21) Medium (12) Soft (19)
Lance Stroll Medium (30) Soft (22)
Sergey Sirotkin Soft (21) Medium (31)
Max Verstappen Soft (17) Medium (16) Soft (13)
Romain Grosjean Soft (26) Medium (11)
Carlos Sainz Jnr Medium (17) Hyper soft (15) Soft (5)
Marcus Ericsson Soft (24) Medium (7)
Charles Leclerc Soft (18) Medium (0)
Brendon Hartley Medium (1)

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2018 British Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Lance Stroll Williams 27.774 30
2 Charles Leclerc Sauber 27.865 0.091 18
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 27.894 0.120 21
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.000 0.226 33
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 28.001 0.227 30
6 Carlos Sainz Jnr Renault 28.078 0.304 32
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 28.085 0.311 32
8 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 28.174 0.400 33
9 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 28.194 0.420 18
10 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 28.207 0.433 24
11 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 28.224 0.450 21
12 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 28.284 0.510 21
13 Kevin Magnussen Haas 28.450 0.676 25
14 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.458 0.684 17
15 Sergio Perez Force India 28.651 0.877 13
16 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 28.658 0.884 33
17 Fernando Alonso McLaren 28.669 0.895 13
18 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 28.676 0.902 20
19 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 28.677 0.903 20
20 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 28.719 0.945 20
21 Sergio Perez Force India 28.836 1.062 32
22 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 28.982 1.208 25
23 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 28.985 1.211 33
24 Carlos Sainz Jnr Renault 29.074 1.300 17
25 Romain Grosjean Haas 29.254 1.480 26
26 Esteban Ocon Force India 29.410 1.636 19
27 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 29.766 1.992 32
28 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 38.573 10.799 13

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4 comments on “2018 British Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

  1. Alonso smelling blood up to the last turn by overtaking Magnussen. A shame we haven’t seen that. Alonso keeps his 8th position in the standings, how incredible!

  2. So close to beating the official lap record from last season.

  3. The end of the race clearly shows the huge gap between the top three teams and the rest: basically in 10 laps the leading pack pulled half a minute on the rest of the field.

  4. @keithcollantine think there’s an error in there… I don’t think the hypersofts were used this weekend. One might be surprised that the hards actually were used by some, but still :)

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