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

Starting the race on ultra-soft tyres turned out to be a winning strategy for Kimi Raikkonen. It was a strategy few other drivers opted for.

The pace Ferrari had is reflected in the fact Sebastian Vettel was able to lose 10 places on the first lap of the race yet still finish one position higher than he started.

However both Mercedes drivers, who appeared to have greater difficulty keeping their tyres in shape, slipped back two places in the race. Lewis Hamilton took advantage of an early Virtual Safety Car period to make an early first stop, but had to make a second visit when his rears began to blister.

This allowed him to set the fastest lap of the race but despite a clear performance advantage over Max Verstappen at that phase in the race, Hamilton wasn’t able to pass. Verstappen concluded a remarkable run from 18th on the grid to snatch second place.

The ninth-fastest lap of the race went to Sergio Perez, which is not remarkable in of itself. But what is impressive is that after setting his fastest lap of 1’39.569 on lap 36, he then did exactly the same lap time – to within one-thousandth of a second – on the very next tour.

2018 United States 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 United States 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	-1	-2
Valtteri Bottas	3	0	-2
Sebastian Vettel	5	-10	1
Kimi Raikkonen	2	1	1
Daniel Ricciardo	4	0
Max Verstappen	18	9	16
Sergio Perez	10	2	2
Esteban Ocon	6	-1
Lance Stroll	15	-3	1
Sergey Sirotkin	14	3	1
Nico Hulkenberg	7	2	1
Carlos Sainz Jnr	11	5	4
Pierre Gasly	19	5	7
Brendon Hartley	20	8	11
Romain Grosjean	8	-11
Kevin Magnussen	12	2
Fernando Alonso	13	-7
Stoffel Vandoorne	17	4	6
Marcus Ericsson	16	0	6
Charles Leclerc	9	-8

2018 United States 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 United States Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’37.392		40
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1’38.246	0.854	45
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’38.280	0.888	41
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’38.470	1.078	46
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1’38.482	1.090	45
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’38.963	1.571	32
7	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1’39.240	1.848	42
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1’39.548	2.156	51
9	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1’39.569	2.177	Set on 2 laps
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’39.646	2.254	38
11	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Renault	1’39.858	2.466	45
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’39.915	2.523	52
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1’39.992	2.600	45
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1’40.098	2.706	33
15	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1’40.433	3.041	49
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1’40.522	3.130	12
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1’40.933	3.541	5
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1’41.982	4.590	12
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	2’13.811	36.419	1
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	2’29.206	51.814	2

2018 United States Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3
Kimi Raikkonen	Ultra soft (21)	Soft (35)
Max Verstappen	Soft (22)	Super soft (34)
Lewis Hamilton	Super soft (11)	Soft (26)	Soft (19)
Sebastian Vettel	Super soft (26)	Soft (30)
Valtteri Bottas	Super soft (23)	Soft (33)
Nico Hulkenberg	Ultra soft (23)	Soft (33)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	Super soft (24)	Soft (32)
Sergio Perez	Ultra soft (25)	Soft (31)
Brendon Hartley	Super soft (27)	Soft (28)
Marcus Ericsson	Soft (30)	Super soft (25)
Stoffel Vandoorne	Super soft (10)	Soft (30)	Soft (15)
Pierre Gasly	Super soft (10)	Soft (26)	Ultra soft (19)
Sergey Sirotkin	Super soft (10)	Soft (19)	Super soft (26)
Lance Stroll	Super soft (1)	Soft (4)	Ultra soft (33)
Charles Leclerc	Ultra soft (1)	Soft (30)
Daniel Ricciardo	Super soft (8)
Romain Grosjean	Ultra soft (1)	Soft (1)
Fernando Alonso	Super soft (1)
Esteban Ocon	Ultra soft (22)	Soft (34)
Kevin Magnussen	Super soft (30)	Soft (26)

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2018 United States 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	18.610		5
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	23.446	4.836	22
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	23.478	4.868	23
4	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	23.686	5.076	10
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.693	5.083	11
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	23.714	5.104	21
7	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	23.715	5.105	29
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	23.723	5.113	30
9	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	23.819	5.209	27
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	23.865	5.255	10
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.915	5.305	37
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	23.940	5.330	30
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	24.065	5.455	10
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	24.195	5.585	40
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	24.219	5.609	36
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	24.296	5.686	38
17	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	24.449	5.839	26
18	Esteban Ocon	Force India	24.534	5.924	22
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	24.681	6.071	23
20	Sergio Perez	Force India	25.723	7.113	25
21	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Renault	29.319	10.709	24
22	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	34.812	16.202	1
23	Romain Grosjean	Haas	35.104	16.494	1
24	Lance Stroll	Williams	41.048	22.438	1

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