The outcome of the British Grand Prix was heavily influenced by the Safety Car period triggered when Antonio Giovinazzi spun his Alfa Romeo into a gravel trap on lap 18.
This was the break Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel had been hoping for. Out of the top six runners, they were the only ones yet to make their pit stops, and it handed them the chance to fit fresh tyres while losing consierably less time than their rivals.Some of those who had already pitted also came in. They included Max Verstappen, who was able to jump ahead of Charles Leclerc, who initially stayed out. Verstappen then used his fresher tyres to chase down and pass Vettel, before being knocked out of third place by his rival.
Carlos Sainz Jnr also benefited in a big way from the Safety Car, rising to take the ‘best of the rest’ spot after qualifying outside of the top 10. Only one driver made up more places than him in the race: Daniil Kvyat, who rose from the penultimate row of the grid to take points for ninth.
Lewis Hamilton produced a superb lap on heavily worn hard tyres, setting the fastest lap of the race on 32-lap-old hard rubber, extracting more performance than his team mate did from his fresher soft compound tyres.
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2019 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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2019 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 6 | 1 | -10 |
| Charles Leclerc | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Verstappen | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| Pierre Gasly | 5 | -1 | 1 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 7 | -1 | 0 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Romain Grosjean | 14 | -5 | |
| Kevin Magnussen | 16 | -4 | |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | 13 | 2 | 7 |
| Lando Norris | 8 | 1 | -3 |
| Sergio Perez | 15 | 1 | -2 |
| Lance Stroll | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 11 | -2 | |
| Daniil Kvyat | 17 | 1 | 8 |
| Alexander Albon | 9 | -1 | -3 |
| George Russell | 19 | 2 | 5 |
| Robert Kubica | 20 | 2 | 5 |
2019 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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2019 British Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
| Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’27.369 | 52 | |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’27.406 | 0.037 | 47 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’28.733 | 1.364 | 46 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’29.272 | 1.903 | 45 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’29.313 | 1.944 | 47 |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’29.390 | 2.021 | 49 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point-Mercedes | 1’29.456 | 2.087 | 50 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull-Honda | 1’29.544 | 2.175 | 48 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1’29.624 | 2.255 | 50 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1’29.636 | 2.267 | 50 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren-Renault | 1’29.757 | 2.388 | 50 |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’29.910 | 2.541 | 51 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’29.949 | 2.580 | 51 |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’30.034 | 2.665 | 51 |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’30.872 | 3.503 | 46 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’31.013 | 3.644 | 50 |
| 17 | Robert Kubica | Williams-Mercedes | 1’31.509 | 4.140 | 50 |
| 18 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’32.464 | 5.095 | 17 |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’33.425 | 6.056 | 5 |
| 20 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’34.350 | 6.981 | 4 |
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2019 British Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
| Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | Stint 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | C2 (20) | C1 (32) | ||
| Valtteri Bottas | C2 (16) | C2 (29) | C3 (7) | |
| Charles Leclerc | C3 (13) | C2 (8) | C1 (31) | |
| Pierre Gasly | C2 (12) | C1 (40) | ||
| Max Verstappen | C2 (13) | C2 (7) | C1 (32) | |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | C2 (20) | C1 (32) | ||
| Daniel Ricciardo | C3 (12) | C2 (8) | C1 (32) | |
| Kimi Raikkonen | C2 (17) | C1 (35) | ||
| Daniil Kvyat | C3 (12) | C2 (9) | C1 (31) | |
| Nico Hulkenberg | C3 (13) | C1 (39) | ||
| Lando Norris | C3 (13) | C2 (22) | C1 (17) | |
| Alexander Albon | C3 (13) | C2 (39) | ||
| Lance Stroll | C2 (13) | C1 (26) | C3 (13) | |
| George Russell | C2 (21) | C1 (30) | ||
| Robert Kubica | C2 (20) | C1 (31) | ||
| Sebastian Vettel | C3 (20) | C1 (18) | C2 (13) | |
| Sergio Perez | C2 (18) | C1 (6) | C3 (22) | C3 (5) |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | C2 (18) | |||
| Romain Grosjean | C3 (1) | C1 (8) | ||
| Kevin Magnussen | C3 (1) | C1 (5) |
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2019 British Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
| Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 27.827 | 13 | |
| 2 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 27.905 | 0.078 | 12 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 27.919 | 0.092 | 35 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 27.950 | 0.123 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | McLaren | 27.980 | 0.153 | 20 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 28.021 | 0.194 | 20 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 28.177 | 0.350 | 45 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 28.275 | 0.448 | 13 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 28.348 | 0.521 | 21 |
| 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 28.364 | 0.537 | 17 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 28.381 | 0.554 | 20 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 28.416 | 0.589 | 12 |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 28.493 | 0.666 | 16 |
| 14 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 28.558 | 0.731 | 13 |
| 15 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 28.694 | 0.867 | 20 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 28.747 | 0.920 | 46 |
| 17 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 28.811 | 0.984 | 21 |
| 18 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 28.905 | 1.078 | 20 |
| 19 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 28.926 | 1.099 | 13 |
| 20 | Alexander Albon | Toro Rosso | 28.954 | 1.127 | 13 |
| 21 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 29.074 | 1.247 | 39 |
| 22 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 29.377 | 1.550 | 12 |
| 23 | George Russell | Williams | 30.245 | 2.418 | 21 |
| 24 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 30.264 | 2.437 | 18 |
| 25 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 30.400 | 2.573 | 13 |
| 26 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 32.767 | 4.940 | 1 |
| 27 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 33.562 | 5.735 | 1 |
| 28 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 38.032 | 10.205 | 24 |
| 29 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 38.468 | 10.641 | 38 |
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Chaitanya
15th July 2019, 6:20
Nearly half way through the race it seems like Leclerc falls away from Mercs at a constant pace.
Darko Petrovic (@dxpetrov)
15th July 2019, 12:26
Max is showing great speed that can challenge even the Mercs, if only that he wasn’t held up by Ferrari (ref. lap 24 to 36). Good battles looming in forthcoming races.
Michael (@cavman99)
15th July 2019, 16:45
If you compare the Renault pace with Gasly, they are actually quite similar. Presumably Ricciardo was faster than Sainz as he was able to stay right with him half the race. Therefore could you say that Renault are improving to the pace of a poorly driven Red Bull?
aezy_doc
15th July 2019, 19:46
Question: did Bottas do 2 extra laps to Lewis in q2? Did his medium tyres have two extra laps on them at the start of the race? Or was I seeing things in quali? Was this the reason Bottas had to pit earlier than Hamilton?