2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

Lewis Hamilton ended the 2019 season with a ‘grand slam’ in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. From pole position he led every lap of the race and set fastest lap on his way to victory.

Behind him there was slightly more going on than usual in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as several drivers risk two-stop strategies as they struggled to make Pirelli’s softest tyre mix go the distance with a single change.

Unusually, Ferrari not only two-stopped both drivers but brought them in on the same laps each time. On the first occasion this was because Vettel, running fourth, needed to ditch the soft tyres he had started on, but his pit stop would provoke a reaction from Max Verstappen ahead of him, which meant Leclerc had to come in as well.

This shortened Leclerc’s first stint on the mediums and, ultimately, compromised his effort to keep Verstappen behind. Verstappen ran long, pitted, emerged on Leclerc’s tail with fresher tyres and passed him. That might have been harder, however, if the problem which caused DRS to be disabled for the first 17 laps hadn’t been fixed.

Vettel’s race was also compromised, by a slow first pit stop which meant he caught more traffic when he rejoined and lost more time. He passed Alexander Albon for fifth at the end of the race, but couldn’t keep Valtteri Bottas behind as the Mercedes driver climbed 16 places to finish fourth – one of this year’s biggest recovery drives.

For the second year in a row, the highest driver on the grid to start on new tyres won the midfield battle. Last year it was Carlos Sainz Jnr, this year it was Sergio Perez. The McLaren and Renault drivers’ races were compromised by having to start on older tyres, when they lacked the pace to complete Q2 on harder rubber as the front-running teams did.

However Lando Norris held on to the ‘best of the rest’ spot until the final lap of the race, when he fell victim to a lunge from Sergio Perez.

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2019 Abu Dhabi 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 Abu Dhabi 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	0	0
Valtteri Bottas	20	5	16
Sebastian Vettel	4	0	-1
Charles Leclerc	3	1	0
Max Verstappen	2	-1	0
Alexander Albon	5	0	-1
Daniel Ricciardo	7	-1	-4
Nico Hulkenberg	9	-1	-3
Romain Grosjean	15	-2	0
Kevin Magnussen	14	5	0
Carlos Sainz Jnr	8	1	-2
Lando Norris	6	0	-2
Sergio Perez	10	-1	3
Lance Stroll	12	0
Kimi Raikkonen	17	3	4
Antonio Giovinazzi	16	3	0
Daniil Kvyat	13	-3	4
Pierre Gasly	11	-9	-7
George Russell	18	-1	1
Robert Kubica	19	1	0

2019 Abu Dhabi 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 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’39.283		53
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’39.715	0.432	31
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’40.128	0.845	55
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’40.442	1.159	44
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1’41.119	1.836	55
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1’41.190	1.907	51
7	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault	1’41.294	2.011	43
8	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1’42.219	2.936	49
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’42.222	2.939	42
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’42.414	3.131	53
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’42.639	3.356	39
12	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1’43.026	3.743	50
13	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’43.074	3.791	50
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’43.142	3.859	25
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’43.256	3.973	28
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1’43.274	3.991	52
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’43.326	4.043	25
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1’43.666	4.383	33
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’43.790	4.507	22
20	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1’44.500	5.217	51

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2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3
Lewis Hamilton	C4 (26)	C3 (29)
Max Verstappen	C4 (25)	C3 (30)
Charles Leclerc	C4 (12)	C3 (26)	C5 (17)
Valtteri Bottas	C4 (29)	C3 (26)
Sebastian Vettel	C5 (12)	C3 (26)	C4 (17)
Alexander Albon	C4 (13)	C3 (42)
Sergio Perez	C4 (37)	C3 (17)
Lando Norris	C5 (8)	C3 (46)
Daniil Kvyat	C3 (40)	C4 (14)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C5 (12)	C3 (29)	C4 (13)
Daniel Ricciardo	C5 (11)	C3 (31)	C5 (12)
Nico Hulkenberg	C5 (18)	C4 (36)
Kimi Raikkonen	C4 (22)	C3 (32)
Kevin Magnussen	C4 (20)	C3 (34)
Romain Grosjean	C4 (18)	C3 (36)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C5 (8)	C3 (18)	C4 (28)
George Russell	C3 (32)	C4 (22)
Pierre Gasly	C4 (1)	C3 (52)
Robert Kubica	C3 (24)	C4 (29)
Lance Stroll	C4 (5)	C3 (18)	C5 (22)

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2019 Abu Dhabi 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	21.023		25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	21.145	0.122	29
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	21.274	0.251	38
4	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	21.466	0.443	41
5	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	21.496	0.473	40
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	21.531	0.508	20
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	21.578	0.555	18
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	21.624	0.601	42
9	Robert Kubica	Williams	21.688	0.665	24
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	21.697	0.674	12
11	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	21.778	0.755	23
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	21.858	0.835	38
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	21.904	0.881	11
14	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	21.928	0.905	12
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	21.968	0.945	18
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	21.977	0.954	8
17	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	22.028	1.005	13
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	22.178	1.155	26
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	22.188	1.165	26
20	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	22.230	1.207	37
21	George Russell	Williams	22.272	1.249	32
22	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	22.410	1.387	22
23	Lando Norris	McLaren	22.974	1.951	8
24	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	25.771	4.748	12
25	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	28.842	7.819	5
26	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	77.467	56.444	1

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