2020 Spanish Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

There were only three cars in realistic contention at the Spanish Grand Prix: Two Mercedes and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. The rest were all a staggering 100 seconds or more behind at the end of 66 flat-out laps of the Circuit de Catalunya.

To put it another way, Lewis Hamilton pulled away from everyone who wasn’t Verstappen or Valtteri Bottas at an average rate of more than one-and-a-half seconds per lap.

The Racing Point drivers gave chase. But while Red Bull are much closer match for Mercedes on race pace than they are in qualifying, the pink cars aren’t. For the second race running the other Red Bull of Alexander Albon pitted early and had a hard time getting through traffic.

As at the previous race, those who could make a one-stop strategy work benefitted. First among those was Sebastian Vettel, who moved up fourth places to take seventh, despite Ferrari’s seemingly slapdash approach to his strategy.

Charles Leclerc was attempting to do the same, and looked in good shape, when a strange combination of a kerb-induced electrical fault and the driver’s decision to loosen his seat belts made him the race’s only retirement.

Others were less successful in their attempt to one-stop. The Renault pair did it, but neither came home in the points. Haas duo Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean both suffered degradation in the second half of the race, the latter pitting for a fresh set of rubber.

In contrast McLaren went all-in on the two-stop strategy, committing to it fully by running the soft tyres for the first two stints. This worked well for Carlos Sainz Jnr, who held his position at the start and passed Vettel for sixth in the closing stages. But Lando Norris admitted he was too timid on the run to turn one, lost two places, and could only salvage one point from his afternoon.

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2020 Spanish 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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2020 Spanish 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	2	-2	-1
Sebastian Vettel	11	0	4
Charles Leclerc	9	0
Max Verstappen	3	1	1
Alexander Albon	6	0	-2
Carlos Sainz Jnr	7	0	1
Lando Norris	8	-2	-2
Daniel Ricciardo	13	1	2
Esteban Ocon	15	-1	2
Daniil Kvyat	12	-1	0
Pierre Gasly	10	2	1
Sergio Perez	4	-1	0
Lance Stroll	5	2	0
Kimi Raikkonen	14	-1	0
Antonio Giovinazzi	20	1	4
Romain Grosjean	17	0	-2
Kevin Magnussen	16	2	1
George Russell	18	0	1
Nicholas Latifi	19	-1	1

2020 Spanish 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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2020 Spanish Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’18.183		66
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’19.822	1.639	63
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1’20.409	2.226	64
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1’21.477	3.294	53
9	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault	1’21.771	3.588	59
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’21.801	3.618	47
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’21.888	3.705	47
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’22.024	3.841	56
5	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’22.030	3.847	60
10	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1’22.174	3.991	65
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1’22.194	4.011	41
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	1’22.336	4.153	47
11	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1’22.392	4.209	56
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1’22.464	4.281	51
17	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’22.503	4.320	37
6	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’22.515	4.332	58
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1’22.543	4.360	44
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’22.707	4.524	48
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’23.474	5.291	64
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’23.968	5.785	35

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2020 Spanish Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3	Stint 4
Lewis Hamilton	C3 (23)	C2 (27)	C2 (16)
Max Verstappen	C3 (21)	C2 (20)	C2 (25)
Valtteri Bottas	C3 (23)	C2 (25)	C3 (16)	C2 (2)
Sergio Perez	C3 (29)	C2 (36)
Lance Stroll	C3 (27)	C2 (15)	C3 (23)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C3 (22)	C3 (19)	C2 (24)
Sebastian Vettel	C2 (29)	C3 (36)
Alexander Albon	C3 (17)	C1 (22)	C2 (26)
Pierre Gasly	C3 (21)	C2 (21)	C2 (23)
Lando Norris	C3 (21)	C3 (23)	C2 (21)
Daniel Ricciardo	C2 (35)	C3 (30)
Daniil Kvyat	C3 (21)	C2 (24)	C2 (20)
Esteban Ocon	C2 (34)	C3 (31)
Kimi Raikkonen	C2 (20)	C2 (24)	C3 (21)
Kevin Magnussen	C3 (28)	C2 (37)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C2 (21)	C2 (24)	C3 (20)
George Russell	C3 (19)	C2 (16)	C2 (30)
Nicholas Latifi	C2 (28)	C2 (21)	C3 (15)
Romain Grosjean	C2 (32)	C3 (30)	C3 (2)
Charles Leclerc	C3 (29)	C2 (9)

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2020 Spanish 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	21.532		21
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	21.601	0.069	41
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	21.663	0.131	17
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	21.761	0.229	44
5	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	21.794	0.262	45
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	21.804	0.272	39
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	21.820	0.288	29
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	21.837	0.305	35
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	21.853	0.321	50
10	George Russell	Williams	21.889	0.357	35
11	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	22.078	0.546	22
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	22.079	0.547	45
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	22.099	0.567	21
14	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.143	0.611	48
15	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	22.166	0.634	41
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	22.197	0.665	44
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	22.241	0.709	21
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	22.243	0.711	21
19	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	22.274	0.742	29
20	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.310	0.778	23
21	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	22.314	0.782	20
22	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	22.322	0.790	28
23	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	22.351	0.819	27
24	Esteban Ocon	Renault	22.366	0.834	34
25	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	22.388	0.856	42
26	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	22.394	0.862	42
27	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	22.475	0.943	49
28	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.607	1.075	64
29	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	22.641	1.109	29
30	George Russell	Williams	22.708	1.176	19
31	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	23.036	1.504	21
32	Romain Grosjean	Haas	23.212	1.680	32
33	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.377	1.845	23
34	Romain Grosjean	Haas	24.010	2.478	62
35	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	24.148	2.616	28

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