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

2020 Russian Grand Prix

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Was Lewis Hamilton doomed to lose the Russian Grand Prix regardless of his two five-second time penalties? Or, to put it another way, how many points did those pre-race practice starts cost him?

Despite starting from pole position, the Mercedes driver was potentially at a disadvantage to the two drivers behind him because he had to start on the soft tyres following various problems in Q2 yesterday.

That forced him to pit earlier than planned. An early Safety Car played into his hands, allowing him to delay his tyre change until lap 16, but team mate Valtteri Bottas was able to run 10 laps longer after starting on the medium tyre compound.

Hamilton lost little time in traffic following his pit stop. He cleared Sebastian Vettel quickly and Daniil Kvyat pitted when the Mercedes appeared in his mirrors. Had he not been stationary for an extra 10 seconds when he pitted, he might have hit quicker traffic sooner when he rejoined the track.

When Bottas pitted, he came out of the pits 15 seconds ahead of Hamilton. Obviously 10 seconds of that had been accounted for by Hamilton’s penalty.

Without that he would have had to push a lot harder earlier in his stint to make up for the missing five seconds to Bottas, and doing that would have quickly brought him into more traffic. however few of those cars would likely have bothered putting up a fight, knowing they would not keep Hamilton behind to the flag.

What is clear is that Hamilton’s penalties swung the balance from making victory hard to impossible. However without them he would have been much better placed to challenge Max Verstappen for second place.

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

2020 Russian 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 Russian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’37.030 51
2 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1’37.231 0.201 50
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1’37.332 0.302 53
4 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1’37.352 0.322 52
5 Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1’37.377 0.347 50
6 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1’37.886 0.856 53
7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’38.075 1.045 48
8 Sergio Perez Racing Point-Mercedes 1’38.141 1.111 52
9 Alexander Albon Red Bull-Honda 1’38.377 1.347 51
10 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’38.858 1.828 37
11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’39.053 2.023 47
12 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1’39.133 2.103 48
13 Esteban Ocon Renault 1’39.216 2.186 48
14 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1’39.588 2.558 46
15 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1’39.614 2.584 44
16 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’39.766 2.736 44
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1’40.380 3.350 52
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1’41.044 4.014 47

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2020 Russian Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3 Stint 4
Valtteri Bottas C4 (26) C3 (27)
Max Verstappen C4 (25) C3 (28)
Lewis Hamilton C5 (16) C3 (37)
Sergio Perez C5 (20) C3 (33)
Daniel Ricciardo C5 (15) C3 (38)
Charles Leclerc C4 (28) C3 (25)
Esteban Ocon C5 (18) C3 (35)
Daniil Kvyat C3 (30) C4 (23)
Pierre Gasly C5 (18) C3 (24) C4 (11)
Alexander Albon C5 (1) C3 (26) C4 (26)
Antonio Giovinazzi C4 (16) C3 (36)
Kevin Magnussen C4 (19) C3 (33)
Sebastian Vettel C4 (30) C3 (22)
Kimi Raikkonen C3 (35) C4 (17)
Lando Norris C5 (1) C3 (46) C4 (5)
Nicholas Latifi C4 (17) C3 (35)
Romain Grosjean C4 (17) C3 (25) C4 (10)
George Russell C4 (1) C3 (13) C4 (36) C5 (2)

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2020 Russian 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 28.748 25
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 29.395 0.647 30
3 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 29.409 0.661 42
4 George Russell Williams 29.433 0.685 14
5 Sergio Perez Racing Point 29.602 0.854 20
6 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri 29.662 0.914 30
7 George Russell Williams 29.675 0.927 50
8 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 29.750 1.002 26
9 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 29.767 1.019 16
10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 29.770 1.022 18
11 Nicholas Latifi Williams 29.862 1.114 17
12 Romain Grosjean Haas 29.988 1.240 42
13 Romain Grosjean Haas 30.054 1.306 17
14 Esteban Ocon Renault 30.068 1.320 18
15 Alexander Albon Red Bull 30.111 1.363 27
16 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 30.112 1.364 15
17 George Russell Williams 30.165 1.417 1
18 Kevin Magnussen Haas 30.188 1.440 19
19 Alexander Albon Red Bull 30.211 1.463 1
20 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 30.261 1.513 28
21 Lando Norris McLaren 31.368 2.620 47
22 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 33.317 4.569 35
23 Lando Norris McLaren 37.108 8.360 1
24 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 41.352 12.604 16

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6 comments on “2020 Russian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

  1. The thing is Hamilton was brought in before his tire had started to go off. He had just set the fastest lap for the last two laps, he was obviously affecting Bottas.

    Mercedes reason for bringing him was the potential undercut, but there’s also the thought that had he encountered traffic, he would also have had the benefits of DRS. Instead he’s brought in early (e.g. Not allowing for the tire savings under the safety car). This means he drives for longer on the second stint, and ok he comes out to clear track, but it’s also without the benefits of DRS.

    Even when you allow for the 10 second penalties, Verstappen and Bottas had a clear advantage. Remember this all goes back to the vettel crash / red flag in Q2 which forces Hamilton to accept the wrong tires.

    1. It probably goes back further than the Vettel crash in Q-2. Back to Hamilton messing up his first Med Tire fast lap.
      That in itself wasn’t damaging, but the subsequent events made it so. For want of a nail, the empire was lost.

  2. So Mercedes did mess up Hamilton’s strategy, even on fresh tyres the Renaults were 2 seconds a lap slower than Hamilton just before his stop, the question is how many more laps could he have done on those tyres at that kind of pace? Perez did 4 more laps on the same compound.

  3. Hamilton lost 12 seconds to Bottas in the pits and had he not pitted early (due to the 10 second penalty) he would likely have led Bottas after both had stopped.

    Question is can Bottas overtake Hamilton on newer tyres?

    1. well, based on bottas’s long run pace in practice and last year in the USA when he had a tyre advantage over hamilton, he did manage to pass. I don’t think there was anything to suggest today that bottas was struggling with race pace so i think he will have managed to beat hamilton had he not had the penalties given the advantage he had with the strategy.

  4. Russel faster than Hamilton (Way to go George!)

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