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

2020 Turkish Grand Prix

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By lap 18 of the Turkish Grand Prix, everything seemed to be going superbly for Lance Stroll.

He’d started cleanly from his first ever pole position, edged clear of his team mate Sergio Perez, and made the switch from wet weather to intermediate tyres along with the rest of the field. He was leading a race for the first time in his career, and his margin over Perez was more than 10 seconds.

His fortunes swung sharply over the remaining 40 laps, however. Stroll took the chequered flag ninth, 72 seconds behind the race winner and 40 seconds behind his team mate.

Three things went awry for this to happen. The begin with, his intermediate tyres grained and lost grip – a problem which did not affect his team mate. Other teams had flagged up this potential problem earlier in the weekend.

Stroll built that 10s lead partly through a series of quick laps at the beginning of his second stint. Did he take too much out of the tyres too soon?

His loss of pace left Racing Point little option other than to make a pit stop. Had anyone other than his team mate been directly behind they might have been tempted to leave Stroll out in the hope that his tyres would clean up. But they couldn’t risk him compromising the races of both their cars, and Perez was on the radio complaining his team mate was holding him up.

The final blow for Stroll was that his fresh intermediate tyres didn’t perform any better. It wasn’t until the final laps of the race that he began to lap quicker than Perez, by which time he’d been passed by several other drivers.

Perez has always had a superb touch for preserving his tyres, and so it proved again today, with a 48-lap stint on his intermediates which delivered a fine second place. Only two drivers took them further: Daniil Kvyat on 49 laps, and race winner Lewis Hamilton with a 50-lap stint. By the end of the the Mercedes driver’s intermediate looked more like slicks.

Intriguingly, Mercedes bucked a tyre choice trend across the rest of the field. While their rivals (Williams aside) started on used wet weather tyres, Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took the start on fresh sets. And when they came in for their first (in Hamilton’s case, only) tyre stops, the Mercedes drivers switched to worn intermediates, while the others opted for fresh rubber.

Following the team’s notably poor performance in qualifying, these contrary tyre selections may indicate how Hamilton found enough pace to win on Sunday.

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2020 Turkish 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:

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

2020 Turkish 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 Turkish Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1’36.806 58
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’38.193 1.387 57
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1’38.431 1.625 53
4 Carlos Sainz Jnr McLaren-Renault 1’38.754 1.948 56
5 Alexander Albon Red Bull-Honda 1’39.099 2.293 54
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’39.413 2.607 56
7 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1’39.586 2.780 53
8 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1’39.662 2.856 53
9 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’39.743 2.937 57
10 Lance Stroll Racing Point-Mercedes 1’39.921 3.115 55
11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’39.961 3.155 47
12 Sergio Perez Racing Point-Mercedes 1’40.392 3.586 50
13 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1’40.677 3.871 54
14 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1’40.814 4.008 51
15 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1’40.948 4.142 45
16 Esteban Ocon Renault 1’41.006 4.200 55
17 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1’41.019 4.213 53
18 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1’43.281 6.475 38
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1’43.495 6.689 32
20 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’51.122 14.316 11

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2020 Turkish Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3 Stint 4
Antonio Giovinazzi Wet (8) Intermediate (3)
Nicholas Latifi Intermediate (8) Intermediate (30) Intermediate (1)
Romain Grosjean Wet (8) Intermediate (28) Intermediate (13)
Kevin Magnussen Wet (8) Intermediate (26) Intermediate (21)
Lewis Hamilton Wet (8) Intermediate (50)
Esteban Ocon Wet (1) Wet (9) Intermediate (47)
Daniil Kvyat Wet (8) Intermediate (49)
Pierre Gasly Wet (10) Intermediate (23) Intermediate (24)
Sergio Perez Wet (10) Intermediate (48)
Sebastian Vettel Wet (8) Intermediate (25) Intermediate (25)
Charles Leclerc Wet (6) Intermediate (24) Intermediate (28)
Carlos Sainz Jnr Wet (10) Intermediate (23) Intermediate (25)
Max Verstappen Wet (11) Intermediate (7) Intermediate (25) Intermediate (15)
Alexander Albon Wet (12) Intermediate (22) Intermediate (24)
Valtteri Bottas Wet (7) Intermediate (39) Intermediate (11)
Lando Norris Wet (9) Intermediate (27) Intermediate (22)
Lance Stroll Wet (9) Intermediate (27) Intermediate (22)
Kimi Raikkonen Wet (8) Intermediate (22) Intermediate (20) Intermediate (7)
Daniel Ricciardo Wet (10) Intermediate (22) Intermediate (26)
George Russell Intermediate (32) Intermediate (10) Intermediate (15)

2020 Turkish Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Alexander Albon Red Bull 22.490 34
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 22.518 0.028 18
3 Alexander Albon Red Bull 22.602 0.112 12
4 Lando Norris McLaren 22.684 0.194 9
5 George Russell Williams 22.692 0.202 32
6 Max Verstappen Red Bull 22.787 0.297 43
7 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 22.853 0.363 46
8 George Russell Williams 22.888 0.398 42
9 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 23.180 0.690 50
10 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 23.208 0.718 32
11 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 23.288 0.798 33
12 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 23.398 0.908 7
13 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri 23.417 0.927 8
14 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 23.470 0.980 10
15 Esteban Ocon Renault 23.475 0.985 10
16 Carlos Sainz Jnr McLaren 23.537 1.047 33
17 Lance Stroll Racing Point 23.650 1.160 36
18 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 23.669 1.179 10
19 Lando Norris McLaren 23.686 1.196 36
20 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 23.687 1.197 30
21 Lance Stroll Racing Point 23.730 1.240 9
22 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 23.860 1.370 8
23 Carlos Sainz Jnr McLaren 23.910 1.420 10
24 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 24.022 1.532 8
25 Max Verstappen Red Bull 24.256 1.766 11
26 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 24.275 1.785 6
27 Kevin Magnussen Haas 24.552 2.062 8
28 Nicholas Latifi Williams 24.738 2.248 8
29 Sergio Perez Racing Point 25.163 2.673 10
30 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 25.401 2.911 33
31 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 25.432 2.942 8
32 Esteban Ocon Renault 25.719 3.229 1
33 Romain Grosjean Haas 26.686 4.196 8
34 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 30.765 8.275 8
35 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 31.356 8.866 30
36 Romain Grosjean Haas 31.422 8.932 36
37 Nicholas Latifi Williams 36.599 14.109 38
38 Kevin Magnussen Haas 153.964 131.474 34

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

    1. Uhuh, uhuh, just like it was the right call to pit perez at imola in a track notorius for being dificult to pass

    2. It was a great race as the changing conditions suited different cars at different times.

      Racing Point were fastest in the wettest part of the race up until lap 10 or so, then Ferrari and Red Bull had strong performances until the track was almost dry when finally Mercedes (or Hamilton at least) were quick and McLaren seemed very quick right at the end.

      Racing Point look to have a car that works its tyres hard which is an advantage in wet weather and disadvantage when it got drier, Perez did well to look after the tyres, Stroll didn’t bother to do that it seems.

    3. A suggestion: What is the basis for the ordering of drivers in the tyre strategies data. Can we have it as per finishing order / starting order?

    4. Looking at the charts it seems the McLarens had some serious pace on Sunday once they got into clear air

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