2022 British Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

2022 British Grand Prix

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The British Grand Prix was not short on action, which was a happy outcome after the shock of the first-lap crash from which Zhou Guanyu and Alexander Albon happily emerged unscathed.

However the red flag triggered by that crash deprived us of an interesting tactical battle. This arose to begin with thanks to F1’s well-judged off-season rules change allowing all drivers to start the race on whatever tyre they choose.

It was unfortunately undone by a combination of the first-lap carnage and the resulting red flag, under which teams are allowed to change their drivers’ tyres (even fulfilling the requirement to use both compounds, though that wasn’t a factor on this occasion).

While most drivers took the start on mediums Max Verstappen, second on the grid, opted for softs, giving him a clear shot at passing pole-winner Carlos Sainz Jnr. He duly did exactly that, shooting past Sainz’s wheel-spinning Ferrari, but after the massive turn one crash drivers were instructed to resume their original positions.

Having inevitably tipped Ferrari off to their strategy Red Bull – perhaps suspecting Ferrari would react by putting Sainz on softs – switched Verstappen back to the mediums. Meanwhile George Russell, who had started on the hards, was out of the race. But while these intriguing choices never got the chance to play out, it’s an encouraging sign that front-running teams are finally starting to experiment with the freedom F1’s tyre rules have given them this year.

Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo, Silverstone, 2022
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Once Sainz had gone off, handing the lead to Verstappen, the Red Bull driver would have been home free. Unluckily for him he clouted a piece of debris left by the collision between Yuki Tsunoada and Pierre Gasly, the part lodged in his floor, and he suffered a hit to his lap times in the region of two seconds. He did an impressive job clawing back some performance, however, notably on the soft tyres at the end when he repelled Mick Schumacher’s attack to take seventh place.

Ferrari’s decision not to pit Charles Leclerc during the final Safety Car period was hotly debated. He was leading the race at the time, and while he did not come in, Sainz, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso behind him all did. All bar the Alpine driver were able to attack and pass him.

Team principal Mattia Binotto justified the decision, pointing out Mercedes had done the same for Hamilton in the championship-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year. Does that comparison hold?

The wisdom of not pitting from the lead when the driver immediately behind can stay out and overtake is obvious. This was particularly so in Hamilton’s case, as there was so little time left to the end of the race Mercedes could reasonably assume the race would either be red-flagged (allowing them to change tyres without pitting), or conclude under the Safety Car, or restart without the many lapped cars between Hamilton and his pursuer being moved aside. Of course what they did not foresee was an outcome in which the rules were not followed and none of these scenarios played out.

But in Ferrari’s case there were key differences. There were more laps to go until the end of the race and marshals only had to remove an intact but stationary car, not a crashed, smouldering one. That said, the possibility one Safety Car can be quickly followed by another – ‘cautions breed cautions’ – always has to be taken into consideration.

Even so, it was never likely Leclerc was going to be able to hold off his fresh-tyred team mate in that situation, and the team’s attempt to tell Sainz to hold back shows they knew it. In Ferrari’s defence, they had a tiny window of time to make this decision in.

Ferrari faced a similar situation in the same race four years ago. On that occasion their driver Sebastian Vettel was leading when the Safety Car came out, and they pitted him, which allowed Valtteri Bottas to take the lead for Mercedes. On that occasion a second Safety Car period delayed Vettel’s effort’s to retake the lead, but he managed to get by with five laps to go. Nonetheless it shows there is always a risk factor in these decisions when the Safety Car comes out late in the race.

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2022 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:

NB. The order in lap one shows the order in which the cars returned to the pits after the red flag, before they were re-ordered for the restart.

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2022 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 5 2 2
George Russell 8
Max Verstappen 2 1 -5
Sergio Perez 4 -2 2
Charles Leclerc 3 -1 -1
Carlos Sainz Jnr 1 -1 0
Lando Norris 6 -1 0
Daniel Ricciardo 14 4 1
Esteban Ocon 15 -2
Fernando Alonso 7 2 2
Pierre Gasly 11 0
Yuki Tsunoda 13 -3 -1
Lance Stroll 20 6 9
Sebastian Vettel 18 5 9
Alexander Albon 16
Nicholas Latifi 10 2 -2
Valtteri Bottas 12 3
Zhou Guanyu 9
Mick Schumacher 19 4 11
Kevin Magnussen 17 5 7

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2022 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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2022 British Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’30.510 52
2 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 1’30.813 0.303 44
3 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1’30.937 0.427 47
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’31.282 0.772 52
5 Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1’31.609 1.099 47
6 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1’31.645 1.135 47
7 Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1’32.109 1.599 48
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’32.135 1.625 45
9 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’32.379 1.869 52
10 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’32.471 1.961 52
11 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1’32.644 2.134 34
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1’32.661 2.151 52
13 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1’33.286 2.776 48
14 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1’33.537 3.027 37
15 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1’33.832 3.322 51
16 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1’34.275 3.765 26
17 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’35.103 4.593 19
18 George Russell Mercedes
19 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
20 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes

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2022 British Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3 Stint 4 Stint 5
Carlos Sainz Jnr C2 (20) C1 (19) C3 (13)
Sergio Perez C2 (5) C2 (34) C3 (13)
Lewis Hamilton C2 (33) C1 (6) C3 (13)
Charles Leclerc C2 (25) C1 (27)
Fernando Alonso C2 (33) C1 (6) C3 (13)
Lando Norris C2 (34) C1 (6) C3 (12)
Max Verstappen C3 (1) C2 (11) C2 (11) C1 (16) C3 (13)
Mick Schumacher C2 (1) C2 (18) C1 (20) C3 (13)
Sebastian Vettel C3 (6) C2 (33) C2 (13)
Kevin Magnussen C3 (1) C2 (21) C2 (30)
Lance Stroll C2 (15) C1 (25) C2 (12)
Nicholas Latifi C3 (19) C2 (20) C3 (13)
Daniel Ricciardo C2 (20) C1 (12) C3 (6) C3 (14)
Yuki Tsunoda C2 (1) C3 (17) C1 (20) C3 (14)
Esteban Ocon C2 (1) C3 (21) C1 (15)
Pierre Gasly C2 (1) C3 (15) C1 (10)
Valtteri Bottas C2 (20)
George Russell
Alexander Albon

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2022 British Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Sergio Perez Red Bull 28.155 39
2 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 28.435 0.280 39
3 Nicholas Latifi Williams 28.438 0.283 39
4 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 28.540 0.385 39
5 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 28.574 0.419 20
6 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 28.632 0.477 15
7 Max Verstappen Red Bull 28.709 0.554 39
8 Fernando Alonso Alpine 28.733 0.578 33
9 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 28.805 0.650 25
10 Nicholas Latifi Williams 28.829 0.674 19
11 Fernando Alonso Alpine 28.841 0.686 39
12 Lando Norris McLaren 28.947 0.792 34
13 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 28.996 0.841 39
14 Mick Schumacher Haas 29.147 0.992 19
15 Max Verstappen Red Bull 29.296 1.141 23
16 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 29.345 1.190 38
17 Max Verstappen Red Bull 29.395 1.240 12
18 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 29.448 1.293 38
19 Kevin Magnussen Haas 29.473 1.318 22
20 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 29.632 1.477 16
21 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 29.837 1.682 33
22 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 29.846 1.691 6
23 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 30.262 2.107 20
24 Esteban Ocon Alpine 30.342 2.187 22
25 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 30.599 2.444 32
26 Mick Schumacher Haas 30.832 2.677 39
27 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 34.759 6.604 18
28 Sergio Perez Red Bull 37.302 9.147 5

NB. Some drivers changed tyres after the aborted start.

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