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

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.

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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