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

2022 Singapore Grand Prix

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Following an extremely heavy pre-race downpour, which forced the start to be postponed by more than an hour, the Singapore Grand Prix began on a very wet track.

In the nervy race which followed, teams waited and watched each other to see who would blink first and commit to a switch from intermediate to slick tyres.

All 20 drivers took the start on the lightly-treaded intermediate rubber. At least one of them, Lewis Hamilton, told his team he wasn’t happy with the selection. As he can’t possibly have wanted to start the race on slicks – the track was far too wet – Hamilton must have been hankering after a switch to wet weather tyres.

It’s impossible to know for sure whether that was a missed opportunity for Mercedes. Could Hamilton have pulled off the tactics used by some drivers in Monaco this year, running on full wets long enough before switching directly to slicks as the track dried? Or at least used the superior initial grip to pass Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez at the start, then draw far enough ahead to switch to intermediates and bank the lead?

Both scenarios have obvious drawbacks. It’s hard to imagine that on the hotter and more abrasive Singapore track the wets would have lasted long enough for drivers to go directly to slicks. And the theory of passing Leclerc and Perez is all well and good, but Hamilton would also have needed to pull far enough away from them to make a pit stop and emerge ahead – not easy given the early Safety Car disruption which tightened the pack up.

But for a team which is supposedly going all-out for wins at this stage in the season, it’s disappointing they played it safe. Perhaps if both cars had been at the front they would have been more inclined to gamble.

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They did gamble once George Russell’s race from the pit lane was ruined when he skidded off while trying to pass Valtteri Bottas. He was put on slicks tyres as early as lap 21, 12 laps before anyone else. But the hope of using him to inform his team mate’s strategy was ruined when Hamilton hit a barrier on lap 33, compromising his race.

The next lap Russell produced the quickest tour of the race and that triggered mass pit stops. Among the quickest to react was AlphaTauri, but they regretted the decision when Yuki Tsunoda crashed on his first lap on medium rubber.

With the Safety Car out again, the remaining drivers were able to pit, and those who’d been slower to pit were rewarded. First among these was McLaren, as Daniel Ricciardo was promoted into the top five. Lando Norris was already running fourth, and when Max Verstappen went off trying to pass him, it opened the door for the orange (and, temporarily, pink) cars to bag a valuable double top-five finish.

It was a procession ahead of them, however. Aside from the Ferrari drivers’ pit stops, the top three ran in the same order all night, Sergio Perez never headed on his way to his fourth career win.

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2022 Singapore 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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2022 Singapore 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:

2022 Singapore 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 Singapore Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank No. Driver Car Lap time Gap Average speed (kph) Lap no.
1 63 George Russell Mercedes 1’46.458 171.28 54
2 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1’48.165 1.707 168.58 57
3 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 1’48.414 1.956 168.19 59
4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’48.753 2.295 167.66 54
5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’49.142 2.684 167.07 52
6 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1’49.212 2.754 166.96 56
7 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’50.283 3.825 165.34 58
8 47 Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1’50.290 3.832 165.33 58
9 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1’50.569 4.111 164.91 56
10 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’50.622 4.164 164.83 58
11 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’50.669 4.211 164.76 58
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1’51.006 4.548 164.26 57
13 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’51.864 5.406 163 52
14 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1’52.067 5.609 162.71 59
15 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Red Bull 1’58.716 12.258 153.59 32
16 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 2’00.463 14.005 151.37 19
17 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 2’01.105 14.647 150.56 24
18 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 2’02.121 15.663 149.31 24
19 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 2’05.556 19.098 145.23 5
20 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 2’05.585 19.127 145.19 5

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2022 Singapore Grand Prix tyre strategies

2022 Singapore Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Rank No. Driver Team Complete stop time (s) Gap to best (s) Stop no. Lap no.
1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 29.407 1 35
2 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull 29.55 0.143 1 35
3 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 29.704 0.297 1 34
4 63 George Russell Mercedes 29.713 0.306 2 35
5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 29.775 0.368 2 40
6 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 29.863 0.456 1 35
7 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 29.867 0.46 1 33
8 63 George Russell Mercedes 29.893 0.486 4 51
9 63 George Russell Mercedes 30.378 0.971 1 21
10 4 Lando Norris McLaren 30.528 1.121 1 36
11 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 30.603 1.196 1 35
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 30.946 1.539 1 36
13 47 Mick Schumacher Haas 31.201 1.794 1 34
14 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 31.293 1.886 1 33
15 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 32.058 2.651 1 34
16 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 32.167 2.76 1 33
17 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas 32.603 3.196 2 33
18 63 George Russell Mercedes 33.211 3.804 3 41
19 47 Mick Schumacher Haas 34.722 5.315 2 41
20 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas 39.247 9.84 1 7
21 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 41.019 11.612 1 34

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4 comments on “2022 Singapore Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

  1. Why do we have to wait for the race start until the intermediates are safe? What’s the point of having full wet tyres then?

  2. Michael Schumacher figured out a long time ago that if it is wet enough to require full wets, likely they won’t start the race. 90% of the time, this is the case.
    Singapore is like Malaysia that it is so hot and humid that the track will not dry out as fast as it would at a typical European track. End result is it takes longer to evolve from Full-Wets Don’t Start, to intermediates, lets go.
    Questioning the idea of “why have full-wets” is probably legit.
    They do get used occasionally if it stars to rain hard once the race is underway.

  3. Didnt they confirm during the broadcast that Hamilton was not talking about full wets, but used inters vs new.

    1. That’s what I assumed.
      Hamilton is normally quite comfortable on slippery tracks; I’d never expect him to be the first to ask for full wets.

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