Fernando Alonso made the biggest climb through the field of any driver so far this year in the Austrian Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver, who started 20th and last in the pits, made up 12 places on his way to eighth position at the chequered flag. This is all the more impressive considering he only made up one place at the start. This was from his team mate Stoffel Vandoorne, who pitted with front wing damage.By lap 24 Vandoorne was still the only driver behind Alonso, who had followed most of the field by pitting during the Virtual Safety Car period. Having nursed his tyres for much of the grand prix he pressed on in the closing laps, overtaking Charles Leclerc (who admitted he was impressed by his rival’s tactics) and Pierre Gasly en route to eighth place.
Mercedes’ decision not to pit Hamilton during the VSC period prompted much discussion. Out of the 17 other cars on track at that time, 11 came into the pits, and one of those who stayed out had already made a pit stop. It’s not hard to see why Hamilton was distinctly unimpressed with his team’s latest tactical blunder.
Ferrari seemed more resistant to the blistering problems other teams experienced. Their drivers headed the lap times table: Kimi Raikkonen taking the fastest lap with a time of 1’06.957.
Take a closer look at the Austrian Grand Prix with the interactive data below:
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2018 Austrian 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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2018 Austrian 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 | 2 | 1 | |
Valtteri Bottas | 1 | -1 | |
Sebastian Vettel | 6 | -2 | 3 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 3 | -1 | 1 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 7 | 2 | |
Max Verstappen | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Sergio Perez | 15 | 2 | 8 |
Esteban Ocon | 11 | 1 | 5 |
Lance Stroll | 13 | 2 | 0 |
Sergey Sirotkin | 16 | -1 | 2 |
Nico Hulkenberg | 10 | 1 | |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | 9 | -3 | -3 |
Pierre Gasly | 12 | -3 | 1 |
Brendon Hartley | 19 | 1 | |
Romain Grosjean | 5 | -1 | 1 |
Kevin Magnussen | 8 | 1 | 3 |
Fernando Alonso | 20 | 1 | 12 |
Stoffel Vandoorne | 14 | -6 | -1 |
Marcus Ericsson | 18 | 2 | 8 |
Charles Leclerc | 17 | 3 | 8 |
2018 Austrian 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:
2018 Austrian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’06.957 | 71 | |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’07.082 | 0.125 | 67 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’07.241 | 0.284 | 58 |
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’07.442 | 0.485 | 70 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’07.591 | 0.634 | 46 |
6 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’08.216 | 1.259 | 67 |
7 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’08.476 | 1.519 | 70 |
8 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’08.504 | 1.547 | 66 |
9 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1’08.661 | 1.704 | 69 |
10 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 1’08.766 | 1.809 | 37 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’08.850 | 1.893 | 64 |
12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 1’08.894 | 1.937 | 63 |
13 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 1’08.971 | 2.014 | 64 |
14 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’09.006 | 2.049 | 68 |
15 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’09.044 | 2.087 | 12 |
16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’09.071 | 2.114 | 17 |
17 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’09.171 | 2.214 | 42 |
18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’09.203 | 2.246 | 68 |
19 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1’09.295 | 2.338 | 38 |
20 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’10.380 | 3.423 | 7 |
2018 Austrian Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | |
---|---|---|---|
Max Verstappen | Super soft (15) | Soft (56) | |
Kimi Raikkonen | Ultra soft (15) | Soft (56) | |
Sebastian Vettel | Ultra soft (15) | Soft (56) | |
Romain Grosjean | Ultra soft (15) | Soft (55) | |
Kevin Magnussen | Ultra soft (28) | Soft (42) | |
Esteban Ocon | Super soft (15) | Soft (55) | |
Sergio Perez | Super soft (27) | Soft (43) | |
Fernando Alonso | Super soft (15) | Soft (55) | |
Charles Leclerc | Super soft (15) | Soft (55) | |
Marcus Ericsson | Soft (45) | Super soft (25) | |
Pierre Gasly | Super soft (15) | Soft (55) | |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ultra soft (15) | Soft (19) | Super soft (36) |
Lance Stroll | Ultra soft (15) | Soft (50) | Super soft (4) |
Sergey Sirotkin | Super soft (24) | Soft (36) | Ultra soft (9) |
Stoffel Vandoorne | Super soft (1) | Soft (39) | Soft (25) |
Lewis Hamilton | Super soft (25) | Soft (27) | Super soft (10) |
Brendon Hartley | Super soft (54) | ||
Daniel Ricciardo | Super soft (15) | Soft (23) | Super soft (15) |
Valtteri Bottas | Super soft (13) | ||
Nico Hulkenberg | Ultra soft (11) |
2018 Austrian Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 20.980 | 52 | |
2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 21.214 | 0.234 | 15 |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 21.245 | 0.265 | 25 |
4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 21.259 | 0.279 | 38 |
5 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 21.364 | 0.384 | 15 |
6 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 21.519 | 0.539 | 45 |
7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 21.552 | 0.572 | 15 |
8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 21.588 | 0.608 | 15 |
9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 21.950 | 0.970 | 15 |
10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 22.011 | 1.031 | 15 |
11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 22.121 | 1.141 | 15 |
12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 22.138 | 1.158 | 28 |
13 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 22.181 | 1.201 | 15 |
14 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 22.299 | 1.319 | 65 |
15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 22.526 | 1.546 | 40 |
16 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 22.527 | 1.547 | 15 |
17 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 22.863 | 1.883 | 27 |
18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 23.048 | 2.068 | 24 |
19 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 23.257 | 2.277 | 15 |
20 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 23.912 | 2.932 | 15 |
21 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 24.884 | 3.904 | 60 |
22 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 26.335 | 5.355 | 34 |
23 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 46.557 | 25.577 | 1 |
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MacLeod (@macleod)
2nd July 2018, 8:09
If you see Max lap times he is really constant and that is why he won.
Moustacho
2nd July 2018, 9:38
The pitstop crew of Ferrari should also check into their performance. Both Red Bull and Ferrari did a double stop, Max and Daniel are both quick 21.2 and 21.9 (considering the waiting for Daniel). But Kimi and Seb are quite slower 21.5 and 23.9!, creating a much larger gap after the VSC.
Although the pitstop of Daniel was slower, he still made a faster laptime than anyone in that round. 93.13, while for Vettel who had a similar situation as Daniel being the second stopper had a round of 96.11. So the VSC strat of Red Bull was superb. So the win definitly is a whole team effort, Driver, Engineers, Strategic, Pit Crew, it all came together. Especially based on the info above.