2019 Mexican Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

7 comments on “2019 Mexican Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

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   frood19 (@frood19)
   28th October 2019, 8:15

   Massive tactical fail by ferrari. le clerc’s strategy was somewhat understandable, but going medium-hard-medium would have made more sense (ricciardo proved the hards could last long). however, vettel’s strategy was just inexcusable. what are the ferrari strategists doing? do they not learn from past events? data showing micro-level stint length vs. lap time has to be overruled by events data, macro-level information that shows track position is king. how often do we see the car with track position make it work? more often than not, i’d say, though obviously every race is unique. conversely, i think something like hamilton vs. verstappen at hungary this year is a rarer event.

   if vettel had pitted on the same lap as hamilton, or maybe even the lap after, he would probably have won. that was surely predictable from the available information at the time. instead they gambled (and it was a gamble even at that stage) that (a) hamilton would not be able to make the tyres last and (b) vettel would be able to pass him.
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      Bulgarian (@bulgarian)
      28th October 2019, 11:22

      Let’s be honest. Now we know how everything worked out. But at the time of the race even Hamilton was questioning his own strategy. So, I would not blame Ferrari strategists. They probably made a small error with Vettel’s strategy – only a matter of a couple of laps. No major fail by Ferrari. They were watching Hamilton’s lap times too, so they had to evaluate many “what if’s” and it is not easy to be perfect with a strategy.
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      Adam Hardwick (@fluxsource)
      28th October 2019, 11:46

      The lap after wouldn’t have worked – Hamiltons outlap was already quick enough that he would have been passed Vettel. As for making the tyres last – if Hamilton couldn’t, why would Vettel be able to while in his dirty air. Finally, Vettel wasn’t able to get close to Hamilton even when his tyres were much younger. Doing so with tyres the same age would have been even more difficult.
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   Rhys Gold (@rhysgold)
   20th May 2020, 20:40

   Hi, the graphs do not load up for me to view, is there anything wrong with my computer or are the servers down to see them?

   Thanks, Rhys
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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      25th May 2020, 21:48

      @rhysgold Hi Rhys, is it OK now?
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      Rhys G Gold
      25th May 2020, 21:56

      They are fine indeed. Thank you for your help and reply, it’s great work you guys do on this website and is fascinating data to look at. Was not sure if it was my own problem!
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   SKIDI
   20th July 2020, 3:19

   Hi, The graphs are not loading up again, could you please fix it?

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