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

The Safety Car period towards the end of the Brazilian Grand Prix meant the final result didn’t reflect last weekend’s striking development: Mercedes’ unexpected turn of speed.

The team has been chipping away at its huge deficit to the front runners since the season began. In Brazil for the first time this year they were the clear pace-setters in race trim

Although George Russell set the fastest lap of the race, he seldom had to extend himself at the front of the field. Lewis Hamilton, however, had ground to make up following his lap seven collision with Max Verstappen.

The clash dropped Hamilton six seconds off the lead and he was almost 10 seconds in arrears by the time he fought his way out of the worst of the traffic. He ran a long first stint on the soft tyres and unleashed the pace of his car after his first pit stop on lap 30.

Hamilton ran five laps longer than his team mate at the start of the race and was eager to run long again in his middle stint on the medium tyre compound. However his team brought him in after just 19 laps on those tyres – the lap before Russell. That ensured he kept ahead of Sergio Perez, who had just pitted behind them.

The Safety Car period which followed was bad news for anyone who was left with the medium tyres for their last stint. That included Perez, who fell from third place to seventh in the final laps. He expected to regain one place from Max Verstappen, who he’d allowed through to attack Fernando Alonso, but to Perez’s obvious disappointment his team mate refused to hand the place back even after failing to pass the Alpine.

Sebastian Vettel was another driver who lucked out badly at the end of the race. He ran as high as third at one stage, but fell back as he lost around a second in the pits on each visit, and ended up having to give the final point to his team mate.

When the chequered flag fell, Russell was four seconds ahead of the leading Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, and the first of the Red Bulls was another six seconds back. But before the Safety Car period Russell had 16 seconds on Perez and 21 on Sainz, indicating the true scale of Mercedes’ pace advantage over the race distance.

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2022 Brazilian 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 Brazilian 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 Brazilian 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 Brazilian 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	1’13.785		210.24	61
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’13.942	0.157	209.79	63
3	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	1’13.953	0.168	209.76	65
4	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1’14.164	0.379	209.16	62
5	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’14.195	0.410	209.08	Multiple laps
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’14.253	0.468	208.91	63
7	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’14.283	0.498	208.83	62
8	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’14.831	1.046	207.3	50
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1’15.093	1.308	206.58	65
10	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1’15.251	1.466	206.14	63
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’15.327	1.542	205.93	64
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’15.327	1.542	205.93	59
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’15.508	1.723	205.44	63
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’15.511	1.726	205.43	62
15	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’15.549	1.764	205.33	64
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1’15.613	1.828	205.16	49
17	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’15.802	2.017	204.64	64
18	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1’15.855	2.070	204.5	48

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2022 Brazilian Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

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2022 Brazilian 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	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	22.869		1	23
2	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23.009	0.14	3	52
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23.124	0.255	3	44
4	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	23.152	0.283	2	47
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23.172	0.303	2	21
6	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.287	0.418	1	20
7	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	23.322	0.453	3	47
8	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23.328	0.459	2	35
9	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	23.352	0.483	2	25
10	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.415	0.546	2	48
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23.46	0.591	1	19
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.469	0.6	1	29
13	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.478	0.609	1	14
14	63	George Russell	Mercedes	23.48	0.611	2	49
15	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	23.483	0.614	2	36
16	63	George Russell	Mercedes	23.521	0.652	1	24
17	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.635	0.766	3	54
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	23.64	0.771	3	52
19	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.645	0.776	2	40
20	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.764	0.895	2	48
21	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.79	0.921	3	52
22	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	23.816	0.947	3	53
23	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	23.868	0.999	1	24
24	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	23.908	1.039	1	24
25	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24.028	1.159	2	45
26	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	24.081	1.212	1	29
27	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24.102	1.233	3	48
28	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24.248	1.379	1	26
29	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	24.292	1.423	2	32
30	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	24.332	1.463	1	16
31	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	24.361	1.492	1	4
32	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	24.445	1.576	2	47
33	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas	24.487	1.618	1	24
34	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	24.616	1.747	2	45
35	4	Lando Norris	McLaren	24.669	1.8	2	45
36	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	25.111	2.242	2	37
37	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas	25.156	2.287	2	46
38	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	25.206	2.337	1	17
39	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	28.807	5.938	1	20
40	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	28.855	5.986	2	35
41	4	Lando Norris	McLaren	29.338	6.469	1	24
42	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	30.08	7.211	1	7
43	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	30.942	8.073	1	7
44	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	31.682	8.813	2	23

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