2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix lap charts

In their final race as team mates, Daniel Ricciardo decisively beat Sebastian Vettel after the two Red Bull drivers started from the pit lane following their qualifying infringement.

Ricciardo brought his car home in a remarkable fourth position – one place higher than he had qualified before both drivers were stripped of their times when their front wings were found to contravene the rules.

Ricciardo lined up first at the pit lane exit. After the start he and Vettel were soon making their way past the midfield runners. But on lap seven came the crucial moment which decided the outcome of their races. Ricciardo passed Kevin Magnussen – who like the Red Bull drivers had also started on the soft compound tyres – but Vettel was unable to get past the McLaren.

Red Bull eventually brought Vettel into the pits on lap 21, allowing him to jump ahead of the McLaren. But Ricciardo extended his stint by another eight laps, allowing him to consolidate his position among the front-runners.

While Vettel’s last pit stop dropped him behind the Force Indias, Ricciardo emerged on the tail of the Williams drivers, who he would have started immediately behind anyway had he lined up on the grid in his original qualifying position.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55
Nico Rosberg	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	13	13	13	14
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Valtteri Bottas	3	8	8	8	8	8	6	4	4	4	4	10	10	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Felipe Massa	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Daniil Kvyat	5	7	7	7	7	5	5	17	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Jenson Button	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Kimi Raikkonen	7	5	5	5	5	6	7	19	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Fernando Alonso	8	6	6	6	6	7	18	15	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Kevin Magnussen	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Jean-Eric Vergne	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Sergio Perez	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	12	12	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Nico Hulkenberg	12	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Adrian Sutil	13	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Esteban Gutierrez	14	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Pastor Maldonado	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12
Kamui Kobayashi	16	15	15	15	15	17	16	13	11	13	14	14	15	15	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Will Stevens	17	20	19	19	19	19	17	18	17	16	16	18	19	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Romain Grosjean	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	16	15	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Daniel Ricciardo	19	17	17	17	17	15	14	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Sebastian Vettel	20	18	18	18	18	16	15	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	15	14	14	13	13	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap. Use the controls below to show/hide different drivers:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2014drivercolours.csv

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55
Nico Rosberg	1.239	1.476	1.673	1.571	1.498	1.757	2.116	2.457	2.758	0.803	0	17.979	14.78	2.514	2.378	2.634	2.449	2.571	2.795	2.68	2.958	2.73	3.961	7.152	10.98	13.664	16.461	18.507	20.116	20.598	19.806	17.36	21.614	26.656	52.586	53.859	56.204	57.686	59.289	65.17	67.08	68.369	67.291	60.691	64.518	66.542	68.215	69.635	72.929	77.755	98.821	102.834	112.256	119.198
Lewis Hamilton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.599	15.373	12.413	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.117	14.856	15.013	15.547	15.84	15.528	14.764	14.746	14.277	13.629	12.557	8.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Valtteri Bottas	6.074	7.862	9.483	11.297	14.431	16.023	16.693	17.12	17.33	17.055	34.736	35.185	34.142	23.096	24.168	25.255	26.023	27.32	28.265	29.364	30.319	31.007	31.981	32.085	32.116	31.004	29.69	29.257	28.463	27.076	24.537	19.249	19.753	19.8	21.738	41.905	41.175	40.628	40.218	39.161	38.717	38.029	35.02	26.811	27.648	28.226	28.488	28.401	28.813	28.659	28.606	28.429	29.406	28.823	28.88
Felipe Massa	2.549	3.633	4.265	4.72	5.25	5.602	5.91	6.168	6.004	3.559	0.622	0	0	7.984	8.094	8.387	8.606	9.292	9.919	10.531	11.216	11.853	12.632	13.343	13.673	14.379	13.859	12.342	11.038	9.018	5.857	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.863	10.392	9.383	8.079	6.802	6.278	5.055	4.696	3.589	3.248	3.212	2.576
Daniel Ricciardo	13.171	16.627	19.907	23.13	25.854	27.678	29.188	30.575	30.955	29.242	27.967	30.52	29.374	18.791	20.19	21.743	23.155	24.865	26.324	27.702	28.848	29.756	30.989	33.363	34.365	34.86	36.65	55.706	54.043	52.021	48.493	42.017	41.35	40.805	40.402	40.166	40.068	39.591	39.265	38.131	37.743	36.831	33.566	24.569	24.994	25.237	27.374	46.047	45.515	43.47	42.283	40.788	39.986	38.864	37.237
Sebastian Vettel	13.628	17.187	20.966	23.64	27.478	29.525	31.765	34.052	35.81	35.058	33.605	34.646	34.731	25.162	27.728	30.405	33.191	35.702	38.066	40.697	44.787	67.742	69.44	70.62	71.113	70.675	69.242	67.799	66.175	63.69	60.334	53.8	53.998	53.691	53.816	55.052	55.182	54.791	55.289	55.581	57.805	57.677	54.788	46.459	48.127	51.618	71.892	72.144	73.44	72.884	72.186	71.857	72.1	72.637	72.045
Daniil Kvyat	5.607	7.244	9	10.739	13.047	15.649	40.838	42.36	43.633	42.079	39.955	39.984	39.017	28.81
Jenson Button	3.377	4.799	6.397	8.067	10.359	14.417	36.994	38.656	39.666	38.04	35.808	36.352	35.506	25.898	28.515	31.128	33.927	36.63	39.172	41.484	43.863	45.418	46.944	48.755	49.796	50.25	50.451	52.057	73.224	71.288	68.114	62.032	61.946	61.428	61.176	61.159	61.205	61.181	61.379	61.167	61.368	61.302	58.82	51.277	52.577	53.585	54.194	55.278	56.839	57.537	58.158	58.694	59.728	60.431	60.334
Kimi Raikkonen	3.838	5.753	7.496	9.43	13.914	19.164	42.46	45.041	46.125	45.182	44.621	45.437	44.26	33.616	35.356	37.4	38.852	40.824	42.581	44.369	46.222	48.165	49.92	51.176	52.287	54.648	75.539	74.945	74.578	73.311	71.368	66.101	66.695	67.66	69.067	71.311	72.337	73.051	74.025	75.319	76.505	77.022	75.728	69.134	71.412	73.186	75.422	77.097	79.274	80.611	82.448	84.048	85.652	87.176	87.82
Fernando Alonso	4.42	6.427	8.362	10.127	13.924	34.904	38.303	39.748	40.642	39.139	37.417	37.653	36.776	26.794	29.053	31.732	34.52	37.522	39.897	42.502	45.082	46.777	48.352	49.939	51.151	51.555	53.181	72.415	72.166	72.319	70.577	65.168	65.787	66.636	67.778	69.206	69.93	70.366	71.906	72.325	73.089	74.467	72.874	65.348	66.959	68.551	71.285	74.26	76.829	78.584	80.204	81.745	83.445	84.935	85.813
Kevin Magnussen	10.426	14.651	17.759	20.815	23.439	26.246	30.475	33.317	35.191	34.384	32.945	33.86	33.513	24.4	26.86	29.568	32.069	34.597	37.099	39.313	42.772	65.804	68.399	69.841	72.445	72.631	72.722	73.808	75.087	93.683	90.874	84.983	85.143	85.347	85.518	85.731	85.521	85.109	85.269	85.425	85.706	85.961	83.745	76.36	78.228	79.559	80.786	82.018	83.595	84.32	87.631	88.368	89.268	90.217	90.376
Jean-Eric Vergne	9.464	12.388	14.951	17.389	20.006	22.655	24.654	26.624	28.263	28.035	27.712	29.815	31.783	42.444	44.168	45.948	47.576	49.726	51.547	53.124	54.541	55.658	57.231	58.128	59.221	59.359	59.203	59.181	58.568	58.95	76.535	70.326	69.731	69.527	69.766	70.317	70.85	71.344	72.705	73.335	74.91	75.476	74.043	68.856	89.824	89.911	89.872	89.762	90.051	89.196	89.506	89.9	91.062	91.874	91.947
Sergio Perez	8.3	11.113	13.576	15.985	18.732	21.287	23.803	25.859	27.705	27.286	26.834	27.744	27.721	19.851	41.822	42.963	44.071	45.349	46.629	48.026	49.455	50.682	52.144	53.537	54.188	54.374	54.091	53.151	52.355	51.31	50.159	45.216	46.19	47.234	48.442	49.97	51.209	52.417	53.856	54.864	59.026	79.416	76.405	67.666	68.113	69.421	69.99	70.596	70.805	70.401	70.868	70.916	71.396	71.713	71.06
Nico Hulkenberg	7.077	9.699	11.968	14.425	16.917	19.34	21.449	23.271	24.917	24.324	23.161	23.924	23.534	13.58	17.387	44.326	45.519	47.25	48.648	49.798	51.41	52.741	53.926	54.918	55.584	55.618	55.474	56.718	55.813	54.322	51.891	46.815	47.897	49.091	50.53	52.17	54.7	74.375	74.727	73.953	73.932	73.327	70.624	62.032	63.136	63.161	62.808	62.863	63.347	63.045	62.739	62.427	62.666	63.153	62.148
Adrian Sutil	12.666	16.216	19.473	22.663	28.791	51.708	53.721	56.32	58.007	57.942	57.329	59.565	59.523	49.976	53.188	56.039	58.997	61.797	64.441	66.987	69.675	73.814	96.072	97.171	97.983	98.142	98.518	97.861	97.027	96.056	94.318	89.65	90.706	91.727	93.318	94.854	98.269	118.952	119.671	122.303	123.068	123.768	122.033	114.446	117.629	119.687	121.697	123.74	126.641	128.489	130.404	131.562	132.953	137.517
Romain Grosjean	13.649	29.425	31.118	32.698	34.567	36.639	39.311	43.42	64.959	63.573	62.093	62.749	63.377	53.142	55.473	58.264	60.711	63.132	65.769	68.724	72.998	93.749	94.976	95.999	96.433	96.124	95.67	94.757	93.946	94.622	92.791	87.499	88.276	89.208	89.909	92.029	93.395	94.193	95.401	96.176	97.206	98.107	97.284	90.441	92.984	95.324	97.595	100.106	103.088	105.011	108.791	111.68	114.47	117.281
Esteban Gutierrez	8.821	11.657	14.144	16.599	20.865	24.698	29.824	52.504	53.84	53.918	53.721	54.14	53.506	44.043	47.005	51.092	53.94	56.788	59.324	61.932	64.592	67.354	70.796	73.092	75.155	76.84	78.655	81.659	102.813	101.578	99.419	93.792	94.538	95.126	95.801	97.187	98.502	99.437	100.626	101.076	102.561	103.532	101.71	94.376	96.736	99.766	102.343	104.816	108.636	112.521	114.762	116.901	118.857	120.802
Pastor Maldonado	10.646	14.96	18.169	21.321	24.003	26.946	32.65	54.624	55.517	54.776	54.574	55.402	54.443	44.852	47.4	50.017	52.247	54.439	56.65	59.119	61.195	62.918	64.965	66.596	68.265	69.272
Kamui Kobayashi	11.775	15.687	19.002	22.386	27.948	31.057	34.788	38.197	42.249	43.678	44.159	47.749	49.704	41.787	48.509	76.132	78.797	82.181	85.462	88.796	92.043	95.471	98.476	100.941	103.018	104.605	106.35	107.362	108.457	111.407	111.209	109.055	111.406	113.635	116.013	120.742	144.22	144.408	147.823	148.748	149.923	153.427
Will Stevens	14.586	19.169	23.267	26.768	30.509	34.514	42.189	47.344	51.707	53.617	56.996	61.397	64.894	60.121	89.531	93.298	97.032	100.958	104.759	111.071	114.949	118.309	123.119	126.293	128.931	130.833	132.7	134.194	135.619	137.694	137.641	134.428	137.149	140.087	142.927	146.14	153.948	183.962	186.044	187.029	188.742	190.71	190.21	185.582	188.438	191.286	193.554	197.677	200.485	203.395	206.193	208.569	211.556	214.486

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16 comments on “Ricciardo beats Vettel in Red Bull’s fight from the pits”

Tyler (@tdog)
23rd November 2014, 22:29

“Ricciardo lined up first at the pit lane exit”

Keith, I’m fairly sure that Ricciardo started behind Vettel from the pitlane, because that’s what your lap chart shows, moreover the Sky commentators were talking about why that was so even though Ricciardo had outqualified Vettel. Their explanation was that the quali times were wiped following the Red Bulls’ exclusion by the stewards, and on countback Vettel got to start ahead because his FP3 time was quicker.
1. Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
  23rd November 2014, 22:46
  
  @tdog Maybe Sky didn’t have a good view of the pit lane exit? See:
  
  https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/536651789484163073
  
  Will alter the code above to make it clearer (without wishing to get too technical, it doesn’t handle two drivers starting from the pit lane very well. Something to occupy me during the off-season…)
  1. Tyler (@tdog)
    23rd November 2014, 22:50
    
    Understood, thanks for the clarification.
2. Mark Young (@terry-fabulous)
  23rd November 2014, 22:54
  
  You are right @tdog – Martin was talking about Seb lining up in front of Dan but as @keithcollantine shows, they were clearly wrong!
  
  It doesn’t detract at all from the fact that Seb has been THUMPED by Dan this year. I didn’t see this coming and I doubt to be honest if anyone did. But in the exuberance of Lewis’s championship it should not be overlooked quite how good Dan has been and how ordinary he has made a 4 time World Champion look.
  
  And of course, I am Australian so bias alert!! :))
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
23rd November 2014, 22:59

Ferraris’ performance were just awful, an absolute low.
Oblong_Cheese (@oblong_cheese)
24th November 2014, 1:02

Ricciardo “beat” Vettel? I think a more appropriate description would be “absolutely demolished”.
1. Todfod (@todfod)
  24th November 2014, 4:22
  
  Over the entire season .. so it comes as no surprise.
  
  Quite a quiet season for Vettel fans.. haven’t really heard a peep out of them.
  1. Patrick (@paeschli)
    24th November 2014, 13:01
    
    We don’t have much to talk about really :P
ben
24th November 2014, 1:53

The Dan ravers need to calm down , he definately had a great season but when a driver announces they are leaving , their performance always tails off, this is the law. ; )
you aren’t going to work as hard to solve any problems you have or boost performance and the team won’t work as hard to help you. Its percentage stuff but at the sticky end its vital. But no doubt Ric did excellently but this race doesn’t tell you too much IMO. Taa for all the f1 related info this season from this site BTW.
1. Toxic (@)
  24th November 2014, 23:48
  
  Not really a case with Alonso ;)
McL88AsAp (@deongunner)
24th November 2014, 8:52

Wow, Rosberg problem was really hit him alot, he even slower that Will Stevens in the last few laps
magon4 (@magon4)
24th November 2014, 8:57

I read that Vettel used to gain a lot of time with his breaking technique, which is pretty unique. Breaking inside of the curves. In this new car, he had to break on the straight and lost some of his edge that way…
1. Oz
  24th November 2014, 12:50
  
  What was he breaking exactly? His car seemed pretty reliable for those 4 championships on the whole, and I don’t think he was actively contributing to any of the few mechanical issues he had during those years. And what is he breaking on the straight this year?
  
  Or did you maybe mean braking? :-)
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
24th November 2014, 11:35

Yeah, it’s quite clear that Vettel’s race was ruined because he could not pass Magnussen. I’m curious to see how Ricciardo got ahead of him, Vettel didn’t even come close to overtaking him. Maybe Magnussen made a mistake, looking at the lap times on lap 7 Magnussen was 1.5 seconds slower than his pace, while Ricciardo’s lap was as good as the others, so maybe there wasn’t a battle between the two, just a mistake by Kevin.
Anyway, that doesn’t take away the fact that Ricciardo had more pace and has had more pace all year long. But maybe a top 5 finish for Vettel could have been possible.
TMF (@)
24th November 2014, 13:45

I think this race was pretty representative for the the whole season between Dan and Seb. Dan works the tires way better and keeps grip levels up for much longer – that’s why he can stay out longer and with better exits overtake others quicker. If you look at VETs 2 stints on prime then you’ll see how much more he struggled with the line in turns 7, 8 and 9 and why he couldn’t get past Magnusson.
KeithR (@)
25th November 2014, 0:13

It’s been amazing how Dan has been better than Seb in any way you can think of – pace, traffic, tyres, consistency…and it hasn’t changed all year. Seb was supposed to adapt, wasn’t he, but he hasn’t improved.

I don’t see how Ferrari can be confident they have a driver lineup on a par with the other top teams. They could come up with a great car and still be fourth.