Race · Round 1 of 22 ·
2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Bahrain International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 96 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- Pole
- Max Verstappen
- Fastest lap
- Valtteri Bottas
- Entries
- 2018 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 2 | 56 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 1 | 56 | Finished | 18 | |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 3 | 56 | Finished | 16 | fastest lap |
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | MCL35M | 7 | 56 | Finished | 12 | |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | PL | 56 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF21 | 4 | 56 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | MCL35M | 6 | 56 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | SF21 | 8 | 56 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 13 | 56 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 10 | 56 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | C41 | 14 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | C41 | 12 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | A521 | 16 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | FW43B | 15 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 20 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 18 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 5 | 52 | Suspension | 0 | |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | FW43B | 17 | 51 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| DNF | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | A521 | 9 | 32 | Brakes | 0 | |
| DNF | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 19 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:30.499 | 1:30.318 | 1:28.997 | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:30.617 | 1:30.085 | 1:29.385 | +0.388 | +0.388 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:31.200 | 1:30.186 | 1:29.586 | +0.589 | +0.201 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:30.691 | 1:30.010 | 1:29.678 | +0.681 | +0.092 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:30.848 | 1:30.513 | 1:29.809 | +0.812 | +0.131 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:30.795 | 1:30.222 | 1:29.927 | +0.930 | +0.118 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:30.902 | 1:30.099 | 1:29.974 | +0.977 | +0.047 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:31.653 | 1:30.009 | 1:30.215 | +1.218 | +0.241 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:30.863 | 1:30.595 | 1:30.249 | +1.252 | +0.034 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:31.261 | 1:30.624 | 1:30.601 | +1.604 | +0.352 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:31.165 | 1:30.659 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:30.998 | 1:30.708 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:30.607 | 1:31.203 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:31.547 | 1:31.238 | — | — | — |
| 15 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:31.316 | 1:33.430 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:31.724 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:31.936 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:32.056 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:32.449 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:33.273 | — | — | — | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 · 2 | 2 · 1 | 17 · 13 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas | 2 · 3 | 1 · 3 | 13 · 16 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Max Verstappen · Valtteri Bottas | 1 · 3 | 2 · 3 | 17 · 16 | Valtteri Bottas | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Lando Norris | 3 · 7 | 3 · 4 | 16 · 12 | Lando Norris | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Charles Leclerc | 3 · 4 | 3 · 6 | 16 · 12 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Lando Norris | 6 · 7 | 7 · 4 | 13 · 12 | Lando Norris | Swapped places |
| Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz | 7 · 8 | 4 · 8 | 12 · 15 | Lando Norris | Kept their order |
| Charles Leclerc · Daniel Ricciardo | 4 · 6 | 6 · 7 | 12 · 13 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly | 4 · 5 | 6 · 17 | 12 · 4 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo | 5 · 6 | 17 · 7 | 4 · 13 | Pierre Gasly | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Carlos Sainz | 6 · 8 | 7 · 8 | 13 · 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | Kept their order |
| Carlos Sainz · Yuki Tsunoda | 8 · 13 | 8 · 9 | 15 · 15 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Lance Stroll · Yuki Tsunoda | 10 · 13 | 10 · 9 | 12 · 15 | Lance Stroll | Swapped places |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Yuki Tsunoda | 12 · 13 | 12 · 9 | 12 · 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Swapped places |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen | 13 · 14 | 9 · 11 | 15 · 13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Lance Stroll · Kimi Raikkonen | 10 · 14 | 10 · 11 | 12 · 13 | Lance Stroll | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Kimi Raikkonen | 12 · 14 | 12 · 11 | 12 · 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · George Russell | 14 · 15 | 11 · 14 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Esteban Ocon | 12 · 16 | 12 · 13 | 12 · 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Kept their order |
| George Russell · Esteban Ocon | 15 · 16 | 14 · 13 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Esteban Ocon · Nicholas Latifi | 16 · 17 | 13 · 18 | 13 · 14 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| George Russell · Sebastian Vettel | 15 · 20 | 14 · 15 | 13 · 24 | George Russell | Kept their order |
| Mick Schumacher · Sebastian Vettel | 18 · 20 | 16 · 15 | 14 · 24 | Mick Schumacher | Swapped places |
| Pierre Gasly · Mick Schumacher | 5 · 18 | 17 · 16 | 4 · 14 | Pierre Gasly | Swapped places |
| Nicholas Latifi · Mick Schumacher | 17 · 18 | 18 · 16 | 14 · 14 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Pierre Gasly · Nicholas Latifi | 5 · 17 | 17 · 18 | 4 · 14 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:31.394 | — | — | 12 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:31.692 | +0.298 | +0.298 | 17 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:31.897 | +0.503 | +0.205 | 20 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:31.921 | +0.527 | +0.024 | 15 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:31.993 | +0.599 | +0.072 | 14 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:32.071 | +0.677 | +0.078 | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:32.195 | +0.801 | +0.124 | 23 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:32.366 | +0.972 | +0.171 | 15 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:32.434 | +1.040 | +0.068 | 20 |
| 10 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:32.786 | +1.392 | +0.352 | 16 |
| 11 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:33.134 | +1.740 | +0.348 | 18 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:33.157 | +1.763 | +0.023 | 21 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:33.233 | +1.839 | +0.076 | 20 |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:33.329 | +1.935 | +0.096 | 21 |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:33.528 | +2.134 | +0.199 | 20 |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:33.872 | +2.478 | +0.344 | 18 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:34.127 | +2.733 | +0.255 | 22 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:34.340 | +2.946 | +0.213 | 22 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:34.501 | +3.107 | +0.161 | 16 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:34.975 | +3.581 | +0.474 | 16 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:30.847 | — | — | 23 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:30.942 | +0.095 | +0.095 | 25 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:31.082 | +0.235 | +0.140 | 24 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:31.127 | +0.280 | +0.045 | 26 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:31.218 | +0.371 | +0.091 | 23 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:31.230 | +0.383 | +0.012 | 22 |
| 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:31.294 | +0.447 | +0.064 | 23 |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:31.393 | +0.546 | +0.099 | 24 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:31.483 | +0.636 | +0.090 | 27 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:31.503 | +0.656 | +0.020 | 23 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:31.601 | +0.754 | +0.098 | 24 |
| 12 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:31.612 | +0.765 | +0.011 | 26 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:31.740 | +0.893 | +0.128 | 27 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:31.769 | +0.922 | +0.029 | 26 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:31.770 | +0.923 | +0.001 | 24 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:31.862 | +1.015 | +0.092 | 15 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:32.331 | +1.484 | +0.469 | 28 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:33.297 | +2.450 | +0.966 | 24 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:33.400 | +2.553 | +0.103 | 28 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:33.449 | +2.602 | +0.049 | 19 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:30.577 | — | — | 11 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:31.316 | +0.739 | +0.739 | 14 |
| 3 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:31.583 | +1.006 | +0.267 | 13 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:31.855 | +1.278 | +0.272 | 16 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:31.908 | +1.331 | +0.053 | 11 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:32.108 | +1.531 | +0.200 | 16 |
| 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:32.224 | +1.647 | +0.116 | 15 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:32.423 | +1.846 | +0.199 | 11 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:32.431 | +1.854 | +0.008 | 13 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:32.477 | +1.900 | +0.046 | 12 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:32.482 | +1.905 | +0.005 | 17 |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:32.500 | +1.923 | +0.018 | 11 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:32.709 | +2.132 | +0.209 | 15 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:32.755 | +2.178 | +0.046 | 15 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:32.820 | +2.243 | +0.065 | 15 |
| 16 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:32.860 | +2.283 | +0.040 | 10 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:33.323 | +2.746 | +0.463 | 14 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:33.422 | +2.845 | +0.099 | 14 |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:33.622 | +3.045 | +0.200 | 14 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:33.959 | +3.382 | +0.337 | 16 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
The cars in this race
The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.
Red Bull Racing RB16
Alexander Albon-Red Bull RB16 (4) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
McLaren MCL35
Lando Norris-McLaren MCL35 (3) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
Ferrari SF21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 16 Leclerc (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
AlphaTauri AT02
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 10 Gasly (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Aston Martin AMR21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 5 Vettel · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Alfa Romeo Racing C41
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 7 Räikkönen (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
3 more photographs
Alpine A521
Fernando Alonso, F1 British Grand Prix 2021 · Chris Down · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW43
George Russell 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day · Eustace Bagge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Haas VF-21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 47 Schumacher (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 1 of 2021
- Grand Prix
- Bahrain Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Mercedes
- Entrant
- Mercedes
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.