Race · Round 18 of 22 ·
2021 Mexico City Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from 3rd on the grid at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 2 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
- Winner
- Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Valtteri Bottas
- Fastest lap
- Valtteri Bottas
- Entries
- 2018 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 3 | 71 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 2 | 71 | Finished | 18 | |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 4 | 71 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 5 | 71 | Finished | 12 | |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF21 | 8 | 71 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | SF21 | 6 | 70 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 9 | 70 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | C41 | 10 | 70 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | A521 | 12 | 70 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | MCL35M | 18 | 70 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | C41 | 11 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | MCL35M | 7 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | A521 | 19 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 20 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 1 | 69 | Finished | 0 | fastest lap |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | FW43B | 16 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | FW43B | 13 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 15 | 68 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 17 | 0 | Collision | 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 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:16.727 | 1:16.864 | 1:15.875 | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.207 | 1:16.474 | 1:16.020 | +0.145 | +0.145 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:16.788 | 1:16.483 | 1:16.225 | +0.350 | +0.205 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:17.003 | 1:17.055 | 1:16.342 | +0.467 | +0.117 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:16.908 | 1:16.955 | 1:16.456 | +0.581 | +0.114 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:17.517 | 1:17.248 | 1:16.761 | +0.886 | +0.305 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:17.719 | 1:17.092 | 1:16.763 | +0.888 | +0.002 |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:16.748 | 1:17.034 | 1:16.837 | +0.962 | +0.074 |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:17.330 | 1:16.701 | 1:17.158 | +1.283 | +0.321 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:17.569 | 1:17.473 | 1:36.830 | +20.955 | +19.672 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:17.502 | 1:17.746 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:17.606 | 1:17.958 | — | — | — |
| 13 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:17.958 | 1:18.172 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:17.897 | 1:18.290 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:18.126 | 1:18.405 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:18.452 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:18.756 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:18.858 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:19.303 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:20.873 | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen | 2 · 3 | 2 · 1 | 29 · 33 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez | 3 · 4 | 1 · 3 | 33 · 40 | Max Verstappen | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 · 2 | 15 · 2 | 1 · 29 | Valtteri Bottas | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez | 2 · 4 | 2 · 3 | 29 · 40 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Pierre Gasly | 4 · 5 | 3 · 4 | 40 · 31 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Charles Leclerc | 5 · 8 | 4 · 5 | 31 · 30 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Carlos Sainz | 5 · 6 | 4 · 6 | 31 · 42 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc | 6 · 8 | 6 · 5 | 42 · 30 | Charles Leclerc | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Charles Leclerc | 7 · 8 | 12 · 5 | 1 · 30 | Daniel Ricciardo | Swapped places |
| Charles Leclerc · Sebastian Vettel | 8 · 9 | 5 · 7 | 30 · 33 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Carlos Sainz · Sebastian Vettel | 6 · 9 | 6 · 7 | 42 · 33 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Carlos Sainz · Daniel Ricciardo | 6 · 7 | 6 · 12 | 42 · 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen | 9 · 10 | 7 · 8 | 33 · 32 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso | 10 · 12 | 8 · 9 | 32 · 39 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Antonio Giovinazzi | 10 · 11 | 8 · 11 | 32 · 16 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Fernando Alonso | 11 · 12 | 11 · 9 | 16 · 39 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Lando Norris | 12 · 18 | 9 · 10 | 39 · 44 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi | 12 · 13 | 9 · 17 | 39 · 11 | Nicholas Latifi | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Lando Norris | 11 · 18 | 11 · 10 | 16 · 44 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Swapped places |
| Lando Norris · Esteban Ocon | 18 · 19 | 10 · 13 | 44 · 14 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Antonio Giovinazzi | 7 · 11 | 12 · 11 | 1 · 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Esteban Ocon | 7 · 19 | 12 · 13 | 1 · 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll | 19 · 20 | 13 · 14 | 14 · 12 | Lance Stroll | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Lance Stroll | 1 · 20 | 15 · 14 | 1 · 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Swapped places |
| Valtteri Bottas · George Russell | 1 · 16 | 15 · 16 | 1 · 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Kept their order |
| Nicholas Latifi · George Russell | 13 · 16 | 17 · 16 | 11 · 15 | Nicholas Latifi | Swapped places |
| Nikita Mazepin · George Russell | 15 · 16 | 18 · 16 | 13 · 15 | Nikita Mazepin | Swapped places |
| Nicholas Latifi · Nikita Mazepin | 13 · 15 | 17 · 18 | 11 · 13 | Nicholas Latifi | 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 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:18.341 | — | — | 28 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:18.417 | +0.076 | +0.076 | 24 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:18.464 | +0.123 | +0.047 | 28 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:18.610 | +0.269 | +0.146 | 20 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:18.985 | +0.644 | +0.375 | 23 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:19.463 | +1.122 | +0.478 | 26 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:19.656 | +1.315 | +0.193 | 26 |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:19.667 | +1.326 | +0.011 | 20 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:19.759 | +1.418 | +0.092 | 20 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:19.858 | +1.517 | +0.099 | 27 |
| 11 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:20.011 | +1.670 | +0.153 | 30 |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:20.026 | +1.685 | +0.015 | 26 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:20.030 | +1.689 | +0.004 | 27 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:20.273 | +1.932 | +0.243 | 25 |
| 15 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:20.301 | +1.960 | +0.028 | 26 |
| 16 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:20.344 | +2.003 | +0.043 | 27 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:20.517 | +2.176 | +0.173 | 23 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:21.580 | +3.239 | +1.063 | 23 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:22.144 | +3.803 | +0.564 | 27 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:22.819 | +4.478 | +0.675 | 24 |
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 | 1:17.301 | — | — | 28 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:17.725 | +0.424 | +0.424 | 31 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.810 | +0.509 | +0.085 | 26 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:17.871 | +0.570 | +0.061 | 26 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:18.318 | +1.017 | +0.447 | 29 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:18.429 | +1.128 | +0.111 | 29 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:18.605 | +1.304 | +0.176 | 28 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:18.644 | +1.343 | +0.039 | 31 |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:18.681 | +1.380 | +0.037 | 32 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:18.732 | +1.431 | +0.051 | 27 |
| 11 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:18.841 | +1.540 | +0.109 | 25 |
| 12 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:18.979 | +1.678 | +0.138 | 27 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:19.227 | +1.926 | +0.248 | 31 |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:19.431 | +2.130 | +0.204 | 37 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:19.521 | +2.220 | +0.090 | 7 |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:19.620 | +2.319 | +0.099 | 30 |
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:19.730 | +2.429 | +0.110 | 36 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:20.820 | +3.519 | +1.090 | 17 |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:21.581 | +4.280 | +0.761 | 28 |
| 20 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | — | — | — | 2 |
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 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:17.024 | — | — | 15 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:17.217 | +0.193 | +0.193 | 12 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.675 | +0.651 | +0.458 | 14 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:17.708 | +0.684 | +0.033 | 17 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:18.029 | +1.005 | +0.321 | 20 |
| 6 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:18.037 | +1.013 | +0.008 | 25 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:18.121 | +1.097 | +0.084 | 15 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:18.202 | +1.178 | +0.081 | 18 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:18.213 | +1.189 | +0.011 | 20 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:18.312 | +1.288 | +0.099 | 16 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:18.352 | +1.328 | +0.040 | 20 |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:18.531 | +1.507 | +0.179 | 22 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:18.556 | +1.532 | +0.025 | 19 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:18.614 | +1.590 | +0.058 | 17 |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:18.847 | +1.823 | +0.233 | 15 |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:18.999 | +1.975 | +0.152 | 17 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:19.211 | +2.187 | +0.212 | 19 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:19.238 | +2.214 | +0.027 | 14 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:19.313 | +2.289 | +0.075 | 12 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:20.479 | +3.455 | +1.166 | 15 |
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
AlphaTauri AT02
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 10 Gasly (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari SF21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 16 Leclerc (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 · unchecked
Alpine A521
Fernando Alonso, F1 British Grand Prix 2021 · Chris Down · CC BY 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
McLaren MCL35
Lando Norris-McLaren MCL35 (3) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
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
- 18 of 2021
- Grand Prix
- Mexican Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Stadium layout · 4.304 km · 17 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Red Bull Racing
- Entrant
- Red Bull-Honda
- 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.