Race · Round 20 of 22 ·
2021 Qatar Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Lusail International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 102 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- Lusail International CircuitLusail, Qatar
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- Fastest lap
- Max Verstappen
- Entries
- 2018 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 1 | 57 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 7 | 57 | Finished | 19 | fastest lap |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | A521 | 3 | 57 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 11 | 57 | Finished | 12 | |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | A521 | 9 | 57 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 12 | 57 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | SF21 | 5 | 57 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF21 | 13 | 57 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Lando Norris | McLaren | MCL35M | 4 | 56 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 10 | 56 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 2 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | MCL35M | 14 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 8 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | C41 | 16 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | C41 | 18 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 19 | 56 | Finished | 0 | |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | FW43B | 15 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 20 | 55 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | FW43B | 17 | 50 | Puncture | 0 | |
| DNF | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 6 | 48 | Puncture damage | 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 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:21.901 | 1:21.682 | 1:20.827 | — | — |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:21.996 | 1:21.984 | 1:21.424 | +0.597 | +0.597 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:22.016 | 1:21.991 | 1:21.478 | +0.651 | +0.054 |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:22.535 | 1:21.728 | 1:21.640 | +0.813 | +0.162 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:22.422 | 1:21.894 | 1:21.670 | +0.843 | +0.030 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:22.839 | 1:22.216 | 1:21.731 | +0.904 | +0.061 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:22.304 | 1:22.241 | 1:21.840 | +1.013 | +0.109 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:22.458 | 1:22.058 | 1:21.881 | +1.054 | +0.041 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:22.565 | 1:22.012 | 1:22.028 | +1.201 | +0.147 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:22.549 | 1:22.146 | 1:22.785 | +1.958 | +0.757 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:22.398 | 1:22.346 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:22.551 | 1:22.460 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:22.742 | 1:22.463 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:22.688 | 1:22.597 | — | — | — |
| 15 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:22.863 | 1:22.756 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:23.156 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:23.213 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:23.262 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:23.407 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:25.859 | — | — | — | — |
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. 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 | 1 · 7 | 1 · 2 | 18 · 17 | Max Verstappen | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Pierre Gasly | 1 · 2 | 1 · 11 | 18 · 13 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Max Verstappen | 3 · 7 | 3 · 2 | 23 · 17 | Max Verstappen | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Yuki Tsunoda | 7 · 8 | 2 · 13 | 17 · 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 3 | 11 · 3 | 13 · 23 | Pierre Gasly | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Sergio Perez | 3 · 11 | 3 · 4 | 23 · 19 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Lando Norris | 3 · 4 | 3 · 9 | 23 · 25 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Sergio Perez | 9 · 11 | 5 · 4 | 24 · 19 | Sergio Perez | Swapped places |
| Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez | 10 · 11 | 10 · 4 | 26 · 19 | Sergio Perez | Swapped places |
| Sergio Perez · Lance Stroll | 11 · 12 | 4 · 6 | 19 · 23 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Esteban Ocon | 8 · 9 | 13 · 5 | 9 · 24 | Yuki Tsunoda | Swapped places |
| Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll | 9 · 12 | 5 · 6 | 24 · 23 | Lance Stroll | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Sebastian Vettel | 9 · 10 | 5 · 10 | 24 · 26 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Carlos Sainz · Lance Stroll | 5 · 12 | 7 · 6 | 27 · 23 | Lance Stroll | Swapped places |
| Lance Stroll · Charles Leclerc | 12 · 13 | 6 · 8 | 23 · 27 | Lance Stroll | Kept their order |
| Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz | 4 · 5 | 9 · 7 | 25 · 27 | Lando Norris | Swapped places |
| Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc | 5 · 13 | 7 · 8 | 27 · 27 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Lando Norris · Charles Leclerc | 4 · 13 | 9 · 8 | 25 · 27 | Lando Norris | Swapped places |
| Charles Leclerc · Daniel Ricciardo | 13 · 14 | 8 · 12 | 27 · 26 | Daniel Ricciardo | Kept their order |
| Lando Norris · Sebastian Vettel | 4 · 10 | 9 · 10 | 25 · 26 | Lando Norris | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel | 2 · 10 | 11 · 10 | 13 · 26 | Pierre Gasly | Swapped places |
| Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo | 2 · 14 | 11 · 12 | 13 · 26 | Pierre Gasly | Kept their order |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Daniel Ricciardo | 8 · 14 | 13 · 12 | 9 · 26 | Yuki Tsunoda | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · George Russell | 14 · 15 | 12 · 17 | 26 · 17 | George Russell | Kept their order |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen | 8 · 16 | 13 · 14 | 9 · 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Kept their order |
| George Russell · Kimi Raikkonen | 15 · 16 | 17 · 14 | 17 · 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Antonio Giovinazzi | 16 · 18 | 14 · 15 | 10 · 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Mick Schumacher | 18 · 19 | 15 · 16 | 15 · 22 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Kept their order |
| George Russell · Mick Schumacher | 15 · 19 | 17 · 16 | 17 · 22 | George Russell | Swapped places |
| Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin | 19 · 20 | 16 · 18 | 22 · 31 | Mick Schumacher | Kept their order |
| George Russell · Nikita Mazepin | 15 · 20 | 17 · 18 | 17 · 31 | George Russell | 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 | 1:23.723 | — | — | 22 |
| 2 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:24.160 | +0.437 | +0.437 | 28 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:24.194 | +0.471 | +0.034 | 24 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:24.509 | +0.786 | +0.315 | 21 |
| 5 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:24.648 | +0.925 | +0.139 | 27 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:24.713 | +0.990 | +0.065 | 26 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:24.790 | +1.067 | +0.077 | 27 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:24.915 | +1.192 | +0.125 | 22 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:24.972 | +1.249 | +0.057 | 23 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:25.215 | +1.492 | +0.243 | 19 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:25.291 | +1.568 | +0.076 | 24 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:25.328 | +1.605 | +0.037 | 19 |
| 13 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:25.688 | +1.965 | +0.360 | 24 |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:25.757 | +2.034 | +0.069 | 23 |
| 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:25.828 | +2.105 | +0.071 | 25 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:25.871 | +2.148 | +0.043 | 24 |
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:25.905 | +2.182 | +0.034 | 21 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:26.699 | +2.976 | +0.794 | 21 |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:26.712 | +2.989 | +0.013 | 11 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:27.500 | +3.777 | +0.788 | 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 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:23.148 | — | — | 27 |
| 2 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:23.357 | +0.209 | +0.209 | 27 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:23.498 | +0.350 | +0.141 | 20 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:23.570 | +0.422 | +0.072 | 25 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:23.632 | +0.484 | +0.062 | 24 |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:23.705 | +0.557 | +0.073 | 26 |
| 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:23.735 | +0.587 | +0.030 | 28 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:23.787 | +0.639 | +0.052 | 20 |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:24.020 | +0.872 | +0.233 | 27 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:24.033 | +0.885 | +0.013 | 28 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:24.041 | +0.893 | +0.008 | 29 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:24.056 | +0.908 | +0.015 | 25 |
| 13 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:24.095 | +0.947 | +0.039 | 23 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:24.135 | +0.987 | +0.040 | 24 |
| 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:24.631 | +1.483 | +0.496 | 26 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:24.954 | +1.806 | +0.323 | 27 |
| 17 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:25.072 | +1.924 | +0.118 | 23 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:25.209 | +2.061 | +0.137 | 28 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:25.575 | +2.427 | +0.366 | 27 |
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 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:22.310 | — | — | 17 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:22.388 | +0.078 | +0.078 | 16 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:22.651 | +0.341 | +0.263 | 10 |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:22.835 | +0.525 | +0.184 | 17 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:22.846 | +0.536 | +0.011 | 14 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:23.048 | +0.738 | +0.202 | 17 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:23.186 | +0.876 | +0.138 | 13 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:23.209 | +0.899 | +0.023 | 18 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:23.276 | +0.966 | +0.067 | 17 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:23.567 | +1.257 | +0.291 | 20 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:23.711 | +1.401 | +0.144 | 14 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:23.884 | +1.574 | +0.173 | 17 |
| 13 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:23.895 | +1.585 | +0.011 | 16 |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:23.923 | +1.613 | +0.028 | 17 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:24.154 | +1.844 | +0.231 | 17 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:24.246 | +1.936 | +0.092 | 19 |
| 17 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:24.288 | +1.978 | +0.042 | 17 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:24.499 | +2.189 | +0.211 | 15 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:24.680 | +2.370 | +0.181 | 20 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
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
Alpine A521
Fernando Alonso, F1 British Grand Prix 2021 · Chris Down · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Aston Martin AMR21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 5 Vettel · 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
McLaren MCL35
Lando Norris-McLaren MCL35 (3) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
AlphaTauri AT02
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 10 Gasly (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
Alfa Romeo Racing C41
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 7 Räikkönen (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Haas VF-21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 47 Schumacher (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW43
George Russell 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day · Eustace Bagge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 20 of 2021
- Grand Prix
- Qatar Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Mercedes
- Entrant
- Mercedes
- Confidence
- reference
No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.