Race · Round 21 of 22 ·
2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Jeddah Corniche Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 103 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- Jeddah Corniche CircuitJeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Winner
- Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- Fastest lap
- Sir Lewis Hamilton
- Entries
- 2015 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 1 | 50 | Finished | 26 | fastest lap |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 3 | 50 | Finished | 18 | |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W12 | 2 | 50 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | A521 | 9 | 50 | Finished | 12 | |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | MCL35M | 11 | 50 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 6 | 50 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | SF21 | 4 | 50 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | SF21 | 15 | 50 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | C41 | 10 | 50 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | MCL35M | 7 | 50 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 18 | 50 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | FW43B | 16 | 50 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | A521 | 13 | 49 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | AT02 | 8 | 49 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | C41 | 12 | 49 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | AMR21 | 17 | 44 | Collision damage | 0 | |
| DNF | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | RB16B | 5 | 14 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 20 | 14 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | George Russell | Williams | FW43B | 14 | 14 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | VF-21 | 19 | 8 | 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 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:28.466 | 1:27.712 | 1:27.511 | — | — |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:28.057 | 1:28.054 | 1:27.622 | +0.111 | +0.111 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:28.285 | 1:27.953 | 1:27.653 | +0.142 | +0.031 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:28.310 | 1:28.459 | 1:28.054 | +0.543 | +0.401 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:28.021 | 1:27.946 | 1:28.123 | +0.612 | +0.069 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:28.401 | 1:28.314 | 1:28.125 | +0.614 | +0.002 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:28.338 | 1:28.344 | 1:28.180 | +0.669 | +0.055 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:28.503 | 1:28.222 | 1:28.442 | +0.931 | +0.262 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:28.752 | 1:28.574 | 1:28.647 | +1.136 | +0.205 |
| 10 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:28.899 | 1:28.616 | 1:28.754 | +1.243 | +0.107 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:28.216 | 1:28.668 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:28.856 | 1:28.885 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:28.944 | 1:28.920 | — | — | — |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:28.926 | 1:29.054 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:28.237 | 1:53.652 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:29.177 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:29.198 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:29.368 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:29.464 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:30.473 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 1 · 3 | 1 · 2 | 10 · 13 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas | 1 · 2 | 1 · 3 | 10 · 10 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen | 2 · 3 | 3 · 2 | 10 · 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Charles Leclerc | 3 · 4 | 2 · 7 | 13 · 10 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Ocon | 2 · 9 | 3 · 4 | 10 · 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Kept their order |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Esteban Ocon | 8 · 9 | 14 · 4 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Esteban Ocon · Daniel Ricciardo | 9 · 11 | 4 · 5 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Antonio Giovinazzi | 9 · 10 | 4 · 9 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo | 6 · 11 | 6 · 5 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Daniel Ricciardo | 10 · 11 | 9 · 5 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen | 11 · 12 | 5 · 15 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly | 4 · 6 | 7 · 6 | 10 · 13 | Charles Leclerc | Swapped places |
| Pierre Gasly · Lando Norris | 6 · 7 | 6 · 10 | 13 · 10 | Lando Norris | Kept their order |
| Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz | 4 · 15 | 7 · 8 | 10 · 13 | Charles Leclerc | Kept their order |
| Antonio Giovinazzi · Carlos Sainz | 10 · 15 | 9 · 8 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Carlos Sainz · Nicholas Latifi | 15 · 16 | 8 · 12 | 13 · 10 | Nicholas Latifi | Kept their order |
| Lando Norris · Antonio Giovinazzi | 7 · 10 | 10 · 9 | 10 · 13 | Lando Norris | Swapped places |
| Lando Norris · Lance Stroll | 7 · 18 | 10 · 11 | 10 · 9 | Lance Stroll | Kept their order |
| Lando Norris · Yuki Tsunoda | 7 · 8 | 10 · 14 | 10 · 13 | Lando Norris | Kept their order |
| Nicholas Latifi · Lance Stroll | 16 · 18 | 12 · 11 | 10 · 9 | Lance Stroll | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi | 13 · 16 | 13 · 12 | 10 · 10 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Fernando Alonso | 8 · 13 | 14 · 13 | 13 · 10 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso | 12 · 13 | 15 · 13 | 13 · 10 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen | 8 · 12 | 14 · 15 | 13 · 13 | Same lap | 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 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.786 | — | — | 21 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:29.842 | +0.056 | +0.056 | 23 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:30.009 | +0.223 | +0.167 | 24 |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:30.263 | +0.477 | +0.254 | 28 |
| 5 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:30.318 | +0.532 | +0.055 | 27 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:30.564 | +0.778 | +0.246 | 26 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:30.600 | +0.814 | +0.036 | 26 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:30.608 | +0.822 | +0.008 | 25 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:30.842 | +1.056 | +0.234 | 27 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:30.886 | +1.100 | +0.044 | 25 |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:30.960 | +1.174 | +0.074 | 27 |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:31.023 | +1.237 | +0.063 | 29 |
| 13 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:31.029 | +1.243 | +0.006 | 23 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:31.044 | +1.258 | +0.015 | 25 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:31.099 | +1.313 | +0.055 | 26 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:31.296 | +1.510 | +0.197 | 26 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:31.343 | +1.557 | +0.047 | 28 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:31.525 | +1.739 | +0.182 | 24 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:31.821 | +2.035 | +0.296 | 27 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:33.464 | +3.678 | +1.643 | 23 |
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 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:29.018 | — | — | 22 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:29.079 | +0.061 | +0.061 | 23 |
| 3 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:29.099 | +0.081 | +0.020 | 22 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:29.213 | +0.195 | +0.114 | 20 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:29.441 | +0.423 | +0.228 | 21 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:29.555 | +0.537 | +0.114 | 22 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:29.589 | +0.571 | +0.034 | 24 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:29.597 | +0.579 | +0.008 | 20 |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:29.768 | +0.750 | +0.171 | 22 |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:29.772 | +0.754 | +0.004 | 23 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:29.968 | +0.950 | +0.196 | 22 |
| 12 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:30.004 | +0.986 | +0.036 | 19 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:30.110 | +1.092 | +0.106 | 23 |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:30.276 | +1.258 | +0.166 | 24 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:30.442 | +1.424 | +0.166 | 22 |
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:30.502 | +1.484 | +0.060 | 22 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:30.506 | +1.488 | +0.004 | 24 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:30.652 | +1.634 | +0.146 | 20 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:31.039 | +2.021 | +0.387 | 23 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:31.629 | +2.611 | +0.590 | 20 |
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 | 1:28.100 | — | — | 20 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:28.314 | +0.214 | +0.214 | 23 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:28.629 | +0.529 | +0.315 | 21 |
| 4 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:28.641 | +0.541 | +0.012 | 20 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:28.715 | +0.615 | +0.074 | 22 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:29.019 | +0.919 | +0.304 | 19 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:29.101 | +1.001 | +0.082 | 22 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:29.149 | +1.049 | +0.048 | 19 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:29.177 | +1.077 | +0.028 | 19 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:29.300 | +1.200 | +0.123 | 18 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:29.418 | +1.318 | +0.118 | 21 |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:29.590 | +1.490 | +0.172 | 20 |
| 13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:29.689 | +1.589 | +0.099 | 24 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:29.717 | +1.617 | +0.028 | 19 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:30.030 | +1.930 | +0.313 | 14 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:30.034 | +1.934 | +0.004 | 17 |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:30.296 | +2.196 | +0.262 | 15 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:30.366 | +2.266 | +0.070 | 17 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:30.933 | +2.833 | +0.567 | 20 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:30.979 | +2.879 | +0.046 | 23 |
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
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 · unchecked
Ferrari SF21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 16 Leclerc (side) · 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
Aston Martin AMR21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 5 Vettel · 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 · unchecked
Haas VF-21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 47 Schumacher (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 21 of 2021
- Grand Prix
- Saudi Arabian 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.