Race · Round 4 of 22 · 9 May 2021

2021 Spanish Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 1 of the starters was not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 98 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2019 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	1	66	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	2	66	Finished	19	fastest lap
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	3	66	Finished	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	4	66	Finished	12
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	8	66	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	7	66	Finished	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	6	66	Finished	6
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	9	65	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	5	65	Finished	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	12	65	Finished	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	11	65	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	17	65	Finished	0
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	13	65	Finished	0
14	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	15	65	Finished	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	14	65	Finished	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	19	65	Finished	0
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	10	65	Finished	0
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	18	64	Finished	0
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	20	64	Finished	0
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	16	6	Electrical	0

F1DB layout catalunya-5 · 4.675 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	66
Max Verstappen	2	2	66
Valtteri Bottas	3	3	66
Charles Leclerc	4	4	66
Sergio Perez	8	5	66
Daniel Ricciardo	7	6	66
Carlos Sainz	6	7	66
Lando Norris	9	8	65
Esteban Ocon	5	9	65
Pierre Gasly	12	10	65
Lance Stroll	11	11	65
Kimi Raikkonen	17	12	65
Sebastian Vettel	13	13	65
George Russell	15	14	65
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	15	65
Nicholas Latifi	19	16	65
Fernando Alonso	10	17	65
Mick Schumacher	18	18	64
Nikita Mazepin	20	19	64
Yuki Tsunoda	16	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.245	1:17.166	1:16.741	—	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:18.090	1:16.922	1:16.777	+0.036	+0.036
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.005	1:17.142	1:16.873	+0.132	+0.096
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.041	1:17.717	1:17.510	+0.769	+0.637
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:18.281	1:17.743	1:17.580	+0.839	+0.070
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:18.205	1:17.656	1:17.620	+0.879	+0.040
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:18.264	1:17.719	1:17.622	+0.881	+0.002
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:18.203	1:17.669	1:17.701	+0.960	+0.079
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:17.821	1:17.696	1:18.010	+1.269	+0.309
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.281	1:17.966	1:18.147	+1.406	+0.137
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:18.241	1:17.974	—	—	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.190	1:17.982	—	—	—
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:18.289	1:18.079	—	—	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:18.549	1:18.356	—	—	—
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:18.445	1:19.154	—	—	—
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:18.556	—	—	—	—
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:18.917	—	—	—	—
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:19.117	—	—	—	—
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:19.219	—	—	—	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:19.807	—	—	—	—

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.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	66	2	28, 42
Max Verstappen	2	66	2	24, 60
Valtteri Bottas	3	66	2	23, 53
Charles Leclerc	4	66	2	28, 58
Sergio Perez	5	66	2	27, 57
Daniel Ricciardo	6	66	2	25, 46
Carlos Sainz	7	66	2	22, 46
Lando Norris	8	65	2	23, 51
Esteban Ocon	9	65	1	23
Pierre Gasly	10	65	2	18, 47
Lance Stroll	11	65	2	22, 39
Kimi Raikkonen	12	65	1	37
Sebastian Vettel	13	65	2	21, 38
George Russell	14	65	2	9, 28
Antonio Giovinazzi	15	65	2	8, 39
Nicholas Latifi	16	65	3	9, 27, 50
Fernando Alonso	17	65	2	21, 61
Mick Schumacher	18	64	2	23, 50
Nikita Mazepin	19	64	2	22, 42
Yuki Tsunoda	DNF	6	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

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 · 2	1 · 2	28 · 24	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	2 · 3	24 · 23	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	3 · 4	23 · 28	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sergio Perez	4 · 8	4 · 5	28 · 27	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Esteban Ocon	4 · 5	4 · 9	28 · 23	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	7 · 8	6 · 5	25 · 27	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Lando Norris	8 · 9	5 · 8	27 · 23	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	7 · 6	22 · 25	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Carlos Sainz	5 · 6	9 · 7	23 · 22	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Lando Norris	6 · 9	7 · 8	22 · 23	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Lando Norris	5 · 9	9 · 8	23 · 23	Same lap	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Fernando Alonso	9 · 10	8 · 17	23 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Pierre Gasly	5 · 12	9 · 10	23 · 18	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Pierre Gasly	11 · 12	11 · 10	22 · 18	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel	12 · 13	10 · 13	18 · 21	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Lance Stroll	10 · 11	17 · 11	21 · 22	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Kimi Raikkonen	11 · 17	11 · 12	22 · 37	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	13 · 17	13 · 12	21 · 37	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Mick Schumacher	17 · 18	12 · 18	37 · 23	Mick Schumacher	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · George Russell	13 · 15	13 · 14	21 · 9	George Russell	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Antonio Giovinazzi	13 · 14	13 · 15	21 · 8	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · George Russell	14 · 15	15 · 14	8 · 9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Antonio Giovinazzi · Nicholas Latifi	14 · 19	15 · 16	8 · 9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi	10 · 19	17 · 16	21 · 9	Nicholas Latifi	Swapped places
Mick Schumacher · Nicholas Latifi	18 · 19	18 · 16	23 · 9	Nicholas Latifi	Swapped places
Nicholas Latifi · Nikita Mazepin	19 · 20	16 · 19	9 · 22	Nicholas Latifi	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Mick Schumacher	10 · 18	17 · 18	21 · 23	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin	18 · 20	18 · 19	23 · 22	Nikita Mazepin	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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.504	—	—	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:18.537	+0.033	+0.033	19
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.627	+0.123	+0.090	22
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:18.944	+0.440	+0.317	24
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.996	+0.492	+0.052	25
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:19.020	+0.516	+0.024	22
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:19.062	+0.558	+0.042	26
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:19.234	+0.730	+0.172	24
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:19.349	+0.845	+0.115	17
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:19.429	+0.925	+0.080	25
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:19.669	+1.165	+0.240	22
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:19.681	+1.177	+0.012	25
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:19.694	+1.190	+0.013	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:19.732	+1.228	+0.038	24
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:19.950	+1.446	+0.218	25
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:20.270	+1.766	+0.320	25
17	Roy Nissany (never started a Grand Prix)	Williams	45	1:20.700	+2.196	+0.430	23
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:20.766	+2.262	+0.066	23
19	Robert Kubica	Sauber	88	1:21.887	+3.383	+1.121	13
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:21.976	+3.472	+0.089	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.170	—	—	32
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.309	+0.139	+0.139	31
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.335	+0.165	+0.026	28
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:18.466	+0.296	+0.131	29
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.518	+0.348	+0.052	30
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.593	+0.423	+0.075	32
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:18.619	+0.449	+0.026	30
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:18.674	+0.504	+0.055	30
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:18.785	+0.615	+0.111	26
10	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:18.918	+0.748	+0.133	23
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:18.947	+0.777	+0.029	30
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:19.092	+0.922	+0.145	28
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:19.122	+0.952	+0.030	29
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:19.134	+0.964	+0.012	29
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:19.195	+1.025	+0.061	28
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:19.213	+1.043	+0.018	30
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:19.957	+1.787	+0.744	29
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:20.046	+1.876	+0.089	26
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:20.326	+2.156	+0.280	30
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:20.753	+2.583	+0.427	27

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:17.835	—	—	11
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.070	+0.235	+0.235	14
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.308	+0.473	+0.238	17
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:18.410	+0.575	+0.102	18
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.423	+0.588	+0.013	15
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:18.494	+0.659	+0.071	14
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.535	+0.700	+0.041	17
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:18.582	+0.747	+0.047	21
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:18.597	+0.762	+0.015	18
10	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:18.606	+0.771	+0.009	16
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.662	+0.827	+0.056	18
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:18.673	+0.838	+0.011	21
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:18.700	+0.865	+0.027	15
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:18.877	+1.042	+0.177	18
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:19.005	+1.170	+0.128	17
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:19.214	+1.379	+0.209	19
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:19.363	+1.528	+0.149	18
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:19.392	+1.557	+0.029	16
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:19.999	+2.164	+0.607	17
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:20.237	+2.402	+0.238	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.

A 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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 4 of 2021
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 9 May 2021
Layout raced: With Turn 10 chicane · 4.675 km · 16 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.