Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021

Yas Marina
Abu Dhabi
12 December 2021
58 laps
306.2 km
5.281 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:22.109
Fastest lapMax Verstappen1:26.103 · lap 39
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayKimi Räikkönen42.8% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappenfastest lap	33	Red Bull · Honda	1	58	1:30:17.345	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	58	+2.256	18
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	5	58	+5.173	15
4	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	8	58	+5.692	12
5	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	12	58	+6.531	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	6	58	+7.463	8
7	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	3	58	+59.200	6
8	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	11	58	+1:01.708	4
9	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	9	58	+1:04.026	2
10	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	7	58	+1:06.057	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	15	58	+1:07.527
12	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	10	57	+1 lap
13	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	13	57	+1 lap
14	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	19	57	+1 lap
15	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	4	55	Oil pressure
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	16	50	Accident
DNF	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	14	33	Hydraulics
DNF	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	17	26	Gearbox
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	18	25	Brakes
DNS	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	–		Withdrew

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 51, Sergio Pérez 6, Max Verstappen 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	1	4	2	2	1	1
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	1	1	2	51
Carlos Sainz Jr.	5	3	7	4	3
Yuki Tsunoda	8	6	10	7	4
Pierre Gasly	12	12	6	8	5
Valtteri Bottas	6	7	3	6	6
Lando Norris	3	5	8	5	7
Fernando Alonso	11	11	5	9	8
Esteban Ocon	9	10	11	10	9
Charles Leclerc	7	8	9	12	10
Sebastian Vettel	15	14	14	13	11
Daniel Ricciardo	10	9	12	11	12
Lance Stroll	13	15	15	14	13
Mick Schumacher	19	19	16	15	14
Sergio Pérez	4	1	4	3	15	6
Nicholas Latifi	16	17	17	16	out
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	13	13	–	out
George Russell	17	18	–	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	18	16	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 15	Lap 29	Lap 44	Last lap
Max Verstappen	+15.7	+4.1	+13.8	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+10.6	0.0	0.0	+2.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+14.0	+43.8	+63.2	+5.2
Yuki Tsunoda	+22.5	+51.0	+74.3	+5.7
Pierre Gasly	+32.2	+41.6	+77.9	+6.5
Valtteri Bottas	+24.3	+27.2	+67.2	+7.5
Lando Norris	+19.5	+46.4	+66.1	+59.2
Fernando Alonso	+31.1	+39.8	+82.1	+61.7
Esteban Ocon	+30.9	+55.7	+83.3	+64.0
Charles Leclerc	+25.4	+48.9	+85.1	+66.1
Sebastian Vettel	+35.7	+71.5	+97.6	+67.5
Daniel Ricciardo	+30.2	+58.8	+84.2	+90.7
Lance Stroll	+37.3	+73.7	+102.5	+95.1
Mick Schumacher	+64.9	+85.5	+127.7	+95.7
Sergio Pérez	0.0	+28.9	+41.3	+16.4
Nicholas Latifi	+44.7	+95.7	+128.9	out
Antonio Giovinazzi	+34.5	+70.4	–	out
George Russell	+46.7	–	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	+39.8	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.322	1:22.800	1:22.109
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.845	1:23.145	1:22.480
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:23.553	1:23.256	1:22.931
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:23.350	1:23.135	1:22.947
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:23.624	1:23.174	1:22.992
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.117	1:23.246	1:23.036
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.467	1:23.202	1:23.122
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:23.428	1:23.404	1:23.220
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:23.764	1:23.420	1:23.389
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:23.829	1:23.448	1:23.409
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:23.846	1:23.460
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:23.489	1:24.043
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.061	1:24.066
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:24.118	1:24.251
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:24.225	1:24.305
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:24.338
17	George Russell	Williams	1:24.423
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.779
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:24.906
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:25.685

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	1	23	21.221 s
Nicholas Latifi	1	28	21.241 s
Fernando Alonso	1	36	21.304 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	14	21.595 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	30	21.669 s
Esteban Ocon	1	15	21.677 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	19	22.213 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	17	22.283 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	21	22.338 s
Charles Leclerc	2	15, 35	21.173 s
Lando Norris	2	17, 48	21.380 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	18, 52	21.449 s
Yuki Tsunoda	2	23, 53	21.909 s
Pierre Gasly	2	36, 54	21.920 s
Mick Schumacher	2	10, 52	22.070 s
Lance Stroll	2	21, 52	22.288 s
Max Verstappen	3	13, 36, 53	21.152 s
Sergio Pérez	3	21, 36, 53	21.385 s

Every stop, lap by lap (29)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
10	Mick Schumacher	1	22.124 s
13	Max Verstappen	1	21.152 s
14	Lewis Hamilton	1	21.595 s
15	Esteban Ocon	1	21.677 s
15	Charles Leclerc	1	22.461 s
17	Lando Norris	1	21.380 s
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	22.283 s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	1	21.449 s
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	22.213 s
21	Sergio Pérez	1	21.471 s
21	Lance Stroll	1	22.288 s
21	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.338 s
23	Sebastian Vettel	1	21.221 s
23	Yuki Tsunoda	1	22.455 s
28	Nicholas Latifi	1	21.241 s
30	Valtteri Bottas	1	21.669 s
35	Charles Leclerc	2	21.173 s
36	Fernando Alonso	1	21.304 s
36	Sergio Pérez	2	21.413 s
36	Max Verstappen	2	21.871 s
36	Pierre Gasly	1	22.133 s
48	Lando Norris	2	22.173 s
52	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.056 s
52	Mick Schumacher	2	22.070 s
52	Lance Stroll	2	22.661 s
53	Sergio Pérez	3	21.385 s
53	Max Verstappen	3	21.453 s
53	Yuki Tsunoda	2	21.909 s
54	Pierre Gasly	2	21.920 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	39	1:26.103
2	Sergio Pérez	51	1:26.419	+0.316
3	Lewis Hamilton	43	1:26.615	+0.512
4	Lando Norris	58	1:26.762	+0.659
5	Valtteri Bottas	51	1:26.862	+0.759
6	Pierre Gasly	49	1:27.342	+1.239
7	Yuki Tsunoda	50	1:27.496	+1.393
8	Fernando Alonso	58	1:27.607	+1.504
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	51	1:27.618	+1.515
10	Esteban Ocon	58	1:28.249	+2.146

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 22. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 22
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	395.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	387.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	226
4	Sergio Pérez	190
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	164.5	▲2
6	Lando Norris	160
7	Charles Leclerc	159	▼2
8	Daniel Ricciardo	115
9	Pierre Gasly	110
10	Fernando Alonso	81

Constructors' championship after round 22
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	613.5
2	Red Bull	585.5
3	Ferrari	323.5
4	McLaren	275
5	Alpine	155
6	AlphaTauri	142
7	Aston Martin	77
8	Williams	23
9	Alfa Romeo	13
10	Haas	0