Bahrain Grand Prix 2021

Bahrain
Sakhir
28 March 2021
56 laps
302.8 km
5.412 km a lap

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:28.997
Fastest lapValtteri Bottas1:32.090 · lap 56
Winner started fromP2on the grid
Driver of the DaySergio Pérez27.7% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	56	1:32:03.897	25
2	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	1	56	+0.745	18
3	Valtteri Bottasfastest lap	77	Mercedes	3	56	+37.383	16
4	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	7	56	+46.466	12
5	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	–	56	+52.047	10
6	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	4	56	+59.090	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	6	56	+1:06.004	6
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	8	56	+1:07.100	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	13	56	+1:25.692	2
10	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	10	56	+1:26.713	1
11	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	14	56	+1:28.864
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	12	55	+1 lap
13	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	16	55	+1 lap
14	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	15	55	+1 lap
15	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	20	55	+1 lap+10.000 penalty
16	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	18	55	+1 lap
17	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	5	52	Suspension
18	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	17	51	Fuel system
DNF	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	9	32	Brakes
DNF	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	19	0	Accident

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: Max Verstappen 29, Lewis Hamilton 27. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	2	4	2	1	1	27
Max Verstappen	1	1	1	2	2	29
Valtteri Bottas	3	2	3	3	3
Lando Norris	7	8	4	4	4
Sergio Pérez	–	5	7	7	5
Charles Leclerc	4	9	5	5	6
Daniel Ricciardo	6	11	6	6	7
Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	3	8	9	8
Yuki Tsunoda	13	6	11	10	9
Lance Stroll	10	12	9	8	10
Kimi Räikkönen	14	14	10	11	11
Antonio Giovinazzi	12	16	14	14	12
Esteban Ocon	16	15	13	13	13
George Russell	15	18	15	15	14
Sebastian Vettel	20	7	17	12	15
Mick Schumacher	18	17	19	18	16
Pierre Gasly	5	19	18	16	17
Nicholas Latifi	17	13	16	17	18
Fernando Alonso	9	10	12	–	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 75 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 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	+22.5	+0.6	0.0	0.0
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	+5.8	+0.7
Valtteri Bottas	+6.5	+4.8	+16.6	+37.4
Lando Norris	+36.0	+25.9	+38.8	+46.5
Sergio Pérez	+25.2	+37.5	+52.7	+52.0
Charles Leclerc	+37.1	+28.9	+44.1	+59.1
Daniel Ricciardo	+40.9	+34.5	+51.5	+66.0
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+21.5	+41.8	+60.3	+67.1
Yuki Tsunoda	+30.4	+50.0	+68.6	+85.7
Lance Stroll	+41.7	+43.7	+57.6	+86.7
Kimi Räikkönen	+47.6	+47.1	+73.6	+88.9
Antonio Giovinazzi	+55.8	+57.1	+80.5	+100.3
Esteban Ocon	+51.1	+55.0	+77.8	+111.0
George Russell	+57.7	+61.4	+93.4	+112.9
Sebastian Vettel	+32.7	+73.1	+76.4	+123.5
Mick Schumacher	+56.3	+92.0	+135.9	+171.7
Pierre Gasly	+61.4	+88.9	+114.4	+118.6
Nicholas Latifi	+42.5	+72.6	+123.7	+182.1
Fernando Alonso	+40.5	+53.5	–	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	1:30.499	1:30.318	1:28.997
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.617	1:30.085	1:29.385
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.200	1:30.186	1:29.586
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.691	1:30.010	1:29.678
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.848	1:30.513	1:29.809
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.795	1:30.222	1:29.927
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.902	1:30.099	1:29.974
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:31.653	1:30.009	1:30.215
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.863	1:30.595	1:30.249
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.261	1:30.624	1:30.601
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.165	1:30.659
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.998	1:30.708
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.607	1:31.203
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.547	1:31.238
15	George Russell	Williams	1:31.316	1:33.430
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.724
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.936
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.056
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.449
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.273

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Sebastian Vettel	P18	P20	5 places – 5

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	24.626 s
Max Verstappen	2	17, 39	23.848 s
Nicholas Latifi	2	14, 32	23.983 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	13, 29	24.046 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	13, 28	24.076 s
Charles Leclerc	2	12, 32	24.176 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	12, 30	24.223 s
George Russell	2	13, 36	24.248 s
Yuki Tsunoda	2	15, 33	24.328 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	15, 37	24.341 s
Fernando Alonso	2	11, 29	24.373 s
Esteban Ocon	2	13, 31	24.471 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	13, 32	24.655 s
Lance Stroll	2	12, 28	24.884 s
Lando Norris	2	12, 33	24.899 s
Mick Schumacher	2	14, 33	25.343 s
Sergio Pérez	3	2, 19, 38	23.993 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	16, 30, 54	24.262 s
Pierre Gasly	3	4, 19, 39	24.317 s

Every stop, lap by lap (40)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
2	Sergio Pérez	1	23.993 s
4	Pierre Gasly	1	38.338 s
11	Fernando Alonso	1	24.373 s
12	Lance Stroll	1	24.884 s
12	Lando Norris	1	24.899 s
12	Charles Leclerc	1	24.925 s
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	31.998 s
13	Kimi Räikkönen	1	24.107 s
13	George Russell	1	24.621 s
13	Daniel Ricciardo	1	24.688 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.839 s
13	Esteban Ocon	1	25.226 s
14	Mick Schumacher	1	25.798 s
14	Nicholas Latifi	1	26.046 s
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	24.353 s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	1	25.046 s
16	Valtteri Bottas	1	24.262 s
17	Max Verstappen	1	24.767 s
19	Sergio Pérez	2	24.105 s
19	Pierre Gasly	2	24.317 s
24	Sebastian Vettel	1	24.626 s
28	Lewis Hamilton	2	24.076 s
28	Lance Stroll	2	25.525 s
29	Kimi Räikkönen	2	24.046 s
29	Fernando Alonso	2	24.775 s
30	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	24.223 s
30	Valtteri Bottas	2	32.897 s
31	Esteban Ocon	2	24.471 s
32	Nicholas Latifi	2	23.983 s
32	Charles Leclerc	2	24.176 s
32	Daniel Ricciardo	2	24.655 s
33	Yuki Tsunoda	2	24.328 s
33	Mick Schumacher	2	25.343 s
33	Lando Norris	2	25.640 s
36	George Russell	2	24.248 s
37	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	24.341 s
38	Sergio Pérez	3	24.191 s
39	Max Verstappen	2	23.848 s
39	Pierre Gasly	3	24.983 s
54	Valtteri Bottas	3	24.566 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	56	1:32.090
2	Max Verstappen	41	1:33.228	+1.138
3	Sergio Pérez	44	1:33.970	+1.880
4	Lewis Hamilton	44	1:34.015	+1.925
5	Pierre Gasly	48	1:34.090	+2.000
6	Lando Norris	38	1:34.396	+2.306
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	48	1:34.509	+2.419
8	Yuki Tsunoda	38	1:34.761	+2.671
9	Lance Stroll	31	1:34.865	+2.775
10	Daniel Ricciardo	36	1:34.932	+2.842

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 1
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	25
2	Max Verstappen	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	16
4	Lando Norris	12
5	Sergio Pérez	10
6	Charles Leclerc	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	6
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	2
10	Lance Stroll	1

Constructors' championship after round 1
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	41
2	Red Bull	28
3	McLaren	18
4	Ferrari	12
5	AlphaTauri	2
6	Aston Martin	1
7	Alfa Romeo	0
8	Alpine	0
9	Williams	0
10	Haas	0