Mexican Grand Prix 2021

Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City
7 November 2021
71 laps
305.4 km
4.304 km a lap

Pole positionValtteri BottasMercedes · 1:15.875
Fastest lapValtteri Bottas1:17.774 · lap 69
Winner started fromP3on the grid
Driver of the DaySergio Pérez36.9% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	3	71	1:38:39.086	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	71	+16.555	18
3	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	4	71	+17.752	15
4	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	5	71	+1:03.845	12
5	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	8	71	+1:21.037	10
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	6	70	+1 lap	8
7	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	9	70	+1 lap	6
8	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	10	70	+1 lap	4
9	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	12	70	+1 lap	2
10	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	18	70	+1 lap	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	11	70	+1 lap
12	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	7	70	+1 lap
13	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	19	70	+1 lap
14	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	20	69	+2 laps
15	Valtteri Bottasfastest lap	77	Mercedes	1	69	+2 laps
16	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	16	69	+2 laps
17	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	13	69	+2 laps
18	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	15	68	+3 laps
DNF	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	14	0	Collision
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	17	0	Collision

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 65, Sergio Pérez 6. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	3	1	2	1	1	65
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	3	2	2
Sergio Pérez	4	3	1	3	3	6
Pierre Gasly	5	4	5	4	4
Charles Leclerc	8	5	6	5	5
Carlos Sainz Jr.	6	6	4	6	6
Sebastian Vettel	9	7	9	7	7
Kimi Räikkönen	10	8	10	8	8
Fernando Alonso	12	9	7	9	9
Lando Norris	18	10	8	10	10
Antonio Giovinazzi	11	13	13	11	11
Daniel Ricciardo	7	11	11	12	12
Esteban Ocon	19	15	15	14	13
Lance Stroll	20	16	17	16	14
Valtteri Bottas	1	12	12	13	15
George Russell	16	14	14	15	16
Nicholas Latifi	13	17	16	17	17
Nikita Mazepin	15	18	18	18	18

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 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Last lap
Max Verstappen	0.0	+7.6	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+5.9	+14.7	+13.3	+16.6
Sergio Pérez	+8.2	0.0	+17.9	+17.8
Pierre Gasly	+17.5	+38.4	+50.3	+63.8
Charles Leclerc	+21.7	+41.8	+59.1	+81.0
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+25.1	+24.8	+60.5	+82.9
Sebastian Vettel	+32.1	+58.7	+72.6	+90.6
Kimi Räikkönen	+35.4	+61.9	+77.5	+95.7
Fernando Alonso	+38.4	+46.9	+86.6	+104.2
Lando Norris	+45.3	+52.6	+90.8	+106.7
Antonio Giovinazzi	+55.7	+78.8	+114.6	+141.5
Daniel Ricciardo	+53.5	+72.5	+115.5	+142.4
Esteban Ocon	+69.8	+93.6	+123.8	+153.9
Lance Stroll	+72.5	+117.8	+144.3	+168.9
Valtteri Bottas	+54.3	+73.6	+116.6	+193.8
George Russell	+68.0	+92.6	+143.5	+199.7
Nicholas Latifi	+79.7	+117.2	+190.2	+214.2
Nikita Mazepin	+84.4	+142.9	+215.8	+287.6

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:16.727	1:16.864	1:15.875
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.207	1:16.474	1:16.020
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.788	1:16.483	1:16.225
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:17.003	1:17.055	1:16.342
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:16.908	1:16.955	1:16.456
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:17.517	1:17.248	1:16.761
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:17.719	1:17.092	1:16.763
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.748	1:17.034	1:16.837
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:17.330	1:16.701	1:17.158
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.569	1:17.473	1:36.830
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:17.502	1:17.746
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.606	1:17.958
13	George Russell	Williams	1:17.958	1:18.172
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:17.897	1:18.290
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.126	1:18.405
16	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:18.452
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:18.756
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:18.858
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:19.303
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.873

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
George Russell	P13	P16	5 places – 5
Yuki Tsunoda	P9	P17	SFB
Lando Norris	P10	P18	SFB
Esteban Ocon	P15	P19	SFB
Lance Stroll	P20	P20	SFB

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Max Verstappen	1	33	21.908 s
George Russell	1	15	21.984 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	42	22.031 s
Charles Leclerc	1	30	22.085 s
Sergio Pérez	1	40	22.114 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	16	22.205 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	33	22.277 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	29	22.373 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	32	22.424 s
Lando Norris	1	44	22.534 s
Pierre Gasly	1	31	22.549 s
Esteban Ocon	1	14	23.100 s
Fernando Alonso	1	39	23.985 s
Nicholas Latifi	2	11, 49	22.739 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	1, 38	22.813 s
Lance Stroll	2	12, 34	23.586 s
Nikita Mazepin	2	13, 58	23.637 s
Valtteri Bottas	4	1, 40, 63, 67	22.463 s

Every stop, lap by lap (25)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.463 s
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	38.128 s
11	Nicholas Latifi	1	23.681 s
12	Lance Stroll	1	23.586 s
13	Nikita Mazepin	1	25.094 s
14	Esteban Ocon	1	23.100 s
15	George Russell	1	21.984 s
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	22.205 s
29	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.373 s
30	Charles Leclerc	1	22.085 s
31	Pierre Gasly	1	22.549 s
32	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.424 s
33	Max Verstappen	1	21.908 s
33	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.277 s
34	Lance Stroll	2	26.056 s
38	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.813 s
39	Fernando Alonso	1	23.985 s
40	Sergio Pérez	1	22.114 s
40	Valtteri Bottas	2	31.664 s
42	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	22.031 s
44	Lando Norris	1	22.534 s
49	Nicholas Latifi	2	22.739 s
58	Nikita Mazepin	2	23.637 s
63	Valtteri Bottas	3	22.680 s
67	Valtteri Bottas	4	26.443 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	69	1:17.774
2	Max Verstappen	52	1:18.999	+1.225
3	Sergio Pérez	49	1:19.468	+1.694
4	Lewis Hamilton	66	1:19.820	+2.046
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	63	1:20.081	+2.307
6	Sebastian Vettel	70	1:20.460	+2.686
7	Pierre Gasly	66	1:20.510	+2.736
8	Lando Norris	67	1:20.617	+2.843
9	Charles Leclerc	63	1:20.665	+2.891
10	Fernando Alonso	54	1:20.711	+2.937

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 18. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 18
Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	312.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	293.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	185
4	Sergio Pérez	165
5	Lando Norris	150
6	Charles Leclerc	138
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	130.5
8	Daniel Ricciardo	105
9	Pierre Gasly	86
10	Fernando Alonso	60

Constructors' championship after round 18
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	478.5
2	Red Bull	477.5
3	Ferrari	268.5	▲1
4	McLaren	255	▼1
5	Alpine	106
6	AlphaTauri	106
7	Aston Martin	68
8	Williams	23
9	Alfa Romeo	11
10	Haas	0