Russian Grand Prix 2021

Sirius
26 September 2021
53 laps
309.7 km
5.848 km a lap

Pole positionLando NorrisMcLaren · 1:41.993
Fastest lapLando Norris1:37.423 · lap 39
Winner started fromP4on the grid
Driver of the DayLando Norris34.1% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	4	53	1:30:41.001	25
2	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	20	53	+53.271	18
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	2	53	+1:02.475	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	5	53	+1:05.607	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	16	53	+1:07.533	10
6	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	6	53	+1:21.321	8
7	Lando Norrisfastest lap	4	McLaren · Mercedes	1	53	+1:27.224	7
8	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	13	53	+1:28.955	4
9	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	8	53	+1:30.076	2
10	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	3	53	+1:40.551	1
11	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	7	53	+1:56.198+10.000 penalty
12	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	10	52	+1 lap
13	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	11	52	+1 lap
14	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	9	52	+1 lap
15	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	19	52	+1 lap
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	17	52	+1 lap
17	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	12	52	+1 lap
18	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	15	51	+2 laps
19	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	18	47	Accident damage
DNF	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	14	32	Oil leak

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: Lando Norris 30, Carlos Sainz Jr. 12, Sergio Pérez 8, Lewis Hamilton 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	4	4	9	2	1	3
Max Verstappen	20	10	12	7	2
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	2	6	3	3	12
Daniel Ricciardo	5	3	10	4	4
Valtteri Bottas	16	14	7	14	5
Fernando Alonso	6	7	3	6	6
Lando Norris	1	1	1	1	7	30
Kimi Räikkönen	13	9	14	12	8
Sergio Pérez	8	5	2	5	9	8
George Russell	3	6	11	9	10
Lance Stroll	7	15	8	8	11
Sebastian Vettel	10	11	16	13	12
Pierre Gasly	11	13	5	15	13
Esteban Ocon	9	8	13	11	14
Charles Leclerc	19	12	4	10	15
Antonio Giovinazzi	17	16	15	18	16
Yuki Tsunoda	12	20	18	17	17
Nikita Mazepin	15	17	19	19	18
Nicholas Latifi	18	19	17	16	19
Mick Schumacher	14	18	20	–	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 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	+8.3	+34.2	+1.8	0.0
Max Verstappen	+16.9	+40.7	+36.0	+53.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+1.3	+31.0	+26.6	+62.5
Daniel Ricciardo	+7.5	+36.9	+29.0	+65.6
Valtteri Bottas	+20.1	+32.1	+46.7	+67.5
Fernando Alonso	+11.1	+14.6	+34.7	+81.3
Lando Norris	0.0	0.0	0.0	+87.2
Kimi Räikkönen	+15.1	+45.0	+45.0	+89.0
Sergio Pérez	+9.3	+11.4	+29.8	+90.1
George Russell	+10.6	+40.3	+41.3	+100.6
Lance Stroll	+30.4	+33.1	+37.3	+106.2
Sebastian Vettel	+17.9	+51.1	+45.7	+112.7
Pierre Gasly	+19.4	+30.0	+47.7	+148.3
Esteban Ocon	+13.8	+42.6	+44.1	+161.2
Charles Leclerc	+18.4	+17.6	+43.0	+169.1
Antonio Giovinazzi	+34.7	+48.4	+78.6	+194.0
Yuki Tsunoda	+44.6	+73.1	+73.7	+213.0
Nikita Mazepin	+37.1	+83.3	+112.8	+240.1
Nicholas Latifi	+42.6	+70.6	+68.2	+118.0
Mick Schumacher	+42.0	+84.4	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:47.238	1:45.827	1:41.993
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:47.924	1:46.521	1:42.510
3	George Russell	Williams	1:48.303	1:46.435	1:42.983
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.992	1:45.129	1:44.050
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:48.345	1:46.361	1:44.156
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:47.877	1:45.514	1:44.204
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:46.396	1:45.306	1:44.710
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:48.322	1:46.360	1:44.956
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.455	1:45.834	1:45.337
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:48.099	1:46.070	1:45.865
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:47.205	1:46.573
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.828	1:46.641
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:48.854	1:46.751
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:48.252
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:48.470
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:49.586
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:49.830
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:51.023
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:53.764
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P7	P16	15 places – 15
Antonio Giovinazzi	P18	P17	5 places – 5
Nicholas Latifi	P14	P18	SFB
Charles Leclerc	P15	P19	SFB
Max Verstappen	P20	P20	SFB

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Mick Schumacher	1	20	29.996 s
Nicholas Latifi	1	13	30.056 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	26, 50	29.242 s
Pierre Gasly	2	33, 50	29.354 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	28, 47	29.569 s
Max Verstappen	2	26, 48	29.578 s
Lando Norris	2	28, 51	29.824 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	26, 49	29.878 s
Esteban Ocon	2	15, 50	29.901 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	36, 50	30.081 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	15, 47	30.102 s
Nikita Mazepin	2	14, 46	30.127 s
Fernando Alonso	2	36, 50	30.157 s
Lance Stroll	2	12, 48	30.241 s
George Russell	2	13, 47	30.665 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	14, 48	30.677 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	22, 48	31.016 s
Charles Leclerc	2	35, 51	31.849 s
Sergio Pérez	2	36, 50	32.313 s
Yuki Tsunoda	3	13, 47, 49	30.112 s

Every stop, lap by lap (39)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
12	Lance Stroll	1	30.241 s
13	Nicholas Latifi	1	30.056 s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	1	30.112 s
13	George Russell	1	30.665 s
14	Nikita Mazepin	1	30.127 s
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	30.715 s
15	Esteban Ocon	1	29.901 s
15	Kimi Räikkönen	1	30.102 s
20	Mick Schumacher	1	29.996 s
22	Daniel Ricciardo	1	33.617 s
26	Sebastian Vettel	1	29.242 s
26	Max Verstappen	1	29.578 s
26	Lewis Hamilton	1	29.878 s
28	Lando Norris	1	29.824 s
28	Valtteri Bottas	1	29.936 s
33	Pierre Gasly	1	29.354 s
35	Charles Leclerc	1	31.849 s
36	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	30.081 s
36	Fernando Alonso	1	30.157 s
36	Sergio Pérez	1	36.026 s
46	Nikita Mazepin	2	33.931 s
47	Valtteri Bottas	2	29.569 s
47	Kimi Räikkönen	2	30.131 s
47	Yuki Tsunoda	2	30.980 s
47	George Russell	2	32.081 s
48	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	30.677 s
48	Daniel Ricciardo	2	31.016 s
48	Max Verstappen	2	31.017 s
48	Lance Stroll	2	43.124 s
49	Lewis Hamilton	2	30.045 s
49	Yuki Tsunoda	3	30.972 s
50	Fernando Alonso	2	30.702 s
50	Pierre Gasly	2	31.915 s
50	Sebastian Vettel	2	32.128 s
50	Sergio Pérez	2	32.313 s
50	Esteban Ocon	2	33.264 s
50	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	33.961 s
51	Charles Leclerc	2	32.648 s
51	Lando Norris	2	32.670 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lando Norris	39	1:37.423
2	Lewis Hamilton	43	1:37.575	+0.152
3	Valtteri Bottas	31	1:38.216	+0.793
4	Pierre Gasly	35	1:38.279	+0.856
5	Max Verstappen	28	1:38.396	+0.973
6	Fernando Alonso	44	1:38.686	+1.263
7	Charles Leclerc	45	1:38.994	+1.571
8	Antonio Giovinazzi	39	1:39.058	+1.635
9	Daniel Ricciardo	24	1:39.124	+1.701
10	Sergio Pérez	45	1:39.215	+1.792

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 15
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	246.5	▲1
2	Max Verstappen	244.5	▼1
3	Valtteri Bottas	151
4	Lando Norris	139
5	Sergio Pérez	120
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	112.5	▲1
7	Charles Leclerc	104	▼1
8	Daniel Ricciardo	95
9	Pierre Gasly	66
10	Fernando Alonso	58

Constructors' championship after round 15
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	397.5
2	Red Bull	364.5
3	McLaren	234
4	Ferrari	216.5
5	Alpine	103
6	AlphaTauri	84
7	Aston Martin	59
8	Williams	23
9	Alfa Romeo	7
10	Haas	0