Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021

Jeddah
5 December 2021
50 laps
308.5 km
6.174 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:27.511
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:30.734 · lap 47
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappen26.7% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	1	50	2:06:15.118	26
2	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	3	50	+21.825+15.000 penalty	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	2	50	+27.531	15
4	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	9	50	+27.633	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	11	50	+40.121	10
6	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	6	50	+41.613	8
7	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	4	50	+44.475	6
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	15	50	+46.606	4
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	10	50	+58.505	2
10	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	7	50	+1:01.358	1
11	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	18	50	+1:17.212
12	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	16	50	+1:23.249
13	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	13	49	+1 lap
14	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	8	49	+1 lap+5.000 penalty
15	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	12	49	+1 lap
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	17	44	Collision damage
DNF	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	5	14	Collision
DNF	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	20	14	Collision
DNF	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	14	14	Collision
DNF	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	19	8	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 31, Lewis Hamilton 18, Esteban Ocon 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 25	Lap 38	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	2	2	1	18
Max Verstappen	3	1	1	1	2	31
Valtteri Bottas	2	3	5	5	3
Esteban Ocon	9	4	3	3	4	1
Daniel Ricciardo	11	5	4	4	5
Pierre Gasly	6	7	6	6	6
Charles Leclerc	4	6	9	9	7
Carlos Sainz Jr.	15	9	8	7	8
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	10	7	8	9
Lando Norris	7	14	13	10	10
Lance Stroll	18	18	10	11	11
Nicholas Latifi	16	19	14	12	12
Fernando Alonso	13	15	15	13	13
Yuki Tsunoda	8	11	16	16	14
Kimi Räikkönen	12	12	12	15	15
Sebastian Vettel	17	13	11	14	out
Sergio Pérez	5	8	–	–	out
Nikita Mazepin	20	16	–	–	out
George Russell	14	17	–	–	out
Mick Schumacher	19	–	–	–	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 60 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 13	Lap 25	Lap 38	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	+3.9	+1.0	+2.1	0.0
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	0.0	+6.8
Valtteri Bottas	+6.4	+13.0	+25.7	+27.5
Esteban Ocon	+8.1	+11.2	+22.8	+27.6
Daniel Ricciardo	+12.9	+12.6	+25.7	+40.1
Pierre Gasly	+16.8	+17.3	+35.3	+41.6
Charles Leclerc	+14.3	+29.8	+44.0	+44.5
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+20.0	+29.0	+42.0	+46.6
Antonio Giovinazzi	+22.2	+19.5	+43.9	+58.5
Lando Norris	+33.4	+36.1	+60.6	+61.4
Lance Stroll	+60.4	+32.2	+63.3	+77.2
Nicholas Latifi	+63.3	+38.1	+69.0	+83.2
Fernando Alonso	+36.5	+46.6	+73.6	+119.2
Yuki Tsunoda	+24.4	+91.1	+107.1	+118.9
Kimi Räikkönen	+28.2	+33.7	+104.6	+134.0
Sebastian Vettel	+30.6	+33.2	+76.9	out
Sergio Pérez	+18.9	–	–	out
Nikita Mazepin	+41.9	–	–	out
George Russell	+47.9	–	–	out
Mick Schumacher	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.466	1:27.712	1:27.511
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.057	1:28.054	1:27.622
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.285	1:27.953	1:27.653
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.310	1:28.459	1:28.054
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:28.021	1:27.946	1:28.123
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28.401	1:28.314	1:28.125
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.338	1:28.344	1:28.180
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:28.503	1:28.222	1:28.442
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:28.752	1:28.574	1:28.647
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:28.899	1:28.616	1:28.754
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:28.216	1:28.668
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:28.856	1:28.885
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:28.944	1:28.920
14	George Russell	Williams	1:28.926	1:29.054
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:28.237	1:53.652
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:29.177
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:29.198
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.368
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:29.464
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:30.473

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Nikita Mazepin	1	13	16:59.226 s
George Russell	2	9, 13	20.519 s
Sergio Pérez	2	10, 13	20.710 s
Max Verstappen	2	13, 15	16:36.375 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	13, 15	16:37.029 s
Esteban Ocon	2	13, 15	16:37.126 s
Pierre Gasly	2	13, 15	16:41.775 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	13, 15	16:44.618 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	13, 15	16:44.917 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	13, 15	16:52.304 s
Charles Leclerc	3	10, 13, 15	20.531 s
Lewis Hamilton	3	10, 13, 15	20.580 s
Lando Norris	3	10, 13, 15	20.973 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	10, 13, 15	21.668 s
Nicholas Latifi	3	10, 13, 15	24.220 s
Lance Stroll	3	9, 13, 15	27.165 s
Yuki Tsunoda	3	13, 15, 23	27.874 s
Kimi Räikkönen	3	13, 15, 26	34.489 s
Fernando Alonso	4	10, 13, 15, 44	20.405 s

Every stop, lap by lap (47)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
9	George Russell	1	20.519 s
9	Lance Stroll	1	27.165 s
10	Fernando Alonso	1	20.405 s
10	Charles Leclerc	1	20.531 s
10	Lewis Hamilton	1	20.580 s
10	Sergio Pérez	1	20.710 s
10	Lando Norris	1	20.973 s
10	Valtteri Bottas	1	21.668 s
10	Nicholas Latifi	1	24.220 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	2	16:35.856 s
13	Valtteri Bottas	2	16:35.942 s
13	Max Verstappen	1	16:36.375 s
13	Daniel Ricciardo	1	16:37.029 s
13	Esteban Ocon	1	16:37.126 s
13	Charles Leclerc	2	16:39.485 s
13	Pierre Gasly	1	16:41.775 s
13	Sergio Pérez	2	16:42.619 s
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	16:44.618 s
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	16:44.917 s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	1	16:46.407 s
13	Kimi Räikkönen	1	16:48.569 s
13	Sebastian Vettel	1	16:52.304 s
13	Nicholas Latifi	2	16:57.257 s
13	Lando Norris	2	16:57.303 s
13	Nikita Mazepin	1	16:59.226 s
13	Fernando Alonso	2	16:59.850 s
13	Lance Stroll	2	17:00.939 s
13	George Russell	2	17:01.615 s
15	Lewis Hamilton	3	18:06.674 s
15	Daniel Ricciardo	2	18:07.296 s
15	Max Verstappen	2	18:07.591 s
15	Esteban Ocon	2	18:08.290 s
15	Valtteri Bottas	3	18:09.473 s
15	Pierre Gasly	2	18:12.287 s
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	18:14.749 s
15	Charles Leclerc	3	18:15.192 s
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	18:17.194 s
15	Sebastian Vettel	2	18:18.749 s
15	Kimi Räikkönen	2	18:19.282 s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	2	18:20.644 s
15	Fernando Alonso	3	18:21.826 s
15	Lance Stroll	3	18:22.979 s
15	Nicholas Latifi	3	18:27.052 s
15	Lando Norris	3	18:36.576 s
23	Yuki Tsunoda	3	27.874 s
26	Kimi Räikkönen	3	34.489 s
44	Fernando Alonso	4	21.097 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	47	1:30.734
2	Valtteri Bottas	47	1:31.408	+0.674
3	Max Verstappen	35	1:31.488	+0.754
4	Charles Leclerc	46	1:31.601	+0.867
5	Fernando Alonso	46	1:31.633	+0.899
6	Esteban Ocon	47	1:31.797	+1.063
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	37	1:31.851	+1.117
8	Lando Norris	49	1:31.914	+1.180
9	Pierre Gasly	46	1:32.297	+1.563
10	Yuki Tsunoda	44	1:32.506	+1.772

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 21. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 21
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	369.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	369.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	218
4	Sergio Pérez	190
5	Charles Leclerc	158	▲1
6	Lando Norris	154	▼1
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	149.5
8	Daniel Ricciardo	115
9	Pierre Gasly	100
10	Fernando Alonso	77

Constructors' championship after round 21
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	587.5
2	Red Bull	559.5
3	Ferrari	307.5
4	McLaren	269
5	Alpine	149
6	AlphaTauri	120
7	Aston Martin	77
8	Williams	23
9	Alfa Romeo	13
10	Haas	0