United States Grand Prix 2021

Americas
Austin
24 October 2021
56 laps
308.4 km
5.513 km a lap

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:32.910
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:38.485 · lap 41
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappen22.7% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	1	56	1:34:36.552	25
2	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	44	Mercedes	2	56	+1.333	19
3	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	3	56	+42.223	15
4	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	4	56	+52.246	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	6	56	+1:16.854	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	9	56	+1:20.128	8
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	5	56	+1:23.545	6
8	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	7	56	+1:24.395	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	10	55	+1 lap	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	18	55	+1 lap	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	12	55	+1 lap
12	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	13	55	+1 lap
13	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	15	55	+1 lap
14	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	20	55	+1 lap
15	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	14	55	+1 lap
16	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	16	54	+2 laps
17	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	17	54	+2 laps
DNF	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	19	49	Rear wing
DNF	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	11	40	Mechanical
DNF	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	8	14	Suspension

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 35, Lewis Hamilton 21. 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
Max Verstappen	1	1	1	1	1	35
Lewis Hamilton	2	2	2	2	2	21
Sergio Pérez	3	3	3	3	3
Charles Leclerc	4	4	4	4	4
Daniel Ricciardo	6	6	5	5	5
Valtteri Bottas	9	5	8	7	6
Carlos Sainz Jr.	5	7	6	6	7
Lando Norris	7	8	7	8	8
Yuki Tsunoda	10	11	9	9	9
Sebastian Vettel	18	9	12	12	10
Antonio Giovinazzi	12	12	15	11	11
Lance Stroll	13	10	14	14	12
Kimi Räikkönen	15	14	10	10	13
George Russell	20	15	13	15	14
Nicholas Latifi	14	16	17	16	15
Mick Schumacher	16	18	16	17	16
Nikita Mazepin	17	19	19	18	17
Fernando Alonso	19	13	11	13	out
Esteban Ocon	11	17	18	–	out
Pierre Gasly	8	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 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+6.8	+3.3	+4.9	+1.3
Sergio Pérez	+11.2	+17.8	+24.3	+42.2
Charles Leclerc	+20.8	+27.0	+33.8	+52.2
Daniel Ricciardo	+27.2	+41.7	+55.4	+76.9
Valtteri Bottas	+24.9	+52.0	+57.4	+80.1
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+29.7	+43.1	+56.1	+83.5
Lando Norris	+33.1	+47.0	+61.9	+84.4
Yuki Tsunoda	+40.7	+70.9	+103.1	+133.2
Sebastian Vettel	+35.8	+87.1	+112.3	+135.2
Antonio Giovinazzi	+46.2	+105.7	+108.9	+144.7
Lance Stroll	+38.4	+93.2	+122.0	+158.9
Kimi Räikkönen	+47.6	+74.6	+106.1	+162.3
George Russell	+50.2	+92.5	+128.2	+164.9
Nicholas Latifi	+62.9	+125.7	+144.4	+196.6
Mick Schumacher	+66.2	+114.2	+163.9	+205.6
Nikita Mazepin	+77.2	+169.9	+233.4	+293.1
Fernando Alonso	+46.9	+85.3	+118.1	out
Esteban Ocon	+64.9	+130.7	–	out
Pierre Gasly	+90.2	–	–	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	1:34.352	1:33.464	1:32.910
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.579	1:33.797	1:33.119
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.369	1:34.178	1:33.134
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.590	1:33.959	1:33.475
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.153	1:33.928	1:33.606
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:34.558	1:34.126	1:33.792
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.407	1:34.643	1:33.808
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.551	1:33.880	1:33.887
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.567	1:34.583	1:34.118
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.360	1:35.137	1:34.918
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.747	1:35.377
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.281	1:35.500
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.920	1:35.794
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:35.756	1:44.549
15	George Russell	Williams	1:35.746
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.983
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.995
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.311
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.499
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:36.796

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P4	P9	5 places – 5
Sebastian Vettel	P12	P18	SFB
Fernando Alonso	P14	P19	SFB
George Russell	P15	P20	SFB

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Pierre Gasly	1	10	23.745 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	11, 29	23.414 s
Lance Stroll	2	18, 34	23.455 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	8, 26	23.502 s
Yuki Tsunoda	2	9, 32	23.529 s
George Russell	2	9, 31	23.572 s
Sergio Pérez	2	12, 30	23.604 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	15, 34	23.619 s
Nicholas Latifi	2	5, 25	23.653 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	13, 37	23.676 s
Max Verstappen	2	10, 29	23.727 s
Charles Leclerc	2	12, 32	23.805 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	17, 38	23.849 s
Esteban Ocon	2	3, 25	23.919 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	11, 30	24.036 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	12, 31	24.090 s
Mick Schumacher	2	11, 34	24.247 s
Lando Norris	2	10, 30	24.385 s
Fernando Alonso	3	7, 28, 39	23.314 s
Nikita Mazepin	3	1, 24, 37	24.169 s

Every stop, lap by lap (41)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Nikita Mazepin	1	30.673 s
3	Esteban Ocon	1	40.800 s
5	Nicholas Latifi	1	32.610 s
7	Fernando Alonso	1	23.576 s
8	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	23.993 s
9	George Russell	1	23.572 s
9	Yuki Tsunoda	1	23.802 s
10	Max Verstappen	1	23.727 s
10	Pierre Gasly	1	23.745 s
10	Lando Norris	1	24.385 s
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.414 s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	1	24.176 s
11	Mick Schumacher	1	24.293 s
12	Charles Leclerc	1	24.011 s
12	Kimi Räikkönen	1	24.191 s
12	Sergio Pérez	1	25.018 s
13	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.481 s
15	Valtteri Bottas	1	24.444 s
17	Sebastian Vettel	1	24.977 s
18	Lance Stroll	1	23.827 s
24	Nikita Mazepin	2	24.611 s
25	Nicholas Latifi	2	23.653 s
25	Esteban Ocon	2	23.919 s
26	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	23.502 s
28	Fernando Alonso	2	23.844 s
29	Max Verstappen	2	24.052 s
29	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	26.866 s
30	Sergio Pérez	2	23.604 s
30	Daniel Ricciardo	2	24.036 s
30	Lando Norris	2	25.548 s
31	Kimi Räikkönen	2	24.090 s
31	George Russell	2	24.980 s
32	Yuki Tsunoda	2	23.529 s
32	Charles Leclerc	2	23.805 s
34	Lance Stroll	2	23.455 s
34	Valtteri Bottas	2	23.619 s
34	Mick Schumacher	2	24.247 s
37	Lewis Hamilton	2	23.676 s
37	Nikita Mazepin	3	24.169 s
38	Sebastian Vettel	2	23.849 s
39	Fernando Alonso	3	23.314 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	41	1:38.485
2	Max Verstappen	52	1:39.096	+0.611
3	Charles Leclerc	41	1:39.303	+0.818
4	Sergio Pérez	32	1:39.566	+1.081
5	Fernando Alonso	46	1:40.067	+1.582
6	Valtteri Bottas	41	1:40.147	+1.662
7	Lando Norris	41	1:40.228	+1.743
8	Daniel Ricciardo	43	1:40.345	+1.860
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	40	1:40.377	+1.892
10	Sebastian Vettel	40	1:40.481	+1.996

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 17. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 17
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	287.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	275.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	185
4	Sergio Pérez	150	▲1
5	Lando Norris	149	▼1
6	Charles Leclerc	128	▲1
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	122.5	▼1
8	Daniel Ricciardo	105
9	Pierre Gasly	74
10	Fernando Alonso	58

Constructors' championship after round 17
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	460.5
2	Red Bull	437.5
3	McLaren	254
4	Ferrari	250.5
5	Alpine	104
6	AlphaTauri	94
7	Aston Martin	62
8	Williams	23
9	Alfa Romeo	7
10	Haas	0