Race · Round 1 of 22 · 28 March 2021

2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Bahrain International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 96 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	2	56	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	1	56	Finished	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	3	56	Finished	16	fastest lap
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	7	56	Finished	12
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	PL	56	Finished	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	4	56	Finished	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	6	56	Finished	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	8	56	Finished	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	13	56	Finished	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	10	56	Finished	1
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	14	56	Finished	0
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	12	55	Finished	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	16	55	Finished	0
14	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	15	55	Finished	0
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	20	55	Finished	0
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	18	55	Finished	0
17	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	5	52	Suspension	0
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	17	51	Fuel system	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	9	32	Brakes	0
DNF	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	0	Accident	0

F1DB layout bahrain-1 · 5.412 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	56
Max Verstappen	1	2	56
Valtteri Bottas	3	3	56
Lando Norris	7	4	56
Sergio Perez	PL	5	56
Charles Leclerc	4	6	56
Daniel Ricciardo	6	7	56
Carlos Sainz	8	8	56
Yuki Tsunoda	13	9	56
Lance Stroll	10	10	56
Kimi Raikkonen	14	11	56
Antonio Giovinazzi	12	12	55
Esteban Ocon	16	13	55
George Russell	15	14	55
Sebastian Vettel	20	15	55
Mick Schumacher	18	16	55
Pierre Gasly	5	17	52
Nicholas Latifi	17	18	51
Fernando Alonso	9	DNF	32
Nikita Mazepin	19	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.499	1:30.318	1:28.997	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.617	1:30.085	1:29.385	+0.388	24 m	+0.388
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.200	1:30.186	1:29.586	+0.589	36 m	+0.201
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.691	1:30.010	1:29.678	+0.681	41 m	+0.092
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:30.848	1:30.513	1:29.809	+0.812	49 m	+0.131
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:30.795	1:30.222	1:29.927	+0.930	57 m	+0.118
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.902	1:30.099	1:29.974	+0.977	59 m	+0.047
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:31.653	1:30.009	1:30.215	+1.218	74 m	+0.241
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:30.863	1:30.595	1:30.249	+1.252	76 m	+0.034
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.261	1:30.624	1:30.601	+1.604	98 m	+0.352
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.165	1:30.659	—	—	39 m	—
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:30.998	1:30.708	—	—	42 m	—
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:30.607	1:31.203	—	—	72 m	—
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:31.547	1:31.238	—	—	74 m	—
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:31.316	1:33.430	—	—	206 m	—
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.724	—	—	—	73 m	—
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:31.936	—	—	—	86 m	—
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:32.056	—	—	—	93 m	—
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:32.449	—	—	—	117 m	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:33.273	—	—	—	166 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	2	13, 28	24.8, 24.1
Max Verstappen	2	56	2	17, 39	24.8, 23.8
Valtteri Bottas	3	56	3	16, 30, 54	24.3, 32.9, 24.6
Lando Norris	4	56	2	12, 33	24.9, 25.6
Sergio Perez	5	56	3	2, 19, 38	24.0, 24.1, 24.2
Charles Leclerc	6	56	2	12, 32	24.9, 24.2
Daniel Ricciardo	7	56	2	13, 32	24.7, 24.7
Carlos Sainz	8	56	2	15, 37	24.4, 24.3
Yuki Tsunoda	9	56	2	15, 33	25.0, 24.3
Lance Stroll	10	56	2	12, 28	24.9, 25.5
Kimi Raikkonen	11	56	2	13, 29	24.1, 24.0
Antonio Giovinazzi	12	55	2	12, 30	32.0, 24.2
Esteban Ocon	13	55	2	13, 31	25.2, 24.5
George Russell	14	55	2	13, 36	24.6, 24.2
Sebastian Vettel	15	55	1	24	24.6
Mick Schumacher	16	55	2	14, 33	25.8, 25.3
Pierre Gasly	17	52	3	4, 19, 39	38.3, 24.3, 25.0
Nicholas Latifi	18	51	2	14, 32	26.0, 24.0
Fernando Alonso	DNF	32	2	11, 29	24.4, 24.8
Nikita Mazepin	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	17 · 13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 3	13 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 3	2 · 3	17 · 16	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Lando Norris	3 · 7	3 · 4	16 · 12	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	3 · 6	16 · 12	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Lando Norris	6 · 7	7 · 4	13 · 12	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz	7 · 8	4 · 8	12 · 15	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 6	6 · 7	12 · 13	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly	4 · 5	6 · 17	12 · 4	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo	5 · 6	17 · 7	4 · 13	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Carlos Sainz	6 · 8	7 · 8	13 · 15	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Yuki Tsunoda	8 · 13	8 · 9	15 · 15	Same lap	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Yuki Tsunoda	10 · 13	10 · 9	12 · 15	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Antonio Giovinazzi · Yuki Tsunoda	12 · 13	12 · 9	12 · 15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen	13 · 14	9 · 11	15 · 13	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 14	10 · 11	12 · 13	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kimi Raikkonen	12 · 14	12 · 11	12 · 13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · George Russell	14 · 15	11 · 14	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Esteban Ocon	12 · 16	12 · 13	12 · 13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
George Russell · Esteban Ocon	15 · 16	14 · 13	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Nicholas Latifi	16 · 17	13 · 18	13 · 14	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
George Russell · Sebastian Vettel	15 · 20	14 · 15	13 · 24	George Russell	Kept their order
Mick Schumacher · Sebastian Vettel	18 · 20	16 · 15	14 · 24	Mick Schumacher	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Mick Schumacher	5 · 18	17 · 16	4 · 14	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Nicholas Latifi · Mick Schumacher	17 · 18	18 · 16	14 · 14	Same lap	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Nicholas Latifi	5 · 17	17 · 18	4 · 14	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.394	—	0 m	—	12
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.692	+0.298	18 m	+0.298	17
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.897	+0.503	30 m	+0.205	20
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.921	+0.527	31 m	+0.024	15
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.993	+0.599	35 m	+0.072	14
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:32.071	+0.677	40 m	+0.078	15
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:32.195	+0.801	47 m	+0.124	23
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.366	+0.972	58 m	+0.171	15
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:32.434	+1.040	62 m	+0.068	20
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:32.786	+1.392	82 m	+0.352	16
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:33.134	+1.740	103 m	+0.348	18
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:33.157	+1.763	104 m	+0.023	21
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:33.233	+1.839	109 m	+0.076	20
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:33.329	+1.935	115 m	+0.096	21
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:33.528	+2.134	126 m	+0.199	20
16	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:33.872	+2.478	147 m	+0.344	18
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:34.127	+2.733	162 m	+0.255	22
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:34.340	+2.946	174 m	+0.213	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:34.501	+3.107	184 m	+0.161	16
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:34.975	+3.581	212 m	+0.474	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.847	—	0 m	—	23
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.942	+0.095	6 m	+0.095	25
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.082	+0.235	14 m	+0.140	24
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:31.127	+0.280	17 m	+0.045	26
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.218	+0.371	22 m	+0.091	23
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:31.230	+0.383	23 m	+0.012	22
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:31.294	+0.447	27 m	+0.064	23
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.393	+0.546	33 m	+0.099	24
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:31.483	+0.636	38 m	+0.090	27
10	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.503	+0.656	39 m	+0.020	23
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.601	+0.754	45 m	+0.098	24
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.612	+0.765	46 m	+0.011	26
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:31.740	+0.893	53 m	+0.128	27
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:31.769	+0.922	55 m	+0.029	26
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:31.770	+0.923	55 m	+0.001	24
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:31.862	+1.015	60 m	+0.092	15
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:32.331	+1.484	88 m	+0.469	28
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:33.297	+2.450	146 m	+0.966	24
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:33.400	+2.553	152 m	+0.103	28
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:33.449	+2.602	155 m	+0.049	19

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.577	—	0 m	—	11
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.316	+0.739	44 m	+0.739	14
3	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:31.583	+1.006	60 m	+0.267	13
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.855	+1.278	76 m	+0.272	16
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.908	+1.331	80 m	+0.053	11
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.108	+1.531	91 m	+0.200	16
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:32.224	+1.647	98 m	+0.116	15
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:32.423	+1.846	110 m	+0.199	11
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:32.431	+1.854	111 m	+0.008	13
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:32.477	+1.900	114 m	+0.046	12
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.482	+1.905	114 m	+0.005	17
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:32.500	+1.923	115 m	+0.018	11
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:32.709	+2.132	127 m	+0.209	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:32.755	+2.178	130 m	+0.046	15
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:32.820	+2.243	134 m	+0.065	15
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:32.860	+2.283	136 m	+0.040	10
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:33.323	+2.746	164 m	+0.463	14
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:33.422	+2.845	170 m	+0.099	14
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:33.622	+3.045	182 m	+0.200	14
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:33.959	+3.382	202 m	+0.337	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2021
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 28 Mar 2021
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.