Race · Round 18 of 22 · 7 November 2021

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from 3rd on the grid at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 21 °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: Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	3	71	Finished	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	2	71	Finished	18
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	4	71	Finished	15
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	5	71	Finished	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	8	71	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	6	70	Finished	8
7	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	9	70	Finished	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	10	70	Finished	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	12	70	Finished	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	18	70	Finished	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	11	70	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	7	70	Finished	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	19	70	Finished	0
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	20	69	Finished	0
15	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	1	69	Finished	0	fastest lap
16	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	16	69	Finished	0
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	13	69	Finished	0
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	15	68	Finished	0
DNF	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	14	0	Collision	0
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	17	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout mexico-city-3 · 4.304 km · 17 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
Max Verstappen	3	1	71
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	71
Sergio Perez	4	3	71
Pierre Gasly	5	4	71
Charles Leclerc	8	5	71
Carlos Sainz	6	6	70
Sebastian Vettel	9	7	70
Kimi Raikkonen	10	8	70
Fernando Alonso	12	9	70
Lando Norris	18	10	70
Antonio Giovinazzi	11	11	70
Daniel Ricciardo	7	12	70
Esteban Ocon	19	13	70
Lance Stroll	20	14	69
Valtteri Bottas	1	15	69
George Russell	16	16	69
Nicholas Latifi	13	17	69
Nikita Mazepin	15	18	68
Mick Schumacher	14	DNF	0
Yuki Tsunoda	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:16.727	1:16.864	1:15.875	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:17.207	1:16.474	1:16.020	+0.145	8 m	+0.145
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:16.788	1:16.483	1:16.225	+0.350	20 m	+0.205
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:17.003	1:17.055	1:16.342	+0.467	26 m	+0.117
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:16.908	1:16.955	1:16.456	+0.581	33 m	+0.114
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:17.517	1:17.248	1:16.761	+0.886	50 m	+0.305
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:17.719	1:17.092	1:16.763	+0.888	50 m	+0.002
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:16.748	1:17.034	1:16.837	+0.962	55 m	+0.074
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:17.330	1:16.701	1:17.158	+1.283	73 m	+0.321
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:17.569	1:17.473	1:36.830	+20.955	1,189 m	+19.672
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:17.502	1:17.746	—	—	72 m	—
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:17.606	1:17.958	—	—	84 m	—
13	George Russell	Williams	63	1:17.958	1:18.172	—	—	96 m	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:17.897	1:18.290	—	—	102 m	—
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:18.126	1:18.405	—	—	109 m	—
16	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.452	—	—	—	97 m	—
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:18.756	—	—	—	114 m	—
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:18.858	—	—	—	120 m	—
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:19.303	—	—	—	145 m	—
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:20.873	—	—	—	233 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)
Max Verstappen	1	71	1	33	21.9
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	71	1	29	22.4
Sergio Perez	3	71	1	40	22.1
Pierre Gasly	4	71	1	31	22.5
Charles Leclerc	5	71	1	30	22.1
Carlos Sainz	6	70	1	42	22.0
Sebastian Vettel	7	70	1	33	22.3
Kimi Raikkonen	8	70	1	32	22.4
Fernando Alonso	9	70	1	39	24.0
Lando Norris	10	70	1	44	22.5
Antonio Giovinazzi	11	70	1	16	22.2
Daniel Ricciardo	12	70	2	1, 38	38.1, 22.8
Esteban Ocon	13	70	1	14	23.1
Lance Stroll	14	69	2	12, 34	23.6, 26.1
Valtteri Bottas	15	69	4	1, 40, 63, 67	22.5, 31.7, 22.7, 26.4
George Russell	16	69	1	15	22.0
Nicholas Latifi	17	69	2	11, 49	23.7, 22.7
Nikita Mazepin	18	68	2	13, 58	25.1, 23.6
Mick Schumacher	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Yuki Tsunoda	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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	2 · 1	29 · 33	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	1 · 3	33 · 40	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	15 · 2	1 · 29	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	2 · 4	2 · 3	29 · 40	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Pierre Gasly	4 · 5	3 · 4	40 · 31	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Charles Leclerc	5 · 8	4 · 5	31 · 30	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Carlos Sainz	5 · 6	4 · 6	31 · 42	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	6 · 8	6 · 5	42 · 30	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Charles Leclerc	7 · 8	12 · 5	1 · 30	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Sebastian Vettel	8 · 9	5 · 7	30 · 33	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 9	6 · 7	42 · 33	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	6 · 12	42 · 1	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	9 · 10	7 · 8	33 · 32	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso	10 · 12	8 · 9	32 · 39	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Antonio Giovinazzi	10 · 11	8 · 11	32 · 16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Fernando Alonso	11 · 12	11 · 9	16 · 39	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Lando Norris	12 · 18	9 · 10	39 · 44	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi	12 · 13	9 · 17	39 · 11	Nicholas Latifi	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Lando Norris	11 · 18	11 · 10	16 · 44	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Esteban Ocon	18 · 19	10 · 13	44 · 14	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Antonio Giovinazzi	7 · 11	12 · 11	1 · 16	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Esteban Ocon	7 · 19	12 · 13	1 · 14	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll	19 · 20	13 · 14	14 · 12	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Lance Stroll	1 · 20	15 · 14	1 · 12	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · George Russell	1 · 16	15 · 16	1 · 15	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Nicholas Latifi · George Russell	13 · 16	17 · 16	11 · 15	Nicholas Latifi	Swapped places
Nikita Mazepin · George Russell	15 · 16	18 · 16	13 · 15	Nikita Mazepin	Swapped places
Nicholas Latifi · Nikita Mazepin	13 · 15	17 · 18	11 · 13	Nicholas Latifi	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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.341	—	0 m	—	28
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.417	+0.076	4 m	+0.076	24
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:18.464	+0.123	7 m	+0.047	28
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:18.610	+0.269	15 m	+0.146	20
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.985	+0.644	35 m	+0.375	23
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:19.463	+1.122	62 m	+0.478	26
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:19.656	+1.315	72 m	+0.193	26
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:19.667	+1.326	73 m	+0.011	20
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:19.759	+1.418	78 m	+0.092	20
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:19.858	+1.517	83 m	+0.099	27
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:20.011	+1.670	92 m	+0.153	30
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:20.026	+1.685	93 m	+0.015	26
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:20.030	+1.689	93 m	+0.004	27
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:20.273	+1.932	106 m	+0.243	25
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:20.301	+1.960	108 m	+0.028	26
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:20.344	+2.003	110 m	+0.043	27
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:20.517	+2.176	120 m	+0.173	23
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:21.580	+3.239	178 m	+1.063	23
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:22.144	+3.803	209 m	+0.564	27
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:22.819	+4.478	246 m	+0.675	24

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	1:17.301	—	0 m	—	28
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:17.725	+0.424	24 m	+0.424	31
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:17.810	+0.509	28 m	+0.085	26
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:17.871	+0.570	32 m	+0.061	26
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:18.318	+1.017	57 m	+0.447	29
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.429	+1.128	63 m	+0.111	29
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.605	+1.304	73 m	+0.176	28
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:18.644	+1.343	75 m	+0.039	31
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:18.681	+1.380	77 m	+0.037	32
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.732	+1.431	80 m	+0.051	27
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:18.841	+1.540	86 m	+0.109	25
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:18.979	+1.678	93 m	+0.138	27
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:19.227	+1.926	107 m	+0.248	31
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:19.431	+2.130	119 m	+0.204	37
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:19.521	+2.220	124 m	+0.090	7
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:19.620	+2.319	129 m	+0.099	30
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:19.730	+2.429	135 m	+0.110	36
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:20.820	+3.519	196 m	+1.090	17
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:21.581	+4.280	238 m	+0.761	28
20	George Russell	Williams	63	—	—	—	—	2

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	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:17.024	—	0 m	—	15
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:17.217	+0.193	11 m	+0.193	12
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:17.675	+0.651	36 m	+0.458	14
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:17.708	+0.684	38 m	+0.033	17
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:18.029	+1.005	56 m	+0.321	20
6	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:18.037	+1.013	57 m	+0.008	25
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:18.121	+1.097	61 m	+0.084	15
8	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:18.202	+1.178	66 m	+0.081	18
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:18.213	+1.189	66 m	+0.011	20
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:18.312	+1.288	72 m	+0.099	16
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:18.352	+1.328	74 m	+0.040	20
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:18.531	+1.507	84 m	+0.179	22
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:18.556	+1.532	86 m	+0.025	19
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:18.614	+1.590	89 m	+0.058	17
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:18.847	+1.823	102 m	+0.233	15
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:18.999	+1.975	110 m	+0.152	17
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:19.211	+2.187	122 m	+0.212	19
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:19.238	+2.214	124 m	+0.027	14
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:19.313	+2.289	128 m	+0.075	12
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:20.479	+3.455	193 m	+1.166	15

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: 18 of 2021
Grand Prix: Mexican Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Nov 2021
Layout raced: Stadium layout · 4.304 km · 17 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Honda
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.