Race · Round 20 of 22 · 21 November 2021

2021 Qatar Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Lusail International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 102 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 30 °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: Lusail International CircuitLusail, Qatar
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	1	57	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	7	57	Finished	19	fastest lap
3	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	3	57	Finished	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	11	57	Finished	12
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	9	57	Finished	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	12	57	Finished	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	5	57	Finished	6
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	13	57	Finished	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	4	56	Finished	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	10	56	Finished	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	2	56	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	14	56	Finished	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	8	56	Finished	0
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	16	56	Finished	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	18	56	Finished	0
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	56	Finished	0
17	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	15	55	Finished	0
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	20	55	Finished	0
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	17	50	Puncture	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	6	48	Puncture damage	0

F1DB layout lusail-1 · 5.419 km · 16 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	1	1	57
Max Verstappen	7	2	57
Fernando Alonso	3	3	57
Sergio Perez	11	4	57
Esteban Ocon	9	5	57
Lance Stroll	12	6	57
Carlos Sainz	5	7	57
Charles Leclerc	13	8	57
Lando Norris	4	9	56
Sebastian Vettel	10	10	56
Pierre Gasly	2	11	56
Daniel Ricciardo	14	12	56
Yuki Tsunoda	8	13	56
Kimi Raikkonen	16	14	56
Antonio Giovinazzi	18	15	56
Mick Schumacher	19	16	56
George Russell	15	17	55
Nikita Mazepin	20	18	55
Nicholas Latifi	17	DNF	50
Valtteri Bottas	6	DNF	48

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:21.901	1:21.682	1:20.827	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:21.996	1:21.984	1:21.424	+0.597	40 m	+0.597
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:22.016	1:21.991	1:21.478	+0.651	44 m	+0.054
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:22.535	1:21.728	1:21.640	+0.813	55 m	+0.162
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:22.422	1:21.894	1:21.670	+0.843	57 m	+0.030
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:22.839	1:22.216	1:21.731	+0.904	61 m	+0.061
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:22.304	1:22.241	1:21.840	+1.013	68 m	+0.109
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:22.458	1:22.058	1:21.881	+1.054	71 m	+0.041
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:22.565	1:22.012	1:22.028	+1.201	81 m	+0.147
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:22.549	1:22.146	1:22.785	+1.958	131 m	+0.757
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:22.398	1:22.346	—	—	44 m	—
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:22.551	1:22.460	—	—	52 m	—
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:22.742	1:22.463	—	—	52 m	—
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:22.688	1:22.597	—	—	61 m	—
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:22.863	1:22.756	—	—	71 m	—
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:23.156	—	—	—	83 m	—
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:23.213	—	—	—	87 m	—
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:23.262	—	—	—	90 m	—
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:23.407	—	—	—	100 m	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:25.859	—	—	—	262 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. 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	57	2	18, 42	25.2, 25.4
Max Verstappen	2	57	3	17, 41, 55	25.3, 25.2, 25.5
Fernando Alonso	3	57	1	23	26.0
Sergio Perez	4	57	2	19, 41	25.4, 25.4
Esteban Ocon	5	57	1	24	25.5
Lance Stroll	6	57	1	23	26.2
Carlos Sainz	7	57	1	27	25.6
Charles Leclerc	8	57	1	27	25.8
Lando Norris	9	56	2	25, 49	25.3, 26.6
Sebastian Vettel	10	56	1	26	25.7
Pierre Gasly	11	56	2	13, 35	25.6, 26.1
Daniel Ricciardo	12	56	1	26	25.6
Yuki Tsunoda	13	56	2	9, 34	25.7, 26.7
Kimi Raikkonen	14	56	2	10, 30	26.2, 25.6
Antonio Giovinazzi	15	56	2	15, 32	26.0, 25.3
Mick Schumacher	16	56	1	22	25.9
George Russell	17	55	2	17, 49	26.1, 35.0
Nikita Mazepin	18	55	1	31	26.5
Nicholas Latifi	DNF	50	1	18	25.8
Valtteri Bottas	DNF	48	1	33	36.3

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	1 · 7	1 · 2	18 · 17	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Pierre Gasly	1 · 2	1 · 11	18 · 13	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Max Verstappen	3 · 7	3 · 2	23 · 17	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Yuki Tsunoda	7 · 8	2 · 13	17 · 9	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Fernando Alonso	2 · 3	11 · 3	13 · 23	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Sergio Perez	3 · 11	3 · 4	23 · 19	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Lando Norris	3 · 4	3 · 9	23 · 25	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Sergio Perez	9 · 11	5 · 4	24 · 19	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	10 · 4	26 · 19	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Lance Stroll	11 · 12	4 · 6	19 · 23	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Esteban Ocon	8 · 9	13 · 5	9 · 24	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll	9 · 12	5 · 6	24 · 23	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Sebastian Vettel	9 · 10	5 · 10	24 · 26	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Lance Stroll	5 · 12	7 · 6	27 · 23	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Charles Leclerc	12 · 13	6 · 8	23 · 27	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz	4 · 5	9 · 7	25 · 27	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	5 · 13	7 · 8	27 · 27	Same lap	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Charles Leclerc	4 · 13	9 · 8	25 · 27	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Daniel Ricciardo	13 · 14	8 · 12	27 · 26	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 10	9 · 10	25 · 26	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 10	11 · 10	13 · 26	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 14	11 · 12	13 · 26	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Daniel Ricciardo	8 · 14	13 · 12	9 · 26	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · George Russell	14 · 15	12 · 17	26 · 17	George Russell	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 16	13 · 14	9 · 10	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
George Russell · Kimi Raikkonen	15 · 16	17 · 14	17 · 10	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Antonio Giovinazzi	16 · 18	14 · 15	10 · 15	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Mick Schumacher	18 · 19	15 · 16	15 · 22	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
George Russell · Mick Schumacher	15 · 19	17 · 16	17 · 22	George Russell	Swapped places
Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin	19 · 20	16 · 18	22 · 31	Mick Schumacher	Kept their order
George Russell · Nikita Mazepin	15 · 20	17 · 18	17 · 31	George Russell	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	1:23.723	—	0 m	—	22
2	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:24.160	+0.437	28 m	+0.437	28
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:24.194	+0.471	30 m	+0.034	24
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:24.509	+0.786	51 m	+0.315	21
5	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:24.648	+0.925	60 m	+0.139	27
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:24.713	+0.990	64 m	+0.065	26
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:24.790	+1.067	69 m	+0.077	27
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:24.915	+1.192	77 m	+0.125	22
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:24.972	+1.249	81 m	+0.057	23
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:25.215	+1.492	97 m	+0.243	19
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:25.291	+1.568	101 m	+0.076	24
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:25.328	+1.605	104 m	+0.037	19
13	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:25.688	+1.965	127 m	+0.360	24
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:25.757	+2.034	132 m	+0.069	23
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:25.828	+2.105	136 m	+0.071	25
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:25.871	+2.148	139 m	+0.043	24
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:25.905	+2.182	141 m	+0.034	21
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:26.699	+2.976	193 m	+0.794	21
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:26.712	+2.989	193 m	+0.013	11
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:27.500	+3.777	244 m	+0.788	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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:23.148	—	0 m	—	27
2	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:23.357	+0.209	14 m	+0.209	27
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.498	+0.350	23 m	+0.141	20
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:23.570	+0.422	28 m	+0.072	25
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:23.632	+0.484	32 m	+0.062	24
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:23.705	+0.557	36 m	+0.073	26
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:23.735	+0.587	38 m	+0.030	28
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:23.787	+0.639	42 m	+0.052	20
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:24.020	+0.872	57 m	+0.233	27
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:24.033	+0.885	58 m	+0.013	28
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:24.041	+0.893	58 m	+0.008	29
12	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:24.056	+0.908	59 m	+0.015	25
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:24.095	+0.947	62 m	+0.039	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:24.135	+0.987	64 m	+0.040	24
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:24.631	+1.483	97 m	+0.496	26
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:24.954	+1.806	118 m	+0.323	27
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:25.072	+1.924	125 m	+0.118	23
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:25.209	+2.061	134 m	+0.137	28
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:25.575	+2.427	158 m	+0.366	27

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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:22.310	—	0 m	—	17
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:22.388	+0.078	5 m	+0.078	16
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:22.651	+0.341	22 m	+0.263	10
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:22.835	+0.525	35 m	+0.184	17
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:22.846	+0.536	35 m	+0.011	14
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:23.048	+0.738	49 m	+0.202	17
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:23.186	+0.876	58 m	+0.138	13
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:23.209	+0.899	59 m	+0.023	18
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:23.276	+0.966	64 m	+0.067	17
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:23.567	+1.257	83 m	+0.291	20
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:23.711	+1.401	92 m	+0.144	14
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:23.884	+1.574	104 m	+0.173	17
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:23.895	+1.585	104 m	+0.011	16
14	George Russell	Williams	63	1:23.923	+1.613	106 m	+0.028	17
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:24.154	+1.844	121 m	+0.231	17
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:24.246	+1.936	127 m	+0.092	19
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:24.288	+1.978	130 m	+0.042	17
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:24.499	+2.189	144 m	+0.211	15
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:24.680	+2.370	156 m	+0.181	20
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	—	—	—	—	1

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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 20 of 2021
Grand Prix: Qatar Grand Prix
Dates: 21 Nov 2021
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.