Race · Round 21 of 22 · 5 December 2021

2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Jeddah Corniche Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 103 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: Jeddah Corniche CircuitJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	1	50	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	3	50	Finished	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	2	50	Finished	15
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	9	50	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	11	50	Finished	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	6	50	Finished	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	4	50	Finished	6
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	15	50	Finished	4
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	10	50	Finished	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	7	50	Finished	1
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	18	50	Finished	0
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	16	50	Finished	0
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	13	49	Finished	0
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	8	49	Finished	0
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	12	49	Finished	0
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	17	44	Collision damage	0
DNF	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	5	14	Collision	0
DNF	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	20	14	Collision	0
DNF	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	14	14	Collision	0
DNF	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	8	Accident	0

F1DB layout jeddah-1 · 6.174 km · 27 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	50
Max Verstappen	3	2	50
Valtteri Bottas	2	3	50
Esteban Ocon	9	4	50
Daniel Ricciardo	11	5	50
Pierre Gasly	6	6	50
Charles Leclerc	4	7	50
Carlos Sainz	15	8	50
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	9	50
Lando Norris	7	10	50
Lance Stroll	18	11	50
Nicholas Latifi	16	12	50
Fernando Alonso	13	13	49
Yuki Tsunoda	8	14	49
Kimi Raikkonen	12	15	49
Sebastian Vettel	17	DNF	44
Sergio Perez	5	DNF	14
Nikita Mazepin	20	DNF	14
George Russell	14	DNF	14
Mick Schumacher	19	DNF	8

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:28.466	1:27.712	1:27.511	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:28.057	1:28.054	1:27.622	+0.111	8 m	+0.111
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:28.285	1:27.953	1:27.653	+0.142	10 m	+0.031
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:28.310	1:28.459	1:28.054	+0.543	38 m	+0.401
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:28.021	1:27.946	1:28.123	+0.612	43 m	+0.069
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:28.401	1:28.314	1:28.125	+0.614	43 m	+0.002
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:28.338	1:28.344	1:28.180	+0.669	47 m	+0.055
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:28.503	1:28.222	1:28.442	+0.931	66 m	+0.262
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:28.752	1:28.574	1:28.647	+1.136	80 m	+0.205
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:28.899	1:28.616	1:28.754	+1.243	88 m	+0.107
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:28.216	1:28.668	—	—	67 m	—
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:28.856	1:28.885	—	—	83 m	—
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:28.944	1:28.920	—	—	85 m	—
14	George Russell	Williams	63	1:28.926	1:29.054	—	—	94 m	—
15	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:28.237	1:53.652	—	—	1,826 m	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:29.177	—	—	—	81 m	—
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:29.198	—	—	—	83 m	—
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:29.368	—	—	—	94 m	—
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:29.464	—	—	—	101 m	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:30.473	—	—	—	172 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	50	3	10, 13, 15	20.6, 995.9, 1086.7
Max Verstappen	2	50	2	13, 15	996.4, 1087.6
Valtteri Bottas	3	50	3	10, 13, 15	21.7, 995.9, 1089.5
Esteban Ocon	4	50	2	13, 15	997.1, 1088.3
Daniel Ricciardo	5	50	2	13, 15	997.0, 1087.3
Pierre Gasly	6	50	2	13, 15	1001.8, 1092.3
Charles Leclerc	7	50	3	10, 13, 15	20.5, 999.5, 1095.2
Carlos Sainz	8	50	2	13, 15	1004.6, 1097.2
Antonio Giovinazzi	9	50	2	13, 15	1004.9, 1094.7
Lando Norris	10	50	3	10, 13, 15	21.0, 1017.3, 1116.6
Lance Stroll	11	50	3	9, 13, 15	27.2, 1020.9, 1103.0
Nicholas Latifi	12	50	3	10, 13, 15	24.2, 1017.3, 1107.1
Fernando Alonso	13	49	4	10, 13, 15, 44	20.4, 1019.9, 1101.8, 21.1
Yuki Tsunoda	14	49	3	13, 15, 23	1006.4, 1100.6, 27.9
Kimi Raikkonen	15	49	3	13, 15, 26	1008.6, 1099.3, 34.5
Sebastian Vettel	DNF	44	2	13, 15	1012.3, 1098.7
Sergio Perez	DNF	14	2	10, 13	20.7, 1002.6
Nikita Mazepin	DNF	14	1	13	1019.2
George Russell	DNF	14	2	9, 13	20.5, 1021.6
Mick Schumacher	DNF	8	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	1 · 3	1 · 2	10 · 13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 3	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	3 · 2	10 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	2 · 7	13 · 10	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Ocon	2 · 9	3 · 4	10 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Esteban Ocon	8 · 9	14 · 4	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Daniel Ricciardo	9 · 11	4 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Antonio Giovinazzi	9 · 10	4 · 9	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 11	6 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Antonio Giovinazzi · Daniel Ricciardo	10 · 11	9 · 5	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	11 · 12	5 · 15	13 · 13	Same lap	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly	4 · 6	7 · 6	10 · 13	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Lando Norris	6 · 7	6 · 10	13 · 10	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz	4 · 15	7 · 8	10 · 13	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Carlos Sainz	10 · 15	9 · 8	13 · 13	Same lap	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Nicholas Latifi	15 · 16	8 · 12	13 · 10	Nicholas Latifi	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Antonio Giovinazzi	7 · 10	10 · 9	10 · 13	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Lance Stroll	7 · 18	10 · 11	10 · 9	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Yuki Tsunoda	7 · 8	10 · 14	10 · 13	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Nicholas Latifi · Lance Stroll	16 · 18	12 · 11	10 · 9	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi	13 · 16	13 · 12	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Fernando Alonso	8 · 13	14 · 13	13 · 10	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Fernando Alonso	12 · 13	15 · 13	13 · 10	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 12	14 · 15	13 · 13	Same lap	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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:29.786	—	0 m	—	21
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.842	+0.056	4 m	+0.056	23
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.009	+0.223	15 m	+0.167	24
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:30.263	+0.477	33 m	+0.254	28
5	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:30.318	+0.532	37 m	+0.055	27
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:30.564	+0.778	53 m	+0.246	26
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.600	+0.814	56 m	+0.036	26
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:30.608	+0.822	57 m	+0.008	25
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:30.842	+1.056	73 m	+0.234	27
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:30.886	+1.100	76 m	+0.044	25
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:30.960	+1.174	81 m	+0.074	27
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.023	+1.237	85 m	+0.063	29
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.029	+1.243	85 m	+0.006	23
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.044	+1.258	87 m	+0.015	25
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:31.099	+1.313	90 m	+0.055	26
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:31.296	+1.510	104 m	+0.197	26
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:31.343	+1.557	107 m	+0.047	28
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:31.525	+1.739	120 m	+0.182	24
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:31.821	+2.035	140 m	+0.296	27
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:33.464	+3.678	253 m	+1.643	23

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:29.018	—	0 m	—	22
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:29.079	+0.061	4 m	+0.061	23
3	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:29.099	+0.081	6 m	+0.020	22
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.213	+0.195	14 m	+0.114	20
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:29.441	+0.423	29 m	+0.228	21
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:29.555	+0.537	37 m	+0.114	22
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:29.589	+0.571	40 m	+0.034	24
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:29.597	+0.579	40 m	+0.008	20
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:29.768	+0.750	52 m	+0.171	22
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:29.772	+0.754	52 m	+0.004	23
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:29.968	+0.950	66 m	+0.196	22
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.004	+0.986	68 m	+0.036	19
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:30.110	+1.092	76 m	+0.106	23
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:30.276	+1.258	87 m	+0.166	24
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:30.442	+1.424	99 m	+0.166	22
16	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:30.502	+1.484	103 m	+0.060	22
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:30.506	+1.488	103 m	+0.004	24
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:30.652	+1.634	113 m	+0.146	20
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:31.039	+2.021	140 m	+0.387	23
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:31.629	+2.611	181 m	+0.590	20

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	1:28.100	—	0 m	—	20
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:28.314	+0.214	15 m	+0.214	23
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:28.629	+0.529	37 m	+0.315	21
4	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:28.641	+0.541	38 m	+0.012	20
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:28.715	+0.615	43 m	+0.074	22
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:29.019	+0.919	64 m	+0.304	19
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:29.101	+1.001	70 m	+0.082	22
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:29.149	+1.049	74 m	+0.048	19
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:29.177	+1.077	75 m	+0.028	19
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:29.300	+1.200	84 m	+0.123	18
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:29.418	+1.318	92 m	+0.118	21
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:29.590	+1.490	104 m	+0.172	20
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:29.689	+1.589	111 m	+0.099	24
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:29.717	+1.617	113 m	+0.028	19
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:30.030	+1.930	135 m	+0.313	14
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:30.034	+1.934	136 m	+0.004	17
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:30.296	+2.196	154 m	+0.262	15
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:30.366	+2.266	159 m	+0.070	17
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:30.933	+2.833	199 m	+0.567	20
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:30.979	+2.879	202 m	+0.046	23

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: 21 of 2021
Grand Prix: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Dec 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.