Race · Round 22 of 22 · 12 December 2021

2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Yas Marina Circuit. 4 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Max Verstappen.

Dry · High of 26 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	1	58	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	2	58	Finished	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	5	58	Finished	15
4	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	8	58	Finished	12
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	12	58	Finished	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	6	58	Finished	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	3	58	Finished	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	11	58	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	9	58	Finished	2
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	7	58	Finished	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	15	58	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	10	57	Finished	0
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	13	57	Finished	0
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	57	Finished	0
15	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	4	55	Oil pressure	0
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	16	50	Accident	0
DNF	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	14	33	Hydraulics	0
DNF	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	17	26	Gearbox	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	18	25	Brakes	0
DNS	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	—	—	Withdrew	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-2 · 5.281 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
Max Verstappen	1	1	58
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	58
Carlos Sainz	5	3	58
Yuki Tsunoda	8	4	58
Pierre Gasly	12	5	58
Valtteri Bottas	6	6	58
Lando Norris	3	7	58
Fernando Alonso	11	8	58
Esteban Ocon	9	9	58
Charles Leclerc	7	10	58
Sebastian Vettel	15	11	58
Daniel Ricciardo	10	12	57
Lance Stroll	13	13	57
Mick Schumacher	19	14	57
Sergio Perez	4	15	55
Nicholas Latifi	16	DNF	50
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	DNF	33
George Russell	17	DNF	26
Kimi Raikkonen	18	DNF	25

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.322	1:22.800	1:22.109	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:22.845	1:23.145	1:22.480	+0.371	24 m	+0.371
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:23.553	1:23.256	1:22.931	+0.822	53 m	+0.451
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:23.350	1:23.135	1:22.947	+0.838	54 m	+0.016
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:23.624	1:23.174	1:22.992	+0.883	57 m	+0.045
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:23.117	1:23.246	1:23.036	+0.927	60 m	+0.044
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:23.467	1:23.202	1:23.122	+1.013	65 m	+0.086
8	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:23.428	1:23.404	1:23.220	+1.111	71 m	+0.098
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:23.764	1:23.420	1:23.389	+1.280	82 m	+0.169
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:23.829	1:23.448	1:23.409	+1.300	84 m	+0.020
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:23.846	1:23.460	—	—	42 m	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:23.489	1:24.043	—	—	79 m	—
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:24.061	1:24.066	—	—	81 m	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:24.118	1:24.251	—	—	93 m	—
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:24.225	1:24.305	—	—	96 m	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:24.338	—	—	—	95 m	—
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:24.423	—	—	—	101 m	—
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:24.779	—	—	—	123 m	—
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:24.906	—	—	—	131 m	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:25.685	—	—	—	181 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	58	3	13, 36, 53	21.2, 21.9, 21.5
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	58	1	14	21.6
Carlos Sainz	3	58	1	19	22.2
Yuki Tsunoda	4	58	2	23, 53	22.5, 21.9
Pierre Gasly	5	58	2	36, 54	22.1, 21.9
Valtteri Bottas	6	58	1	30	21.7
Lando Norris	7	58	2	17, 48	21.4, 22.2
Fernando Alonso	8	58	1	36	21.3
Esteban Ocon	9	58	1	15	21.7
Charles Leclerc	10	58	2	15, 35	22.5, 21.2
Sebastian Vettel	11	58	1	23	21.2
Daniel Ricciardo	12	57	2	18, 52	21.4, 22.1
Lance Stroll	13	57	2	21, 52	22.3, 22.7
Mick Schumacher	14	57	2	10, 52	22.1, 22.1
Sergio Perez	15	55	3	21, 36, 53	21.5, 21.4, 21.4
Nicholas Latifi	DNF	50	1	28	21.2
Antonio Giovinazzi	DNF	33	1	17	22.3
George Russell	DNF	26	0	None recorded	—
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	25	1	21	22.3

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
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	13 · 14	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Carlos Sainz	2 · 5	2 · 3	14 · 19	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Lando Norris	2 · 3	2 · 7	14 · 17	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	4 · 5	15 · 3	21 · 19	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Yuki Tsunoda	5 · 8	3 · 4	19 · 23	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Valtteri Bottas	5 · 6	3 · 6	19 · 30	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Yuki Tsunoda	7 · 8	10 · 4	15 · 23	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Pierre Gasly	8 · 12	4 · 5	23 · 36	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Esteban Ocon	8 · 9	4 · 9	23 · 15	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pierre Gasly	6 · 12	6 · 5	30 · 36	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Pierre Gasly	11 · 12	8 · 5	36 · 36	Same lap	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Lance Stroll	12 · 13	5 · 13	36 · 21	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Valtteri Bottas	3 · 6	7 · 6	17 · 30	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Leclerc	6 · 7	6 · 10	30 · 15	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Fernando Alonso	3 · 11	7 · 8	17 · 36	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	7 · 15	17 · 21	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Fernando Alonso	9 · 11	9 · 8	15 · 36	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Fernando Alonso	10 · 11	12 · 8	18 · 36	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Esteban Ocon	7 · 9	10 · 9	15 · 15	Same lap	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Daniel Ricciardo	9 · 10	9 · 12	15 · 18	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sebastian Vettel	7 · 15	10 · 11	15 · 23	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	10 · 15	12 · 11	18 · 23	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Lance Stroll	10 · 13	12 · 13	18 · 21	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Mick Schumacher	13 · 19	13 · 14	21 · 10	Mick Schumacher	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Mick Schumacher	4 · 19	15 · 14	21 · 10	Mick Schumacher	Swapped places

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	1:25.009	—	0 m	—	23
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:25.205	+0.196	12 m	+0.196	27
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:25.355	+0.346	21 m	+0.150	25
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:25.363	+0.354	22 m	+0.008	24
5	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:25.378	+0.369	23 m	+0.015	23
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:25.625	+0.616	38 m	+0.247	26
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:25.822	+0.813	51 m	+0.197	28
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:25.846	+0.837	52 m	+0.024	20
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:25.886	+0.877	54 m	+0.040	26
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:26.007	+0.998	62 m	+0.121	26
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:26.025	+1.016	63 m	+0.018	25
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:26.123	+1.114	69 m	+0.098	26
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:26.189	+1.180	73 m	+0.066	25
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:26.409	+1.400	87 m	+0.220	25
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:26.608	+1.599	99 m	+0.199	26
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:26.676	+1.667	104 m	+0.068	29
17	Jack Aitken	Williams	89	1:27.481	+2.472	154 m	+0.805	27
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:27.487	+2.478	154 m	+0.006	27
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:27.698	+2.689	167 m	+0.211	24
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:28.305	+3.296	205 m	+0.607	22

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	1:23.691	—	0 m	—	26
2	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:24.034	+0.343	22 m	+0.343	29
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:24.083	+0.392	25 m	+0.049	29
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:24.332	+0.641	40 m	+0.249	25
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:24.400	+0.709	45 m	+0.068	26
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:24.495	+0.804	51 m	+0.095	27
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:24.532	+0.841	53 m	+0.037	26
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:24.557	+0.866	55 m	+0.025	29
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:24.844	+1.153	73 m	+0.287	29
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:24.940	+1.249	79 m	+0.096	27
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:24.959	+1.268	80 m	+0.019	26
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:25.108	+1.417	89 m	+0.149	27
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:25.153	+1.462	92 m	+0.045	27
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:25.195	+1.504	95 m	+0.042	27
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:25.385	+1.694	107 m	+0.190	26
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:25.440	+1.749	110 m	+0.055	23
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:25.549	+1.858	117 m	+0.109	29
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:25.687	+1.996	126 m	+0.138	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:25.784	+2.093	132 m	+0.097	27
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:26.336	+2.645	167 m	+0.552	26

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:23.274	—	0 m	—	23
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:23.488	+0.214	14 m	+0.214	23
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:24.025	+0.751	48 m	+0.537	21
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:24.047	+0.773	49 m	+0.022	21
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:24.106	+0.832	53 m	+0.059	17
6	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:24.223	+0.949	60 m	+0.117	22
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:24.251	+0.977	62 m	+0.028	22
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:24.595	+1.321	84 m	+0.344	20
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:24.733	+1.459	93 m	+0.138	16
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:24.758	+1.484	94 m	+0.025	21
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:24.821	+1.547	98 m	+0.063	22
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:24.834	+1.560	99 m	+0.013	18
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:25.037	+1.763	112 m	+0.203	23
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:25.048	+1.774	113 m	+0.011	18
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:25.094	+1.820	115 m	+0.046	19
16	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:25.115	+1.841	117 m	+0.021	25
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:25.220	+1.946	123 m	+0.105	22
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:25.322	+2.048	130 m	+0.102	19
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:25.340	+2.066	131 m	+0.018	18
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:26.332	+3.058	194 m	+0.992	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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 22 of 2021
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 12 Dec 2021
Layout raced: Reprofiled · 5.281 km · 16 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.