Race · Round 5 of 22 · 23 May 2021

2021 Monaco Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Monaco. 1 of the starters was not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °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: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Charles Leclerc
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	2	78	Finished	25
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	4	78	Finished	18
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	5	78	Finished	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	9	78	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	8	78	Finished	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	6	78	Finished	8
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	7	78	Finished	7	fastest lap
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	13	77	Finished	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	11	77	Finished	2
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	10	77	Finished	1
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	14	77	Finished	0
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	12	77	Finished	0
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	17	77	Finished	0
14	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	15	77	Finished	0
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	18	77	Finished	0
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	16	77	Finished	0
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	75	Finished	0
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	20	75	Finished	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	3	29	Wheel nut	0
DNS	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	—	—	Driveshaft hub	0

F1DB layout monaco-6 · 3.337 km · 19 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	2	1	78
Carlos Sainz	4	2	78
Lando Norris	5	3	78
Sergio Perez	9	4	78
Sebastian Vettel	8	5	78
Pierre Gasly	6	6	78
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	7	78
Lance Stroll	13	8	77
Esteban Ocon	11	9	77
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	10	77
Kimi Raikkonen	14	11	77
Daniel Ricciardo	12	12	77
Fernando Alonso	17	13	77
George Russell	15	14	77
Nicholas Latifi	18	15	77
Yuki Tsunoda	16	16	77
Nikita Mazepin	19	17	75
Mick Schumacher	20	18	75
Valtteri Bottas	3	DNF	29

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:11.113	1:10.597	1:10.346	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:11.124	1:10.650	1:10.576	+0.230	11 m	+0.230
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:10.938	1:10.695	1:10.601	+0.255	12 m	+0.025
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:11.324	1:10.806	1:10.611	+0.265	13 m	+0.010
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:11.321	1:11.031	1:10.620	+0.274	13 m	+0.009
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:11.560	1:11.179	1:10.900	+0.554	26 m	+0.280
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:11.622	1:11.116	1:11.095	+0.749	36 m	+0.195
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:12.078	1:11.309	1:11.419	+1.073	51 m	+0.324
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:11.644	1:11.019	1:11.573	+1.227	58 m	+0.154
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:11.658	1:11.409	1:11.779	+1.433	68 m	+0.206
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:11.740	1:11.486	—	—	42 m	—
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:11.747	1:11.598	—	—	47 m	—
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:11.979	1:11.600	—	—	47 m	—
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:11.899	1:11.642	—	—	49 m	—
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:12.016	1:11.830	—	—	58 m	—
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:12.096	—	—	—	54 m	—
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:12.205	—	—	—	60 m	—
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:12.366	—	—	—	67 m	—
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:12.958	—	—	—	95 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	78	1	34	23.7
Carlos Sainz	2	78	1	32	24.1
Lando Norris	3	78	1	30	23.9
Sergio Perez	4	78	1	35	24.5
Sebastian Vettel	5	78	1	31	24.4
Pierre Gasly	6	78	1	30	24.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	78	2	29, 67	23.8, 24.2
Lance Stroll	8	77	1	58	23.5
Esteban Ocon	9	77	1	37	23.9
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	77	1	33	24.5
Kimi Raikkonen	11	77	1	43	24.1
Daniel Ricciardo	12	77	1	36	24.7
Fernando Alonso	13	77	1	45	23.8
George Russell	14	77	1	31	23.9
Nicholas Latifi	15	77	1	43	23.7
Yuki Tsunoda	16	77	1	64	24.4
Nikita Mazepin	17	75	1	34	25.2
Mick Schumacher	18	75	1	37	24.8
Valtteri Bottas	DNF	29	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 · Carlos Sainz	2 · 4	1 · 2	34 · 32	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Lando Norris	4 · 5	2 · 3	32 · 30	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sergio Perez	5 · 9	3 · 4	30 · 35	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Pierre Gasly	5 · 6	3 · 6	30 · 30	Same lap	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Sergio Perez	8 · 9	5 · 4	31 · 35	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Antonio Giovinazzi	9 · 10	4 · 10	35 · 33	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 8	6 · 5	30 · 31	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	7 · 8	7 · 5	29 · 31	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 7	6 · 7	30 · 29	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Lance Stroll	7 · 13	7 · 8	29 · 58	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll	11 · 13	9 · 8	37 · 58	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Lance Stroll	12 · 13	12 · 8	36 · 58	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Kimi Raikkonen	13 · 14	8 · 11	58 · 43	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Esteban Ocon	10 · 11	10 · 9	33 · 37	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Daniel Ricciardo	11 · 12	9 · 12	37 · 36	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kimi Raikkonen	10 · 14	10 · 11	33 · 43	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	12 · 14	12 · 11	36 · 43	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · George Russell	14 · 15	11 · 14	43 · 31	George Russell	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Fernando Alonso	12 · 17	12 · 13	36 · 45	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
George Russell · Fernando Alonso	15 · 17	14 · 13	31 · 45	George Russell	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Fernando Alonso	16 · 17	16 · 13	64 · 45	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi	17 · 18	13 · 15	45 · 43	Nicholas Latifi	Kept their order
George Russell · Nicholas Latifi	15 · 18	14 · 15	31 · 43	George Russell	Kept their order
George Russell · Yuki Tsunoda	15 · 16	14 · 16	31 · 64	George Russell	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Nicholas Latifi	16 · 18	16 · 15	64 · 43	Nicholas Latifi	Swapped places
Nicholas Latifi · Nikita Mazepin	18 · 19	15 · 17	43 · 34	Nikita Mazepin	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Nikita Mazepin	16 · 19	16 · 17	64 · 34	Nikita Mazepin	Kept their order
Nikita Mazepin · Mick Schumacher	19 · 20	17 · 18	34 · 37	Nikita Mazepin	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	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:12.487	—	0 m	—	36
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:12.606	+0.119	5 m	+0.119	32
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:12.648	+0.161	7 m	+0.042	39
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:12.929	+0.442	20 m	+0.281	37
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.995	+0.508	23 m	+0.066	34
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:13.131	+0.644	30 m	+0.136	36
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:13.236	+0.749	34 m	+0.105	31
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:13.732	+1.245	57 m	+0.496	33
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:13.746	+1.259	58 m	+0.014	39
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:14.081	+1.594	73 m	+0.335	31
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:14.090	+1.603	74 m	+0.009	33
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:14.106	+1.619	75 m	+0.016	27
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:14.205	+1.718	79 m	+0.099	37
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:14.268	+1.781	82 m	+0.063	41
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:14.281	+1.794	83 m	+0.013	36
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:14.320	+1.833	84 m	+0.039	37
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:14.616	+2.129	98 m	+0.296	33
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:14.801	+2.314	107 m	+0.185	35
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:14.840	+2.353	108 m	+0.039	35
20	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:19.618	+7.131	328 m	+4.778	4

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	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:11.684	—	0 m	—	30
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:11.796	+0.112	5 m	+0.112	32
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.074	+0.390	18 m	+0.278	28
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:12.081	+0.397	18 m	+0.007	27
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:12.107	+0.423	20 m	+0.026	32
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:12.379	+0.695	32 m	+0.272	24
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:12.498	+0.814	38 m	+0.119	28
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:12.708	+1.024	48 m	+0.210	24
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:12.746	+1.062	49 m	+0.038	28
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:12.982	+1.298	60 m	+0.236	26
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:13.065	+1.381	64 m	+0.083	31
12	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:13.175	+1.491	69 m	+0.110	27
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:13.195	+1.511	70 m	+0.020	26
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:13.199	+1.515	71 m	+0.004	28
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:13.257	+1.573	73 m	+0.058	26
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:13.509	+1.825	85 m	+0.252	32
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:13.593	+1.909	89 m	+0.084	31
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:14.407	+2.723	127 m	+0.814	26
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:14.416	+2.732	127 m	+0.009	25
20	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:14.829	+3.145	146 m	+0.413	11

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	1:11.294	—	0 m	—	19
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:11.341	+0.047	2 m	+0.047	28
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:11.552	+0.258	12 m	+0.211	27
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:11.765	+0.471	22 m	+0.213	21
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:11.817	+0.523	24 m	+0.052	18
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:11.988	+0.694	32 m	+0.171	20
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.020	+0.726	34 m	+0.032	20
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:12.298	+1.004	47 m	+0.278	25
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:12.357	+1.063	50 m	+0.059	28
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:12.537	+1.243	58 m	+0.180	24
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:12.539	+1.245	58 m	+0.002	21
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:12.700	+1.406	66 m	+0.161	22
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:12.959	+1.665	78 m	+0.259	25
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:13.139	+1.845	86 m	+0.180	21
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:13.329	+2.035	95 m	+0.190	19
16	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:13.390	+2.096	98 m	+0.061	20
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:13.447	+2.153	101 m	+0.057	29
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:13.475	+2.181	102 m	+0.028	22
19	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:13.522	+2.228	104 m	+0.047	30
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:13.614	+2.320	109 m	+0.092	18

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: 5 of 2021
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 23 May 2021
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Honda
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.