2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Date: 5 Dec 2021
Circuit: Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Round: 21 of 22
Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Tyre compounds: C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:27.511)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	50	2:06:15.118	1:30.734	26
2	33	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	3	50	+21.825		18
3	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	50	+27.531		15
4	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	9	50	+27.633		12
5	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	11	50	+40.121		10
6	10	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	6	50	+41.613		8
7	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	50	+44.475		6
8	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	15	50	+46.606		4
9	99	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	10	50	+58.505		2
10	4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	7	50	+61.358		1
11	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	50	+77.212		0
12	6	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	16	50	+83.249		0
13	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	13	49	+1 Lap		0
14	22	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	8	49	+1 Lap		0
15	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	12	49	+1 Lap		0
R	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	17	44	Collision damage		0
R	11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	5	14	Collision		0
R	9	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	20	14	Collision		0
R	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	14	14	Collision		0
R	47	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	19	8	Accident		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Shaded bands are safety-car periods. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods; red flag on lap 13, 15. Drivers more than 68 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Lewis Hamilton: 3 stops (laps 10, 13, 15), stints of 10, 3, 2, 35 laps
2nd: Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 13, 15), stints of 13, 2, 35 laps
3rd: Valtteri Bottas: 3 stops (laps 10, 13, 15), stints of 10, 3, 2, 35 laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 6 · 3 or more: 9
First stops: median lap 13 of 50

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
HAMLewis Hamilton	3	10 (20.6 s), 13 (995.9 s), 15 (1086.7 s)	10335
VERMax Verstappen	2	13 (996.4 s), 15 (1087.6 s)	1335
BOTValtteri Bottas	3	10 (21.7 s), 13 (995.9 s), 15 (1089.5 s)	10335
OCOEsteban Ocon	2	13 (997.1 s), 15 (1088.3 s)	1335
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	13 (997.0 s), 15 (1087.3 s)	1335
GASPierre Gasly	2	13 (1001.8 s), 15 (1092.3 s)	1335
LECCharles Leclerc	3	10 (20.5 s), 13 (999.5 s), 15 (1095.2 s)	10335
SAICarlos Sainz	2	13 (1004.6 s), 15 (1097.2 s)	1335
GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	2	13 (1004.9 s), 15 (1094.7 s)	1335
NORLando Norris	3	10 (21.0 s), 13 (1017.3 s), 15 (1116.6 s)	10335
STRLance Stroll	3	9 (27.2 s), 13 (1020.9 s), 15 (1103.0 s)	9435
LATNicholas Latifi	3	10 (24.2 s), 13 (1017.3 s), 15 (1107.1 s)	10335
ALOFernando Alonso	4	10 (20.4 s), 13 (1019.9 s), 15 (1101.8 s), 44 (21.1 s)	103295
TSUYuki Tsunoda	3	13 (1006.4 s), 15 (1100.6 s), 23 (27.9 s)	13826
RAIKimi Räikkönen	3	13 (1008.6 s), 15 (1099.3 s), 26 (34.5 s)	131123
VETSebastian Vettel	2	13 (1012.3 s), 15 (1098.7 s)	1329
PERSergio Pérez	2	10 (20.7 s), 13 (1002.6 s)	103
MAZNikita Mazepin	1	13 (1019.2 s)	13
RUSGeorge Russell	2	9 (20.5 s), 13 (1021.6 s)	94

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.466	1:27.712	1:27.511	fastest Q3
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.057	1:28.054	1:27.622	+0.111 Q3
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.285	1:27.953	1:27.653	+0.142 Q3
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.310	1:28.459	1:28.054	+0.543 Q3
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:28.021	1:27.946	1:28.123	+0.435 Q2
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28.401	1:28.314	1:28.125	+0.614 Q3
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.338	1:28.344	1:28.180	+0.669 Q3
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:28.503	1:28.222	1:28.442	+0.711 Q2
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:28.752	1:28.574	1:28.647	+1.063 Q2
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:28.899	1:28.616	1:28.754	+1.105 Q2
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:28.216	1:28.668		+0.705 Q1
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:28.856	1:28.885		+1.345 Q1
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	1:28.944	1:28.920		+1.409 Q2
14	George Russell	Williams	1:28.926	1:29.054		+1.415 Q1
15	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:28.237	1:53.652		+0.726 Q1
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:29.177			+1.666 Q1
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:29.198			+1.687 Q1
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.368			+1.857 Q1
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	1:29.464			+1.953 Q1
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	1:30.473			+2.962 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9	369.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8	369.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	218
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1	190
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	158
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	154
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	0	149.5
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1	115
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	0	100
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	0	77

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	9	587.5
2	Red Bull	10	559.5
3	Ferrari	0	307.5
4	McLaren	1	269
5	Alpine F1 Team	1	149
6	AlphaTauri	0	120
7	Aston Martin	0	77
8	Williams	0	23
9	Alfa Romeo	0	13
10	Haas F1 Team	0	0

Full 2021 standings