2021 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date: 2 May 2021
Circuit: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
Round: 3 of 22
Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Tyre compounds: C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
Pole position: Valtteri Bottas (1:18.348)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	66	1:34:31.421		25
2	33	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	3	66	+29.148		18
3	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	66	+33.530	1:19.865	16
4	11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	66	+39.735		12
5	4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	7	66	+51.369		10
6	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	8	66	+55.781		8
7	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	6	66	+63.749		6
8	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	13	66	+64.808		4
9	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	16	66	+75.369		2
10	10	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	9	66	+76.463		1
11	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	66	+78.955		0
12	99	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	12	65	+1 Lap		0
13	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	10	65	+1 Lap		0
14	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	17	65	+1 Lap		0
15	22	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	14	65	+1 Lap		0
16	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	11	65	+1 Lap		0
17	47	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	19	64	+2 Laps		0
18	6	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	18	64	+2 Laps		0
19	9	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	20	64	+2 Laps		0
R	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	15	1	Collision damage		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. Drivers more than 85 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Lewis Hamilton: 3 stops (laps 2, 3, 37), stints of 2, 1, 34, 29 laps
2nd: Max Verstappen: 4 stops (laps 2, 3, 35, 64), stints of 2, 1, 32, 29, 2 laps
3rd: Valtteri Bottas: 4 stops (laps 2, 3, 36, 63), stints of 2, 1, 33, 27, 3 laps
Finishers: 3 or more: 19
First stops: median lap 2 of 66

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
HAMLewis Hamilton	3	2 (22.4 s), 3 (22.2 s), 37 (26.9 s)	3429
VERMax Verstappen	4	2 (22.7 s), 3 (22.1 s), 35 (26.7 s), 64 (26.3 s)	3229
BOTValtteri Bottas	4	2 (21.4 s), 3 (22.1 s), 36 (26.9 s), 63 (26.6 s)	33273
PERSergio Pérez	3	2 (21.9 s), 3 (22.1 s), 51 (26.6 s)	4815
NORLando Norris	3	2 (21.4 s), 3 (22.6 s), 22 (27.0 s)	1944
LECCharles Leclerc	3	2 (21.3 s), 3 (22.6 s), 25 (27.1 s)	2241
OCOEsteban Ocon	3	2 (21.3 s), 3 (22.2 s), 22 (27.0 s)	1944
ALOFernando Alonso	3	2 (21.5 s), 3 (21.6 s), 40 (26.4 s)	3726
RICDaniel Ricciardo	3	2 (22.0 s), 3 (22.4 s), 41 (28.6 s)	3825
GASPierre Gasly	3	2 (21.4 s), 3 (22.3 s), 24 (26.2 s)	2142
SAICarlos Sainz	3	2 (22.0 s), 3 (22.2 s), 21 (25.9 s)	1845
GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	3	2 (22.5 s), 3 (22.7 s), 22 (26.7 s)	1943
VETSebastian Vettel	3	2 (21.4 s), 3 (21.8 s), 22 (26.6 s)	1943
STRLance Stroll	3	2 (22.3 s), 3 (22.2 s), 39 (26.0 s)	3626
TSUYuki Tsunoda	3	2 (22.3 s), 3 (22.5 s), 21 (26.2 s)	1844
RUSGeorge Russell	3	2 (23.5 s), 3 (22.8 s), 28 (26.8 s)	2537
MSCMick Schumacher	3	2 (22.0 s), 3 (21.5 s), 32 (27.2 s)	2932
LATNicholas Latifi	3	2 (22.0 s), 3 (21.7 s), 24 (26.6 s)	2140
MAZNikita Mazepin	4	2 (21.4 s), 3 (21.4 s), 31 (27.2 s), 43 (27.0 s)	281221

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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.722	1:18.458	1:18.348	+0.380 Q3
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.857	1:17.968	1:18.355	fastest Q2
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.485	1:18.650	1:18.746	+0.682 Q2
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.337	1:18.845	1:18.890	+0.877 Q2
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.309	1:18.813	1:19.039	+0.845 Q2
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:19.092	1:18.586	1:19.042	+0.618 Q2
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.794	1:18.481	1:19.116	+0.513 Q2
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.373	1:18.769	1:19.306	+0.801 Q2
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:19.464	1:19.052	1:19.475	+1.084 Q2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:19.403	1:18.970	1:19.659	+1.002 Q2
11	George Russell	Williams	1:19.797	1:19.109		+1.141 Q2
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:19.410	1:19.216		+1.248 Q2
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	1:19.728	1:19.456		+1.488 Q2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:19.684	1:19.463		+1.495 Q2
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:19.748	1:19.812		+1.780 Q1
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.839			+1.871 Q1
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.913			+1.945 Q1
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:20.285			+2.317 Q1
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	1:20.452			+2.484 Q1
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	1:20.912			+2.944 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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	69
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	61
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	37
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	0	32
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	28
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	0	22
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	0	16
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	0	14
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	0	8
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	0	7

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	2	101
2	Red Bull	1	83
3	McLaren	0	53
4	Ferrari	0	42
5	Alpine F1 Team	0	13
6	AlphaTauri	0	9
7	Aston Martin	0	5
8	Alfa Romeo	0	0
9	Williams	0	0
10	Haas F1 Team	0	0

Full 2021 standings