Season 2021 · Round 1

Bahrain Grand Prix

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2021-03-28 · Bahrain International Circuit · Bahrain · Bahrain Grand Prix · 56Lap · 302.826km
44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:32:03.897
Team win 41pt P1 · P3 1-3
33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull +0.745
77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes +37.383
Fastest Lap
77 Valtteri Bottas
1:32.090 · L56
DNF
2
Fernando Alonso L32 Nikita Mazepin L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Lewis Hamilton active 5 wins
Sebastian Vettel active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/22 50%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P31
Most lead changes · all-time P25
Circuit Info
56Lap 302.826km 22 races held (2004–) Lap record 55.404 · George Russell (2020)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Lewis Hamilton 5 wins · GP #1
P2 Sebastian Vettel 4 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P3 Fernando Alonso 3 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Lewis Hamilton 3 · GP #1
P1 Max Verstappen 3 · GP #1
P1 Sebastian Vettel 3 · GP #1
Starts
P1 Fernando Alonso 18 starts · GP #1
P1 Lewis Hamilton 18 starts · GP #1
P3 Kimi Räikkönen 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -2
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 Hamilton · pit stop L13 Hamilton · pit stop L28 Hamilton HAM Hamilton HAM Verstappen · pit stop L17 Verstappen · pit stop L39 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Bottas · pit stop L16 Bottas · pit stop L30 Bottas · pit stop L54 Bottas BOT Bottas BOT Norris · pit stop L12 Norris · pit stop L33 Norris NOR Norris NOR Pérez · pit stop L2 Pérez · pit stop L19 Pérez · pit stop L38 Pérez PER Pérez PER Leclerc · pit stop L12 Leclerc · pit stop L32 Leclerc LEC Leclerc LEC Ricciardo · pit stop L13 Ricciardo · pit stop L32 Ricciardo RIC Ricciardo RIC Sainz · pit stop L15 Sainz · pit stop L37 Sainz SAI Sainz SAI Tsunoda · pit stop L15 Tsunoda · pit stop L33 Tsunoda TSU Tsunoda TSU Stroll · pit stop L12 Stroll · pit stop L28 Stroll STR Stroll STR Räikkönen · pit stop L13 Räikkönen · pit stop L29 Räikkönen RAI Räikkönen RAI Giovinazzi · pit stop L12 Giovinazzi · pit stop L30 Giovinazzi GIO Giovinazzi GIO Ocon · pit stop L13 Ocon · pit stop L31 Ocon OCO Ocon OCO Russell · pit stop L13 Russell · pit stop L36 Russell RUS Russell RUS Vettel · pit stop L24 Vettel VET Vettel VET Schumacher · pit stop L14 Schumacher · pit stop L33 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Gasly · pit stop L4 Gasly · pit stop L19 Gasly · pit stop L39 Gasly · stopped L52 · classified P17 Gasly GAS Gasly GAS Latifi · pit stop L14 Latifi · pit stop L32 Latifi · stopped L51 · classified P18 Latifi LAT Latifi LAT Alonso · pit stop L11 Alonso · pit stop L29 Alonso · retired L32 Alonso ALO Alonso ALO Mazepin · retired L0 Mazepin MAZ Mazepin MAZ
pit stop penalty served in the pits SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 56 1:32:03.897 25
2 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1 56 +0.745 18
3 77 Valtteri Bottas FL Mercedes 3 56 +37.383 16
4 4 Lando Norris McLaren 7 56 +46.466 12
5 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 0 56 +52.047 10
6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 4 56 +59.090 8
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 6 56 +1:06.004 6
8 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 8 56 +1:07.100 4
9 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 13 56 +1:25.692 2
10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 10 56 +1:26.713 1
11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 14 56 +1:28.864
12 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 12 55 +1 Lap
13 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine F1 Team 16 55 +1 Lap
14 63 George Russell Williams 15 55 +1 Lap
15 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 20 55 +1 Lap
16 47 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 18 55 +1 Lap
17 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 5 52 Retired
18 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams 17 51 Retired
R 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine F1 Team 9 32 Brakes
R 9 Nikita Mazepin Haas F1 Team 19 0 Accident
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:30.499 1:30.318 1:28.997 POLE Q3
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.617 1:30.085 1:29.385 +0.388 Q3
3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:31.200 1:30.186 1:29.586 +0.589 Q3
4 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.691 1:30.010 1:29.678 +0.681 Q3
5 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:30.848 1:30.513 1:29.809 +0.812 Q3
6 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:30.795 1:30.222 1:29.927 +0.930 Q3
7 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:30.902 1:30.099 1:29.974 +0.977 Q3
8 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:31.653 1:30.009 1:30.215 +1.012 Q2
9 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine F1 Team 1:30.863 1:30.595 1:30.249 +1.252 Q3
10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:31.261 1:30.624 1:30.601 +1.604 Q3
11 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:31.165 1:30.659 — +1.662 Q2
12 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:30.998 1:30.708 — +1.711 Q2
13 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:30.607 1:31.203 — +1.610 Q1
14 7 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:31.547 1:31.238 — +2.241 Q2
15 63 George Russell Williams 1:31.316 1:33.430 — +2.319 Q1
16 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine F1 Team 1:31.724 — — +2.727 Q1
17 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:31.936 — — +2.939 Q1
18 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:32.056 — — +3.059 Q1
19 47 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 1:32.449 — — +3.452 Q1
20 9 Nikita Mazepin Haas F1 Team 1:33.273 — — +4.276 Q1
Starting grid
Official
1
33 Max Verstappen
2
44 Lewis Hamilton
3
77 Valtteri Bottas
4
16 Charles Leclerc
5
10 Pierre Gasly
6
3 Daniel Ricciardo
7
4 Lando Norris
8
55 Carlos Sainz
9
14 Fernando Alonso
10
18 Lance Stroll
12
99 Antonio Giovinazzi
13
22 Yuki Tsunoda
14
7 Kimi Räikkönen
15
63 George Russell
16
31 Esteban Ocon
17
6 Nicholas Latifi
18
47 Mick Schumacher ▲1
19
9 Nikita Mazepin ▲1
20
5 Sebastian Vettel ▼2
PIT
11 Sergio Pérez pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 77 Valtteri Bottas 1:32.090 L56
2 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.228 L41
3 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.231 L43
4 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.450 L42
5 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.576 L49
6 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.594 L44
7 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.818 L48
8 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.893 L50
9 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.894 L46
10 33 Max Verstappen 1:33.964 L51
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Pit Stops · how they compare
25s 30s 35s median 24.6s Max Verstappen · L39 · 23.848s Nicholas Latifi · L32 · 23.983s Sergio Pérez · L2 · 23.993s Kimi Räikkönen · L29 · 24.046s Lewis Hamilton · L28 · 24.076s Sergio Pérez · L19 · 24.105s Kimi Räikkönen · L13 · 24.107s Charles Leclerc · L32 · 24.176s Sergio Pérez · L38 · 24.191s Antonio Giovinazzi · L30 · 24.223s George Russell · L36 · 24.248s Valtteri Bottas · L16 · 24.262s Pierre Gasly · L19 · 24.317s Yuki Tsunoda · L33 · 24.328s Carlos Sainz · L37 · 24.341s Carlos Sainz · L15 · 24.353s Fernando Alonso · L11 · 24.373s Esteban Ocon · L31 · 24.471s Valtteri Bottas · L54 · 24.566s George Russell · L13 · 24.621s Sebastian Vettel · L24 · 24.626s Daniel Ricciardo · L32 · 24.655s Daniel Ricciardo · L13 · 24.688s Max Verstappen · L17 · 24.767s Fernando Alonso · L29 · 24.775s Lewis Hamilton · L13 · 24.839s Lance Stroll · L12 · 24.884s Lando Norris · L12 · 24.899s Charles Leclerc · L12 · 24.925s Pierre Gasly · L39 · 24.983s Yuki Tsunoda · L15 · 25.046s Esteban Ocon · L13 · 25.226s Mick Schumacher · L33 · 25.343s Lance Stroll · L28 · 25.525s Lando Norris · L33 · 25.640s Mick Schumacher · L14 · 25.798s Nicholas Latifi · L14 · 26.046s Antonio Giovinazzi · L12 · 31.998s Valtteri Bottas · L30 · 32.897s Pierre Gasly · L4 · 38.338s
fastest 23.848s Max Verstappen slowest 38.338s Pierre Gasly pit lane transit time — one dot per stop
DriverStopLapTimeLane transit
11 Sergio Pérez 1 2 18:11:56 23.993s
10 Pierre Gasly 1 4 18:16:14 38.338s
14 Fernando Alonso 1 11 18:27:32 24.373s
99 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 12 18:29:14 31.998s
18 Lance Stroll 1 12 18:29:09 24.884s
4 Lando Norris 1 12 18:29:05 24.899s
16 Charles Leclerc 1 12 18:29:06 24.925s
63 George Russell 1 13 18:31:02 24.621s
3 Daniel Ricciardo 1 13 18:30:45 24.688s
7 Kimi Räikkönen 1 13 18:30:52 24.107s
31 Esteban Ocon 1 13 18:30:55 25.226s
44 Lewis Hamilton 1 13 18:30:29 24.839s
47 Mick Schumacher 1 14 18:32:58 25.798s
6 Nicholas Latifi 1 14 18:32:44 26.046s
55 Carlos Sainz 1 15 18:34:04 24.353s
22 Yuki Tsunoda 1 15 18:34:12 25.046s
77 Valtteri Bottas 1 16 18:35:24 24.262s
33 Max Verstappen 1 17 18:36:54 24.767s
10 Pierre Gasly 2 19 18:41:17 24.317s
11 Sergio Pérez 2 19 18:40:35 24.105s
5 Sebastian Vettel 1 24 18:49:08 24.626s
44 Lewis Hamilton 2 28 18:54:40 24.076s
18 Lance Stroll 2 28 18:55:23 25.525s
14 Fernando Alonso 2 29 18:57:13 24.775s
7 Kimi Räikkönen 2 29 18:57:06 24.046s
77 Valtteri Bottas 2 30 18:57:58 32.897s
99 Antonio Giovinazzi 2 30 18:58:53 24.223s
31 Esteban Ocon 2 31 19:00:29 24.471s
3 Daniel Ricciardo 2 32 19:01:44 24.655s
6 Nicholas Latifi 2 32 19:02:32 23.983s
16 Charles Leclerc 2 32 19:01:40 24.176s
22 Yuki Tsunoda 2 33 19:03:36 24.328s
47 Mick Schumacher 2 33 19:04:27 25.343s
4 Lando Norris 2 33 19:03:11 25.640s
63 George Russell 2 36 19:08:48 24.248s
55 Carlos Sainz 2 37 19:09:53 24.341s
11 Sergio Pérez 3 38 19:11:20 24.191s
33 Max Verstappen 2 39 19:12:13 23.848s
10 Pierre Gasly 3 39 19:13:55 24.983s
77 Valtteri Bottas 3 54 19:36:21 24.566s
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
11
Sergio Pérez
+27
P—→P5
22
Yuki Tsunoda
+20
P13→P9
18
Lance Stroll
+19
P10→P10
63
George Russell
+17
P15→P14
5
Sebastian Vettel
+16
P20→P15
55
Carlos Sainz
+15
P8→P8
99
Antonio Giovinazzi
+15
P12→P12
4
Lando Norris
+14
P7→P4
Most positions lost
Fernando Alonso −22 Lance Stroll −20 Sebastian Vettel −17
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
DriverTypeLapServedIssuedReason
11 Sergio Pérez Grid penalty PIT (pit lane start (quali P11))
PIT (pit lane start (quali P11))
5 Sebastian Vettel Grid penalty ▼2 (P18 → P20)
▼2 (P18 → P20)
Lap = lap the penalty was issued · Served = lap it was served in the pits (blank means it was added to the race time instead)
Time, drive-through and stop-go penalties come from race control messages (OpenF1, 2023+). Grid penalties never appear there — the stewards publish them as documents after the session — so they are worked back from the starting grid against the qualifying classification, which gives places actually lost rather than the figure written in the decision.
DocTitleSubjectPublished(CET)
Circuit Map ↗ 2021-03-24 09:00
2021-03-24 09:00 CET
Race Directors' Event Notes ↗ 2021-03-25 15:00
2021-03-25 15:00 CET
Entry List ↗ 2021-03-25 18:45
2021-03-25 18:45 CET
P1 Classification ↗ 2021-03-26 13:50
2021-03-26 13:50 CET
Race Directors' Event Notes Version 2 ↗ 2021-03-26 15:02
2021-03-26 15:02 CET
P2 deleted lap times turn 4 ↗ 2021-03-26 17:14
2021-03-26 17:14 CET
Race Directors' Note - P3 Tyres ↗ 2021-03-26 17:23
2021-03-26 17:23 CET
P2 Classification ↗ 2021-03-26 17:24
2021-03-26 17:24 CET
P1 and P2 scrutineering ↗ 2021-03-26 19:27
2021-03-26 19:27 CET
Race Directors' Note SC1-SC2 Time ↗ 2021-03-26 20:04
2021-03-26 20:04 CET
Curfew ↗ 2021-03-27 10:18
2021-03-27 10:18 CET
Stewards Bulletin 1 ↗ 2021-03-27 10:27
2021-03-27 10:27 CET
Race Directors Note - Post Qualifying Procedure ↗ 2021-03-27 14:05
2021-03-27 14:05 CET
P3 deleted lap times turn 4 ↗ 2021-03-27 14:11
2021-03-27 14:11 CET
P3 Classification ↗ 2021-03-27 14:19
2021-03-27 14:19 CET
New PU elements for this Event ↗ 2021-03-27 16:09
2021-03-27 16:09 CET
Qualifying deleted lap times turn 4 ↗ 2021-03-27 17:13
2021-03-27 17:13 CET
Provisional Qualifying Classification ↗ 2021-03-27 17:20
2021-03-27 17:20 CET
Decision - Qualifying Yellow Flags ↗ 2021-03-27 18:00
2021-03-27 18:00 CET
Dry tyre type used during fastest lap in Q2 ↗ 2021-03-27 19:02
2021-03-27 19:02 CET
P3 and Qualifying scrutineering ↗ 2021-03-27 19:39
2021-03-27 19:39 CET
Summons - Car 5 alleged not respecting yellow flags ↗ 5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-27 20:13
5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-27 20:13 CET
Provisional Starting Grid ↗ 2021-03-27 20:28
2021-03-27 20:28 CET
Race Directors Note - Pre-Race Procedure ↗ 2021-03-28 13:46
2021-03-28 13:46 CET
Race Directors Note - Post Race Procedure ↗ 2021-03-28 13:48
2021-03-28 13:48 CET
Offence - Car 5 - Yellow Flags ↗ 5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-28 14:28
5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-28 14:28 CET
Final Qualifying Classification ↗ 2021-03-28 14:31
2021-03-28 14:31 CET
Parts and parameters been replaced or changed during the Parc Fermé ↗ 2021-03-28 15:56
2021-03-28 15:56 CET
Final Starting Grid ↗ 2021-03-28 16:01
2021-03-28 16:01 CET
Offence - Car 5 - Causing a collision ↗ 5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-28 18:50
5 Sebastian Vettel 2021-03-28 18:50 CET
Provisional Race Classification ↗ 2021-03-28 19:11
2021-03-28 19:11 CET
Race scrutineering ↗ 2021-03-28 21:14
2021-03-28 21:14 CET
Post Race physical inspections ↗ 2021-03-28 21:40
2021-03-28 21:40 CET
Final Race Classification ↗ 2021-03-28 21:55
2021-03-28 21:55 CET
Championship Points ↗ 2021-03-28 22:00
2021-03-28 22:00 CET
FIA official decisions and documents (fia.com) · PDF original PDF links
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15