2021 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	72nd World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Max Verstappen (1st title, 34th different world champion, 1st Dutch champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Red Bull-Honda (5th title for Red Bull)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Lewis Hamilton
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Mercedes
Races:	22
Winning drivers:	Max Verstappen (10) Lewis Hamilton (8) Sergio Perez (1) Esteban Ocon (1) Daniel Ricciardo (1) Valtteri Bottas (1)
Winning constructors:	Red Bull (11) Mercedes (9) Alpine (1) McLaren (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Esteban Ocon
First-time winners (constructor):	Alpine
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	28 March	2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
2	Emilia Romagna	Imola	18 April	2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
3	Portugal	Portimao	02 May	2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
4	Spain	Catalunya	09 May	2021 Spanish Grand Prix
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	23 May	2021 Monaco Grand Prix
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	06 June	2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
7	France	Le Castellet	20 June	2021 French Grand Prix
8	Styria	Spielberg	27 June	2021 Styrian Grand Prix
9	Austria	Spielberg	04 July	2021 Austrian Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	18 July	2021 British Grand Prix
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	01 August	2021 Hungarian Grand Prix
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	2021 Belgian Grand Prix
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	05 September	2021 Dutch Grand Prix
14	Italy	Monza	12 September	2021 Italian Grand Prix
15	Russia	Sochi	26 September	2021 Russian Grand Prix
16	Turkey	Istanbul	10 October	2021 Turkish Grand Prix
17	USA	Austin	24 October	2021 United States Grand Prix
18	Mexico City	Mexico City	7 November	2021 Mexico City Grand Prix
19	Sao Paulo	Interlagos	14 November	2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix
20	Qatar	Losail	21 November	2021 Qatar Grand Prix
21	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	05 December	2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
22	Abu Dhabi DT CT	Yas Marina	12 December	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Cancelled races

The following Grands Prix were set to feature during the 2021 season but were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	China	Shanghai
2	Canada	Montreal
3	Singapore	Marina Bay
4	Japan	Suzuka
5	Australia	Melbourne

The Turkish Grand Prix was originally set to replace the Canadian Grand Prix before being cancelled. It was later re-added to the calendar as the replacement for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Driver and constructor entries

Race drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Alfa Romeo	Antonio Giovinazzi	All
	Robert Kubica	13-14
	Kimi Raikkonen	1-13, 15-22
AlphaTauri	Pierre Gasly	All
AlphaTauri	Yuki Tsunoda	All
Alpine	Fernando Alonso	All
Alpine	Esteban Ocon	All
Aston Martin	Lance Stroll	All
Aston Martin	Sebastian Vettel	All
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc	All
Ferrari	Carlos Sainz	All
Haas	Nikita Mazepin	All
Haas	Mick Schumacher	All
McLaren	Lando Norris	All
McLaren	Daniel Ricciardo	All
Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas	All
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	All
Red Bull	Sergio Perez	All
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	All
Williams	Nicholas Latifi	All
Williams	George Russell	All

Free practice drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Alfa Romeo	Callum Ilott	3, 9
Alfa Romeo	Robert Kubica	4, 8, 11
Alpine	Guanyu Zhou	9
Williams	Jack Aitken	22
Williams	Roy Nissany	4, 7, 9

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.745s
2	Emilia Romagna	Imola	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	3	22.000s
3	Portugal	Portimao	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	29.148s
4	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	15.841s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	2	8.968s
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	6	1.385s
7	France	Le Castellet	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	2.904s
8	Styria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	35.743s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	17.973s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	3.871s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	8	1.859s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	1.995s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	20.932s
14	Italy	Monza	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	2	1.747s
15	Russia	Sochi	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	53.271s
16	Turkey	Istanbul	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	14.584s
17	USA	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	1.333s
18	Mexico City	Mexico City	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	3	16.555s
19	Sao Paulo	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	10.496s
20	Qatar	Losail	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	25.743s
21	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	21.825s
22	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	2.256s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	2	0.388s
2	Emilia Romagna	Imola	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.035s
3	Portugal	Portimao	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	0.007s
4	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.036s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNS	0.230s
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	0.232s
7	France	Le Castellet	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.258s
8	Styria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.194s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.048s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	DNF	n/a
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.315s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.321s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.038s
14	Italy	Monza	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	DNF	n/a
15	Russia	Sochi	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	7	0.517s
16	Turkey	Istanbul	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	0.198s
17	USA	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.209s
18	Mexico City	Mexico City	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	15	0.145s
19	Sao Paulo	Interlagos	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	n/a
20	Qatar	Losail	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.455s
21	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.111s
22	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.371s

Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying.
Valtteri Bottas won sprint qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix but was forced to start the race from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Therefore, Max Verstappen, who finished second in sprint qualifying, was promoted to pole position.
Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying.

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2	Emilia Romagna	Imola	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
3	Portugal	Portimao	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
4	Spain	Catalunya	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
7	France	Le Castellet	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
8	Styria	Spielberg	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
9	Austria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
10	Britain	Silverstone	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
14	Italy	Monza	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes
15	Russia	Sochi	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
16	Turkey	Istanbul	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
17	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
18	Mexico City	Mexico City	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
19	Sao Paulo	Interlagos	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda
20	Qatar	Losail	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda
21	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
22	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda

No driver was recognised as having set the fastest lap at the Belgian Grand Prix.

Qualifying results

See: 2021 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (25), 2nd (18), 3rd (15), 4th (12), 5th (10), 6th (8), 7th (6), 8th (4), 9th (2), 10th (1)

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
^{(1, 2, 3)}: points scored in sprint qualifying

Pos	Driver	BHR	EMI	PRT	ESP	MCO	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	SAU	ABU	Points
1	Max Verstappen	2	1	2	2	1	18^R	1	1	1	R⁽³⁾	9	1	1	R⁽²⁾	2	2	1	1	2⁽²⁾	2	2	1	395.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	1	2	1	1	7	15	2	2	4	1⁽²⁾	2	3	2	R	1	5	2	2	1	1	1	2	387.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	3	R	3	3	R	12	4	3	2	3⁽¹⁾	R	12	3	3⁽³⁾	5	1	6	15	3⁽³⁾	R	3	6	226
4	Sergio Perez	5	11	4	5	4	1	3	4	6	16	R	19	8	5	9	3	3	3	4	4	R	15^R	190
5	Carlos Sainz	8	5	11	7	2	8	11	6	5	6	3	10	7	6	3	8	7	6	6⁽¹⁾	7	8	3	164.5
6	Lando Norris	4	3	5	8	3	5	5	5	3	4	R	14	10	2	7	7	8	10	10	9	10	7	160
7	Charles Leclerc	6	4	6	4	DNS	4	16	7	8	2	R	8	5	4	15	4	4	5	5	8	7	10	159
8	Daniel Ricciardo	7	6	9	6	12	9	6	13	7	5	11	4	11	1⁽¹⁾	4	13	5	12	R	12	5	12	115
9	Pierre Gasly	17^R	7	10	10	6	3	7	R	9	11	5	6	4	R	13	6	R	4	7	11	6	5	110
10	Fernando Alonso	R	10	8	17	13	6	8	9	10	7	4	11	6	8	6	16	R	9	9	3	13	8	81
11	Esteban Ocon	13	9	7	9	9	R	14	14	R	9	1	7	9	10	14	10	R	13	8	5	4	9	74
12	Sebastian Vettel	15	15^R	13	13	5	2	9	12	17^R	R	DSQ	5	13	12	12	18	10	7	11	10	R	11	43
13	Lance Stroll	10	8	14	11	8	R	10	8	13	8	R	20	12	7	11	9	12	14	R	6	11	13	34
14	Yuki Tsunoda	9	12	15	R	16	7	13	10	12	10	6	15	R	DNS	17	14	9	R	15	13	14	4	32
15	George Russell	14	R	16	14	14	17^R	12	R	11	12	8	2	17^R	9	10	15	14	16	13	17	R	R	16
16	Kimi Raikkonen	11	13	R	12	11	10	17	11	15	15	10	18			8	12	13	8	12	14	15	R	10
17	Nicholas Latifi	18^R	R	18	16	15	16	18	17	16	14	7	9	16	11	19^R	17	15	17	16	R	12	R	7
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	12	14	12	15	10	11	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	16	11	11	11	14	15	9	R	3
19	Mick Schumacher	16	16	17	18	18	13	19	16	18	18	12	16	18	15	R	19	16	R	18	16	R	14	–
20	Robert Kubica													15	14									–
21	Nikita Mazepin	R	17	19	19	17	14	20	18	19	17	R	17	R	R	18	20	17	18	17	18	R	DNS	–
Pos	Driver	BHR	EMI	PRT	ESP	MCO	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	SAU	ABU	Points

Half points were awarded at the Belgian Grand Prix due to the race being stopped before 75% race distance had been completed.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 2021.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
^{(1, 2, 3)}: points scored in sprint qualifying

No.	Constructor	BHR	EMI	PRT	ESP	MCO	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	SAU	ABU	Points
1	Mercedes	1	2	1	1	7	12	2	2	2	1⁽²⁾	2	3	2	3⁽³⁾	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	613.5
1	Mercedes		Mercedes	3	R	3	3	R	15	4	3	4	3⁽¹⁾	R	12	3	R	5	5	6	15	3⁽³⁾	R	613.5	3	6
2	Red Bull-Honda	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	16	9	1	1	5	2	2	1	1	2⁽²⁾	2	2	1	585.5
2	Red Bull-Honda		Red Bull-Honda	5	12	4	5	4	18^R	3	4	6	R⁽³⁾	R	19	8	R⁽²⁾	9	3	3	3	4	4	585.5	R	15^R
3	Ferrari	6	4	6	4	2	4	11	6	5	2	3	8	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	7	7	3	323.5
3	Ferrari		Ferrari	8	5	11	7	DNS	8	16	7	8	6	R	10	7	6	15	8	7	6	6⁽¹⁾	8	323.5	8	10
4	McLaren-Mercedes	4	3	5	6	3	5	5	5	3	4	11	4	10	1⁽¹⁾	4	7	5	10	10	9	5	7	275
4	McLaren-Mercedes		McLaren-Mercedes	7	6	9	8	12	9	6	13	7	5	R	14	11	2	7	13	8	12	R	12	275	10	12
5	Alpine-Renault	13	9	7	9	9	6	8	9	10	7	1	7	6	8	6	10	R	9	8	3	4	8	155
5	Alpine-Renault		Alpine-Renault	R	10	8	17	13	R	14	14	R	9	4	11	9	10	14	11	R	13	9	5	155	13	9
6	AlphaTauri-Honda	9	7	10	10	6	3	7	10	9	10	5	6	4	R	13	6	9	4	7	11	6	4	142
6	AlphaTauri-Honda		AlphaTauri-Honda	17^R	12	15	R	16	7	13	R	12	11	6	15	R	DNS	17	14	R	R	15	13	142	14	5
7	Aston Martin-Mercedes	10	8	13	11	5	2	9	8	13	8	R	5	12	7	11	9	10	7	11	6	11	11	77
7	Aston Martin-Mercedes		Aston Martin-Mercedes	15	15^R	14	13	8	R	10	12	17^R	R	DSQ	20	13	12	12	18	12	14	R	10	77	R	13
8	Williams-Mercedes	14	R	16	14	14	16	12	17	11	12	7	2	16	9	10	15	14	16	13	17	12	R	23
8	Williams-Mercedes		Williams-Mercedes	18^R	R	18	16	15	17^R	18	R	16	14	8	9	17^R	11	19^R	17	15	17	16	R	23	R	R
9	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	11	13	12	12	10	10	15	11	14	13	10	13	14	13	8	11	11	8	12	14	9	R	13
9	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	12	14	R	15	11	11	17	15	15	15	13	18	15	14	16	12	13	11	14	15	13	15	R
10	Haas-Ferrari	16	16	17	18	17	13	19	16	18	17	12	16	18	15	18	19	16	18	17	16	R	14	–
10	Haas-Ferrari		Haas-Ferrari	R	17	19	19	18	14	20	18	19	18	R	17	R	R	R	20	17	R	18	18	–	R	DNS
No.	Constructor	BHR	EMI	PRT	ESP	MCO	AZE	FRA	STY	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	NLD	ITA	RUS	TUR	USA	MEX	SAO	QAT	SAU	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 2021.

Season statistics

See: 2021 F1 World Championship Season Statistics