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Home / Seasons / 2021 F1 World Championship Season / 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 December 2021
Winner
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
Pole position
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
CircuitYas Marina, 58 laps
Round22 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the

  • 1,057th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • 13th World Championship race at Yas Marina
  • 2021 Drivers’ title decider
  • 2021 Constructors’ title decider
More 2021 season
More Abu Dhabi Grands Prix
Next race2022 Bahrain Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda581hr 30m 17.345s26 FL
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+2.256s18
3+2Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari58+5.173s15
4+4Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda58+5.692s12
5+7France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda58+6.531s10
6 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes58+7.463s8
7-4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes58+59.200s6
8+3Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault58+1m 01.708s4
9 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault58+1m 04.026s2
10-3Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari58+1m 06.057s1
11+4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes58+1m 07.527s 
12-2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes57+1 lap 
13 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes57+1 lap 
14+5Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari57+1 lap 
15-11Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda55DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes50DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari33DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes26DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari25DNF 
Did not start
  Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari   

Notes

  • Nikita Mazepin failed to start the race after testing positive for Covid-19.
  • Sergio Perez ended lap 55 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda
5Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari
6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
7Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
8Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda
9France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
10Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
12France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
13Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
14Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
16Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
17United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
18Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
19Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:22.109 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:22.4800.371
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:22.9310.822
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:22.9470.838
5Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari1:22.9920.883
6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:23.0360.927
7Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:23.1221.013
8Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:23.2201.111
9France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:23.3891.280
10Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.4091.300
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:23.460 
12France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:24.043 
13Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:24.066 
14Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:24.251 
15Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:24.305 
Q1
16Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:24.338 
17United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:24.423 
18Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:24.779 
19Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:24.906 
20Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:25.685 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack AitkenUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen395.5
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton387.5
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas226
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez190
5Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz164.5
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris160
7Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc159
8Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo115
9France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly110
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso81
11France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon74
12Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel43
13Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll34
14Japan flag lazyload Yuki Tsunoda32
15United Kingdom flag lazyload George Russell16
16Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen10
17Canada flag lazyload Nicholas Latifi7
18Italy flag lazyload Antonio Giovinazzi3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes613.5
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda585.5
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari323.5
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes275
5France flag lazyload Alpine-Renault155
6Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda142
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston Martin-Mercedes77
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes23
9Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari13

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Antonio Giovinazzi, Nikita Mazepin, Kimi Raikkonen
Milestone race start
100th for Lance Stroll (74th driver to start 100 races, 2nd Canadian driver)
World Champion
1st title for Max Verstappen (34th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Dutch champion)
8th title for Mercedes (4th constructor to win eight championships)
Wins
20th for Max Verstappen (17th driver to win 20 races, 1st Dutch driver)
75th for Red Bull
Podiums
182nd for Lewis Hamilton, 60th for Max Verstappen (12th driver to score 60 podiums, 1st Dutch driver), 6th for Carlos Sainz
778th for Ferrari, 264th for Mercedes, 206th for Red Bull
Poles
13th for Max Verstappen
73rd for Red Bull
Fastest laps
16th for Max Verstappen
76th for Red Bull
Front row starts
173rd for Lewis Hamilton, 29th for Max Verstappen
Pole & win
9th for Max Verstappen
Win & fastest lap
5th for Max Verstappen
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd for Max Verstappen

See also

  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • Yas Marina circuit
  • 2021 World Championship season

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