2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 12 December 2021
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Pole position	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Circuit	Yas Marina, 58 laps
Round	22 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	58	1hr 30m 17.345s	26 FL
2		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+2.256s	18
3	+2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	58	+5.173s	15
4	+4	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	58	+5.692s	12
5	+7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	58	+6.531s	10
6		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58	+7.463s	8
7	-4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+59.200s	6
8	+3	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	58	+1m 01.708s	4
9		Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	58	+1m 04.026s	2
10	-3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58	+1m 06.057s	1
11	+4	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	58	+1m 07.527s
12	-2	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+1 lap
13		Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	57	+1 lap
14	+5	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1 lap
15	-11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	55	DNF
R		Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	50	DNF
R		Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	33	DNF
R		George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	26	DNF
R		Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	25	DNF
Did not start
		Nikita Mazepin	Haas-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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:22.109
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.480	0.371
3	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.931	0.822
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1:22.947	0.838
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.992	0.883
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.036	0.927
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.122	1.013
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:23.220	1.111
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:23.389	1.280
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.409	1.300
Q2
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:23.460
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:24.043
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:24.066
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:24.251
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:24.305
Q1
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.338
17	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.423
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:24.779
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.906
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:25.685

Driver	Constructor
Jack Aitken	Williams-Mercedes

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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