2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:22.109
2		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.480
3		Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.931
4		Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1:22.947
5		Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.992
6		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.036
7		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.122
8		Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:23.220
9		Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:23.389
10		Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.409
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
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

Qualifying Result

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

Free Practice Appearances

Driver	Constructor
Jack Aitken	Williams-Mercedes

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2021

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	395.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	387.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	226
4	Sergio Perez	190
5	Carlos Sainz	164.5
6	Lando Norris	160
7	Charles Leclerc	159
8	Daniel Ricciardo	115
9	Pierre Gasly	110
10	Fernando Alonso	81
11	Esteban Ocon	74
12	Sebastian Vettel	43
13	Lance Stroll	34
14	Yuki Tsunoda	32
15	George Russell	16
16	Kimi Raikkonen	10
17	Nicholas Latifi	7
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	3

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	613.5
2	Red Bull-Honda	585.5
3	Ferrari	323.5
4	McLaren-Mercedes	275
5	Alpine-Renault	155
6	AlphaTauri-Honda	142
7	Aston Martin-Mercedes	77
8	Williams-Mercedes	23
9	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	13

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Antonio Giovinazzi, Kimi Raikkonen

Milestone race start

Driver: 100th for Lance Stroll

World Champion

Driver: 1st World Championship for Max Verstappen (34th different world champion, 1st Dutch champion)

Wins

Driver: 20th for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 75th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 182nd for Lewis Hamilton, 60th for Max Verstappen, 6th for Carlos Sainz

Constructor: 778th for Ferrari, 264th for Mercedes, 206th for Red Bull

Poles

Driver: 13th for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 73rd for Red Bull

Fastest laps

Driver: 16th for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 76th for for Red Bull

Front row starts

Driver: 173rd for Lewis Hamilton, 29th for Max Verstappen

Pole & win

Driver: 9th for Max Verstappen

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 5th for Max Verstappen

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 3rd for Max Verstappen

See also

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