2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 28 March 2021
Winner	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Sakhir, 56 laps
Round	1 of 22
Race numbers	The 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix was the: 1,036th World Championship race 17th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix 18th World Championship race at Sakhir
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Previous race	2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1hr 32m 03.897s	25
2	-1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	56	+0.745s	18
3		(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+37.383s	16 FL
4	+3	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+46.466s	12
5	PL	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	56	+52.047s	10
6	-2	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+59.090s	8
7	-1	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1m 06.004s	6
8		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	56	+1m 07.100s	4
9	+4	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	56	+1m 25.692s	2
10		(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	56	+1m 26.713s	1
11	+3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	56	+1m 28.864s
12		(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
13	+3	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	55	+1 lap
14	+1	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
15	+5	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	55	+1 lap (10.000s)
16	+2	(DEU) Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
17	-12	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	52	DNF
18	-1	(CAN) Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	51	DNF
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	32	DNF
R		(RUS) Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	0	DNF

Notes

Sebastian Vettel received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision. His final race position was unaffected.
Pierre Gasly ended lap 52 in P16 before retiring on the following lap.
Nicholas Latifi ended lap 51 in P18 before retiring on the following lap.

Notes

Sebastian Vettel received a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double yellow flags during qualifying.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:28.997
2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.385	0.388
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.586	0.589
4	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.678	0.681
5	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:29.809	0.812
6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.927	0.930
7	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.974	0.977
8	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.215	1.218
9	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:30.249	1.252
10	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:30.601	1.604
Q2
11	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1:30.659
12	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:30.708
13	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:31.203
14	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:31.238
15	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:33.430
Q1
16	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:31.724
17	(CAN) Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.936
18	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:32.056
19	(DEU) Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.449
20	(RUS) Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.273

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Nikita Mazepin; Mick Schumacher; Yuki Tsunoda (first Japanese driver to start a race since 2014); Alpine
Wins: 96th for Lewis Hamilton; 116th for Mercedes
Podiums: 166th for Lewis Hamilton; 57th for Valtteri Bottas; 43rd for Max Verstappen; 237th & 238th for Mercedes; 184th for Red Bull
Poles: 4th for Max Verstappen; 64th for Red Bull
Fastest laps: 16th for Valtteri Bottas; 85th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 159th for Lewis Hamilton; 16th for Max Verstappen
Points finishes: 25th for Lando Norris; 1st for Yuki Tsunoda (344th different point scorer, 8th Japanese driver)