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Home / Seasons / 2021 F1 World Championship Season / 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 March 2021
Winner
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Mercedes
Pole position
  • Max Verstappen
  • Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Valtteri Bottas
  • Mercedes
CircuitSakhir, 56 laps
Round1 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
More 2021 season
More Bahrain Grands Prix
Previous race2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes561hr 32m 03.897s25
2-1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda56+0.745s18
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes56+37.383s16 FL
4+3(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes56+46.466s12
5PL(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda56+52.047s10
6-2(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari56+59.090s8
7-1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes56+1m 06.004s6
8 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari56+1m 07.100s4
9+4(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda56+1m 25.692s2
10 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes56+1m 26.713s1
11+3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari56+1m 28.864s 
12 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13+3(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault55+1 lap 
14+1(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap 
15+5(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes55+1 lap (10.000s) 
16+2(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
17-12(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda52DNF 
18-1(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes51DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault32DNF 
R (RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari0DNF 

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.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
5 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
6 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
7 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
8 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
9 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
10 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
11    
12 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
13 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda
14 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15 (GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
16 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
17 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
18 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
19 (RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari
20-5(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:28.997 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:29.3850.388
3(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:29.5860.589
4(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:29.6780.681
5(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:29.8090.812
6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:29.9270.930
7(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:29.9740.977
8(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.2151.218
9(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:30.2491.252
10(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:30.6011.604
Q2
11(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:30.659 
12(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:30.708 
13(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:31.203 
14(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.238 
15(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:33.430 
Q1
16(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:31.724 
17(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:31.936 
18(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:32.056 
19(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:32.449 
20(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:33.273 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton25
2(NLD) Max Verstappen18
3(FIN) Valtteri Bottas16
4(GBR) Lando Norris12
5(MEX) Sergio Perez10
6(MCO) Charles Leclerc8
7(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo6
8(ESP) Carlos Sainz4
9(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda2
10(CAN) Lance Stroll1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes41
2Red Bull-Honda28
3McLaren-Mercedes18
4Ferrari12
5AlphaTauri-Honda2
6Aston Martin-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

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)

See also

  • Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Sakhir circuit
  • 2021 World Championship season

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