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

2021 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 March 2021
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload 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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes561hr 32m 03.897s25
2-1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda56+0.745s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes56+37.383s16 FL
4+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes56+46.466s12
5PLMexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda56+52.047s10
6-2Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari56+59.090s8
7-1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes56+1m 06.004s6
8 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari56+1m 07.100s4
9+4Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda56+1m 25.692s2
10 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes56+1m 26.713s1
11+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari56+1m 28.864s 
12 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13+3France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault55+1 lap 
14+1United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap 
15+5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes55+1 lap (10.000s) 
16+2Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
17-12France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda52DNF 
18-1Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes51DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault32DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload 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 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
5 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
6 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
7 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
8 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari
9 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
10 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
11    
12 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
13 Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda
14 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15 United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
16 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
17 Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
18 Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
19 Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari
20-5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  Mexico flag lazyload 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
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:28.997 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:29.3850.388
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:29.5860.589
4Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:29.6780.681
5France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:29.8090.812
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:29.9270.930
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:29.9740.977
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.2151.218
9Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:30.2491.252
10Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:30.6011.604
Q2
11Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:30.659 
12Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:30.708 
13Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:31.203 
14Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.238 
15United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:33.430 
Q1
16France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:31.724 
17Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:31.936 
18Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:32.056 
19Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:32.449 
20Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:33.273 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton25
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen18
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas16
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris12
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez10
6Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc8
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo6
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz4
9Japan flag lazyload Yuki Tsunoda2
10Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes41
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda28
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes18
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari12
5Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda2
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston 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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