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

2021 British Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 July 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
  • Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
CircuitSilverstone, 52 laps
Round10 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 British Grand Prix was the

  • 1,045th World Championship race
  • 72nd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 56th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes521hr 58m 23.284s25
2+2Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari52+3.871s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes52+11.125s15
4+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes52+28.573s12
5+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes52+42.624s10
6+4Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari52+43.454s8
7 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault52+1m 12.093s6
8+6Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes52+1m 14.289s4
9 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault52+1m 16.162s2
10+6Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda52+1m 22.065s1
11 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda52+1m 25.327s 
12 United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes51+1 lap 
13+2Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari51+1 lap 
14+3Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes51+1 lap 
15-2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari51+1 lap 
16PLMexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda51+1 lap 
17+2Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari51+1 lap 
18 Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari51+1 lap 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes40DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda0DNF 

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 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
6 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
7 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
8 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
9 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
10 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari
11 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
12-3United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
13 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
15 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
16 Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda
17 Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
18 Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
19 Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
  Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda

Notes

  • George Russell received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz during sprint qualifying.
  • Sergio Perez was required to start from the pit lane after changes were made to his car under parc ferme conditions.

Sprint Qualifying

The sprint qualifying result determined the starting grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1725m 38.426s3
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes17+1.430s2
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes17+7.502s1
4 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari17+11.278s 
5+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes17+24.111s 
6+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes17+30.959s 
7+4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault17+43.527s 
8+2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes17+44.439s 
9-1United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes17+46.652s 
10+3France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault17+47.395s 
11-2Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari17+47.798s 
12 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda17+48.763s 
13+4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari17+50.677s 
14+1Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes17+52.179s 
15-1Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari17+53.225s 
16 Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda17+53.567s 
17+1Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes17+55.162s 
18+1Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari17+1m 08.213s 
19+1Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari17+1m 17.648s 
20-15Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda16DNF 

Qualifying result

The qualifying results below decided the starting grid for the Qualifying Sprint (shown above), not Sunday’s Grand Prix.

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:26.134 
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:26.2090.075
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:26.3280.194
4Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:26.8280.694
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:26.8440.710
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.8970.763
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:26.8990.765
8United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:26.9710.837
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari1:27.0070.873
10Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:27.1791.045
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:27.245 
12France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:27.273 
13France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:27.340 
14Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:27.617 
15Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:27.665 
Q1
16Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:28.043 
17Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:28.062 
18Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:28.254 
19Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:28.738 
20Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:29.051 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen185
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton177
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris113
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas108
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez104
6Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc80
7Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz68
8Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo50
9France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly39
10Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel30
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso26
12Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll18
13France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon14
14Japan flag lazyload Yuki Tsunoda10
15Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen1
16Italy flag lazyload Antonio Giovinazzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda289
2Germany flag lazyload Mercedes285
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes163
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari148
5Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda49
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston Martin-Mercedes48
7France flag lazyload Alpine-Renault40
8Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari2

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Antonio Giovinazzi (140th driver to start 50 races, 20th Italian driver)
Wins
99th for Lewis Hamilton
119th for Mercedes
Podiums
172nd for Lewis Hamilton, 62nd for Valtteri Bottas, 13th for Charles Leclerc
775th for Ferrari, 248th & 249th for Mercedes
Poles
8th for Max Verstappen
68th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
5th for Sergio Perez (first since 2017; first Mexican driver to set a fastest lap since 2017; first for Red Bull)
73rd for Red Bull
Front row starts
166th for Lewis Hamilton, 22nd for Max Verstappen

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 2021 World Championship season

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