2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 18 April 2021
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Circuit	Imola, 63 laps
Round	2 of 22
Race numbers	The 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was the: 1,037th World Championship race 2nd World Championship Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 29th World Championship race at Imola
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	63	2hr 02m 34.598s	25
2	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	63	+22.000s	19 FL
3	+4	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	63	+23.702s	15
4		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	63	+25.579s	12
5	+6	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	63	+27.036s	10
6		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	63	+51.220s	8
7	-2	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	63	+52.818s	6
8	+2	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	63	+56.909s (5.000s)	4
9		(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	63	+1m 05.704s	2
10	+5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	63	+1m 06.561s	1
11	-9	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	63	+1m 07.151s
12	+8	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	63	+1m 13.184s (5.000s)
13	+3	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	63	+1m 34.773s (30.000s)
14	+3	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	62	+1 lap
15	PL	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	61	DNF
16	+2	(DEU) Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	61	+2 laps
17	+2	(RUS) Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	61	+2 laps
R		(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	30	DNF
R		(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	30	DNF
R		(CAN) Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	0	DNF

Notes

Lance Stroll received a post-race five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage while overtaking Pierre Gasly. He originally finished P7.
Kimi Raikkonen received a post-race 30-second time penalty for a rolling start infringement. He originally finished P9.
Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. His final race position was unaffected.
Sebastian Vettel ended lap 61 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.

Notes

Yuki Tsunoda received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change and was required to start from the back of the grid.
Sebastian Vettel started from the pit lane due to brake issues that meant his car was not ready to start the formation lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.411
2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1:14.446	0.035
3	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1:14.498	0.087
4	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:14.740	0.329
5	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:14.790	0.379
6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.826	0.415
7	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.875	0.464
8	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:14.898	0.487
9	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:15.210	0.799
10	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	–	–
Q2
11	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:15.199
12	(GBR) George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:15.261
13	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:15.394
14	(CAN) Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:15.593
15	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:15.593
Q1
16	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:15.974
17	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:16.122
18	(DEU) Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.279
19	(RUS) Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.797
20	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 150th for Alfa Romeo (20th constructor to start 150 races)
Wins: 11th for Max Verstappen; 65th for Red Bull
Podiums: 167th for Lewis Hamilton; 44th for Max Verstappen; 2nd for Lando Norris; 489th for McLaren; 239th for Mercedes; 185th for Red Bull
Poles: 99th for Lewis Hamilton; 127th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 54th for Lewis Hamilton; 86th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 160th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to achieve 160 front row starts, 1st British driver); 1st for Sergio Perez (153rd different front row starter, 3rd Mexican driver)