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2021 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitPortimao, 66 laps
Round3 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,038th World Championship race
  • 18th and last World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 2nd and last World Championship race at Portimao
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes661hr 34m 31.421s25
2+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda66+29.148s18
3-2(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes66+33.530s16 FL
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda66+39.735s12
5+2(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes66+51.369s10
6+2(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari66+55.781s8
7-1(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault66+1m 03.749s6
8+5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault66+1m 04.808s4
9+7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes66+1m 15.369s2
10-1(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda66+1m 16.463s1
11-6(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari66+1m 18.955s 
12 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari65+1 lap 
13-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes65+1 lap 
14+3(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes65+1 lap 
15-1(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda65+1 lap 
16-5(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes65+1 lap 
17+2(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari64+2 laps 
18 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes64+2 laps 
19+1(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari64+2 laps (5.000s) 
R (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1DNF 

Notes

  • Nikita Mazepin received a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags. His final race position was unaffected.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:18.348 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:18.3550.007
3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:18.7460.398
4(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:18.8900.542
5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:19.0390.691
6(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:19.0420.694
7(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.1160.768
8(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:19.3060.958
9(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:19.4751.127
10(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:19.6591.311
Q2
11(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:19.109 
12(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:19.216 
13(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:19.456 
14(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:19.463 
15(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:19.812 
Q1
16(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.839 
17(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:19.913 
18(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:20.285 
19(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:20.452 
20(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:20.912 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Callum IlottAlfa Romeo-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton69
2(NLD) Max Verstappen61
3(GBR) Lando Norris37
4(FIN) Valtteri Bottas32
5(MCO) Charles Leclerc28
6(MEX) Sergio Perez22
7(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo16
8(ESP) Carlos Sainz14
9(FRA) Esteban Ocon8
10(FRA) Pierre Gasly7
11(CAN) Lance Stroll5
12(ESP) Fernando Alonso5
13(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes101
2Red Bull-Honda83
3McLaren-Mercedes53
4Ferrari42
5Alpine-Renault13
6AlphaTauri-Honda9
7Aston Martin-Mercedes5

Stats & milestones

Wins
97th for Lewis Hamilton
117th for Mercedes
Podiums
168th for Lewis Hamilton
58th for Valtteri Bottas
45th for Max Verstappen
240th & 241st for Mercedes
186th for Red Bull
Poles
17th for Valtteri Bottas
128th for Mercedes
1-2 start
78th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
17th for Valtteri Bottas
87th for Mercedes
Front row starts
161st for Lewis Hamilton
41st for Valtteri Bottas