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2021 Turkish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitIstanbul, 58 laps
Round16 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 Turkish Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,051st World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Turkish Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Istanbul
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes581hr 31m 04.10326 FL
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda58+14.584s18
3+3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda58+33.471s15
4-1(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari58+37.814s12
5+6(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+41.812s10
6-2(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda58+44.292s8
7 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes58+47.213s6
8+11(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari58+51.526s4
9-1(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes58+1m 22.018s2
10+2(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault57+1 lap1
11+5(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57+1 lap 
12+5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57+1 lap 
13+7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes57+1 lap 
14-5(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda57+1 lap 
15-2(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes57+1 lap 
16-11(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault57+1 lap 
17-2(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes57+1 lap 
18-8(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes57+1 lap 
19-5(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari56+2 laps 
20-2(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari56+2 laps 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton received a ten-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Carlos Sainz and Daniel Ricciardo were required to start the race from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:22.868 
2(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:22.9980.130
3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:23.1960.328
4(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:23.2650.397
5(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:23.3260.458
6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:23.4770.609
7(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:23.7060.838
8(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:23.9541.086
9(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:24.3051.437
10(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:24.3681.500
Q2
11(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:24.795 
12(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:24.842 
13(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:25.007 
14(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:25.200 
15(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari– 
Q1
16(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.881 
17(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:26.086 
18(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:26.430 
19(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:27.525 
20(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:28.449 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen262.5
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton256.5
3(FIN) Valtteri Bottas177
4(GBR) Lando Norris145
5(MEX) Sergio Perez135
6(ESP) Carlos Sainz116.5
7(MCO) Charles Leclerc116
8(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo95
9(FRA) Pierre Gasly74
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso58
11(FRA) Esteban Ocon46
12(DEU) Sebastian Vettel35
13(CAN) Lance Stroll26
14(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda18
15(GBR) George Russell16
16(CAN) Nicholas Latifi7
17(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen6
18(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes433.5
2Red Bull-Honda397.5
3McLaren-Mercedes240
4Ferrari232.5
5Alpine-Renault104
6AlphaTauri-Honda92
7Aston Martin-Mercedes61
8Williams-Mercedes23
9Alfa Romeo-Ferrari7

Stats & milestones

Wins
10th for Valtteri Bottas (35th driver to win ten races, 3rd Finnish driver; last for Mercedes)
121st for Mercedes
Podiums
65th for Valtteri Bottas
54th for Max Verstappen
13th for Sergio Perez
256th for Mercedes
197th & 198th for Red Bull
Poles
18th for Valtteri Bottas
131st for Mercedes
Fastest laps
18th for Valtteri Bottas
91st for Mercedes
Front row starts
43rd for Valtteri Bottas
26th for Max Verstappen
Points finishes
50th for Charles Leclerc
Pole & win
6th for Valtteri Bottas (last for Mercedes)
Win & fastest lap
4th for Valtteri Bottas (last for Mercedes)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Valtteri Bottas (first since 2017; first Finnish driver to complete a hat-trick since 2017; last for Mercedes)