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Home / Seasons / 2021 F1 World Championship Season / Driver Standings

2021 F1 driver standings

Standings

Constructor standings
#DriverBHREMIPRTESPMCOAZEFRASTYAUTGBRHUNBELNLDITARUSTURUSAMEXSAOQATSAUABUPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)2122118R111R(3)911R(2)22112(2)221395.5
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)12117152241(2)232R15221112387.5
3(FIN) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)3R33R124323(1)R1233(3)516153(3)R36226
4(MEX) Sergio Perez (Red Bull)511454134616R1985933344R15R190
5(ESP) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)8511728116563107638766(1)783164.5
6(GBR) Lando Norris (McLaren)4358355534R1410277810109107160
7(MCO) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)6464DNS416782R8541544558710159
8(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)769612961375114111(1)413512R12512115
9(FRA) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)17R71010637R911564R136R471165110
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso (Alpine)R108171368910741168616R99313881
11(FRA) Esteban Ocon (Alpine)139799R1414R9179101410R13854974
12(DEU) Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)1515R13135291217RRDSQ5131212181071110R1143
13(CAN) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)10814118R108138R201271191214R6111334
14(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)91215R16713101210615RDNS17149R151314432
15(GBR) George Russell (Williams)14R16141417R12R11128217R9101514161317RR16
16(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)1113R121110171115151018  812138121415R10
17(CAN) Nicholas Latifi (Williams)18RR181615161817161479161119R17151716R12R7
18(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)12141215101115151413131314131611111114159R3
19(DEU) Mick Schumacher (Haas)1616171818131916181812161815R1916R1816R14–
20(POL) Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo)            1514        –
21(RUS) Nikita Mazepin (Haas)R171919171420181917R17RR182017181718RDNS–
#DriverBHREMIPRTESPMCOAZEFRASTYAUTGBRHUNBELNLDITARUSTURUSAMEXSAOQATSAUABUPoints
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Table key, points system and championship rules
  • Highlight: Rookie
  • Bold: pole position
  • Underline: fastest lap
  • Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
  • (3,2,1): points scored in sprint qualifying
  • DSQ: Disqualified
  • DNS: Did not start

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

  • 1st (25)
  • 2nd (18)
  • 3rd (15)
  • 4th (12)
  • 5th (10)
  • 6th (8)
  • 7th (6)
  • 8th (4)
  • 9th (2)
  • 10th (1)
  • fastest lap (1)

The fastest lap point was only awarded if the driver was also classified in the top ten for the race.

Notes

  • Half points were awarded at the Belgian Grand Prix as the race didn’t reach 75% of the scheduled race distance.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 2021.

Chart by Visualizer
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Sprint qualifying results

#DriverGBRITASAOPoints
1(FIN) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)3117
2(NLD) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)1227
3(GBR) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)2552
4(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)63111
5(ESP) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)11731
6(GBR) Lando Norris (McLaren)546 
7(MCO) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)467 
8(MEX) Sergio Perez (Red Bull)20R94 
9(ESP) Fernando Alonso (Alpine)71112 
10(DEU) Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)81210 
11(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)15813 
12(GBR) George Russell (Williams)91517 
13(FRA) Esteban Ocon (Alpine)10139 
14(CAN) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)141014 
15(FRA) Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri)12R8 
16(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)13 18 
17(CAN) Nicholas Latifi (Williams)171416 
18(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)161615 
19(RUS) Nikita Mazepin (Haas)191720 
20(DEU) Mick Schumacher (Haas)181919 
21(POL) Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo) 18  
#DriverGBRITASAOPoints
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Points system and rules

The results of the sprint races determined the starting grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

Points were awarded to the top three finishers in each race on a 3-2-1 basis and those points counted towards both championships.

No points were given for fastest lap.

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