2021 F1 pole positions

Season

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole margin
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	2	0.388s
2	Emilia Romagna	Imola	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.035s
3	Portugal	Portimao	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	0.007s
4	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.036s
5	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNS	0.230s
6	Azerbaijan	Baku	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	0.232s
7	France	Le Castellet	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.258s
8	Styria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.194s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.048s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	DNF	n/a
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.315s
12	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.321s
13	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.038s
14	Italy	Monza	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	DNF	n/a
15	Russia	Sochi	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	7	0.517s
16	Turkey	Istanbul	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	0.198s
17	USA	Austin	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.209s
18	Mexico City	Mexico City	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	15	0.145s
19	Sao Paulo	Interlagos	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	n/a
20	Qatar	Losail	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.455s
21	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.111s
22	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	0.371s

Notes

Max Verstappen took pole position for the British Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying.
Valtteri Bottas won sprint qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix but was forced to start the race from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Therefore, Max Verstappen, who finished second in sprint qualifying, was promoted to pole position.
Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix by winning sprint qualifying.