Russia 2021: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:47.238	1:45.827	1:41.993
2	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:47.924	1:46.521	1:42.510	+0.517
3	Russell	Williams	1:48.303	1:46.435	1:42.983	+0.990
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.992	1:45.129	1:44.050	+2.057
5	Ricciardo	McLaren	1:48.345	1:46.361	1:44.156	+2.163
6	Alonso	Alpine	1:47.877	1:45.514	1:44.204	+2.211
7	Bottas	Mercedes	1:46.396	1:45.306	1:44.710	+2.717
8	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:48.322	1:46.360	1:44.956	+2.963
9	Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.455	1:45.834	1:45.337	+3.344
10	Ocon	Alpine	1:48.099	1:46.070	1:45.865	+3.872
11	Vettel	Aston Martin	1:47.205	1:46.573		+1.444
12	Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.828	1:46.641		+1.512
13	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:48.854	1:46.751		+1.622
14	Latifi	Williams	1:48.252			+2.260
15	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:48.470			+2.478
16	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:49.586			+3.594
17	Schumacher	Haas	1:49.830			+3.838
18	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:51.023			+5.031
19	Mazepin	Haas	1:53.764			+7.772
20	Verstappen	Red Bull

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	53	1:30:41.001	2	Mercedes
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	20	53	+53.271	2	Honda
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	2	53	+1:02.475	2	Ferrari
4	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	5	53	+1:05.607	2	Mercedes
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	16	53	+1:07.533	2	Mercedes
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	6	53	+1:21.321	2	Renault
7	Lando NorrisFastest lapDriver of the Day	McLaren	1	53	+1:27.224	2	Mercedes
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	13	53	+1:28.955	2	Ferrari
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	8	53	+1:30.076	2	Honda
10	George Russell	Williams	3	53	+1:40.551	2	Mercedes
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	7	53	+1:56.198	2	Mercedes
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	10	52	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	11	52	+1 lap	2	Honda
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	9	52	+1 lap	2	Renault
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	17	52	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	12	52	+1 lap	3	Honda
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	15	51	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	18	47	Accident damage	1	Mercedes
DNF	Mick Schumacher	Haas	14	32	Oil leak	1	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bottas Qualified 7, started 16 · 15-place penalty
Giovinazzi Qualified 18, started 17 · 5-place penalty
Latifi Qualified 14, started 18 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Leclerc Qualified 15, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Verstappen Qualified 20, started 20 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen20→2+18
Bottas16→5+11
Räikkönen13→8+5
Leclerc19→15+4
Hamilton4→1+3
Ricciardo5→4+1
Giovinazzi17→16+1
Alonso6→60
Sainz Jr.2→3-1
Pérez8→9-1
Latifi18→19-1
Vettel10→12-2
Gasly11→13-2
Mazepin15→18-3
Stroll7→11-4
Ocon9→14-5
Tsunoda12→17-5
Norris1→7-6
Russell3→10-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel29.242R26
2Gasly29.354R33
3Bottas29.569R47
4Verstappen29.578R26
5Norris29.824R28
6Hamilton29.878R26
7Ocon29.901R15
8Bottas29.936R28
9Schumacher29.996R20
10Hamilton30.045R49

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton262342 stops
Verstappen262252 stops
Sainz Jr.143452 stops
Ricciardo222652 stops
Bottas281962 stops
Alonso361432 stops
Norris282322 stops
Räikkönen153262 stops
Pérez361432 stops
Russell133462 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

LatifiAccident damage, classified P19Williams
SchumacherOil leakHaas

This race in history

7 races here since 2014Won from pole: 2 of 7

Win from furthest back (P3): Valtteri Bottas 2017

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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