Spain 2021: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.245	1:17.166	1:16.741
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.090	1:16.922	1:16.777	+0.036
3	Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.005	1:17.142	1:16.873	+0.132
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.041	1:17.717	1:17.510	+0.769
5	Ocon	Alpine	1:18.281	1:17.743	1:17.580	+0.839
6	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:18.205	1:17.656	1:17.620	+0.879
7	Ricciardo	McLaren	1:18.264	1:17.719	1:17.622	+0.881
8	Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.203	1:17.669	1:17.701	+0.960
9	Norris	McLaren	1:17.821	1:17.696	1:18.010	+1.269
10	Alonso	Alpine	1:18.281	1:17.966	1:18.147	+1.406
11	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.241	1:17.974		+1.052
12	Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:18.190	1:17.982		+1.060
13	Vettel	Aston Martin	1:18.289	1:18.079		+1.157
14	Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:18.549	1:18.356		+1.434
15	Russell	Williams	1:18.445	1:19.154		+2.232
16	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:18.556			+0.735
17	Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:18.917			+1.096
18	Schumacher	Haas	1:19.117			+1.296
19	Latifi	Williams	1:19.219			+1.398
20	Mazepin	Haas	1:19.807			+1.986

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 HamiltonDriver of the Day	Mercedes	1	66	1:33:07.680	2	Mercedes
2	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull	2	66	+15.841	2	Honda
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	66	+26.610	2	Mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	66	+54.616	2	Ferrari
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	8	66	+1:03.671	2	Honda
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	7	66	+1:13.768	2	Mercedes
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	6	66	+1:14.670	2	Ferrari
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	9	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	5	65	+1 lap	1	Renault
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	12	65	+1 lap	2	Honda
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	17	65	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	13	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
14	George Russell	Williams	15	65	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	14	65	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	19	65	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	10	65	+1 lap	2	Renault
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	18	64	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	20	64	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	6	Electrical	0	Honda

Starting grid vs qualifying

Mazepin Qualified 20, started 20 · 3-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Räikkönen17→12+5
Pérez8→5+3
Latifi19→16+3
Gasly12→10+2
Ricciardo7→6+1
Norris9→8+1
Russell15→14+1
Mazepin20→19+1
Hamilton1→10
Verstappen2→20
Bottas3→30
Leclerc4→40
Stroll11→110
Vettel13→130
Schumacher18→180
Sainz Jr.6→7-1
Giovinazzi14→15-1
Ocon5→9-4
Alonso10→17-7

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

Fastest pit stops

1Pérez21.345R57
2Latifi21.424R27
3Stroll21.432R39
4Räikkönen21.572R37
5Verstappen21.592R60
6Leclerc21.613R28
7Bottas21.638R53
8Stroll21.756R22
9Ricciardo21.762R46
10Sainz Jr.21.779R22

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

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton2814242 stops
Verstappen243662 stops
Bottas2330132 stops
Leclerc283082 stops
Pérez273092 stops
Ricciardo2521202 stops
Sainz Jr.2224202 stops
Norris2328142 stops · +1 lap
Ocon23421 stop · +1 lap
Gasly1829182 stops · +1 lap

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.

This race in history

30 races here since 1991Won from pole: 22 of 30

Win from furthest back (P5): Fernando Alonso 2013

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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