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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021

Round 22 of 22Yas Marina Circuit, Abu DhabiDec 12 202158 laps

Podium

HAMMercedes

VERRed Bull

SAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVER1:30:17.345 from P1

PoleVER1:22.109

Fastest lapVER1:26.103 on lap 39

Pit stops29recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	–	58	1:30:17.345	26	1:26.103	3
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	–	58	+2.256s	18	1:26.615	1
3	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	5	▲2	58	+5.173s	15	1:27.618	1
4	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	8	▲4	58	+5.692s	12	1:27.496	2
5	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	12	▲7	58	+6.531s	10	1:27.342	2
6	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	–	58	+7.463s	8	1:26.862	1
7	NORLando Norris	McLaren	3	▼4	58	+59.200s	6	1:26.762	2
8	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	11	▲3	58	+61.708s	4	1:27.607	1
9	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	9	–	58	+64.026s	2	1:28.249	1
10	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	7	▼3	58	+66.057s	1	1:28.433	2
11	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	15	▲4	58	+67.527s		1:28.303	1
12	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	10	▼2	57	+1 lap		1:28.723	2
13	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	13	–	57	+1 lap		1:28.567	2
14	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	19	▲5	57	+1 lap		1:29.457	2
15	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	▼11	55	+3 laps		1:26.419	3
DNF	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	16		50	Accident		1:29.293	1
DNF	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	14		33	Hydraulics		1:29.442	1
DNF	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	17		26	Gearbox		1:30.647
DNF	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	18		25	Brakes		1:29.698	1
DNS	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	–		0	Withdrew		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	13	21.2s
2	LEC	35	21.2s
3	VET	23	21.2s
4	LAT	28	21.2s
5	ALO	36	21.3s
6	NOR	17	21.4s
7	PER	53	21.4s
8	PER	36	21.4s
9	RIC	18	21.4s
10	VER	53	21.5s
11	PER	21	21.5s
12	HAM	14	21.6s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 29 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.322	1:22.800	1:22.109
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.845	1:23.145	1:22.480	+0.371s
3	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1:23.553	1:23.256	1:22.931	+0.822s
4	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:23.350	1:23.135	1:22.947	+0.838s
5	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:23.624	1:23.174	1:22.992	+0.883s
6	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.117	1:23.246	1:23.036	+0.927s
7	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.467	1:23.202	1:23.122	+1.013s
8	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:23.428	1:23.404	1:23.220	+1.111s
9	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	1:23.764	1:23.420	1:23.389	+1.280s
10	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:23.829	1:23.448	1:23.409	+1.300s
11	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	1:23.846	1:23.460	–	+1.351s
12	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:23.489	1:24.043	–	+1.934s
13	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.061	1:24.066	–	+1.957s
14	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:24.118	1:24.251	–	+2.142s
15	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:24.225	1:24.305	–	+2.196s
16	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	1:24.338	–	–	+2.229s
17	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	1:24.423	–	–	+2.314s
18	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.779	–	–	+2.670s
19	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	1:24.906	–	–	+2.797s
20	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	1:25.685	–	–	+3.576s

Yas Marina Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2021. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2020	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2018	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2017	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2016	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2015	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus
2011	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren

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