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Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2021

Round 1 of 22Bahrain International Circuit, SakhirMar 28 202156 laps

Podium

VERRed Bull

HAMMercedes

BOTMercedes

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:32:03.897 from P2

PoleVER1:28.997

Fastest lapBOT1:32.090 on lap 56

Pit stops40recorded stops

Finishers18 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▲1	56	1:32:03.897	25	1:34.015	2
2	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	▼1	56	+0.745s	18	1:33.228	2
3	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	–	56	+37.383s	16	1:32.090	3
4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	7	▲3	56	+46.466s	12	1:34.396	2
5	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	PL		56	+52.047s	10	1:33.970	3
6	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	▼2	56	+59.090s	8	1:34.988	2
7	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	6	▼1	56	+66.004s	6	1:34.932	2
8	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	8	–	56	+67.100s	4	1:34.509	2
9	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	13	▲4	56	+85.692s	2	1:34.761	2
10	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	10	–	56	+86.713s	1	1:34.865	2
11	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	14	▲3	56	+88.864s		1:35.192	2
12	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	12	–	55	+1 lap		1:35.122	2
13	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	16	▲3	55	+1 lap		1:35.250	2
14	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	15	▲1	55	+1 lap		1:35.036	2
15	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	20	▲5	55	+1 lap		1:35.566	1
16	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	18	▲2	55	+1 lap		1:36.134	2
17	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	5	▼12	52	+4 laps		1:34.090	3
18	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	17	▼1	51	+5 laps		1:36.602	2
DNF	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	9		32	Brakes		1:36.063	2
DNF	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	19		0	Accident		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	39	23.8s
2	LAT	32	24.0s
3	PER	2	24.0s
4	RAI	29	24.0s
5	HAM	28	24.1s
6	PER	19	24.1s
7	RAI	13	24.1s
8	LEC	32	24.2s
9	PER	38	24.2s
10	GIO	30	24.2s
11	RUS	36	24.2s
12	BOT	16	24.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 40 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.499	1:30.318	1:28.997
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.617	1:30.085	1:29.385	+0.388s
3	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.200	1:30.186	1:29.586	+0.589s
4	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.691	1:30.010	1:29.678	+0.681s
5	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.848	1:30.513	1:29.809	+0.812s
6	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.795	1:30.222	1:29.927	+0.930s
7	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1:30.902	1:30.099	1:29.974	+0.977s
8	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:31.653	1:30.009	1:30.215	+1.218s
9	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.863	1:30.595	1:30.249	+1.252s
10	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.261	1:30.624	1:30.601	+1.604s
11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.165	1:30.659	–	+1.662s
12	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.998	1:30.708	–	+1.711s
13	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.607	1:31.203	–	+2.206s
14	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.547	1:31.238	–	+2.241s
15	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	1:31.316	1:33.430	–	+4.433s
16	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.724	–	–	+2.727s
17	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.936	–	–	+2.939s
18	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.056	–	–	+3.059s
19	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.449	–	–	+3.452s
20	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.273	–	–	+4.276s

Bahrain International Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2020	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2020	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point
2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2018	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
2017	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull

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