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Russian Grand Prix

Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2021

Round 15 of 22Sirius Autodrom, SiriusSep 26 202153 laps

Podium

VERRed Bull

HAMMercedes

SAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:30:41.001 from P4

PoleNOR1:41.993

Fastest lapNOR1:37.423 on lap 39

Pit stops39recorded stops

Finishers19 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	▲3	53	1:30:41.001	25	1:37.575	2
2	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	20	▲18	53	+53.271s	18	1:38.396	2
3	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	2	▼1	53	+62.475s	15	1:39.294	2
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	5	▲1	53	+65.607s	12	1:39.124	2
5	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	16	▲11	53	+67.533s	10	1:38.216	2
6	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	6	–	53	+81.321s	8	1:38.686	2
7	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1	▼6	53	+87.224s	7	1:37.423	2
8	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	13	▲5	53	+88.955s	4	1:40.289	2
9	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	8	▼1	53	+90.076s	2	1:39.215	2
10	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	3	▼7	53	+100.551s	1	1:40.596	2
11	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	7	▼4	53	+116.198s		1:40.464	2
12	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	10	▼2	52	+1 lap		1:39.251	2
13	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	11	▼2	52	+1 lap		1:38.279	2
14	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	9	▼5	52	+1 lap		1:40.598	2
15	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	▲4	52	+1 lap		1:38.994	2
16	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	17	▲1	52	+1 lap		1:39.058	2
17	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	12	▼5	52	+1 lap		1:39.960	3
18	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	15	▼3	51	+2 laps		1:41.713	2
19	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	18	▼1	47	+6 laps		1:40.000	1
DNF	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	14		32	Oil leak		1:40.276	1

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VET	26	29.2s
2	GAS	33	29.4s
3	BOT	47	29.6s
4	VER	26	29.6s
5	NOR	28	29.8s
6	HAM	26	29.9s
7	OCO	15	29.9s
8	BOT	28	29.9s
9	MSC	20	30.0s
10	HAM	49	30.0s
11	LAT	13	30.1s
12	GIO	36	30.1s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 39 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1:47.238	1:45.827	1:41.993
2	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:47.924	1:46.521	1:42.510	+0.517s
3	RUSGeorge Russell	Williams	1:48.303	1:46.435	1:42.983	+0.990s
4	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.992	1:45.129	1:44.050	+2.057s
5	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:48.345	1:46.361	1:44.156	+2.163s
6	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	1:47.877	1:45.514	1:44.204	+2.211s
7	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:46.396	1:45.306	1:44.710	+2.717s
8	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:48.322	1:46.360	1:44.956	+2.963s
9	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.455	1:45.834	1:45.337	+3.344s
10	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	1:48.099	1:46.070	1:45.865	+3.872s
11	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:47.205	1:46.573	–	+4.580s
12	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.828	1:46.641	–	+4.648s
13	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:48.854	1:46.751	–	+4.758s
14	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	1:48.252	–	–	+6.259s
15	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:48.470	–	–	+6.477s
16	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:49.586	–	–	+7.593s
17	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	1:49.830	–	–	+7.837s
18	GIOAntonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:51.023	–	–	+9.030s
19	MAZNikita Mazepin	Haas	1:53.764	–	–	+11.771s
20	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	–	–	–

Sirius Autodrom

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

Previous winners here

2020	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2018	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2017	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes

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