2021 Dutch Grand Prix

2021 Dutch Grand Prix
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The new Zandvoort Circuit
Race Details
Date	September 5, 2021
Race Number	1048
Official Name	Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2021
Location	Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.259 km (2.646 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 306.648 km (190.542 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time	1:08.885
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:11.097 on lap 72
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Valtteri Bottas
Lap Leaders

The 2021 Dutch Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2021) was the 13^th race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Circuit Zandvoort between September 3 and September 5 2021. It was the first Dutch Grand Prix held since 1985.

Max Verstappen took pole position and won comfortably at his home ground far ahead of the Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, reclaiming the championship lead, with Hamilton taking fastest lap on the final lap. Sergio Pérez recovered from a pit lane start to finish in 8^th.

Background

The return of the Dutch Grand Prix was due to have taken place in the previous season, but it was postponed, then canceled following the COVID-19 pandemic, with the race being reinstated into the schedule for the 2021 season.

Much of the talk pre-race was the previous race that saw the race entirely canceled due to heavy rain and after a few laps behind the safety car. The decision was met with criticism, with drivers calling for ticket refunds to fans and also the decision to award half-points when no true racing laps have been done at all. In response, FIA president Jean Todt announced that he would be calling for a review in rules in the next month, while F1 has announced that they are looking into options with race promoters for the tickets.

Ahead of the weekend, it was announced that 2007 champion Kimi Räikkönen would be retiring from the end of the season. However, on Saturday morning, it was announced that Räikkönen was unable to participate in qualifying after a positive test for COVID-19. Alfa Romeo's reserve driver Robert Kubica is announced to take over his seat for the remainder of the weekend.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
9	Nikita Mazepin	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing Honda	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6L V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 21 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 21 1.6L V6t	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
47	Mick Schumacher	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	M12 1.6L V6t	P
88	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
Source:

Practice Overview

The full practice results for the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.081	14	1:12.157	15	1:11.013	11
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.679	11	1:11.488	8	1:10.781	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:15.984	19	1:11.713	10	1:10.872	8
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:12.907	12	1:12.610	18	1:11.083	12
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:13.053	13	1:12.206	16	DNP
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:13.516	17	1:12.835	19	1:12.136	18
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:12.515	10	1:11.462	7	1:11.005	10
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:13.328	16	1:11.946	12	1:10.526	4
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:12.158	6	1:11.280	6	1:10.670	5
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:11.623	4	1:10.902	1	1:10.896	9
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:12.431	9	1:12.136	14	1:10.842	7
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	No Time Set	20	1:12.096	13	1:11.980	17
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:12.231	7	1:11.074	3	1:11.180	13
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:11.597	2	1:11.264	5	1:09.623	1
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.500	1	1:11.911	11	1:10.417	3
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:13.847	18	1:12.607	17	1:12.366	20
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:11.601	3	1:11.056	2	1:11.940	16
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.181	15	1:12.855	20	1:11.274	14
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:11.738	5	1:11.132	4	1:10.179	2
88	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	DNP		DNP		1:12.162	19
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:12.359	8	1:11.678	9	1:11.299	15
Source:

Qualifying

Q1

Leclerc topped Q1 while eliminated out of the session were Perez, Vettel, Kubica, Schumacher and Mazepin. Vettel had been on a flying lap when he was impeded by the Haas duo. They were summoned to the stewards but no further action was taken.

Q2

Verstappen topped Q2 while with four minutes remaining, Russell spun out of Turn 13 and rear-ended into the barriers, taking no further part in the session. As the session ended, Latifi spun off and crashed at Turn 7, prematurely ending the session. Both Williams drivers were eliminated with Stroll, Norris and Tsunoda.

Q3

Verstappen took overall pole despite his DRS failing to deploy on his final flying lap, with Hamilton a close three hundredths of a second behind.

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		3	1:10.036		1	1:09.071		1	1:08.885	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		6	1:10.114		4	1:09.726		2	1:08.923	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		8	1:10.219		5	1:09.769		3	1:09.222	3
4	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		10	1:10.274		3	1:09.541		4	1:09.478	4
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		1	1:09.829		2	1:09.437		5	1:09.527	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		2	1:10.022		7	1:09.870		6	1:09.537	6
7	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		4	1:10.050		10	1:10.033		7	1:09.590	7
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		7	1:10.179		8	1:09.919		8	1:09.933	8
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		12	1:10.435		9	1:10.020		9	1:09.956	9
10	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		9	1:10.255		6	1:09.865		10	1:10.166	10
11	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		11	1:10.382		11	1:10.332				11
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		13	1:10.438		12	1:10.367				12
13	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		15	1:10.489		13	1:10.406				13
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		5	1:10.093		14	1:11.161				PL*
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		14	1:10.462		15	1:11.314				14
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		16	1:10.530							PL*
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		17	1:10.731							15
18	88	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		18	1:11.301							16
19	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		19	1:11.387							17
20	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		20	1:11.875							18
107% Time: 1:14.717
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Latifi and Pérez were required to start from the pit lane after making component changes overnight.

Grid

The starting grid of the feature race of the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix is outined below:

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Max Verstappen	2
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 2	3	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	4
	______________	Pierre Gasly
Row 3	5	______________
	Charles Leclerc	6
	______________	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Row 4	7	______________
	Antonio Giovinazzi	8
	______________	Esteban Ocon
Row 5	9	______________
	Fernando Alonso	10
	______________	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 6	11	______________
	George Russell	12
	______________	Lance Stroll
Row 7	13	______________
	Lando Norris	14
	______________	Yuki Tsunoda
Row 8	15	______________
	Sebastian Vettel	16
	______________	Robert Kubica
Row 9	17	______________
	Mick Schumacher	18
	______________	Nikita Mazepin

• Note - Latifi penalised five grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change; required to start from the pit lane, as car modified whilst under Parc Ferme conditions. Perez demoted to the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements; required to start from the pit lane, as car modified whilst under Parc Ferme conditions.

Race

Results

The full results for the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	72	1:30:05.395	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	72	+20.392	2	19FL
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	72	+56.460	3	15
4	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	71	+1 lap	4	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+1 lap	5	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	71	+1 lap	9	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	71	+1 lap	6	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	71	+1 lap	PL	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	71	+1 lap	8	2
10	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1 lap	13	1
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1 lap	10
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+2 laps	12
13	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+2 laps	15
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+2 laps	7
15	88	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+2 laps	16
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	70	+2 laps	PL
17*	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	Gearbox	11
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	69	+3 laps	17
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	48	Power unit	14
Ret	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	41	Hydraulics	18
WD	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
Source:

• * Russell was classified as completed 90% race distance.

Milestones

• 33rd Dutch Grand Prix held, the first since 1985.
• Max Verstappen has the most wins of any driver to not win a title so far (17)
  • Verstappen also surpasses 1000 laps in the lead.
  • Verstappen also qualified for his 10^th pole position.
  • Verstappen becomes the first Dutch driver to win their home race.

Standings

While Verstappen's win effectively meant that he reclaimed the championship lead from Hamilton, with a 3-point lead heading into Monza, Perez' low finish meant that Mercedes extended their championship advantage slightly ahead of Red Bull by 5 points. Bottas' finish combined with Perez and Norris' low finishes ensured he reclaimed third in the constructors' standings, as Perez closed the gap to Norris to 6 points. Other drivers' changes include Leclerc and Alonso getting ahead of their team-mates respectively, and also Gasly ahead of Ricciardo after the Honey Badger's non-points finish.

In the constructors' standings, Ferrari once again reclaimed third due to the lower finishes of the McLaren drivers, the only change in the standings.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 224.5 ▲1 2 Lewis Hamilton 221.5 ▼1 3 Valtteri Bottas 123 ▲1 4 Lando Norris 114 ▼1 5 Sergio Pérez 108 — 6 Charles Leclerc 92 ▲1 7 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 89.5 ▼1 8 Pierre Gasly 66 ▲1 9 Daniel Ricciardo 56 ▼1 10 Fernando Alonso 46 ▲1 11 Esteban Ocon 44 ▼1 12 Sebastian Vettel 35 — 13 Yuki Tsunoda 18 — 14 Lance Stroll 18 — 15 George Russell 13 — 16 Nicholas Latifi 7 — 17 Kimi Räikkönen 2 — 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Mercedes 344.5 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 332.5 — 3 Ferrari 181.5 ▲1 4 McLaren-Mercedes 170 ▼1 5 Alpine-Renault 90 — 6 AlphaTauri-Honda 84 — 7 Aston Martin-Mercedes 53 — 8 Williams-Mercedes 20 — 9 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 3 —

Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

See Also

	See the related content on the W Series Wiki
	2021 Zandvoort Round

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