2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	November 7, 2021
Race Number	1053
Official Name	Formula 1 Gran Premio De La Ciudad De México 2021
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.304 km (2.674 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.584 km (189.881 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time	1:15.875
Fastest Lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time	1:17.774 on lap 69
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Sergio Perez
Lap Leaders

The 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio De La Ciudad De México 2021) was the 18^th race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, to be held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico between November 5 and November 7 2021.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 Mexico City 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 Mission Winnow	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 Mission Winnow	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
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6L V6t	P
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Practice Overview

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

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.273	14	1:19.521	15	1:18.121	7
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.301	15	1:18.979	12	1:18.312	10
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:19.858	10	1:18.681	9	1:18.614	14
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.580	18	1:20.820	18	1:19.313	19
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:20.026	12	1:18.841	11	1:18.531	12
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.819	20	1:21.581	19	1:20.479	20
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:18.985	5	1:18.429	6	1:18.202	8
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:18.610	4	1:17.871	4	1:17.024	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:19.656	7	1:18.732	10	1:18.847	15
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.667	8	1:18.605	7	1:18.213	9
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:20.030	13	1:19.730	17	1:18.352	11
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:20.011	11	1:18.644	8	1:18.037	6
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:19.759	9	1:19.431	14	1:18.999	16
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:18.464	3	1:17.301	1	1:17.217	2
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.417	2	1:17.810	3	1:17.675	3
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.144	19	1:19.620	16	1:19.238	18
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:19.463	6	1:18.318	5	1:18.029	5
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.517	17	No Time Set	20	1:19.211	17
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.341	1	1:17.725	2	1:17.708	4
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:20.344	16	1:19.227	13	1:18.556	13
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Qualifying

Q1

Stroll crashed his car at the Peraltada, causing a red flag, during which Raikkonen momentarily cut into the pit lane from the track before rejoining the track. When the session was resumed, Bottas set the overall fastest time, with Alonso, Latifi, Schumacher, Mazepin and Stroll out of Q1. Sainz momentarily had an engine issue but progressed into the next session, while both Williams drivers were involved in a pit exit incident with the Haas drivers.

Q2

Hamilton topped the session with Vettel, Raikkonen, Russell, Giovinazzi and Ocon out of Q2. Russell however would start in 16^th after his gearbox was replaced as his previous one developed problems during FP2.

Q3

Both Red Bulls set the early pace, with Perez going fastest, followed by Verstappen, before Bottas put in the fastest time of the session and Hamilton slotting behind the Finn one hundredths behind. On their final runs, Perez was caught out by Tsunoda, who had run off-track at Turn 10 in which the Mexican followed suit, the incident prompting Verstappen, who was close behind to lose pace in the final run. As both Mercedes drivers did not improve either, Bottas secured his 19^th career pole position, with Hamilton making it a Mercedes front row lockout, a surprising result given how Red Bull had been traditionally performing better on the circuit.

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		1	1:16.727		4	1:16.864		1	1:15.875	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		6	1:17.207		1	1:16.483		2	1:16.020	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		3	1:16.788		2	1:16.483		3	1:16.225	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		5	1:17.003		7	1:17.055		4	1:16.342	4
5	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		4	1:16.908		5	1:16.955		5	1:16.456	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		9	1:17.517		9	1:17.248		6	1:16.761	6
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		12	1:17.719		8	1:17.092		7	1:16.763	7
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		2	1:16.748		6	1:17.034		8	1:16.837	8
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		7	1:17.330		3	1:16.701		9	1:17.158	17*
10	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		10	1:17.569		10	1:17.743		10	1:36.830	18*
11	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		8	1:17.502		11	1:17.746				9
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		11	1:17.606		12	1:17.958				10
13	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		14	1:17.958		13	1:18.172				16†
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		13	1:17.897		14	1:18.290				11
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		15	1:18.126		15	1:18.405				19*
16	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		16	1:18.452							12
17	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		17	1:18.756							13
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		18	1:18.858							14
19	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		19	1:19.303							15
20	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		20	1:20.873							20*
107% Time: 1:21.186
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• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Tsunoda, Norris, Ocon and Stroll were required to start from the back of the grid after exceeding their quota of power unit elements.
• ^† Russell was given a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

Grid

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

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	2
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 2	3	______________
	Max Verstappen	4
	______________	Sergio Pérez
Row 3	5	______________
	Pierre Gasly	6
	______________	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Row 4	7	______________
	Daniel Ricciardo	8
	______________	Charles Leclerc
Row 5	9	______________
	Sebastian Vettel	10
	______________	Kimi Räikkönen
Row 6	11	______________
	Antonio Giovinazzi	12
	______________	Fernando Alonso
Row 7	13	______________
	Nicholas Latifi	14
	______________	Mick Schumacher
Row 8	15	______________
	Nikita Mazepin	16
	______________	George Russell
Row 9	17	______________
	Yuki Tsunoda	18
	______________	Lando Norris
Row 10	19	______________
	Esteban Ocon	20
	______________	Lance Stroll

Note - Tsunoda, Stroll, Norris and Ocon required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Russell and Stroll penalised 5 grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes.

Race

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	71	1:38:39.086	3	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+16.555s	2	18
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	71	+17.752s	4	15
4	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	71	+63.845s	5	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+81.037s	8	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	70	+1 lap	6	8
7	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	9	6
8	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	10	4
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	12	2
10	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	18	1
11	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	11
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	7
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	19
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	69	+2 lap	20
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	69	+2 lap	1
16	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 lap	16
17	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 lap	13
18	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	68	+3 lap	15
Ret	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	0	Collision	14
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	0	Collision	17
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Milestones

• 19^th pole position for Valtteri Bottas.

Standings

With a victory at the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix, Max Verstappen increases his lead once again. Right behind him is Lewis Hamilton who took second place. The two front-runners are neck and neck, but Max Verstappen is slowly, but surely expanding his lead, with only 4 races remaining in the season.

Kimi Räikkönen moves up to 16^th place, which pushes Nicholas Latifi down one place.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 312.5 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 293.5 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 185 — 4 Sergio Pérez 165 — 5 Lando Norris 150 — 6 Charles Leclerc 138 — 7 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 130.5 — 8 Daniel Ricciardo 105 — 9 Pierre Gasly 86 — 10 Fernando Alonso 60 — 11 Esteban Ocon 46 — 12 Sebastian Vettel 42 — 13 Lance Stroll 26 — 14 Yuki Tsunoda 20 — 15 George Russell 16 — 16 Kimi Räikkönen 10 ▲1 17 Nicholas Latifi 7 ▼1 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Mercedes 478.5 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 477.5 — 3 Ferrari 268.5 ▲1 4 McLaren-Mercedes 255 ▼1 5 Alpine-Renault 106 — 6 AlphaTauri-Honda 106 — 7 Aston Martin-Mercedes 68 — 8 Williams-Mercedes 23 — 9 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 11 —

Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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