2021 Spanish Grand Prix

2021 Spanish Grand Prix
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The new layout of Barcelona-Catalunya with turn 10 remodeled.
Race Details
Date	7–9 May, 2021
Race Number	1039
Official Name	Formula 1 Aramaco Gran Premio de España 2021
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.675 km (2.905 mi)
Distance	66 laps, 308.55 km (191.724 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:16.741
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time	1:18.149 on lap 62
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Max Verstappen
Third	Valtteri Bottas
Lap Leaders

The 2021 Spanish Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio De España 2021) was the fourth race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain between May 7 and May 9 2021.

Lewis Hamilton took his 100^th career pole position, but was passed by Max Verstappen at the start. On a different strategy, Hamilton was able to pass Verstappen into the lead with seven laps remaining. Verstappen was left to make his second stop in a bid to take fastest lap from third-place finisher Valtteri Bottas, which he did. Yuki Tsunoda was the only retirement of the race, his engine having failed on the sixth lap and triggering a safety car period. Tsunoda's team-mate Pierre Gasly came to finish in the last points position starting from 12^th after overcoming an early penalty for being out of position of his starting grid, while home racers Carlos Sainz, Jr. and Fernando Alonso finished in 7^th and 17^th respectively.

Background

Ahead of the current season, it was revealed that work had been done on the circuit to remodel the 10^th turn of the track. The turn has been modified into a more gently arcing left-hander, with the added benefit of providing more run-off area at the corner, thus improving safety for the racers.

Heading into the fourth round, Lewis Hamilton led Max Verstappen by 8 championship points. Hamilton had so far won two races compared to one from Verstappen, who had already lost chances of beating Hamilton in two races due to track limits rules.

Entry List

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

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

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

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.732	14	1:19.195	15	1:18.582	8
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.944	4	1:19.092	12	1:18.494	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:19.234	8	1:18.937	11	1:19.363	17
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.270	16	1:20.046	18	1:19.392	18
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	DNP		1:19.213	16	1:18.597	9
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:21.976	20	1:20.753	20	1:20.237	20
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:19.062	7	1:18.593	6	1:18.535	7
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:19.349	9	1:19.918	10	1:18.606	10
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:19.950	15	1:18.518	5	1:18.662	11
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.996	5	1:18.335	3	1:18.308	3
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:19.429	10	1:19.134	14	1:18.877	14
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:19.669	11	1:18.619	7	1:18.673	12
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:19.681	12	1:18.466	4	1:18.700	13
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:18.537	2	1:18.785	9	1:17.835	1
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.627	3	1:18.170	1	1:18.070	2
45	Roy Nissany	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.700	17	DNP		DNP
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.766	18	1:20.326	19	1:19.999	19
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:19.020	6	1:18.674	8	1:18.410	4
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	DNP		1:19.957	17	1:19.005	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.504	1	1:18.309	2	1:18.423	5
88	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:21.887	19	DNP		DNP
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.694	13	1:19.122	13	1:19.214	16
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Qualifying

Q1

Qualifying was delayed by 10 minutes due to barrier repair works. Norris took a surprise fastest time at the end of Q1, but the main shocker was Tsunoda, who along with Raikkonen, Schumacher, Latifi and Mazepin are out of Q1.

Q2

Verstappen set the overall fastest time while out in Q2 were Stroll, Gasly, Vettel, Giovinazzi and Russell.

Q3

Hamilton set the fastest time at the start of the final session but with him, Verstappen and Bottas failing to improve their times on the final run, he claimed his career 100^th pole. Perez spun on his first flying lap and could only go 8^th fastest on his final run, while best of the rest went to Leclerc in 4^th with Ocon a career-best starting 5^th.

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		9	1:18.245		3	1:17.166		1	1:16.741	1
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		4	1:18.090		1	1:16.922		2	1:16.777	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		2	1:18.005		2	1:17.142		3	1:16.873	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		3	1:18.041		7	1:17.717		4	1:17.510	4
5	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		11	1:18.281		9	1:17.743		5	1:17.580	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		7	1:18.205		4	1:17.656		6	1:17.620	6
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		10	1:18.264		8	1:17.719		7	1:17.622	7
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		6	1:18.203		5	1:17.669		8	1:17.701	8
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		1	1:17.821		6	1:17.696		9	1:18.010	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		12	1:18.281		10	1:17.966		10	1:18.147	10
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		8	1:18.241		11	1:17.974				11
12	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		5	1:18.190		12	1:17.982				12
13	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		13	1:18.289		13	1:18.079				13
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		15	1:18.549		14	1:18.356				14
15	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		14	1:18.445		15	1:19.154				15
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		16	1:18.556							16
17	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		17	1:18.917							17
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		18	1:19.117							18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		19	1:19.219							19
20	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		20	1:19.807							20*
107% time: 1:23.268
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Mazepin was given a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Norris during Q1.

Grid

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

Show Grid

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

Note - Mazepin penalised three places for impeding Norris during qualifying.

Race

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	66	1:33:07.680	1	25
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	66	+15.841	2	19FL
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	66	+26.610	3	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	66	+54.616	4	12
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	66	+1:03.671	8	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+1:13.768	7	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	66	+1:14.670	6	6
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	9	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	65	+1 lap	5	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	65	+1 lap	12	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	11
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	65	+1 lap	17
13	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	13
14	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	15
15	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	65	+1 lap	14
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	19
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	65	+1 lap	10
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	64	+2 laps	18
19	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	64	+2 laps	20
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	6	Engine	16
Source:

Milestones

• 100^th race start for Max Verstappen in Red Bull.
• 100^th career pole position and 98^th race win for Lewis Hamilton.
  • Hamilton has equaled Ayrton Senna's record of winning on a circuit for the most consecutive times.
• 50^th podium finish for Valtteri Bottas.
• 4000^th lap led for Red Bull.
• First race retirement for Yuki Tsunoda.

Standings

Hamilton extended his lead ahead of Verstappen to 14 points, while Bottas' podium finish enabled him to take third on the standings from Norris, the only position change in the drivers' standings. Likewise, there were no changes in positions to the constructors' standings. Mercedes extended their lead from Red Bull to 29 points, while Leclerc's superb finish ensured Ferrari scored to within 5 points of McLaren.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 94 — 2 Max Verstappen 80 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 47 ▲1 4 Lando Norris 41 ▼1 5 Charles Leclerc 40 — 6 Sergio Pérez 32 — 7 Daniel Ricciardo 24 — 8 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 20 — 9 Esteban Ocon 10 — 10 Pierre Gasly 8 — 11 Lance Stroll 5 — 12 Fernando Alonso 5 — 13 Yuki Tsunoda 2 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 141 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 112 — 3 McLaren-Mercedes 65 — 4 Ferrari 60 — 5 Alpine-Renault 15 — 6 AlphaTauri-Honda 10 — 7 Aston Martin-Mercedes 5 —

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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