2021 United States Grand Prix

2021 United States Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	October 24, 2021
Race Number	1052
Official Name	Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021
Location	Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, USA
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 308.728 km (191.835 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time	1:32.910
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:38.485 on lap 41
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Sergio Pérez
Lap Leaders

The 2021 United States Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021) was the 17^th race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, USA between October 22 and October 24 2021.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 United States 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 United States Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.458	16	1:35.457	5	1:35.345	7
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:36.855	8	1:35.203	2	1:34.945	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:36.982	14	1:36.718	15	1:35.851	11
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.463	17	1:37.254	18	1:36.118	14
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:36.876	10	1:36.558	14	1:36.062	13
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:42.239	20	1:38.026	20	2:03.456	20
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:36.611	6	1:36.242	12	1:35.398	8
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:36.798	7	1:34.946	1	1:34.701	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:37.068	15	1:36.376	13	1:36.490	17
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.334	4	1:35.572	7	1:35.688	9
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:36.972	13	1:35.561	6	1:36.392	16
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:37.954	18	1:36.983	16	1:36.572	18
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:36.970	12	1:36.158	11	1:35.711	10
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:35.806	3	1:35.824	8	1:34.912	3
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.919	2	1:35.310	3	1:35.219	6
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:38.866	19	1:37.041	17	1:36.671	19
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:36.508	5	1:35.919	9	1:34.805	2
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:36.966	11	1:37.490	19	1:36.023	12
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.874	1	1:35.360	4	1:34.988	5
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:36.874	9	1:36.138	10	1:36.252	15
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2021 United States 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		2	1:34.352		1	1:33.464		1	1:32.910	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		8	1:34.579		2	1:33.797		2	1:33.119	2
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		3	1:34.369		7	1:34.178		3	1:33.134	3
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		9	1:34.590		5	1:33.959		4	1:33.475	9*
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		1	1:34.153		4	1:33.928		5	1:33.606	4
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		6	1:34.558		6	1:34.126		6	1:33.792	5
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		4	1:34.407		9	1:34.643		7	1:33.808	6
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		5	1:34.551		3	1:33.880		8	1:33.887	7
9	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		7	1:34.567		8	1:34.583		9	1:34.118	8
10	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		11	1:35.360		10	1:35.137		10	1:34.918	10
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		13	1:35.747		11	1:35.377				11
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		10	1:35.281		12	1:35.500				18†
13	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		15	1:35.920		13	1:35.794				12
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		14	1:35.756		14	1:44.549				19†
15	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		12	1:35.746		15	No time set‡				20†
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		16	1:35.983							13
17	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		17	1:35.995							14
18	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		18	1:36.311							15
19	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		19	1:36.499							16
20	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		20	1:36.796							17
107% Time: 1:40.743
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Bottas was given a 5-place grid penalty after taking a new internal combustion engine (ICE).
• ^† Vettel, Alonso and Russell were required to start from the back of the grid after taking new power unit components, exceeding the quota of power unit elements.
• ^‡ Russell's fastest lap time was deleted for track limits violations.

Grid

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

Show Grid

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

Note - Alonso, Vettel and Russell required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Bottas penalised 5 grid places for use of additional power unit element.

Race

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	56	1h 34m 36.552s	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+1.333s	2	19FL
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	56	+42.223s	3	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+52.246s	4	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+76.854s	6	10
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+80.128s	9	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	56	+83.545s	5	6
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+84.395s	7	4
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	55	+1 lap	10	2
10	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	18	1
11	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	12
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	13
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	15
14	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	20
15	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	14
16	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	54	+2 lap	16
17	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	54	+2 lap	17
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	49	Rear wing	19
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	40	Suspension	11
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	14	Suspension	8
Source:

Milestones

• Most number of attendees in Formula One history, with over 400,000 people in attendance.
  • 71^st round of the World Championship to take place in the United States.
  • 9^th F1 race to be held at Circuit of the Americas.
• Red Bull Racing is the 5^th constructor to achieve 200 podium finishes.
  • 113^th race start for Max Verstappen with Red Bull Racing.
  • Equaling Sebastian Vettel's race starts with Red Bull Racing.

Standings

Verstappen's podium meant that he doubled his championship lead from Hamilton by an additional six points, for a total lead of 12 points heading into the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 287.5 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 275.5 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 185 — 4 Sergio Pérez 150 ▲1 5 Lando Norris 149 ▼1 6 Charles Leclerc 128 ▲1 7 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 122.5 ▼1 8 Daniel Ricciardo 105 — 9 Pierre Gasly 74 — 10 Fernando Alonso 58 — 11 Esteban Ocon 46 — 12 Sebastian Vettel 36 — 13 Lance Stroll 26 — 14 Yuki Tsunoda 20 — 15 George Russell 16 — 16 Nicholas Latifi 7 — 17 Kimi Räikkönen 6 — 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Mercedes 460.5 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 437.5 — 3 McLaren-Mercedes 254 — 4 Ferrari 250.5 — 5 Alpine-Renault 104 — 6 AlphaTauri-Honda 94 — 7 Aston Martin-Mercedes 62 — 8 Williams-Mercedes 23 — 9 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 7 —

Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

See Also

	See the related content on the W Series Wiki
	2021 Circuit of the Americas Round

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