Turkish Grand Prix
2021 · Round 16 · Istanbul, Türkiye · Oct 8-10, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Bottas (from 1st on the grid), with a 14.6s margin. Sainz made the biggest gain, from 19th on the grid to 8th (up 11 places). Alonso had a difficult race, dropping from 5th to 16th. The winner made one pit stop: on lap 37 (intermediate → intermediate). The fastest pit stop went to Verstappen (Red Bull) on lap 36, with 22.4s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Bottas (1:30.432).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas 1:30.432 | Mercedes | 1 | 58 | 1:31:04.103 | 26 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 58 | +14.584 | 18 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 6 | 58 | +33.471 | 15 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | 58 | +37.814 | 12 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 11 | 58 | +41.812 | 10 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 4 | 58 | +44.292 | 8 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 58 | +47.213 | 6 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 19 | 58 | +51.526 | 4 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 8 | 58 | +1:22.018 | 2 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 57 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 20 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 9 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | George Russell | Williams | 13 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 5 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 15 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 10 | 57 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 14 | 56 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 56 | +2 Laps | 0 |