Mexico City Grand Prix
2021 · Round 18 · Mexico City, Mexico · Nov 5-7, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 3rd on the grid), with a 16.6s margin. Norris made the biggest gain, from 18th on the grid to 10th (up 8 places). Bottas had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 15th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-4. The winner made one pit stop: on lap 33 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Verstappen (Red Bull) on lap 33, with 21.9s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Bottas (1:17.774).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 71 | 1:38:39.086 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 71 | +16.555 | 18 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | 71 | +17.752 | 15 |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 5 | 71 | +1:03.845 | 12 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | 71 | +1:21.037 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | 70 | +1 Lap | 8 |
| 7 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 9 | 70 | +1 Lap | 6 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 10 | 70 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 70 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 18 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 11 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 7 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 19 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 20 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas 1:17.774 | Mercedes | 1 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 16 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 13 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 68 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| – | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 17 | 0 | Collision | 0 |