Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
2021 · Round 2 · Imola, Italy · Apr 16-18, 2021Race summary
Verstappen won the race from 3rd on the grid, 22.0s ahead of Hamilton. Tsunoda was the standout mover, climbing from 20th to 12th. Pérez lost the most ground, from 2nd on the grid down to 11th (down 9 places). The safety car was deployed on laps 2-6 and on lap 32. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 33-34. It was already raining at the start. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 27 (intermediate → medium), on lap 33 (medium → medium). The fastest pit stop went to Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) on lap 40, with 29.7s pit lane time. Hamilton set the fastest lap, in 1:16.702.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 63 | 2:02:34.598 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton 1:16.702 | Mercedes | 1 | 63 | +22.000 | 19 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 63 | +23.702 | 15 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 63 | +25.579 | 12 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 11 | 63 | +27.036 | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 6 | 63 | +51.220 | 8 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 5 | 63 | +52.818 | 6 |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 63 | +56.909 | 4 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 63 | +1:05.704 | 2 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 15 | 63 | +1:06.561 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | 63 | +1:07.151 | 0 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 20 | 63 | +1:13.184 | 0 |
| 13 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 63 | +1:34.773 | 0 |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 62 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | – | 61 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 16 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 8 | 30 | Collision | 0 |
| – | George Russell | Williams | 12 | 30 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 |