Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
2021 · Round 21 · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Dec 3-5, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Hamilton (from 1st on the grid), with a 11.8s margin. Sainz made the biggest gain, from 15th on the grid to 8th (up 7 places). Tsunoda had a difficult race, dropping from 8th to 14th. The safety car was deployed on laps 10-12. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 23-24 and on laps 27-33 and on lap 36. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 13-16. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 10 (medium → hard), on lap 13 (hard → hard), on lap 15 (hard → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) on lap 10, with 20.4s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Hamilton (1:30.734).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton 1:30.734 | Mercedes | 1 | 50 | 2:06:15.118 | 26 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 50 | +11.825 | 18 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | 50 | +27.531 | 15 |
| 4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 50 | +27.633 | 12 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 11 | 50 | +40.121 | 10 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 6 | 50 | +41.613 | 8 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 50 | +44.475 | 6 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 15 | 50 | +46.606 | 4 |
| 9 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 10 | 50 | +58.505 | 2 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 50 | +1:01.358 | 1 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 50 | +1:17.212 | 0 |
| 12 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 16 | 50 | +1:23.249 | 0 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 13 | 49 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 8 | 49 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 12 | 49 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| – | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 17 | 44 | Collision damage | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 5 | 14 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 14 | Collision | 0 |
| – | George Russell | Williams | 14 | 14 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 8 | Accident | 0 |