Portuguese Grand Prix
2021 · Round 3 · Portimão, Portugal · Apr 30 - May 2, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Hamilton (from 2nd on the grid), with a 29.1s margin. Ricciardo made the biggest gain, from 16th on the grid to 9th (up 7 places). Sainz had a difficult race, dropping from 5th to 11th. The safety car was deployed on laps 2-6. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 2 (medium → medium), on lap 3 (medium → medium), on lap 37 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) on lap 2, with 21.2s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Bottas (1:19.865).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 66 | 1:34:31.421 | 25 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 66 | +29.148 | 18 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas 1:19.865 | Mercedes | 1 | 66 | +33.530 | 16 |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | 66 | +39.735 | 12 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 66 | +51.369 | 10 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | 66 | +55.781 | 8 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | 66 | +1:03.749 | 6 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 13 | 66 | +1.808 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 16 | 66 | +1:15.369 | 2 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 9 | 66 | +1:16.463 | 1 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | 66 | +1:18.955 | 0 |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 12 | 65 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 10 | 65 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | 65 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 14 | 65 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 11 | 65 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 64 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | 64 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 64 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 1 | Collision damage | 0 |