2021 Mexico City Grand Prix Results

7 Nov 2021 · Round 18 of 22 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico · 71 laps · Wikipedia

Race in 2021

Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Grid	+/-	Time/Status	PtsPoints
1	3	Red BullM. Verstappen	Red Bull	71	3	▲2+2	1:38:39.086	25
2	44	MercedesL. Hamilton	Mercedes	71	2	–0	+16.555	18
3	11	Red BullS. Pérez	Red Bull	71	4	▲1+1	+17.752	15
4	10	AlphaTauriP. Gasly	AlphaTauri	71	5	▲1+1	+1:03.845	12
5	16	FerrariC. Leclerc	Ferrari	71	8	▲3+3	+1:21.037	10
6	55	FerrariC. Sainz	Ferrari	70	6	–0	+1 Lap	8
7	5	Aston MartinS. Vettel	Aston Martin	70	9	▲2+2	+1 Lap	6
8	7	Alfa RomeoK. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	70	10	▲2+2	+1 Lap	4
9	14	Alpine F1 TeamF. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	70	12	▲3+3	+1 Lap	2
10	1	McLarenL. Norris	McLaren	70	18	▲8+8	+1 Lap	1
11	99	Alfa RomeoA. Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	70	11	–0	+1 Lap	0
12	3	McLarenD. Ricciardo	McLaren	70	7	▼5-5	+1 Lap	0
13	31	Alpine F1 TeamE. Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	70	19	▲6+6	+1 Lap	0
14	18	Aston MartinL. Stroll	Aston Martin	69	20	▲6+6	+2 Laps	0
15	77	MercedesV. Bottas	Mercedes	69	1	▼14-14	+2 Laps	0
16	63	WilliamsG. Russell	Williams	69	16	–0	+2 Laps	0
17	6	WilliamsN. Latifi	Williams	69	13	▼4-4	+2 Laps	0
18	9	Haas F1 TeamN. Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	68	15	▼3-3	+3 Laps	0
R	47	Haas F1 TeamM. Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	0	14	––	Collision	0
R	22	AlphaTauriY. Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	0	17	––	Collision	0

First corners: Verstappen starting from 3rd place managed to overtake both Mercedes in the first corner with the help of a slipstream. Bottas was spun after a collision with Ricciardo. Causing both to pit and end up last. Ocon was Sandwiched by Schumacher and Tsunoda resulting in retirements for the Alpha Tauri and Haas driver. Replay of the start, https://www.planetf1.com/news/lewis-hamilton-bottas-left-door-open-max/, “That should not happen”: Wolff unhappy Bottas let Verstappen by at start
Sainz had a better pace than Leclerc resulting in Ferrari ordering a swap of positions. Sainz managed to build a gap and came closer to Gasly but couldn't come close. They swapped positions back in the end. Sainz ‘lost time’ behind Leclerc before team orders, Ferrari drivers shrug off team orders spat in Mexico after wrenching P3 from McLaren
In the last few laps with no hopes for Bottas to score any points he changed to new soft tyres and tried to steal the fastest lap from Verstappen. He came out before Verstappen who slowed him and ruined his lap. Bottas managed to overtake him but Verstappen stepped up his pace again and forced a blue flag for Bottas resulting in him having to let Verstappen overtake him. After that, the Mercedes driver pitted again to get away and managed to get the fastest lap in the last one. Replay of the scene

Race highlights

Qualifying highlights

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	77	V. Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.875Fastest in Q3	1:16.727Fastest in Q1	1:16.864	1:15.875Fastest in Q3
2	44	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.020	1:17.207	1:16.474Fastest in Q2	1:16.020
3	33	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.225	1:16.788	1:16.483	1:16.225
4	11	S. Pérez	Red Bull	1:16.342	1:17.003	1:17.055	1:16.342
5	10	P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:16.456	1:16.908	1:16.955	1:16.456
6	55	C. Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.761	1:17.517	1:17.248	1:16.761
7	3	D. Ricciardo	McLaren	1:16.763	1:17.719	1:17.092	1:16.763
8	16	C. Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.837	1:16.748	1:17.034	1:16.837
9	22	Y. Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:17.158	1:17.330	1:16.701	1:17.158
10	4	L. Norris	McLaren	1:36.830	1:17.569	1:17.473	1:36.830
11	5	S. Vettel	Aston Martin	1:17.746	1:17.502	1:17.746
12	7	K. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.958	1:17.606	1:17.958
13	63	G. Russell	Williams	1:18.172	1:17.958	1:18.172
14	99	A. Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:18.290	1:17.897	1:18.290
154 places worse than season qualifying average (P11.0)	31	E. Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:18.405	1:18.126	1:18.405
165 places worse than season qualifying average (P11.0)	14	F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	1:18.452	1:18.452
17	6	N. Latifi	Williams	1:18.756	1:18.756
18	47	M. Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	1:18.858	1:18.858
19	9	N. Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	1:19.303	1:19.303
206 places worse than season qualifying average (P13.5)	18	L. Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.873	1:20.873

fastest lap of that session; ▲/▼ qualified at least 4 places better/worse than the driver’s season qualifying average.

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Axis starts at 80 s, not 0, so bar lengths exaggerate the differences. Compare the labelled values.

Only drivers who finished the race.

Extreme laps excluded (time over 1.5 × fastest lap).

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Axis starts at 80 s, not 0, so bar lengths exaggerate the differences. Compare the labelled values.

Only drivers who finished the race.

Extreme laps excluded (time over 1.5 × fastest lap).

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Axis starts at 21 s, not 0, so bar lengths exaggerate the differences. Compare the labelled values.

Driver	Constructor	Lap	Stop	Time
D. Ricciardo	McLaren	1	1	38.13
V. Bottas	Mercedes	1	1	22.46
N. Latifi	Williams	11	1	23.68
L. Stroll	Aston Martin	12	1	23.59
N. Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	13	1	25.09
E. Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	14	1	23.10
G. Russell	Williams	15	1	21.98
A. Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	16	1	22.20
L. Hamilton	Mercedes	29	1	22.37
C. Leclerc	Ferrari	30	1	22.09
P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	31	1	22.55
K. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	32	1	22.42
M. Verstappen	Red Bull	33	1	21.91
S. Vettel	Aston Martin	33	1	22.28
L. Stroll	Aston Martin	34	2	26.06
D. Ricciardo	McLaren	38	2	22.81
F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	39	1	23.98
S. Pérez	Red Bull	40	1	22.11
V. Bottas	Mercedes	40	2	31.66
C. Sainz	Ferrari	42	1	22.03
L. Norris	McLaren	44	1	22.53
N. Latifi	Williams	49	2	22.74
N. Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	58	2	23.64
V. Bottas	Mercedes	63	3	22.68
V. Bottas	Mercedes	67	4	26.44

Stats provided by Pirelli for the Mexico City Grand Prix 2021.