Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (2021)

Date: 2021-12-05

Track: Jeddah Corniche Circuit - Jeddah - Saudi Arabia

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Race Results

#	Driver	Constructor	Pts.	Time	Result	Fastest L.	Grid
1	Lewis Hamilton (44)	Mercedes	26	2:06:15.118	Finished	1:30.734	1
2	Max Verstappen (33)	Red Bull	18	+11.825	Finished	1:31.488	3
3	Valtteri Bottas (77)	Mercedes	15	+27.531	Finished	1:31.408	2
4	Esteban Ocon (31)	Alpine F1 Team	12	+27.633	Finished	1:31.797	9
5	Daniel Ricciardo (3)	McLaren	10	+40.121	Finished	1:32.716	11
6	Pierre Gasly (10)	AlphaTauri	8	+41.613	Finished	1:32.297	6
7	Charles Leclerc (16)	Ferrari	6	+44.475	Finished	1:31.601	4
8	Carlos Sainz (55)	Ferrari	4	+46.606	Finished	1:31.851	15
9	Antonio Giovinazzi (99)	Alfa Romeo	2	+58.505	Finished	1:32.865	10
10	Lando Norris (4)	McLaren	1	+1:01.358	Finished	1:31.914	7
11	Lance Stroll (18)	Aston Martin	0	+1:17.212	Finished	1:32.804	18
12	Nicholas Latifi (6)	Williams	0	+1:23.249	Finished	1:32.751	16
13	Fernando Alonso (14)	Alpine F1 Team	0		+1 Lap	1:31.633	13
14	Yuki Tsunoda (22)	AlphaTauri	0		+1 Lap	1:32.506	8
15	Kimi Räikkönen (7)	Alfa Romeo	0		+1 Lap	1:32.778	12
	Sebastian Vettel (5)	Aston Martin	0		Collision damage	1:34.030	17
	Sergio Pérez (11)	Red Bull	0		Collision	1:34.138	5
	Nikita Mazepin (9)	Haas F1 Team	0		Collision	1:37.043	20
	George Russell (63)	Williams	0		Collision	1:36.130	14
	Mick Schumacher (47)	Haas F1 Team	0		Accident	1:36.043	19

Season overview

Race Notes

This race had a lot of controversial driving for both Red Bull and Mercedes. The tension between the two title contestants Hamilton and Verstappen cooked up, resulting in both not shaking hands after the race and Verstappen immediately leaving the podium without celebration. Additionally, the FIA was criticized because their rulings seemed unplausible. Huge crashes on the whole weekend also screamed for better safety measurements for the narrow high-speed track. The race had 2 red flags, 1 safety car phase, and 4 virtual safety car phases because of loose parts on the track. This majorly impacted the race flow.
[1]Horner: F1 ‘missed Charlie Whiting’ in chaotic Saudi GP(the-race.com)
[2]Hamilton wins hugely controversial first Jeddah F1 race(the-race.com)
[3]Max a ‘bad sportsman’ for skipping podium celebration(www.planetf1.com)
[4]Marko: Red Bull ‘not treated the same as Mercedes’(www.planetf1.com)
[5]Russell urges changes to make Jeddah track safer(www.planetf1.com)
Bottas in 2nd place slowed down at the start of the first safety car phase because Mercedes did a double tyre change and Hamilton was directly in front of him. This resulted in no penalty as Verstappen got to 1st place as he did not pit and afterward the race was red-flagged allowing him to change tyres for free.
[1]Norris calls red flag tyre rule ‘worst ever invented’(www.planetf1.com)
In the formation lap after the first red flag, Hamilton (2nd) was very slow after Verstappen (1st) resulting in Verstappen's tyres cooling off faster. This resulted in no penalty.
[1]Replay of the scene(youtube.com)
Verstappen overtook Hamilton off track at the start resulting in Ocon also getting in front of Hamilton. Shortly after the race was stopped again because of multiple crashes. During the red flag, Red Bull was asked if they would like to give up the places and start again behind hamilton. It went back and forth a bit making it feel like you can negotiate with the FIA.
[1]Replay of the restart with the off track overtake(youtube.com)
[2]Replay of the negotiation with the FIA (multiple conversations cut short)(youtube.com)
[3]Masi explains his offer for Red Bull to forfeit restart pole(the-race.com)
After another off-track overtake from Verstappen to Hamilton he was ordered to give the position back. He tried it in a way where he went really slow in front of the DRS measurement point on the start / finish straight. He intended to give the place back and directly attack again with DRS to get it back, which is not gentleman alike. Hamilton did not know and read that Max is trying to give the position back. While he was directly behind to get into the slipstream Max's downshifts caused Hamilton to drive into his back. Hamilton's front wing was damaged by that. After the Race Verstappen got a 10-sec penalty for ‘erratic’ braking that did not result in a position change.
[1]Replay of the offtrack overtake #2(youtube.com)
[2]Replay of Hamilton driving onto the back of Max(youtube.com)
[3]Verstappen penalised for ‘erratic’ braking in Hamilton contact(the-race.com)
[4]Hamilton tells Max: Rules don’t apply to one of us(www.planetf1.com)
A few laps after this incident Verstappen's plan worked out. He did give Hamilton the position back for a short period and instantly attacked with DRS. He overtook Hamilton in that maneuver. Verstappen still got a 5-sec penalty for the offtrack overtake.
[1]Replay of the scene(youtube.com)
After this race sainz hold the record of most points without a win.
[1]Rank of drivers with no win(i.redd.it)

Highlights

Driver Lap Time Statistics

* of the drivers which finished

** without extreme laps (time < 1.5 * fastest lap)

Average Driver Lap Times

Constructor Lap Time Statistics

* of the drivers which finished

** without extreme laps (time < 1.5 * fastest lap)

Average Constructor Lap Times

Pitstop Times

Average Constructor Pitstops

Driver	Constructor	Lap	Stop	Time
L. Stroll	Aston Martin	9	1	27.16
G. Russell	Williams	9	1	20.52
L. Hamilton	Mercedes	10	1	20.58
V. Bottas	Mercedes	10	1	21.67
C. Leclerc	Ferrari	10	1	20.53
S. Pérez	Red Bull	10	1	20.71
L. Norris	McLaren	10	1	20.97
F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	10	1	20.41
N. Latifi	Williams	10	1	24.22
M. Verstappen	Red Bull	13	1	996.38
L. Hamilton	Mercedes	13	2	995.86
V. Bottas	Mercedes	13	2	995.94
E. Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	13	1	997.13
D. Ricciardo	McLaren	13	1	997.03
C. Leclerc	Ferrari	13	2	999.49
P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	13	1	1001.77
S. Pérez	Red Bull	13	2	1002.62
C. Sainz	Ferrari	13	1	1004.62
A. Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	13	1	1004.92
Y. Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	13	1	1006.41
K. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	13	1	1008.57
S. Vettel	Aston Martin	13	1	1012.30
L. Norris	McLaren	13	2	1017.30
F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	13	2	1019.85
N. Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	13	1	1019.23
G. Russell	Williams	13	2	1021.62
L. Stroll	Aston Martin	13	2	1020.94
N. Latifi	Williams	13	2	1017.26
M. Verstappen	Red Bull	15	2	1087.59
E. Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	15	2	1088.29
L. Hamilton	Mercedes	15	3	1086.67
D. Ricciardo	McLaren	15	2	1087.30
V. Bottas	Mercedes	15	3	1089.47
P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	15	2	1092.29
C. Leclerc	Ferrari	15	3	1095.19
A. Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	15	2	1094.75
C. Sainz	Ferrari	15	2	1097.19
S. Vettel	Aston Martin	15	2	1098.75
K. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	15	2	1099.28
Y. Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	15	2	1100.64
F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	15	3	1101.83
L. Stroll	Aston Martin	15	3	1102.98
N. Latifi	Williams	15	3	1107.05
L. Norris	McLaren	15	3	1116.58
Y. Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23	3	27.87
K. Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	26	3	34.49
F. Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	44	4	21.10

Tyre Usage

Tyre selection

The medium compound combination of C2, C3, C4 was selected for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021.

Out of five possible tyre compounds Pirelli selects a set of three for each race weekend. C1 is the hardest available tyre and C5 is the softest one. Intermediate and wet tyres are the same each weekend. The hardest tyre in a reace is always coloured white, the middle one yellow and the softest one red.

Tyre regulations

Category	Front	Rear
Min. Starting Pressures	23.5 psi	20.5 psi
EOS Camber Limit	-3.25°	-2.00°

Pirelli Track Characteristics

Traction: 2 / 5

Braking: 2 / 5

Lateral: 3 / 5

Tyre Stress: 3 / 5

Asphalt Grip: 3 / 5

Asphalt Abrasion: 2 / 5

Downforce: 2 / 5

Source: Pirelli

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (2021)

Race Results

Race Notes

Highlights

Positions

Driver Lap Time Statistics

Constructor Lap Time Statistics

Pitstop Times

Tyre Usage

Tyre selection

Tyre regulations

Pirelli Track Characteristics

Traction

Braking

Lateral

Tyre Stress

Asphalt Grip

Asphalt Abrasion

Downforce