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2021 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix | ![]() |
Held on March 28, 2021 at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain | |
56 L, 188.328 M, 303.072 KM - Shortened by Restart |
FEATURE RESULTS |
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Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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1 | 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team “Stand Against Racism” | Mercedes F1 W12 / Mercedes M12 E | 56 | 27 | running | 25 |
2 | 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | Red Bull RB16B / Honda RA621H | 56 | 29 | running | 18 |
3 | 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team “Stand Against Racism” | Mercedes F1 W12 / Mercedes M12 E | 56 | 0 | running | 16 |
4 | 7 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren F1 Team | McLaren MCL35M / Mercedes M12 E | 56 | 0 | running | 12 |
5 | 11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | Red Bull RB16B / Honda RA621H | 56 | 0 | running | 10 |
6 | 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Mission Winnow Ferrari | Ferrari SF21 / Ferrari 066 | 56 | 0 | running | 8 |
7 | 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren F1 Team | McLaren MCL35M / Mercedes M12 E | 56 | 0 | running | 6 |
8 | 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Scuderia Mission Winnow Ferrari | Ferrari SF21 / Ferrari 066 | 56 | 0 | running | 4 |
9 | 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | Alpha Tauri AT02 / Honda RA621H | 56 | 0 | running | 2 |
10 | 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team | Aston Martin AMR21 / Mercedes M12 E | 56 | 0 | running | 1 |
11 | 14 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN | Alfa Romeo C41 / Ferrari 066 | 56 | 0 | running | 0 |
12 | 12 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN | Alfa Romeo C41 / Ferrari 066 | 55 | 0 | running | 0 |
13 | 16 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | Alpine A521 / Renault E-Tech 21 | 55 | 0 | running | 0 |
14 | 15 | 63 | George Russell | Williams Racing | Williams FW43B / Mercedes M12 E | 55 | 0 | running | 0 |
15 | 20 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team | ston Martin AMR21 / Mercedes M12 E | 55 | 0 | running | 0 |
16 | 18 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Uralkali Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-21 / Ferrari 066 | 55 | 0 | running | 0 |
17 | 5 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | Alpha Tauri AT02 / Honda RA621H | 52 | 0 | undertray | 0 |
18 | 17 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Racing | Williams FW43B / Mercedes M12 E | 51 | 0 | turbo | 0 |
19 | 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | Alpine A521 / Renault E-Tech 21 | 32 | 0 | brakes | 0 |
20 | 19 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin | Uralkali Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-21 / Ferrari 066 | 0 | 0 | accident | 0 |
RACE DATA | |||||||||
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Time of Race: 1h:32:03.897 | |||||||||
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
Fast Qualifier: Max Verstappen - 88.997 sec. | |||||||||
Margin of Victory: 0.745 seconds | |||||||||
Average Speed: 122.631 mph | |||||||||
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps - Laps 1-5 (#9 accident turn 3) | |||||||||
Lead Changes: 3 among 2 drivers - Max Verstappen (1-17); Lewis Hamilton (18-27); Max Verstappen (28-39); Lewis Hamilton (40-56) | |||||||||
Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas - 92.090 seconds (lap 56) | |||||||||
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING | |||||||||
Sergio Perez stopped on the formation lap on the way to the grid, which led to a additional formation lap and shortened the race from 57 to 56 laps. Pérez managed to restart his car, and was instructed by his team to start the race from the pitlane, in line with the regulations. |