2021 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Race #1 of 22 in the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship Season

2021 Running of the Bahrain Grand Prix

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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
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
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:32:03.897
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Max Verstappen - 88.997 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}\|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}\|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}\|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}\|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
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.