Full race results from the Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, round 1 of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

2021 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race results

Pos Driver Team Gap Stops
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 laps - 1:32:03.897s 2
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull + 0.745s 2
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes + 37.383s 3
4 Lando Norris McLaren + 46.466s 2
5 Sergio Pérez Red Bull + 52.047s 3
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari + 59.090s 2
7 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren + 66.004s 2
8 Carlos Sainz Ferrari + 67.100s 2
9 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri + 85.692s 2
10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin + 86.713s 2
11 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo + 88.864s 2
12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo + 1 lap 2
13 Esteban Ocon Alpine + 1 lap 2
14 George Russell Williams + 1 lap 2
15 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin + 1 lap 1
16 Mick Schumacher Haas + 1 lap 2
17 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri + 4 laps 4
18 Nicholas Latifi Williams + 5 laps 3
19 Fernando Alonso Alpine DNF 3
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas DNF 0

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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