2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Index

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Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Imola

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas and Hamilton top first practice for Mercedes at Imola

FP2: Bottas and Hamilton stay on top as Verstappen sidelined

FP3: Verstappen bounces back and takes command in final practice

Qualifying: Hamilton hangs on for Imola pole as Perez pips Verstappen

Race: Verstappen dominates in Imola, Hamilton scrambles to second

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up at Imola

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day at Imola

Gallery: A look at F1 teams' 2021 motorhomes

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day at Imola

Gallery: All the pictures from race day at Imola

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:16.564s		23
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:16.605s	+ 0.041s	25
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.622s	+ 0.058s	21
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.796s	+ 0.232s	13
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:16.888s	+ 0.324s	21
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:16.888s	+ 0.324s	26
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:17.457s	+ 0.893s	23
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:17.489s	+ 0.925s	19
9	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:17.739s	+ 1.175s	24
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:17.769s	+ 1.205s	23
11	George Russell	Williams	1:17.866s	+ 1.302s	25
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.883s	+ 1.319s	16
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:17.935s	+ 1.371s	16
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:17.984s	+ 1.420s	23
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:18.058s	+ 1.494s	24
16	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.228s	+ 1.664s	15
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.360s	+ 1.796s	20
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:18.823s	+ 2.259s	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:19.480s	+ 2.916s	18
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:19.781s	+ 3.217s	11

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.551s		25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.561s	+ 0.010s	26
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:15.629s	+ 0.078s	30
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:15.834s	+ 0.283s	30
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.371s	+ 0.820s	28
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:16.411s	+ 0.860s	25
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:16.419s	+ 0.868s	26
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:16.485s	+ 0.934s	23
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:16.513s	+ 0.962s	25
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:16.737s	+ 1.186s	25
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:16.817s	+ 1.266s	27
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:16.823s	+ 1.272s	29
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:16.835s	+ 1.284s	27
14	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:16.999s	+ 1.448s	5
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:17.092s	+ 1.541s	27
16	George Russell	Williams	1:17.179s	+ 1.628s	31
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:17.273s	+ 1.722s	27
18	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:17.281s	+ 1.730s	24
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:17.350s	+ 1.799s	28
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:17.857s	+ 2.306s	16

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.958s		17
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:15.414s	+ 0.456s	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.515s	+ 0.557s	17
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:15.551s	+ 0.593s	17
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.738s	+ 0.780s	20
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:15.890s	+ 0.932s	21
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:15.908s	+ 0.950s	20
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.908s	+ 0.950s	18
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:16.186s	+ 1.228s	19
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:16.228s	+ 1.270s	19
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:16.230s	+ 1.272s	19
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:16.245s	+ 1.287s	18
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:16.253s	+ 1.295s	16
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:16.389s	+ 1.431s	18
15	George Russell	Williams	1:16.427s	+ 1.469s	19
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:16.448s	+ 1.490s	21
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:16.537s	+ 1.579s	14
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:16.612s	+ 1.654s	21
19	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:16.803s	+ 1.845s	22
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:17.398s	+ 2.440s	22

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.823s	1:14.817s	1:14.411s
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:15.395s	1:14.716s	1:14.446s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:15.109s	1:14.884s	1:14.498s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.413s	1:14.808s	1:14.740s
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:15.548s	1:14.927s	1:14.790s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:15.669s	1:15.033s	1:14.826s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:15.009s	1:14.718s	1:14.875s
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:14.672s	1:14.905s	1:14.898s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:15.385s	1:15.117s	1:15.210s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:15.522s	1:15.138s
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:15.406s	1:15.199s
12	George Russell	Williams	1:15.826s	1:15.261s
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:15.459s	1:15.394s
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:15.653s	1:15.593s
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:15.832s	1:15.593s
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:15.974s
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:16.122s
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:16.279s
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:16.797s
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	63 laps - 2:02:34.598s	2
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 22.000s	4
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 23.702s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 25.579s	2
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 27.036s	2
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 51.220s	2
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 52.818s	4
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 56.909s	3
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 65.704s	5
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 66.561s	3
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 67.151s	2
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 73.184s	3
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 94.773s	3
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	4
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 2 laps	6
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 2 laps	4
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	4
18	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	DNF	1
19	George Russell	Williams	DNF	1
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	1

• Stroll received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
• Tsunoda received a 5-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
• Raikkonen received a 30-second time penalty for a rolling start infringement

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