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2021 Portuguese Grand Prix Index

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

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas leads Red Bull duo in opening practice at Portimão

FP2: Hamilton quickest from Verstappen in second practice

FP3: Verstappen edges Hamilton in final practice in Portimão

Qualifying: Bottas takes Portugal pole by seven thousandths from Hamilton

Race: Hamilton sees off Verstappen for victory in Portugal

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Portimão

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Portimão

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Portimão

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Portimão

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:19.648s		30
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.673s	+ 0.025s	22
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.846s	+ 0.198s	21
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.884s	+ 0.236s	26
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.967s	+ 0.319s	31
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:20.444s	+ 0.796s	30
7	George Russell	Williams	1:20.529s	+ 0.881s	28
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.635s	+ 0.987s	25
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:20.680s	+ 1.032s	26
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:20.800s	+ 1.152s	26
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.894s	+ 1.246s	28
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:20.995s	+ 1.347s	30
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:21.090s	+ 1.442s	27
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:21.303s	+ 1.655s	30
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:21.381s	+ 1.733s	24
16	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:21.405s	+ 1.757s	30
17	Callum Ilott	Alfa Romeo	1:21.806s	+ 2.158s	21
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:21.939s	+ 2.291s	28
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:22.293s	+ 2.645s	28
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:24.224s	+ 4.576s	28

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.837s		33
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.980s	+ 0.143s	26
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:20.181s	+ 0.344s	28
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:20.197s	+ 0.360s	33
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:20.220s	+ 0.383s	32
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:20.235s	+ 0.398s	31
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.360s	+ 0.523s	33
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:20.418s	+ 0.581s	31
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.427s	+ 0.590s	31
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:20.516s	+ 0.679s	28
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:20.558s	+ 0.721s	34
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.757s	+ 0.920s	28
13	George Russell	Williams	1:20.976s	+ 1.139s	32
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:21.053s	+ 1.216s	33
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:21.074s	+ 1.237s	32
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:21.225s	+ 1.388s	22
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:21.238s	+ 1.401s	32
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:21.537s	+ 1.700s	29
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:21.855s	+ 2.018s	31
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:22.638s	+ 2.801s	28

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:18.489s		21
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.725s	+ 0.236s	21
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.820s	+ 0.331s	19
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:18.840s	+ 0.351s	24
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:18.860s	+ 0.371s	19
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.001s	+ 0.512s	23
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.050s	+ 0.561s	24
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:19.272s	+ 0.783s	18
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:19.374s	+ 0.885s	25
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:19.415s	+ 0.926s	25
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:19.485s	+ 0.996s	25
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.582s	+ 1.093s	19
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:19.588s	+ 1.099s	23
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:19.949s	+ 1.460s	20
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.033s	+ 1.544s	21
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:20.090s	+ 1.601s	17
17	George Russell	Williams	1:20.127s	+ 1.638s	18
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:20.214s	+ 1.725s	21
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:20.681s	+ 2.192s	19
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:20.690s	+ 2.201s	20

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:18.722s	1:18.458s	1:18.348s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.857s	1:17.968s	1:18.355s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:19.485s	1:18.650s	1:18.746s
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:19.337s	1:18.845s	1:18.890s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:19.309s	1:18.813s	1:19.039s
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:19.092s	1:18.586s	1:19.042s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:18.794s	1:18.481s	1:19.116s
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.373s	1:18.769s	1:19.306s
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:19.464s	1:19.052s	1:19.475s
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:19.403s	1:18.970s	1:19.659s
11	George Russell	Williams	1:19.797s	1:19.109s
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:19.410s	1:19.216s
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:19.728s	1:19.456s
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:19.684s	1:19.463s
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:19.748s	1:19.812s
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:19.839s
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:19.913s
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:20.285s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.452s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:20.912s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	66 laps - 1:34:31.421s	3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 29.148s	4
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 33.530s	4
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 39.735s	3
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 51.369s	3
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 55.781s	3
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 63.749s	3
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 64.808s	3
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 75.369s	3
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 76.463s	3
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 78.955s	3
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	3
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	3
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	3
16	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	3
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 2 laps	3
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 2 laps	3
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	4
20	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	DNF	0

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