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2021 Belgian Grand Prix Index

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

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas edges Verstappen in Belgian GP first practice

FP2: Verstappen narrowly top in second practice before crash

FP3: Verstappen and Perez top wet final practice at Spa

Qualifying: Verstappen denies Russell shock pole in dramatic Spa quali

Race: Verstappen and Russell win two lap Belgian GP parade

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Spa-Francorchamps

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Spa-Francorchamps

Gallery: All the pictures from washed-out race day in Spa-Francorchamps

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:45.199s		18
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:45.363s	+ 0.164s	14
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:45.699s	+ 0.500s	20
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:45.818s	+ 0.619s	19
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:45.935s	+ 0.736s	20
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.127s	+ 0.928s	17
7	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:46.177s	+ 0.978s	19
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:46.336s	+ 1.137s	17
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:46.497s	+ 1.298s	16
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:46.612s	+ 1.413s	16
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:46.649s	+ 1.450s	19
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:46.683s	+ 1.484s	20
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:46.755s	+ 1.556s	17
14	George Russell	Williams	1:46.772s	+ 1.573s	19
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:46.928s	+ 1.729s	19
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:47.101s	+ 1.902s	20
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:48.125s	+ 2.926s	15
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.224s	+ 3.025s	17
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:48.705s	+ 3.506s	16
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:49.059s	+ 3.860s	15

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:44.472s		12
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:44.513s	+ 0.041s	14
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:44.544s	+ 0.072s	13
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:44.953s	+ 0.481s	15
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:44.965s	+ 0.493s	17
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:45.180s	+ 0.708s	14
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:45.302s	+ 0.830s	15
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:45.336s	+ 0.864s	16
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:45.386s	+ 0.914s	18
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:45.404s	+ 0.932s	13
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:45.517s	+ 1.045s	14
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:45.758s	+ 1.286s	17
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:45.789s	+ 1.317s	16
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:45.967s	+ 1.495s	18
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:46.118s	+ 1.646s	14
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:46.198s	+ 1.726s	17
17	George Russell	Williams	1:46.665s	+ 2.193s	14
18	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:46.836s	+ 2.364s	13
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:47.335s	+ 2.863s	14
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:47.529s	+ 3.057s	15

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:56.924s		10
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:57.871s	+ 0.947s	7
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:57.996s	+ 1.072s	9
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:58.509s	+ 1.585s	11
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:58.913s	+ 1.989s	15
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:59.205s	+ 2.281s	16
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:59.324s	+ 2.400s	14
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:59.436s	+ 2.512s	15
9	George Russell	Williams	1:59.492s	+ 2.568s	9
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:59.613s	+ 2.689s	16
11	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:59.808s	+ 2.884s	14
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:59.981s	+ 3.057s	11
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	2:00.456s	+ 3.532s	13
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2:00.749s	+ 3.825s	17
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	2:01.269s	+ 4.345s	18
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2:01.370s	+ 4.446s	14
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:01.510s	+ 4.586s	20
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	2:01.512s	+ 4.588s	20
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	2:01.792s	+ 4.868s	19
20	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	2:04.382s	+ 7.458s	3

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:58.717s	1:56.559s	1:59.765s
2	George Russell	Williams	1:59.864s	1:56.950s	2:00.086s
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:59.218s	1:56.229s	2:00.099s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	2:01.583s	1:57.127s	2:00.864s
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	2:00.175s	1:56.814s	2:00.935s
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	2:00.387s	1:56.440s	2:01.164s
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:59.334s	1:56.886s	2:02.112s
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:59.870s	1:56.295s	2:02.502s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	2:01.824s	1:57.354s	2:03.513s
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:58.301s	1:56.025s
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2:00.728s	1:57.721s
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	2:00.966s	1:58.056s
13	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	2:01.184s	1:58.137s
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	2:01.653s	1:58.205s
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	2:01.597s	1:58.231s
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	2:02.306s
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	2:02.413s
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	2:03.973s
19	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	2:04.452s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	2:04.939s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1 laps - 3:27.071s	1
2	George Russell	Williams	+ 1.995s	1
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 2.601s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 4.496s	1
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 7.479s	1
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 10.177s	1
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 11.579s	1
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 12.608s	1
9	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 15.484s	1
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 16.166s	1
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 20.590s	1
12	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 22.414s	1
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 24.163s	1
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 27.109s	1
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 28.329s	1
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 29.507s	1
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 31.993s	1
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 36.054s	1
19	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 38.205s	1
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 44.108s *	1

* Includes 10s penalty for working on car under parc ferme conditions

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