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2021 Russian Grand Prix Index

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

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas and Hamilton lead opening practice in Sochi

FP2: Bottas still best in second practice at Sochi

Qualifying: Norris sweeps to maiden pole from Sainz and Russell!

Race: Hamilton hits 100 as rain wrecks Norris' golden chance

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Sochi

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.427s		25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.638s	+ 0.211s	23
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.654s	+ 0.227s	13
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.117s	+ 0.690s	22
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.781s	+ 1.354s	23
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:35.794s	+ 1.367s	24
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:35.811s	+ 1.384s	25
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.959s	+ 1.532s	24
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:36.188s	+ 1.761s	22
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:36.225s	+ 1.798s	21
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:36.236s	+ 1.809s	25
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.522s	+ 2.095s	21
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.795s	+ 2.368s	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:36.877s	+ 2.450s	23
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.952s	+ 2.525s	20
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:37.794s	+ 3.367s	26
17	George Russell	Williams	1:38.013s	+ 3.586s	23
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:38.155s	+ 3.728s	21
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:38.586s	+ 4.159s	22
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:38.977s	+ 4.550s	23

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.593s		19
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.637s	+ 0.044s	22
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.845s	+ 0.252s	22
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.154s	+ 0.561s	17
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.402s	+ 0.809s	23
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.621s	+ 1.028s	20
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.678s	+ 1.085s	22
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:34.762s	+ 1.169s	21
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:34.837s	+ 1.244s	22
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.925s	+ 1.332s	24
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.938s	+ 1.345s	22
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.052s	+ 1.459s	23
13	George Russell	Williams	1:35.094s	+ 1.501s	19
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.178s	+ 1.585s	14
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.334s	+ 1.741s	21
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.411s	+ 1.818s	19
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:35.630s	+ 2.037s	12
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.954s	+ 2.361s	23
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:36.099s	+ 2.506s	19
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.230s	+ 2.637s	20

Free Practice 3 results

Cancelled due to inclement conditions

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:47.238s	1:45.827s	1:41.993s
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:47.924s	1:46.521s	1:42.510s
3	George Russell	Williams	1:48.303s	1:46.435s	1:42.983s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.992s	1:45.129s	1:44.050s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:48.345s	1:46.361s	1:44.156s
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:47.877s	1:45.514s	1:44.204s
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:46.396s	1:45.306s	1:44.710s
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:48.322s	1:46.360s	1:44.956s
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:46.455s	1:45.834s	1:45.337s
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:48.099s	1:46.070s	1:45.865s
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:47.205s	1:46.573s
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:47.828s	1:46.641s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:48.854s	1:46.751s
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:48.252s
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:48.470s
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:49.586s
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:49.830s
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:51.023s
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:53.764s
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:30:41.001s	2
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 53.271s	2
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 62.475s	2
4	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 65.607s	2
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 67.533s	2
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 81.321s	2
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 87.224s	2
8	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 88.955s	2
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 90.076s	2
10	George Russell	Williams	+ 100.551s	2
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 116.198s	2
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	2
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	2
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	3
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	2
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	2
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	DNF	2

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