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2021 United States Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 United States Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas and Hamilton comfortably lead first practice in Austin

FP2: Perez moves ahead of Norris in second practice in Austin

FP3: Perez and Red Bull remain on top in final practice

Qualifying: Verstappen beats Hamilton to thrilling US Grand Prix pole

Race: Verstappen just hangs on to deny Hamilton in US GP

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Austin

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Austin

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Austin

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.874s		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.919s	+ 0.045s	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.806s	+ 0.932s	16
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.334s	+ 1.460s	18
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:36.508s	+ 1.634s	20
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:36.611s	+ 1.737s	18
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:36.798s	+ 1.924s	20
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:36.855s	+ 1.981s	11
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.874s	+ 2.000s	18
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.876s	+ 2.002s	18
11	George Russell	Williams	1:36.966s	+ 2.092s	19
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:36.970s	+ 2.096s	22
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.972s	+ 2.098s	20
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:36.982s	+ 2.108s	20
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:37.068s	+ 2.194s	12
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:37.458s	+ 2.584s	18
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:37.463s	+ 2.589s	19
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:37.954s	+ 3.080s	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:38.866s	+ 3.992s	17
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:42.239s	+ 7.365s	19

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.946s		24
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.203s	+ 0.257s	20
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.310s	+ 0.364s	22
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:35.360s	+ 0.414s	24
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:35.457s	+ 0.511s	21
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.561s	+ 0.615s	25
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.572s	+ 0.626s	23
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.824s	+ 0.878s	23
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:35.919s	+ 0.973s	24
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.138s	+ 1.192s	26
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:36.158s	+ 1.212s	23
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:36.242s	+ 1.296s	25
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:36.376s	+ 1.430s	18
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.558s	+ 1.612s	25
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:36.718s	+ 1.772s	30
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:36.983s	+ 2.037s	24
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:37.041s	+ 2.095s	24
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:37.254s	+ 2.308s	26
19	George Russell	Williams	1:37.490s	+ 2.544s	21
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:38.026s	+ 3.080s	23

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.701s		13
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.805s	+ 0.104s	16
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.912s	+ 0.211s	13
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.945s	+ 0.244s	13
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.988s	+ 0.287s	15
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.219s	+ 0.518s	16
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:35.345s	+ 0.644s	11
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:35.398s	+ 0.697s	17
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.688s	+ 0.987s	17
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.711s	+ 1.010s	10
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.851s	+ 1.150s	18
12	George Russell	Williams	1:36.023s	+ 1.322s	9
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.062s	+ 1.361s	20
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:36.118s	+ 1.417s	8
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.252s	+ 1.551s	16
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.392s	+ 1.691s	13
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:36.490s	+ 1.789s	12
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:36.572s	+ 1.871s	16
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.671s	+ 1.970s	15
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	2:03.456s	+ 28.755s	15

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.352s	1:33.464s	1:32.910s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.579s	1:33.797s	1:33.119s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.369s	1:34.178s	1:33.134s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.590s	1:33.959s	1:33.475s
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.153s	1:33.928s	1:33.606s
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.558s	1:34.126s	1:33.792s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.407s	1:34.643s	1:33.808s
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.551s	1:33.880s	1:33.887s
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.567s	1:34.583s	1:34.118s
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.360s	1:35.137s	1:34.918s
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.747s	1:35.377s
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.281s	1:35.500s
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.920s	1:35.794s
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:35.756s	1:44.549s
15	George Russell	Williams	1:35.746s
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.983s
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.995s
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.311s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.499s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:36.796s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	56 laps - 1:34:36.552s	2
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 1.333s	2
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 42.223s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 52.246s	2
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 76.854s	2
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 80.128s	2
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 83.545s	2
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 84.395s	2
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
14	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 2 laps	2
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	3
	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	DNF	4
	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	DNF	3
	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	DNF	2

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