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2021 Qatar Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Losail International Circuit in Doha.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen leads Gasly in opening practice in Qatar

FP2: Bottas quickest from Gasly in Qatar twilight session

FP3: Bottas and Hamilton top final practice in Qatar

Qualifying: Hamilton too quick for Verstappen for Qatar pole position

Race: Hamilton cruises to victory over Verstappen in Qatar

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day at Losail

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day at Losail

Gallery: All the pictures from race day at Losail

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.723s		22
2	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:24.160s	+ 0.437s	28
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:24.194s	+ 0.471s	24
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.509s	+ 0.786s	21
5	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:24.648s	+ 0.925s	27
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.713s	+ 0.990s	26
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.790s	+ 1.067s	27
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:24.915s	+ 1.192s	22
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:24.972s	+ 1.249s	23
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:25.215s	+ 1.492s	19
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:25.291s	+ 1.568s	24
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:25.328s	+ 1.605s	19
13	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:25.688s	+ 1.965s	24
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:25.757s	+ 2.034s	23
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:25.828s	+ 2.105s	25
16	George Russell	Williams	1:25.871s	+ 2.148s	24
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:25.905s	+ 2.182s	21
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:26.699s	+ 2.976s	21
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:26.712s	+ 2.989s	11
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:27.500s	+ 3.777s	16

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.148s		27
2	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:23.357s	+ 0.209s	27
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.498s	+ 0.350s	20
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.570s	+ 0.422s	25
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:23.632s	+ 0.484s	24
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:23.705s	+ 0.557s	26
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:23.735s	+ 0.587s	28
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:23.787s	+ 0.639s	20
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:24.020s	+ 0.872s	27
10	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.033s	+ 0.885s	28
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:24.041s	+ 0.893s	29
12	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:24.056s	+ 0.908s	25
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.095s	+ 0.947s	23
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:24.135s	+ 0.987s	24
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.631s	+ 1.483s	26
16	George Russell	Williams	1:24.954s	+ 1.806s	27
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:25.072s	+ 1.924s	23
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:25.209s	+ 2.061s	28
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:25.575s	+ 2.427s	27

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:22.310s		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.388s	+ 0.078s	16
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:22.651s	+ 0.341s	10
4	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:22.835s	+ 0.525s	17
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.846s	+ 0.536s	14
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:23.048s	+ 0.738s	17
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:23.186s	+ 0.876s	13
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:23.209s	+ 0.899s	18
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.276s	+ 0.966s	17
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:23.567s	+ 1.257s	20
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:23.711s	+ 1.401s	14
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:23.884s	+ 1.574s	17
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:23.895s	+ 1.585s	16
14	George Russell	Williams	1:23.923s	+ 1.613s	17
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.154s	+ 1.844s	17
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.246s	+ 1.936s	19
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:24.288s	+ 1.978s	17
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:24.499s	+ 2.189s	15
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:24.680s	+ 2.370s	20
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas			1

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.901s	1:21.682s	1:20.827s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:21.996s	1:21.984s	1:21.282s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:22.016s	1:21.991s	1:21.478s
4	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:22.535s	1:21.728s	1:21.640s
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:22.422s	1:21.894s	1:21.670s
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:22.839s	1:22.216s	1:21.731s
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.304s	1:22.241s	1:21.840s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:22.458s	1:22.058s	1:21.881s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:22.565s	1:22.012s	1:22.028s
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:22.549s	1:22.146s	1:22.785s
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.398s	1:22.346s
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.551s	1:22.460s
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.742s	1:22.463s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:22.688s	1:22.597s
15	George Russell	Williams	1:22.863s	1:22.756s
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:23.156s
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:23.213s
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:23.262s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:23.407s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:25.859s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57 laps - 1:24:28.471s	2
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 25.743s	3
3	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 59.457s	1
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 62.306s	2
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 80.570s	1
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 81.274s	1
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 81.911s	1
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 83.126s	1
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
17	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	1
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	1
	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	DNF	2

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