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2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton leads Verstappen in Saudi Arabian first practice

FP2: Hamilton and Bottas stay quickest in floodlit Saudi Arabia FP2

FP3: Verstappen sets the pace in final practice in Jeddah

Qualifying: Hamilton snatches Saudi Arabia pole as Verstappen crashes!

Race: Hamilton beats Verstappen in insane, chaotic Saudi Arabian GP

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Jeddah

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.786s		21
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.842s	+ 0.056s	23
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.009s	+ 0.223s	24
4	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.263s	+ 0.477s	28
5	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.318s	+ 0.532s	27
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.564s	+ 0.778s	26
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.600s	+ 0.814s	26
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.608s	+ 0.822s	25
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.842s	+ 1.056s	27
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:30.886s	+ 1.100s	25
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.960s	+ 1.174s	27
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.023s	+ 1.237s	29
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.029s	+ 1.243s	23
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.044s	+ 1.258s	25
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.099s	+ 1.313s	26
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.296s	+ 1.510s	26
17	George Russell	Williams	1:31.343s	+ 1.557s	28
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.525s	+ 1.739s	24
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.821s	+ 2.035s	27
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.464s	+ 3.678s	23

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.018s		22
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.079s	+ 0.061s	23
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:29.099s	+ 0.081s	22
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.213s	+ 0.195s	20
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:29.441s	+ 0.423s	21
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.555s	+ 0.537s	22
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.589s	+ 0.571s	24
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:29.597s	+ 0.579s	20
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.768s	+ 0.750s	22
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.772s	+ 0.754s	23
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:29.968s	+ 0.950s	22
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.004s	+ 0.986s	19
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.110s	+ 1.092s	23
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:30.276s	+ 1.258s	24
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.442s	+ 1.424s	22
16	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:30.502s	+ 1.484s	22
17	George Russell	Williams	1:30.506s	+ 1.488s	24
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:30.652s	+ 1.634s	20
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.039s	+ 2.021s	23
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:31.629s	+ 2.611s	20

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.100s		20
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.314s	+ 0.214s	23
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:28.629s	+ 0.529s	21
4	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:28.641s	+ 0.541s	20
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28.715s	+ 0.615s	22
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.019s	+ 0.919s	19
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.101s	+ 1.001s	22
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.149s	+ 1.049s	19
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.177s	+ 1.077s	19
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.300s	+ 1.200s	18
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:29.418s	+ 1.318s	21
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.590s	+ 1.490s	20
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.689s	+ 1.589s	24
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:29.717s	+ 1.617s	19
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.030s	+ 1.930s	14
16	George Russell	Williams	1:30.034s	+ 1.934s	17
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:30.296s	+ 2.196s	15
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:30.366s	+ 2.266s	17
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:30.933s	+ 2.833s	20
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:30.979s	+ 2.879s	23

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.466s	1:27.712s	1:27.511s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.057s	1:28.054s	1:27.622s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.285s	1:27.953s	1:27.653s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.310s	1:28.459s	1:28.054s
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:28.021s	1:27.946s	1:28.123s
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28.401s	1:28.314s	1:28.125s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28.338s	1:28.344s	1:28.180s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:28.503s	1:28.222s	1:28.442s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:28.752s	1:28.574s	1:28.647s
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:28.899s	1:28.616s	1:28.754s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:28.216s	1:28.668s
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:28.856s	1:28.885s
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:28.944s	1:28.920s
14	George Russell	Williams	1:28.926s	1:29.054s
15	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:28.237s	1:53.652s
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:29.177s
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:29.198s
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.368s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:29.464s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:30.473s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	50 laps - 2:06:15.118s	3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 21.825s	2
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 27.531s	3
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 27.633s	2
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 40.121s	2
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 41.613s	2
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 44.475s	3
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 46.606s	2
9	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 58.505s	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 61.358s	3
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 77.212s	3
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 83.249s	3
13	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 1 lap	4
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	3
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	DNF	3
	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	DNF	2
	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	DNF	1
	George Russell	Williams	DNF	2
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	DNF	0

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