Round 18 · 2021

Mexican Grand Prix

CircuitAutodromo Hermanos RodriguezLocationMexico city, MexicoDates5 Nov – 7 Nov 2021Final

WinnerVERRed Bull Racing · from P3

PoleBOT

Fastest lap1:17.774Bottas · L71

Most laps led63Verstappen

Biggest gain+8Norris P18→P10

Retirements2of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3	+2	71	1:38:39.086	1	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2	0	71	+16.555	1	18
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	4	+1	71	+17.752	1	15
4	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	5	+1	71	+1:03.845	1	12
5	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	8	+3	71	+1:21.037	1	10
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	6	0	71	+1 lap	1	8
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin	9	+2	70	+1 lap	1	6
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	10	+2	70	+1 lap	1	4
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine	12	+3	70	+1 lap	1	2
10	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	18	+8	70	+1 lap	1	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	11	0	70	+1 lap	1
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren	7	-5	70	+1 lap	2
13	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine	19	+6	70	+1 lap	1
14	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	20	+6	69	+2 laps	2
15	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1	-14	69	+2 laps FL	4
16	George Russell RUS	Williams	16	0	69	+2 laps	1
17	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	13	-4	69	+2 laps	2
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	15	-3	68	+3 laps	1
—	Mick Schumacher SCH	Haas	14		0	DNF · L0	—
—	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri	17		1	DNF · L1	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	23
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	22
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	18
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	18
5	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	22
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	23
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren	—	—	—	17
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—	—	—	22
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin	—	—	—	16
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	18
11	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	15
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine	—	—	—	7
13	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	—	—	—	8
14	Mick Schumacher SCH	Haas	—	—	—	9
15	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	—	—	—	9
16	George Russell RUS	Williams	—	—	—	13
17	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	19
18	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	—	—	—	19
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine	—	—	—	13
20	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	—	—	—	3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	1:17.024		15
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:17.217	+0.193	12
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:17.675	+0.651	14
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:17.708	+0.684	17
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:18.029	+1.005	20
6	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri	1:18.037	+1.013	25
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren	1:18.121	+1.097	15
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	1:18.202	+1.178	18
9	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:18.213	+1.189	20
10	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:18.312	+1.288	16
11	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:18.352	+1.328	20
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:18.531	+1.507	22
13	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:18.556	+1.532	19
14	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin	1:18.614	+1.590	17
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine	1:18.847	+1.823	15
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine	1:18.999	+1.975	17
17	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:19.211	+2.187	19
18	Mick Schumacher SCH	Haas	1:19.238	+2.214	14
19	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:19.313	+2.289	12
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:20.479	+3.455	15

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:17.301		28
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:17.725	+0.424	31
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:17.810	+0.509	26
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	1:17.871	+0.570	26
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:18.318	+1.017	29
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	1:18.429	+1.128	29
7	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:18.605	+1.304	28
8	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri	1:18.644	+1.343	31
9	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin	1:18.681	+1.380	32
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine	1:18.732	+1.431	27
11	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:18.841	+1.540	25
12	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:18.979	+1.678	27
13	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:19.227	+1.926	31
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine	1:19.431	+2.130	37
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren	1:19.521	+2.220	7
16	Mick Schumacher SCH	Haas	1:19.620	+2.319	30
17	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:19.730	+2.429	36
18	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:20.820	+3.519	17
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:21.581	+4.280	28
20	George Russell RUS	Williams	—		2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:18.341		28
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:18.417	+0.076	24
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:18.464	+0.123	28
4	Sergio Pérez PER	Red Bull Racing	1:18.610	+0.269	20
5	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	1:18.985	+0.644	23
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:19.463	+1.122	26
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine	1:19.656	+1.315	26
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:19.667	+1.326	20
9	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine	1:19.759	+1.418	20
10	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin	1:19.858	+1.517	27
11	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri	1:20.011	+1.670	30
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:20.026	+1.685	26
13	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:20.030	+1.689	27
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren	1:20.273	+1.932	25
15	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:20.301	+1.960	26
16	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:20.344	+2.003	27
17	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:20.517	+2.176	23
18	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:21.580	+3.239	23
19	Mick Schumacher SCH	Haas	1:22.144	+3.803	27
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:22.819	+4.478	24

Session schedule

Practice 1Final5 Nov 2021 17:30 UTC

Practice 2Final5 Nov 2021 21:00 UTC

Practice 3Final6 Nov 2021 17:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal6 Nov 2021 20:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal7 Nov 2021 19:00 UTC

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas BOT	—	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Sergio Pérez PER
AlphaTauri	Pierre Gasly GAS	—	Yuki Tsunoda TSU
Ferrari	Carlos Sainz SAI	—	Charles Leclerc LEC
McLaren	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Lando Norris NOR
Aston Martin	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Lance Stroll STR
Alfa Romeo	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO
Alpine	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Esteban Ocon OCO
Williams	Nicholas Latifi LAT	—	George Russell RUS
Haas	Mick Schumacher SCH	—	Nikita Mazepin

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2019	Mexican Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	3
2018	Mexican Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	2
2017	Mexican Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3
2016	Mexican Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2015	Mexican Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
1992	Mexican Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell MNS	Williams	1
1991	Mexican Grand Prix	Riccardo Patrese PAC	Williams	1
1990	Mexican Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	Ferrari	13