September 24-26 FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021
Track:
Sochi Autodrom
Track History | Locate | Weather
Where to Watch
Race start: September 26, 2021, 7:55a EST
T.V.: ESPN
online: ESPN.com
RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX
Past Winners
2021 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2020 Valtteri Bottas/Mercedes-AMG
2019 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2018 Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
PODIUM
2021
1. Lewis Hamilton/Mercedes-AMG
2. Max Verstappen/Red Bull Racing Honda
3. Carlos Sainz/Ferrari
*Also earned fastest lap of the race point
FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021
Final Race Results
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Fastest Lap Point | ||||
| 1 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | 1:30:41.001 | 25 |
| 2 | #33 Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | +53.271s | 18 |
| 3 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +62.475s | 15 |
| 4 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | +65.607s | 12 |
| 5 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | +67.533s | 10 |
| 6 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | +81.321s | 8 |
| 7 | #4 Lando Norris* | McLaren Mercedes | +87.224s | 7 |
| 8 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +88.955s | 4 |
| 9 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | +90.076s | 2 |
| 10 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | +100.551s | 1 |
| 11 | #18 Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | +106.198s | 0 |
| 12 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | +1 lap | 0 |
| 13 | #10 Pierre Gasly | Alphatauri Honda | +1 lap | 0 |
| 14 | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | +1 lap | 0 |
| 15 | #16 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1 lap | 0 |
| 16 | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | Alphatauri Honda | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | +2 laps | 0 |
| 19 | #6 Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | DNF | 0 |
| NC | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | DNF | 0 |
Hamilton Wins His 100th Grand Prix
Mercedes-AMG Wins it's 7th Straight at Sochi
F1 | Hamilton takes 100th F1 victory after late rain shower denies long-time leader Norris at Sochi
Lewis Hamilton took his 100th Grand Prix victory in a Russian Grand Prix that started in dry conditions and ended under rain, the Mercedes driver making a late switch to intermediate tyres to take the lead when pole-sitter Lando Norris agonisingly slid out of the lead with just two laps left. Max Verstappen made it from P20 to P2, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took third having started second.
Grid penalties were the talk of the town on Sunday morning with Valtteri Bottas the latest to take the hit, Mercedes putting a new power unit into his car to see him start 16th with the knowledge that Max Verstappen would start 20th (having taken a new Honda engine earlier in the weekend) and Charles Leclerc 19th with a new Ferrari unit.
As for tyres, there was a mix of mediums and hards on the grid with the first five drivers – Norris on pole, Sainz second, Russell third, Hamilton fourth and Ricciardo in P5 – on mediums, and only Fernando Alonso starting sixth, Sergio Perez (P8), Pierre Gasly (P11), Bottas, Antonio Giovinazzi (P17), Leclerc and Verstappen starting on the hard compounds. --read more--
FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021
Starting Grid
| Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| * Set new track record. | |||
| 1 | #4 Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:41.993 |
| 2 | #55 Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:42.510 |
| 3 | #63 George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:42.983 |
| 4 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes-AMG | 1:44.050 |
| 5 | #3 Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren Mercedes | 1:44.156 |
| 6 | #14 Fernando Alonso | Alpine Renault | 1:44.204 |
| 7 | #77 Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes-AMG | 1:44.710 |
| 8 | #18 Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:44.956 |
| 9 | #11 Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:45.337 |
| 10 | #31 Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:45.865 |
| 11 | #5 Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:46.573 |
| 12 | #10 Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:46.641 |
| 13 | #22 Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:46.751 |
| 14 | #7 Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:49.586 |
| 15 | #47 Mick Schumacher | Haas Ferrari | 1:49.830 |
| 16 | #99 Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:51.023 |
| 17 | #9 Nikita Mazepin | Haas Ferrari | 1:53.764 |
| 18 | #6 Nicholas Latifi** | Williams Mercedes | |
| 19 | #16 Charles Leclerc** | Ferrari | |
| 20 | #33 Max Verstappen** | Red Bull Racing Honda |
**Note - Verstappen penalized 3 grid places for causing a collision at the previous round. Leclerc, Verstappen and Latifi required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.
F1 | Norris beats Sainz and Russell to claim sensational maiden pole for Russian Grand Prix
Fresh from the team’s first one-two in over a decade at the Italian Grand Prix last time out, McLaren’s Lando Norris has claimed pole position for the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, overcoming damp conditions at the Sochi Autodrom to take a shock P1, with the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz and the Williams of George Russell rounding out a surprise top three.
With heavy rain on Saturday morning having seen Free Practice 3 cancelled, qualifying marked the first Saturday track action for the F1 drivers. But with the fastest laps on Q1 and Q2 having been set on intermediate tyres, a drying Sochi track prompted a late move to slicks in Q3.
And it was ultimately Norris who strung a lap together to claim his first ever career pole position, and McLaren's first pole since 2012, winding up 0.517s up on second-placed finisher Sainz, as Russell also starred for Williams to take P3, for his second top-three start in four races. --read more--
FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021
Tire Allocations
F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2021 Russian Grand Prix?
This weekend's Russian Grand Prix will see the drivers use the softest compounds in Pirelli's range for the first time since Austria, as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton prepare to resume battle at Sochi.
The title protagonists ended their Italian Grand Prix in spectacular fashion last time out, a collision at Turn 1 taking both out of the running partway through the race. Now they arrive at Sochi Autodrom, just five points apart in the standings.
Pirelli have nominated C3 (hard), C4 (medium) and C5 (soft) tyres for this event – the same allocation as in the 2020 Russian GP that was won by Valtteri Bottas. Each driver will receive two hards, three mediums and eight softs this weekend. --read more--
Red (C5) - Soft
Yellow (C4) - Medium
White (C3) - Hard
The Racing Spot - Pirelli | WHEN IT’S TIME TO CHANGE FROM SLICK TO WET TYRES IN FORMULA 1
Dry Weather
Red - Soft
Yellow - Medium
White - Hard
Wet Weather
Green - Intermediates - Used when track conditions are wet and starting to dry
Blue - Full Wets - Used when it's actually raining
The 'Full Wets' (blue) can dissipate 85 liters/ 22.45462 gallons per second. The Intermediates (green), used when the track is wet in some areas and dry in others, can dissipate 30 liters/ 7.92516 gallons per second.
Slicks-Medium compound (Yellow)
Full Wets (Blue)
Intermediates (Green)