A largely processional Monaco Grand Prix showed the importance of having strategy options, as Mercedes couldn’t even find a way past an AlphaTauri.
Having lost the pole-sitter – Charles Leclerc being unable to participate – all cars up one spot on the timing sheets, if not actually on the grid itself. That aside, there very little movement in the order when the lights went out – all cars in the top 10 got away in the order they had started, Max Verstappen quickly shutting down Valtteri Bottas as he made to draw alongside.With qualifying deciding so much of the final finishing order at Monaco, pit stops were the most crucial area for changes of position. Verstappen’s progress towards his eventual win received another boost here, as Bottas’ race ended from second place, promoting every driver bar leader Max Verstappen.
Mercedes were put into a difficult position this race by their inability to manage tyre wear. Toto Wolff confirmed post-race that their only option to get Hamilton past Gasly had been an ‘undercut’ – pitting before the AlphaTauri driver.
Despite Hamilton’s radio complaint after the stop that he had saved wear on his tyres to drive a longer stint first, Wolff said that there was no life left in the soft compound set when it was analysed after Hamilton’s stop.
Hamilton emerged behind Gasly, without a way of passing and was further frustrated when both Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel were able to manage an overcut on them both, pitting later. The upshot was despite Leclerc and Bottas dropping out ahead of him, Hamilton finished where he qualified: seventh.
Vettel pulled off the closest thing to an overtake in the race, drawing ahead of Gasly as he emerged from the pits, the pair running side-by-side up Beau Rivage.
Perez moved most in the order, managing his race to go from ninth after qualifying to fourth at the chequered flag. He gained one place by default via Leclerc’s absence from pole. Lance Stroll also made up five positions.
Another driver who faced significant movement but in a much more negative way was Daniel Ricciardo. Starting 11th in a car his team mate took to the podium, he slipped back to 13th in the opening lap and struggled his way back to twelfth over a battle with Kimi Raikkonen that left the McLaren so beleaguered, behind the slower Alfa Romeo, that Ricciardo was lapped by Lando Norris with 20 laps of to go.
Eight different teams finished in the top 10, with only Haas and Williams unable to make their way into the points. Of the top 10, only Red Bull and Aston Martin were able to get both cars to score, other teams with their drivers much more split down the order.
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2021 Monaco Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
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2021 Monaco Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:
Position change
Driver | Start position | Lap one position change | Race position change |
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Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Valtteri Bottas | 3 | 1 | |
Max Verstappen | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sergio Perez | 9 | 1 | 5 |
Lando Norris | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 12 | -1 | 0 |
Lance Stroll | 13 | 2 | 5 |
Sebastian Vettel | 8 | 1 | 3 |
Esteban Ocon | 11 | 1 | 2 |
Fernando Alonso | 17 | 3 | 4 |
Charles Leclerc | 1 | ||
Carlos Sainz Jnr | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Pierre Gasly | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Yuki Tsunoda | 16 | -1 | 0 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 14 | 2 | 3 |
Antonio Giovinazzi | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Mick Schumacher | 20 | 2 | 2 |
Nikita Mazepin | 19 | 0 | 2 |
George Russell | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Nicholas Latifi | 18 | 2 | 3 |
2021 Monaco Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:
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2021 Monaco Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
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1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’12.909 | 69 | |
2 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1’14.037 | 1.128 | 66 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull-Honda | 1’14.552 | 1.643 | 32 |
4 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’14.578 | 1.669 | 43 |
5 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 1’14.621 | 1.712 | 35 |
6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’14.649 | 1.740 | 58 |
7 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’14.670 | 1.761 | 76 |
8 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’14.674 | 1.765 | 74 |
9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’14.971 | 2.062 | 55 |
10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1’15.026 | 2.117 | 70 |
11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’15.316 | 2.407 | 33 |
12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1’15.316 | 2.407 | 41 |
13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’15.331 | 2.422 | 41 |
14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1’15.412 | 2.503 | 71 |
15 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’15.539 | 2.630 | 59 |
16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1’15.573 | 2.664 | 66 |
17 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’15.706 | 2.797 | 18 |
18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1’16.425 | 3.516 | 51 |
19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | 1’16.866 | 3.957 | 64 |
20 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
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2021 Monaco Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Max Verstappen | C5 (34) | C3 (44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Sainz Jnr | C5 (32) | C3 (46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lando Norris | C5 (30) | C3 (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sergio Perez | C5 (35) | C3 (43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sebastian Vettel | C5 (31) | C3 (47) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pierre Gasly | C5 (30) | C3 (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis Hamilton | C5 (29) | C3 (38) | C5 (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lance Stroll | C3 (58) | C5 (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esteban Ocon | C5 (37) | C4 (40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antonio Giovinazzi | C5 (33) | C3 (44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kimi Raikkonen | C4 (43) | C3 (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Ricciardo | C4 (36) | C3 (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fernando Alonso | C4 (45) | C5 (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Russell | C4 (31) | C3 (46) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholas Latifi | C4 (43) | C3 (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yuki Tsunoda | C3 (64) | C5 (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikita Mazepin | C5 (34) | C3 (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mick Schumacher | C5 (37) | C3 (38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valtteri Bottas | C5 (29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Leclerc |
Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
1 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 23.474 | 58 | |
2 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 23.703 | 0.229 | 43 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 23.746 | 0.272 | 34 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 23.783 | 0.309 | 29 |
5 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 23.803 | 0.329 | 45 |
6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 23.874 | 0.400 | 30 |
7 | George Russell | Williams | 23.928 | 0.454 | 31 |
8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 23.935 | 0.461 | 37 |
9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 24.077 | 0.603 | 43 |
10 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 24.150 | 0.676 | 32 |
11 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 24.244 | 0.770 | 67 |
12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 24.369 | 0.895 | 31 |
13 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 24.428 | 0.954 | 30 |
14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 24.430 | 0.956 | 64 |
15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 24.521 | 1.047 | 33 |
16 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 24.548 | 1.074 | 35 |
17 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 24.715 | 1.241 | 36 |
18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 24.797 | 1.323 | 37 |
19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 25.202 | 1.728 | 34 |
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18 comments on “2021 Monaco Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”
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JL (@j-l)
23rd May 2021, 21:14
Just here to say that I appreciate the charts!
Tim (@tungdil12)
23rd May 2021, 22:27
Yeah they are really nice! Great Work
MacLeod (@macleod)
24th May 2021, 18:57
But i miss Bottas Pitstop time…
JL (@j-l)
24th May 2021, 20:19
@macleod Infinity ;)
Jere (@jerejj)
23rd May 2021, 21:40
I’m still somewhat surprised that Tsunoda didn’t pit after Latifi when he would’ve rejoined ahead of him, not that it would’ve made a massive difference since P15 as a finishing position is equally forgettable.
Marcel
23rd May 2021, 21:56
Hoping for a SC that never came.
MattDS (@mattds)
23rd May 2021, 22:21
The closest thing to an overtake was Mick overtaking Mazepin.
Bulgarian (@bulgarian)
23rd May 2021, 22:27
How did Mazepin overtook Mick on Lap 28?
melanos
24th May 2021, 1:21
@bulgarian pretty much sure it was not an actual overtake but an overcut
and @mattds, I wouldn’t say it was the closest thing, it was fully an overtake, surely the only one after the second turn of the race
Bulgarian (@bulgarian)
24th May 2021, 17:38
Mazepin had a pitstop on Lap 34, while Mick on Lap 37.
erikje
24th May 2021, 8:36
The closed thing was the rejoining of Vettel and the run to keep gasly and Hamilton behind. But the director found other things more important and panned away from it (twice, even during the replay).
Bulgarian (@bulgarian)
23rd May 2021, 22:25
Did Hamilton and Bottas really came into pits on the same lap (Lap 29)?
melanos
24th May 2021, 0:28
Start overtakes:
Stroll and Kimi on Dan Ric
Alonso on Tsunoda and Russell
Latifi on Tsunoda
and the best, shortly after the start, Mick on Nikita
All other position changes were overcuts I believe (and of course, the result of Leclerc and Bottas DNFs). The best was Perez’s, overcutting Gasly, Vettel, and Sir Throwtheteamunderthebus
PaulK (@paulk)
24th May 2021, 3:18
You forgot Ocon on Giovinazzi at the start and then Giovinazzi reclaiming his position on Mirabeau.
I have an opinion
24th May 2021, 14:51
Just impossible to overtake at Monaco with these cars: the shortest time to finish the race in history and too much dirty air to approach a car in front. This is why the overcut worked — no dirty air, hot tyres, suddenly lap times fall.
sumedh
24th May 2021, 10:30
What was wrong with Lewis’ laps right after his pit-stop!
His first 3 laps on hard tyres were all 78.7+.
To compare, in the entire race, he had just two other laps which were 78.7+, laps 1 and 2.
In fact, the only laps which were 78.0+ were Laps 1 to 3, 5, 30 to 32 (right after pitstop) and lap 78.
Now compare this to other drivers, most had 1 or 2 slow laps after a pitstop. But Lewis had 3! But this wasn’t down to Mercedes not heating its tyres up.
Gasly had 2 slow laps and Vettel had 1 slow lap after their pitstops. And, both Gasly and Vettel stopped exactly 1 and 2 laps after Hamilton. So, even if Hamilton’s tyres were upto temperature after the 1st lap, as Gasly ahead of was still on his 1st flying lap and his tyres weren’t upto the temperature, Hamilton behind had to continue to slow down (even though his tyres could have gone faster). The same process repeated with Vettel a lap later.
And the smart Perez just kept going and leapfrogged all 3 of them!
roadrunner (@roadrunner)
24th May 2021, 16:20
I guess it was mainly because Gasly rejoined just ahead of Hamilton and set the pace for the following laps.
His first laps were very, very slow and allowed Vettel to perform the overcut.
Douglas Amâncio
25th May 2021, 22:21
Hello! How did you guys acquisite this kind of data from Formula 1?