2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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Two major crashes shaped the outcome of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. But early pit stops also played a significant role.

Lewis Hamilton’s slightly fumbled stop ensured that a close fight between him and Max Verstappen swung in the Red Bull driver’s favour. Sergio Perez was even able to jump Hamilton, having run third behind him, despite a 4.3-second stop, which team principal Christian Horner said was down to the eventual winner being slightly out of position in his pit box.

Nonetheless this proved one of the moments that decided the winner of the race. Perez held Hamilton behind him until the late-race restart, when Hamilton’s own error took him out of contention later.

Before the race, Pirelli and teams had been adamant it was a one-stop but the late red flag naturally meant drivers took the opportunity to fit seconds sets of tyres.

Mick Schumacher, Haas, Baku City Circuit, 2021
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Verstappen and Lance Stroll’s races were ended by tyre failures late in their stints. Pirelli is investigating the cause.

The lengths of those stints will inevitably be a focus of interest, as it may indicate whether the failures were wear-related. Stroll started on hard tyres, taking an alternate strategy to most other drivers, and his race ended on lap 30, with the left rear failure. Verstappen started on soft tyres, pitted on lap 12 – a more-than-decent stint compared to some – and did 34 laps on the hard compound before his own race-ending left rear failure.

Significantly, when the red flag was shown on lap 48 and all the drivers pitted, 11 of them had older tyres than Verstappen’s at the time of the failure. Among the oldest tyres belonged to Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso, who both pitted on lap seven, so were driving on 41-lap-old tyres without having suffered a similar failure.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Baku City Circuit, 2021
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While driving style, circumstances and the characteristics of each teams’ car will play a factor, neither Stroll nor Verstappen were pushing the limits of possible stints on the hard tyres, it would seem.

One driver whose race is very starkly told in the lap chart is Charles Leclerc. Ferrari feared they wouldn’t have the race pace to match their qualifying ability in Baku and it was fairly instantly and brutally demonstrated by Leclerc’s slow slide down the order.

The cost of mistakes is also highlighted vividly in the lap charts. Both Carlos Sainz Jnr and Hamilton went into run-off areas under braking. At some tracks, they might have been able to rapidly rejoin with little real harm to their position done. However, while Baku’s run-offs do make the walls bite less deeply than at Monaco, they lose a driver a lot of time and an excursion often comes at the price of flat spotting a tyre set.

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2021 Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan 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:

2021 Azerbaijan 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 Azerbaijan Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1’44.481 44
2 Sergio Perez Red Bull-Honda 1’44.687 0.206 45
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’44.769 0.288 43
4 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’44.890 0.409 41
5 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1’44.939 0.458 46
6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1’45.220 0.739 44
7 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1’45.326 0.845 41
8 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’45.382 0.901 46
9 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’45.575 1.094 44
10 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’45.601 1.120 43
11 Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1’45.624 1.143 42
12 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’45.665 1.184 43
13 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 1’45.700 1.219 42
14 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1’45.713 1.232 43
15 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1’45.959 1.478 43
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’46.207 1.726 28
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1’46.608 2.127 42
18 Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1’47.624 3.143 41
19 Nikita Mazepin Haas-Ferrari 1’47.747 3.266 40
20 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1’50.850 6.369 2

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2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3 Stint 4 Stint 5
Sergio Perez C5 (13) C3 (35) C5 (3)
Sebastian Vettel C5 (18) C3 (30) C5 (3)
Pierre Gasly C5 (11) C3 (37) C5 (3)
Charles Leclerc C5 (9) C3 (39) C5 (3)
Lando Norris C5 (7) C3 (41) C5 (3)
Fernando Alonso C5 (7) C3 (27) C5 (14) C5 (3)
Yuki Tsunoda C5 (9) C3 (39) C5 (3)
Carlos Sainz Jnr C5 (10) C3 (38) C5 (3)
Daniel Ricciardo C5 (11) C3 (37) C5 (3)
Kimi Raikkonen C4 (13) C3 (35) C5 (3)
Antonio Giovinazzi C5 (2) C3 (32) C3 (14) C5 (3)
Valtteri Bottas C5 (11) C3 (36) C5 (1) C5 (3)
Nicholas Latifi C4 (9) C3 (39) C5 (3)
Mick Schumacher C5 (8) C3 (26) C5 (10) C5 (4) C5 (3)
Nikita Mazepin C5 (9) C3 (25) C5 (10) C5 (3) C5 (1)
Lewis Hamilton C5 (11) C3 (37) C5 (3)
George Russell C4 (1) C3 (33) C3 (14) C5 (0)
Max Verstappen C5 (12) C3 (33)
Lance Stroll C3 (29)
Esteban Ocon C5 (3)

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2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took (excludes tyre changes under red flag):

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 19.769 12
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 19.836 0.067 9
3 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 19.841 0.072 18
4 George Russell Williams 19.970 0.201 1
5 Fernando Alonso Alpine 19.983 0.214 34
6 George Russell Williams 20.029 0.260 34
7 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 20.048 0.279 13
8 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 20.064 0.295 10
9 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 20.082 0.313 11
10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 20.156 0.387 11
11 Fernando Alonso Alpine 20.168 0.399 7
12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 20.193 0.424 34
13 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 20.253 0.484 9
14 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 20.356 0.587 11
15 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 20.402 0.633 2
16 Lando Norris McLaren 20.533 0.764 7
17 Mick Schumacher Haas 21.587 1.818 44
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 21.759 1.990 9
19 Sergio Perez Red Bull 21.874 2.105 13
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 21.958 2.189 34
21 Nicholas Latifi Williams 22.149 2.380 9
22 Mick Schumacher Haas 22.440 2.671 8
23 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 22.470 2.701 11
24 Nikita Mazepin Haas 24.780 5.011 44
25 Mick Schumacher Haas 69.761 49.992 34
26 Nikita Mazepin Haas 86.440 66.671 48
27 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1828.965 1809.196 47

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1 comments on “2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

  1. Leclerc and also Alonso. He was the king of the starts and restarts making 8 positions in 3 starts. But he suffered from lack of pace and you cannot defend from DRS in the Baku straights. And his exterior pass on Tsunoda near the end was one of the highlights of the race. Assuming the smoke from 44’s brakes didn’t get in your eyes first.

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