Lando Norris lost the Russian Grand Prix win with a poor pit stop call. But until the rain intensified in the final laps he looked capable of hanging on for McLaren’s second win in a row.
As the data below shows Lewis Hamilton only edged within Norris’ DRS window with six laps to go. The huge gap the pair had over the rest meant they could afford to play a conservative game and still bank a major points haul – but Norris risked it all staying out and lost badly.Max Verstappen’s ascent up the order from 20th is visible in his lap times, a shark-toothed line that creates a stark visual of every time Verstappen had to overtake and then catch the next driver up the road. That rapid progress in his first stint on hard tyres stalled when he switched to mediums, but he profited from the late rain to finished second.
George Russell commented that he was at a disadvantage due to only having used (and heavily scrubbed) intermediate tyres to go onto. Although he wasn’t the only driver to have to use used tyres at the end of the race (Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz did, too) he did the joint-longest stint on them.
Russell and Valtteri Bottas pitted on lap 47, meaning they had to pull six laps from their intermediate tyres – and used them on the driest laps, to start out with.
AlphaTauri had a very messy weekend in general Pierre Gasly went out in Q2 despite easily having enough pace for a top 10 start. He was unhappy to end the race 13th having run ahead of Bottas who went on to take fifth.
Meanwhile Yuki Tsunoda had, even in a field of eventful final laps, surely the most dramatic bar Norris. When he initially came into the pits, AlphaTauri fitted him with soft tyres before conceding two laps later that conditions meant Tsunoda needed to move to a set of intermediates.
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2021 Russian 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 Russian 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 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
Valtteri Bottas | 16 | 1 | 11 |
Max Verstappen | 20 | 3 | 18 |
Sergio Perez | 8 | 0 | -1 |
Lando Norris | 1 | -1 | -6 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Lance Stroll | 7 | 3 | -4 |
Sebastian Vettel | 10 | -1 | -2 |
Esteban Ocon | 9 | 0 | -5 |
Fernando Alonso | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Charles Leclerc | 19 | 7 | 4 |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | 2 | 1 | -1 |
Pierre Gasly | 11 | -3 | -2 |
Yuki Tsunoda | 12 | -8 | -5 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 13 | 3 | 5 |
Antonio Giovinazzi | 17 | -2 | 1 |
Mick Schumacher | 14 | -4 | |
Nikita Mazepin | 15 | 2 | -3 |
George Russell | 3 | 0 | -7 |
Nicholas Latifi | 18 | 2 | -1 |
2021 Russian 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 Russian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
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1 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’37.423 | 39 | |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’37.575 | 0.152 | 43 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’38.216 | 0.793 | 31 |
4 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1’38.279 | 0.856 | 35 |
5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1’38.396 | 0.973 | 28 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1’38.686 | 1.263 | 44 |
7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’38.994 | 1.571 | 45 |
8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’39.058 | 1.635 | 39 |
9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’39.124 | 1.701 | 24 |
10 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull-Honda | 1’39.215 | 1.792 | 45 |
11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’39.251 | 1.828 | 44 |
12 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 1’39.294 | 1.871 | 40 |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1’39.960 | 2.537 | 42 |
14 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1’40.000 | 2.577 | 42 |
15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1’40.276 | 2.853 | 22 |
16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1’40.289 | 2.866 | 34 |
17 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1’40.464 | 3.041 | 35 |
18 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1’40.596 | 3.173 | 40 |
19 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1’40.598 | 3.175 | 34 |
20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | 1’41.713 | 4.290 | 24 |
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2021 Russian Grand Prix tyre strategies
The tyre strategies for each driver:
Stint 1 | Stint 2 | Stint 3 | Stint 4 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lewis Hamilton | C4 (26) | C3 (23) | Intermediate (4) | |
Max Verstappen | C3 (26) | C4 (22) | Intermediate (5) | |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | C4 (14) | C3 (34) | Intermediate (5) | |
Daniel Ricciardo | C4 (22) | C3 (26) | Intermediate (5) | |
Valtteri Bottas | C3 (28) | C4 (19) | Intermediate (6) | |
Fernando Alonso | C3 (36) | C4 (14) | Intermediate (3) | |
Lando Norris | C4 (28) | C3 (23) | Intermediate (2) | |
Kimi Raikkonen | C4 (15) | C3 (32) | Intermediate (6) | |
Sergio Perez | C3 (36) | C4 (14) | Intermediate (3) | |
George Russell | C4 (13) | C3 (34) | Intermediate (6) | |
Lance Stroll | C4 (12) | C3 (36) | Intermediate (5) | |
Sebastian Vettel | C4 (26) | C3 (24) | Intermediate (2) | |
Pierre Gasly | C3 (33) | C4 (17) | Intermediate (2) | |
Esteban Ocon | C4 (15) | C3 (35) | Intermediate (2) | |
Charles Leclerc | C3 (35) | C4 (16) | Intermediate (1) | |
Antonio Giovinazzi | C3 (36) | C4 (14) | Intermediate (2) | |
Yuki Tsunoda | C4 (13) | C3 (34) | C5 (2) | Intermediate (3) |
Nikita Mazepin | C4 (14) | C3 (32) | Intermediate (5) | |
Nicholas Latifi | C4 (13) | C3 (34) | ||
Mick Schumacher | C4 (20) | C3 (12) |
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2021 Russian Grand Prix pit stop times
How long each driver’s pit stops took:
Driver | Team | Pit stop time | Gap | On lap | |
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 29.242 | 26 | |
2 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 29.354 | 0.112 | 33 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 29.569 | 0.327 | 47 |
4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 29.578 | 0.336 | 26 |
5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 29.824 | 0.582 | 28 |
6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 29.878 | 0.636 | 26 |
7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 29.901 | 0.659 | 15 |
8 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 29.936 | 0.694 | 28 |
9 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 29.996 | 0.754 | 20 |
10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 30.045 | 0.803 | 49 |
11 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 30.056 | 0.814 | 13 |
12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 30.081 | 0.839 | 36 |
13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 30.102 | 0.860 | 15 |
14 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 30.112 | 0.870 | 13 |
15 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 30.127 | 0.885 | 14 |
16 | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 30.131 | 0.889 | 47 |
17 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 30.157 | 0.915 | 36 |
18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 30.241 | 0.999 | 12 |
19 | George Russell | Williams | 30.665 | 1.423 | 13 |
20 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 30.677 | 1.435 | 48 |
21 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 30.702 | 1.460 | 50 |
22 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 30.715 | 1.473 | 14 |
23 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 30.972 | 1.730 | 49 |
24 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 30.980 | 1.738 | 47 |
25 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 31.016 | 1.774 | 48 |
26 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 31.017 | 1.775 | 48 |
27 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 31.849 | 2.607 | 35 |
28 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 31.915 | 2.673 | 50 |
29 | George Russell | Williams | 32.081 | 2.839 | 47 |
30 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 32.128 | 2.886 | 50 |
31 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 32.313 | 3.071 | 50 |
32 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 32.648 | 3.406 | 51 |
33 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 32.670 | 3.428 | 51 |
34 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 33.264 | 4.022 | 50 |
35 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 33.617 | 4.375 | 22 |
36 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 33.931 | 4.689 | 46 |
37 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 33.961 | 4.719 | 50 |
38 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 36.026 | 6.784 | 36 |
39 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 43.124 | 13.882 | 48 |
sumedh
27th September 2021, 5:18
Can we please have a graph for the last 10 laps with the slow laps included? Preferably sector-wise times.
Erwin (@ebogaard)
27th September 2021, 8:05
Yeah, maximum panning still doesn’t make the slowest laps available! These were just the ones I’d like to take a look at.
F1Entusiast1729
27th September 2021, 6:59
I see Verstappan finished about 50secs behind Lewis? Where did he lose so much time? At one point he us just 3.5 secs behind Lewis.
Postreader
27th September 2021, 14:44
A poor stint in mediums, got stuck behind Ricciardo and Sainz while Hamilton had a clear track to chase down Norris. At that point Hamilton was lapping over 2s faster.
Jere (@jerejj)
27th September 2021, 9:23
Tsunoda’s late soft switch before inters went entirely unnoticed at the time.
Gabriel
3rd October 2021, 13:43
how much did lewis gained vs lando in the final laps on inters?