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

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
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
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

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