Valtteri Bottas will start the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position after team mate Lewis Hamilton took a 10-place grid penalty.
| Row 1 | 1. Valtteri Bottas 1’22.998 Mercedes | |
| 2. Max Verstappen 1’23.196 Red Bull | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Charles Leclerc 1’23.265 Ferrari | |
| 4. Pierre Gasly 1’23.326 AlphaTauri | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’23.477 Alpine | |
| 6. Sergio Perez 1’23.706 Red Bull | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Lando Norris 1’23.954 McLaren | |
| 8. Lance Stroll 1’24.305 Aston Martin | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Yuki Tsunoda 1’24.368 AlphaTauri | |
| 10. Sebastian Vettel 1’24.795 Aston Martin | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Lewis Hamilton 1’22.868 Mercedes | |
| 12. Esteban Ocon 1’24.842 Alpine | ||
| Row 7 | 13. George Russell 1’25.007 Williams | |
| 14. Mick Schumacher 1’25.200 Haas | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Nicholas Latifi 1’26.086 Williams | |
| 16. Antonio Giovinazzi 1’26.430 Alfa Romeo | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Kimi Raikkonen 1’27.525 Alfa Romeo | |
| 18. Nikita Mazepin 1’28.449 Haas | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Carlos Sainz Jnr No time Ferrari | |
| 20. Daniel Ricciardo 1’25.881 McLaren |
Penalties
Lewis Hamilton – 10 place grid penalty for exceeding his maximum allocation of power unit parts
Carlos Sainz Jnr – Start from back of grid for exceeding his maximum allocation of power unit parts
Daniel Ricciardo – Start from back of grid for exceeding his maximum allocation of power unit parts
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rodewulf (@rodewulf)
9th October 2021, 14:10
Never trust the sandbaggers when they say they aren’t the fastest. Some never learn this lesson.
Captain Pie (@captainpie)
9th October 2021, 14:18
Gasly certainly has a connection with the number 4.
Let’s see if Verstappen can jump Bottas at the start and how long Hamilton takes to make it through the midfield.
elchinero (@elchinero)
9th October 2021, 14:25
F1’s graphics are well done:
“Corner”, Speed” “km/h” and “mph”, “Throttle Position”, & “Brake Position”
Stevan Vasiljević
9th October 2021, 22:33
That camera angle was my favorite onboard fotage, as it shows the raw speed of the cars. Now these graphics dominate screen and are quite distracting, which diminishes the aforementioned experience.
Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
9th October 2021, 15:27
Thought Mclaren could be a bit higher up the grid. If Ferrari’s pace holds for the remaining races, then it will be a close championship battle for third.
Robert
9th October 2021, 19:45
Seems to be very track specific for those two teams. Sometimes McLaren is well ahead of Ferrari, sometime it’s the other way around. Makes it really interesting to see who got the edge on the upcoming tracks. Looks like Istanbul suits the red car better than the orange, though.
AC
9th October 2021, 19:20
Why does HAM start from 11th and Sainz from last? They both got the same 10 place penalty for engine change.
Hazel Southwell (@hazelsouthwell)
9th October 2021, 19:48
Ah, no – they didn’t. This is one of the problems with my most pedantic bugbear, which is people calling F1 power units “engines” and I totally understand why it is confusing.
Sainz has taken a full replacement power unit – including the energy store, motor-generator units, etc. That incurs a much bigger penalty because he is replacing more elements, each of which incur grid penalties. Hamilton has only replaced one element – the internal combustion engine – so only incurs 10 places.
The engine is part of the power unit but power units get referred to as engines, which makes this sort of situation where you’re specifically talking about replacing the V6 quite confusing.
So: they have different penalties, for different replacements.
Robert
9th October 2021, 19:50
No they didn’t, as I understand it. Hamilton got a 10 place drop for going over his allocation of ICE. Sainz got a “start from the back of the grid” drop for replacing several (all?) components of the power unit. Basically it goes something like this: replacing one component gives you 10 places, replacing two components gives you 15 places, and replacing more than that you start from the back.
Edvaldo
9th October 2021, 19:53
kimi 1 sec slower than antonio. he got nothing left.