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

As expected before the race, two-stop strategies were the preferred option for most teams in the United States Grand Prix.

In the fight for victory, Red Bull opted for shorter first and second stints compared to Mercedes. Max Verstappen had doubts about the “aggressive” strategy which left his final stint lasting 26 laps, almost half the race distance.

Trying to regain the advantage they lost when Verstappen pitted before them the first time around, Mercedes put Lewis Hamilton on longer stints, in the hope of having fresher tyres at the end. The net result was his tyres at the end were eight laps fresher than his rival’s, allowing him to close in on the Red Bull, though he ran out of time to attack it.

The only two to start on soft tyres were Yuki Tsunoda and Carlos Sainz Jnr, because they were locked into them after qualifying. They ran relatively short first stints, though the soft rubber fared better than they might have expected. They matched or exceeded the first stints of plenty of cars on medium compound starting tyres – Sainz did 14 laps, Tsunoda 12, about the same as when many cars were coming in on mediums.

Pit stop length, as well as stint, was also key to how the order eventually shook out. A slow second pit stop for Sainz cost him around two seconds and, he said after the race, ended his hopes of beating Daniel Ricciardo.

That could have presented a big opportunity for McLaren, but Lando Norris also lost time on his second stop. McLaren brought both drivers in on the same lap, Norris just eight seconds behind Ricciardo, and the second car’s stop was somewhat sluggish as a result.

Sergio Perez finished over 40 seconds behind his team mate but struggled all race with the physical limitation of the drinks system failing in his car. His lap times dropped further off the two cars ahead of him as the race wore on.

At the other end of the spectrum Nikita Mazepin was frequently more than a second slower per lap than the next slowest cars. He also reported severe discomfort from heat in his cockpit footwell and had to pit early when his headrest came loose.

Three cars retired from the race, all with technical problems, including both Alpines. Fernando Alonso parked with a rear wing fault while Esteban Ocon had “a problem with the rear of the car” which appeared to be suspension-related.

The other driver to drop out was Pierre Gasly, who had a worrying moment when his power unit refused to start before the race, but eventually dropped out with a suspension problem.

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2021 United States 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 United States 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	2	1	0
Valtteri Bottas	9	0	3
Max Verstappen	1	-1	0
Sergio Perez	3	0	0
Lando Norris	7	0	-1
Daniel Ricciardo	6	1	1
Lance Stroll	13	-5	1
Sebastian Vettel	18	3	8
Esteban Ocon	11	-2
Fernando Alonso	19	3
Charles Leclerc	4	0	0
Carlos Sainz Jnr	5	-1	-2
Pierre Gasly	8	-2
Yuki Tsunoda	10	2	1
Kimi Raikkonen	15	3	2
Antonio Giovinazzi	12	1	1
Mick Schumacher	16	-1	0
Nikita Mazepin	17	-3	0
George Russell	20	6	6
Nicholas Latifi	14	-5	-1

2021 United States 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 United States Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’38.485		41
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1’39.096	0.611	52
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’39.303	0.818	41
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1’39.566	1.081	32
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1’40.067	1.582	46
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’40.147	1.662	41
7	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1’40.228	1.743	41
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1’40.345	1.860	43
9	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	1’40.377	1.892	40
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’40.481	1.996	40
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’40.792	2.307	28
12	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’41.120	2.635	36
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1’41.151	2.666	47
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’41.189	2.704	36
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’41.340	2.855	43
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1’41.395	2.910	36
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’41.818	3.333	46
18	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1’42.015	3.530	12
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1’42.194	3.709	28
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1’42.886	4.401	42

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2021 United States Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3	Stint 4
Max Verstappen	C3 (10)	C2 (19)	C2 (27)
Lewis Hamilton	C3 (13)	C2 (24)	C2 (19)
Sergio Perez	C3 (12)	C3 (18)	C2 (26)
Charles Leclerc	C3 (12)	C2 (20)	C2 (24)
Daniel Ricciardo	C3 (11)	C2 (19)	C2 (26)
Valtteri Bottas	C3 (15)	C2 (19)	C2 (22)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C4 (11)	C2 (18)	C2 (27)
Lando Norris	C3 (10)	C2 (20)	C2 (26)
Yuki Tsunoda	C4 (9)	C2 (23)	C2 (23)
Sebastian Vettel	C3 (17)	C3 (21)	C2 (17)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C3 (8)	C3 (18)	C2 (29)
Lance Stroll	C3 (18)	C3 (16)	C2 (21)
Kimi Raikkonen	C3 (12)	C3 (19)	C2 (24)
George Russell	C3 (9)	C2 (22)	C2 (24)
Nicholas Latifi	C3 (5)	C2 (20)	C2 (30)
Mick Schumacher	C3 (11)	C2 (23)	C3 (20)
Nikita Mazepin	C3 (1)	C2 (23)	C3 (13)	C3 (17)
Fernando Alonso	C3 (7)	C2 (21)	C2 (11)	C3 (10)
Esteban Ocon	C3 (3)	C2 (22)	C3 (15)
Pierre Gasly	C3 (10)	C2 (4)

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2021 United States Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

	Driver	Team	Pit stop time	Gap	On lap
1	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.314		39
2	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	23.414	0.100	11
3	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.455	0.141	34
4	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	23.502	0.188	26
5	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.529	0.215	32
6	George Russell	Williams	23.572	0.258	9
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.576	0.262	7
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	23.604	0.290	30
9	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	23.619	0.305	34
10	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	23.653	0.339	25
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	23.676	0.362	37
12	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	23.727	0.413	10
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23.745	0.431	10
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	23.802	0.488	9
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23.805	0.491	32
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.827	0.513	18
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.844	0.530	28
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	23.849	0.535	38
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	23.919	0.605	25
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	23.993	0.679	8
21	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	24.011	0.697	12
22	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	24.036	0.722	30
23	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24.052	0.738	29
24	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	24.090	0.776	31
25	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	24.169	0.855	37
26	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	24.176	0.862	11
27	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	24.191	0.877	12
28	Mick Schumacher	Haas	24.247	0.933	34
29	Mick Schumacher	Haas	24.293	0.979	11
30	Lando Norris	McLaren	24.385	1.071	10
31	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	24.444	1.130	15
32	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	24.481	1.167	13
33	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	24.611	1.297	24
34	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24.977	1.663	17
35	George Russell	Williams	24.980	1.666	31
36	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	25.018	1.704	12
37	Lando Norris	McLaren	25.548	2.234	30
38	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	26.866	3.552	29
39	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	30.673	7.359	1
40	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	32.610	9.296	5
41	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	40.800	17.486	3

2021 United States Grand Prix

• Mercedes encouraged despite ‘toughest race for a long time’ in Austin
• For the sake of the title fight, F1 must get a grip on its track limits problem
• Pit stop problems costing Ferrari “quite a lot of points” – Sainz
• Sold-out crowd of 380,000 at COTA shows F1 can add third US race – Brawn
• While the pressure’s off I can “push myself” more – Russell

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