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

Having secured their first front-row lockout of the season, Mercedes could have been forgiven for feeling good about their chances of taking the fight to Max Verstappen and Red Bull at a circuit they did not expect to suit their car.

However, after just one corner, Mercedes found themselves the pursuers rather than the pursued – with Verstappen’s rapid start and a spin for Valtteri Bottas leaving Lewis Hamilton behind his rival and with Sergio Perez breathing down his neck.

Verstappen’s superior raw speed that afternoon was evident in how steadily he pulled away from Hamilton after the Safety Car. And as Perez began to get close, Mercedes called their driver in for a switch to hard tyres to try and avoid the threat of Red Bull undercutting them.

Perez himself would pit 12 laps later and use the advantage of his fresher tyres to quickly eat away the gap to Hamilton until breaking the Mercedes’s DRS range with 11 laps remaining. But that would prove as close as Perez would get to second place, with Hamilton able to keep the local crowd favourite at bay until the chequered flag.

Behind them, Ferrari split their strategy between Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jnr, swapping their cars around in a fruitless bid to challenge Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri up the road. When it became clear Sainz would never reach him, Ferrari ordered Sainz to back off and give the position back to Leclerc.

Further back, Antonio Giovinazzi’s early promise from running seventh in the opening phase of the race failed to materialise into points as he faded with a long second stint. George Russell also slid backwards through the field after he had navigated through the mess of the opening few corners to move up to ninth – the management required to pull off a long final stint very much not playing to the strengths of the Williams.

Bottas had an afternoon to forget as he was forced to fight from the rear of the field after the opening lap contact with Daniel Ricciardo and was then delayed by a very lengthy pit stop after his crew struggled to fit a replacement left-front. However, by pitting in the final laps, Bottas was at least able to snatch away the bonus point for a fastest lap from his team’s Red Bull rivals.

With team mate Mick Schumacher eliminated at the second turn, it was another lonely race for Nikita Mazepin in the Haas at the rear of the field – ultimately over a minute behind Nicholas Latifi in the next placed car by the time Verstappen had claimed his victory.

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2021 Mexico City 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 Mexico City 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 Mexico City 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 Mexico City Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’17.774		69
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1’18.999	1.225	52
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda	1’19.468	1.694	49
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’19.820	2.046	66
5	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	1’20.081	2.307	63
6	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’20.460	2.686	70
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1’20.510	2.736	66
8	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1’20.617	2.843	67
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’20.665	2.891	63
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1’20.711	2.937	54
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’20.713	2.939	63
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’20.930	3.156	61
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1’21.069	3.295	40
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1’21.348	3.574	67
15	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1’21.402	3.628	61
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’21.523	3.749	68
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’21.546	3.772	66
18	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’22.016	4.242	61
19	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari

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2021 Mexico City Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3	Stint 4	Stint 5
Max Verstappen	C3 (33)	C2 (38)
Lewis Hamilton	C3 (29)	C2 (42)
Sergio Perez	C3 (40)	C2 (31)
Pierre Gasly	C3 (31)	C2 (40)
Charles Leclerc	C3 (30)	C2 (41)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C3 (42)	C2 (28)
Sebastian Vettel	C3 (33)	C2 (37)
Kimi Raikkonen	C3 (32)	C2 (38)
Fernando Alonso	C3 (39)	C2 (31)
Lando Norris	C3 (44)	C2 (26)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C3 (16)	C2 (54)
Daniel Ricciardo	C3 (1)	C2 (37)	C3 (32)
Esteban Ocon	C4 (14)	C2 (56)
Lance Stroll	C3 (12)	C2 (22)	C3 (35)
Valtteri Bottas	C3 (1)	C2 (39)	C3 (23)	C4 (4)	C4 (2)
George Russell	C3 (15)	C2 (54)
Nicholas Latifi	C3 (11)	C2 (38)	C3 (20)
Nikita Mazepin	C3 (13)	C2 (45)	C3 (10)

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2021 Mexico City Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

	Driver	Team	Pit stop time	Gap	On lap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	21.908		33
2	George Russell	Williams	21.984	0.076	15
3	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari	22.031	0.123	42
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	22.085	0.177	30
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	22.114	0.206	40
6	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	22.205	0.297	16
7	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	22.277	0.369	33
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	22.373	0.465	29
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	22.424	0.516	32
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.463	0.555	1
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	22.534	0.626	44
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	22.549	0.641	31
13	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	22.680	0.772	63
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	22.739	0.831	49
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	22.813	0.905	38
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	23.100	1.192	14
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	23.586	1.678	12
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	23.637	1.729	58
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	23.681	1.773	11
20	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	23.985	2.077	39
21	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	25.094	3.186	13
22	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	26.056	4.148	34
23	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	26.443	4.535	67
24	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	31.664	9.756	40
25	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	38.128	16.220	1

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