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

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

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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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4 comments on “2021 Mexico City Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

  1. I wonder if Bottas has broken the record for most stops in a dry race at this track…

    1. I can confirm that it’s the most number of pit stops by any driver in Mexico at least since 2015.

  2. I am sure Bottas has the fastest time in round 71 not 69 or that is because he was lapped twice?

    1. Yeah because he was lapped twice.

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