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Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021 · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/1052-qualifying

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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix 2021 · Circuit of the Americas

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2021 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34:36.552 · 56 laps · honda	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34:37.885 · 56 laps · mercedes	19
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:35:18.775 · 56 laps · honda	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35:28.798 · 56 laps · ferrari	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:35:53.406 · 56 laps · mercedes	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:35:56.680 · 56 laps · mercedes	8
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:36:00.097 · 56 laps · ferrari	6
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:36:00.947 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	2
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	George Russell	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	Rear wing · Time not recorded · 49 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Mechanical · Time not recorded · 40 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Suspension · Time not recorded · 14 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:34.352 · 16 laps · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:34.579 · 16 laps · mercedes
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Q1 1:34.369 · 19 laps · honda
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Q1 1:34.590 · 15 laps · mercedes
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Q1 1:34.153 · 17 laps · ferrari
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Q1 1:34.558 · 15 laps · ferrari
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	Q1 1:34.407 · 15 laps · mercedes
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	Q1 1:34.551 · 14 laps · mercedes
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:34.567 · 17 laps · honda
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:35.360 · 18 laps · honda
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Q1 1:35.747 · 12 laps · renault
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	Q1 1:35.281 · 9 laps · mercedes
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:35.920 · 8 laps · ferrari
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	Q1 1:35.756 · 12 laps · renault
15	George Russell	Williams	Q1 1:35.746 · 11 laps · mercedes
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Q1 1:35.983 · 7 laps · mercedes
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Q1 1:35.995 · 6 laps · mercedes
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:36.311 · 7 laps · ferrari
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Q1 1:36.499 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Q1 1:36.796 · 8 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.910 · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.119 · mercedes
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:33.134 · honda
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.606 · ferrari
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:33.792 · ferrari
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:33.808 · mercedes
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.887 · mercedes
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.118 · honda
9	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.475 · mercedes
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:34.918 · honda
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.377 · renault
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.794 · ferrari
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.983 · mercedes
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.995 · mercedes
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:36.311 · ferrari
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.499 · ferrari
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:36.796 · ferrari
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.500 · mercedes
19	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:44.549 · renault
20	George Russell	Williams	Time not recorded · mercedes

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	287.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	275.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	185
4	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	150
5	Lando Norris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	149
6	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	128
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	122.5
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	105
9	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	74
10	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	58
11	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	46
12	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	36
13	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
15	George Russell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
16	Nicholas Latifi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
19	Mick Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Nikita Mazepin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	1	1:34.874
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:34.919
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	3	1:35.806
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	4	1:36.334
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	5	1:36.508
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	6	1:36.611
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	7	1:36.798
freePractice1Results	Lando Norris	8	1:36.855
freePractice1Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	9	1:36.874
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	10	1:36.876
freePractice1Results	George Russell	11	1:36.966
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	12	1:36.970
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	13	1:36.972
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	14	1:36.982
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:37.068
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	1:37.458
freePractice1Results	Nicholas Latifi	17	1:37.463
freePractice1Results	Yuki Tsunoda	18	1:37.954
freePractice1Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:38.866
freePractice1Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:42.239
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	1	1:34.946
freePractice2Results	Lando Norris	2	1:35.203
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:35.310
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	4	1:35.360
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	5	1:35.457
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	6	1:35.561
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	7	1:35.572
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	8	1:35.824
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	9	1:35.919
freePractice2Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	10	1:36.138
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	11	1:36.158
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	12	1:36.242
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:36.376
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	14	1:36.558
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:36.718
freePractice2Results	Yuki Tsunoda	16	1:36.983
freePractice2Results	Mick Schumacher	17	1:37.041
freePractice2Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:37.254
freePractice2Results	George Russell	19	1:37.490
freePractice2Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:38.026
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	1	1:34.701
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	1:34.805
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	3	1:34.912
freePractice3Results	Lando Norris	4	1:34.945
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	5	1:34.988
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:35.219
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	7	1:35.345
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	8	1:35.398
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	9	1:35.688
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	10	1:35.711
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	11	1:35.851
freePractice3Results	George Russell	12	1:36.023
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:36.062
freePractice3Results	Nicholas Latifi	14	1:36.118
freePractice3Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	15	1:36.252
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	16	1:36.392
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	17	1:36.490
freePractice3Results	Yuki Tsunoda	18	1:36.572
freePractice3Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:36.671
freePractice3Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	2:03.456

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nikita Mazepin	1	1	30.673
Esteban Ocon	1	3	40.800
Nicholas Latifi	1	5	32.610
Fernando Alonso	1	7	23.576
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	8	23.993
Yuki Tsunoda	1	9	23.802
George Russell	1	9	23.572
Max Verstappen	1	10	23.727
Lando Norris	1	10	24.385
Pierre Gasly	1	10	23.745
Daniel Ricciardo	1	11	24.176
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	11	23.414
Mick Schumacher	1	11	24.293
Sergio Pérez	1	12	25.018
Charles Leclerc	1	12	24.011
Kimi Räikkönen	1	12	24.191
Lewis Hamilton	1	13	24.481
Valtteri Bottas	1	15	24.444
Sebastian Vettel	1	17	24.977
Lance Stroll	1	18	23.827
Nikita Mazepin	2	24	24.611
Nicholas Latifi	2	25	23.653
Esteban Ocon	2	25	23.919
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	26	23.502
Fernando Alonso	2	28	23.844
Max Verstappen	2	29	24.052
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	29	26.866
Sergio Pérez	2	30	23.604
Daniel Ricciardo	2	30	24.036
Lando Norris	2	30	25.548
Kimi Räikkönen	2	31	24.090
George Russell	2	31	24.980
Charles Leclerc	2	32	23.805
Yuki Tsunoda	2	32	23.529
Valtteri Bottas	2	34	23.619
Lance Stroll	2	34	23.455
Mick Schumacher	2	34	24.247
Lewis Hamilton	2	37	23.676
Sebastian Vettel	2	38	23.849
Nikita Mazepin	3	37	24.169
Fernando Alonso	3	39	23.314