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Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/1057-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

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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 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 · Yas Marina Circuit

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

2021 Formula 1 World Championship · round 22

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30:17.345 · 58 laps · honda	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30:19.601 · 58 laps · mercedes	18
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30:22.518 · 58 laps · ferrari	15
4	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30:23.037 · 58 laps · honda	12
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30:23.876 · 58 laps · honda	10
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30:24.808 · 58 laps · mercedes	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31:16.545 · 58 laps · mercedes	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:31:19.053 · 58 laps · renault	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31:21.371 · 58 laps · renault	2
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31:23.402 · 58 laps · ferrari	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31:24.872 · 58 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	Time not recorded · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Time not recorded · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Time not recorded · 57 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Oil pressure · Time not recorded · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Accident · Time not recorded · 50 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 33 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	George Russell	Williams	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 26 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Brakes · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Withdrew · Time not recorded · ferrari	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 1:23.322 · 20 laps · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:22.845 · 19 laps · mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	Q1 1:23.553 · 20 laps · mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Q1 1:23.350 · 24 laps · honda
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Q1 1:23.624 · 22 laps · ferrari
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Q1 1:23.117 · 20 laps · mercedes
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Q1 1:23.467 · 23 laps · ferrari
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:23.428 · 22 laps · honda
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Q1 1:23.764 · 20 laps · renault
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	Q1 1:23.829 · 19 laps · mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	Q1 1:23.846 · 12 laps · renault
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:23.489 · 16 laps · honda
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Q1 1:24.061 · 17 laps · mercedes
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:24.118 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	Q1 1:24.225 · 18 laps · mercedes
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Q1 1:24.338 · 8 laps · mercedes
17	George Russell	Williams	Q1 1:24.423 · 7 laps · mercedes
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:24.779 · 8 laps · ferrari
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Q1 1:24.906 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Q1 1:25.685 · 9 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:22.109 · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.480 · mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:22.931 · mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.947 · honda
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:22.992 · ferrari
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.036 · mercedes
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:23.122 · ferrari
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:23.220 · honda
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:23.389 · renault
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:23.409 · mercedes
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:23.460 · renault
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:24.043 · honda
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.066 · mercedes
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:24.251 · ferrari
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:24.305 · mercedes
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:24.338 · mercedes
17	George Russell	Williams	1:24.423 · mercedes
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:24.779 · ferrari
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:24.906 · ferrari

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	395.5
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	387.5
3	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	226
4	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	190
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	164.5
6	Lando Norris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	160
7	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	159
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	115
9	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	110
10	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	81
11	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	74
12	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	43
13	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32
15	George Russell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
17	Nicholas Latifi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
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	Max Verstappen	1	1:25.009
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	2	1:25.205
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:25.355
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:25.363
freePractice1Results	Yuki Tsunoda	5	1:25.378
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:25.625
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	7	1:25.822
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	8	1:25.846
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	9	1:25.886
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:26.007
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	11	1:26.025
freePractice1Results	Lando Norris	12	1:26.123
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:26.189
freePractice1Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	14	1:26.409
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	15	1:26.608
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	16	1:26.676
freePractice1Results	Jack Aitken	17	1:27.481
freePractice1Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:27.487
freePractice1Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:27.698
freePractice1Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:28.305
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:23.691
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	2	1:24.034
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	3	1:24.083
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:24.332
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	5	1:24.400
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:24.495
freePractice2Results	Yuki Tsunoda	7	1:24.532
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	8	1:24.557
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	9	1:24.844
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	10	1:24.940
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	11	1:24.959
freePractice2Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	12	1:25.108
freePractice2Results	Lando Norris	13	1:25.153
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	14	1:25.195
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	15	1:25.385
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	16	1:25.440
freePractice2Results	George Russell	17	1:25.549
freePractice2Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:25.687
freePractice2Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:25.784
freePractice2Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:26.336
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:23.274
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	2	1:23.488
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	3	1:24.025
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:24.047
freePractice3Results	Lando Norris	5	1:24.106
freePractice3Results	Yuki Tsunoda	6	1:24.223
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	7	1:24.251
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	1:24.595
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	9	1:24.733
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	10	1:24.758
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	11	1:24.821
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	12	1:24.834
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:25.037
freePractice3Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	14	1:25.048
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:25.094
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	16	1:25.115
freePractice3Results	George Russell	17	1:25.220
freePractice3Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:25.322
freePractice3Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:25.340
freePractice3Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:26.332

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Mick Schumacher	1	10	22.124
Max Verstappen	1	13	21.152
Lewis Hamilton	1	14	21.595
Charles Leclerc	1	15	22.461
Esteban Ocon	1	15	21.677
Lando Norris	1	17	21.380
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	17	22.283
Daniel Ricciardo	1	18	21.449
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	19	22.213
Sergio Pérez	1	21	21.471
Lance Stroll	1	21	22.288
Kimi Räikkönen	1	21	22.338
Yuki Tsunoda	1	23	22.455
Sebastian Vettel	1	23	21.221
Nicholas Latifi	1	28	21.241
Valtteri Bottas	1	30	21.669
Charles Leclerc	2	35	21.173
Max Verstappen	2	36	21.871
Sergio Pérez	2	36	21.413
Pierre Gasly	1	36	22.133
Fernando Alonso	1	36	21.304
Lando Norris	2	48	22.173
Max Verstappen	3	53	21.453
Daniel Ricciardo	2	52	22.056
Lance Stroll	2	52	22.661
Sergio Pérez	3	53	21.385
Mick Schumacher	2	52	22.070
Yuki Tsunoda	2	53	21.909
Pierre Gasly	2	54	21.920