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2021 Turkish Grand Prix
Race 16 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Track layout of the Istanbul Park circuit. The track runs anticlockwise and has fourteen corners, varying from sharp hairpins to the long sweeping eighth turn. The pit lane entry is located between turns thirteen and fourteen and the pit lane exit is located between turns one and two.
Layout of the Istanbul Park Circuit
Race details[4][5]
Date 10 October 2021
Official name Formula 1 Rolex Turkish Grand Prix 2021
Location Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Istanbul
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.338 km (3.316 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 309.396 km (192.249 miles)
Weather Cloudy and rainy
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:22.998
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time 1:30.432 on lap 58
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2021 Turkish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Turkish Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 10 October 2021 at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul. It was the sixteenth of twenty-two rounds of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.[1]

Background

Further information: 2021 Formula One World Championship § Calendar changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2021 Formula One World Championship § Entries
Istanbul Park is in a rural area and is paved with tarmac. It has large concrete and gravel run-off areas, large grandstands and a substantial pit building and paddock.
Aerial view of Istanbul Park

The event took place from 8–10 October at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul, with the race covering fifty-eight laps of the fourteen-turn circuit.[4] It was the ninth running of the Turkish Grand Prix, all of which have taken place at the same venue.[8][9] It had previously been scheduled for 11–13 June (replacing the cancelled Canadian Grand Prix), but was postponed due to unfavourable quarantine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey and the travel restrictions from Turkey imposed by the British government.[10] On 25 June, the event was readded to the schedule following the cancellation of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was scheduled for 1–3 October.[11] On 28 August, it was pushed back one week to 8–10 October due to the reduction of the number of Grands Prix into the calendar.[1] This was the second consecutive year in which the Turkish Grand Prix had appeared on the calendar as a replacement round.[12]

While the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix had been held behind closed doors, the 2021 edition was to have spectators in attendance.[13] The track surface was water-blasted after the smooth tarmac provided little grip at the previous year's event.[14] Charles Leclerc said he hoped the track surface would still be slippery to boost Ferrari's hopes of a good result at this race.[15] Three previous Turkish Grand Prix winners entered this event in the form of Lewis Hamilton (who won the event twice previously in 2010 and 2020), Sebastian Vettel (who won the 2011 event), and Kimi Räikkönen (who won the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix in 2005).[16][17]

Ten constructors entered two drivers each for the race, with no changes from the regular season entry list.[18] The title sponsor of the Ferrari Team, Mission Winnow, was banned for this race. The name and sponsor logos were not used in any races from the French Grand Prix to the Italian Grand Prix for legal reasons, but were used at the Bahrain, Emilia Romagna, Portuguese, Spanish, Monaco, Azerbaijan, and Russian Grands Prix.[18] Sole Formula One tyre-supplier Pirelli supplied their middle range of compounds in terms of hardness (the C2, C3, and C4).[9][19] Following the first two practice sessions, Pirelli's Formula One boss Mario Isola stated that their tyre selection was "too agressive". Isola stated that this was because Pirelli had only learned that the track was to be water-blasted after they had made their tyre choices.[20]

Going into the event, Hamilton held a two-point lead over Max Verstappen in the Drivers' Championship standings,[21] with third-placed Valtteri Bottas twelve points ahead of fourth-placed Lando Norris and thirty-one ahead of fifth-placed Sergio Pérez.[22] Mercedes led Red Bull Racing by thirty-three points in the Constructors' Championship standings.[23] Five drivers including Hamilton also tried out a prototype glove design in the first practice session, designed to improve safety by preventing burns similar to those suffered by Romain Grosjean at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.[24]

Free practice

A trio of free practice sessions took place on Friday and Saturday, each an hour in length.[25] Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the first free practice session for Mercedes ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.[26][27] Hamilton was fastest for the second praction session ahead of Leclerc and Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas.[28] Whilst the first two practice sessions were held in dry conditions, the third one was held in the wet and ended with AlphaTauri Pierre Gasly fastest ahead of Verstappen and Verstappen's team-mate Sergio Pérez.[29] The first two practice sessions ran without major incident, whilst the third one was briefly red flagged after Williams driver George Russell beached his car in the gravel.[30]

Qualifying

The qualifying practice session started at 15:00 local time (UTC+03:00) on the Saturday.[25] Hamilton set the fastest time, with Bottas second, Verstappen set the third fastest time, with Leclerc fourth fastest in the session for Ferrari.[31] Hamilton was penalised 10 places for a new ICE unit,[6] which meant that Bottas would take pole position.[7] Sainz had extra power unit components installed which meant that he would start the race in last position no matter where he qualified.[32]

Schumacher qualified the second part of qualifying for the second time in his Formula One career and Tsunoda reached the third part for the first time since the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.[33][34][35] This pole was Bottas's 18th in Formula One, with his last one being at the Portuguese Grand Prix in May.[36][37]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:24.585 1:23.082 1:22.868 111
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:25.047 1:23.579 1:22.998 1
3 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:24.592 1:23.732 1:23.196 2
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:24.869 1:24.015 1:23.265 3
5 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:24.704 1:23.817 1:23.326 4
6 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:25.174 1:23.914 1:23.477 5
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:24.963 1:23.961 1:23.706 6
8 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.138 1:24.642 1:23.954 7
9 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:25.511 1:24.601 1:24.305 8
10 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1:25.409 1:24.054 1:24.368 9
11 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:25.787 1:24.795 N/A 10
12 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:25.422 1:24.842 N/A 12
13 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:25.417 1:25.007 N/A 13
14 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:25.555 1:25.200 N/A 14
15 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:25.177 No time N/A 192
16 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.881 N/A N/A 203
17 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:25.881 N/A N/A 15
18 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:26.430 N/A N/A 16
19 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:27.525 N/A N/A 17
20 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 1:28.449 N/A N/A 18
107% time: 1:30.505
Source:[39][40]

Notes

  • ^1 – Lewis Hamilton received a ten-place grid penalty for a new Internal Combustion Unit (ICE).[6]
  • ^2 – Carlos Sainz Jr. was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.[41][42]
  • ^3 – Daniel Ricciardo was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.[43]

Race

The race started at 15:00 local time (UTC+03:00) on the Sunday.[25] Ferrari and McLaren replaced the hybrid systems on Sainz's and Ricciardo's cars, respectively, which resulted in them starting from the back of the grid.[42][32] Hamilton also received a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding his number of permitted internal combustion engines.[26]

On lap 1, Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly made contact at turn one, with Gasly receiving a five-second penalty. Alonso later made contact with Mick Schumacher, with Alonso receiving the same penalty.[44]

After passing Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton got past Yuki Tsunoda after Tsunoda defended for many laps.[45]

On lap 14, Carlos Sainz dived down the inside of Vettel at turn 11, but had to go on the inside kerb to stay on the race track in the damp conditions. This upset the car and Sainz hit Vettel's front left tyre.

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 58 1:31:04.103 1 261
2 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 58 +14.584 2 18
3 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 58 +33.741 6 15
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 58 +37.814 3 12
5 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 58 +41.812 11 10
6 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 58 +44.292 4 8
7 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 58 +47.213 7 6
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 58 +51.526 19 4
9 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 58 +1:22.018 8 2
10 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 57 +1 lap 12 1
11 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 57 +1 lap 16
12 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 57 +1 lap 17
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 57 +1 lap 20
14 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 57 +1 lap 9
15 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 57 +1 lap 13
16 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 57 +1 lap 5
17 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 57 +1 lap 15
18 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 57 +1 lap 10
19 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 56 +2 laps 14
20 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 56 +2 laps 18
Fastest lap: Finland Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) – 1:30.432 (lap 58)
Source:[40][46][47]

Notes

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

  1. ^ Formula One plan to hold twenty-two Grands Prix.[1] This remains subject to the cancellation of rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the replacement of any rounds which are cancelled.[2][3]
  2. ^ Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in qualifying, but received a ten-place grid penalty for a new Internal Combustion Unit (ICE).[6] Valtteri Bottas was promoted to pole position in his place.[7]
  3. ^ a b Nikita Mazepin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to the state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[38]

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