Round 18 · 7 November 2021
2021 Mexico City Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix, round 18 of the championship, held on 7 November 2021 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico), starting from position 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) completed the podium. Pole position went to Valtteri Bottas. The fastest lap was set by Valtteri Bottas (1:17.774).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 1:38:39.086 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | +16.555 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | +17.752 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 5 | +63.845 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | +81.037 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 6 | +1 Lap | 8 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 9 | +1 Lap | 6 | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 10 | +1 Lap | 4 | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 18 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 7 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 16 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 13 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 15 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 14 | — | — | Collision |
| 20 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 17 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the Mexico City Grand Prix 2021
Max Verstappen won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-33), hard (laps 34-71). Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 26 ± 2, medium 17 ± 2.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-33), hard (laps 34-71)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-29), hard (laps 30-71)
- 3. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-40), hard (laps 41-71)
- 4. Pierre Gasly: medium (laps 1-31), hard (laps 32-71)
- 5. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-30), hard (laps 31-71)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.