Round 3 · 2 May 2021
2021 Portuguese Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, round 3 of the championship, held on 2 May 2021 at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portugal), starting from position 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) completed the podium. Pole position went to Valtteri Bottas. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:19.849).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 1:34:31.421 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | +29.148 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | +33.530 s | 16 | Finished |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | +39.735 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | +51.369 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | +55.781 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | +63.749 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 13 | +1.808 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 16 | +75.369 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 9 | +76.463 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | +78.955 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 10 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 20 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 15 | — | — | Collision damage |
Tyres and strategy at the Portuguese Grand Prix 2021
Lewis Hamilton won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-37), hard (laps 38-66). The top ten used 5 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 4 ± 2.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-37), hard (laps 38-66)
- 2. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-35), hard (laps 36-64), soft (laps 65-66)
- 3. Valtteri Bottas: medium (laps 1-36), hard (laps 37-63), soft (laps 64-66)
- 4. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-51), soft (laps 52-66)
- 5. Lando Norris: soft (laps 1-22), medium (laps 23-66)
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.