The Belgian Grand Prix 2021 was the 12th round of the 2021 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, during the weekend of the 27th to the 29th of August.

Max Verstappen won the race from the pole, followed by George Russell, and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
VER
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
3:27.071
Finished
2
-
RUS
George Russell
Williams
+1.995
Finished
3
-
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
+2.601
Finished
4
-
RIC
Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren
+4.496
Finished
5
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin
+7.479
Finished
6
-
GAS
Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri
+10.177
Finished
7
1
OCO
Esteban Ocon
Alpine F1 Team
+11.579
Finished
8
1
LEC
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+12.608
Finished
9
1
LAT
Nicholas Latifi
Williams
+15.485
Finished
10
1
SAI
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
+16.166
Finished
11
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Alpine F1 Team
+20.590
Finished
12
1
BOT
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
+22.414
Finished
13
1
GIO
Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo
+24.163
Finished
14
1
NOR
Lando Norris
McLaren
+27.110
Finished
15
1
TSU
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
+28.329
Finished
16
1
MSC
Mick Schumacher
Haas F1 Team
+29.507
Finished
17
1
MAZ
Nikita Mazepin
Haas F1 Team
+31.993
Finished
18
18
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Alfa Romeo
+36.054
Finished
19
19
PER
Sergio Pérez
Red Bull
+38.205
Finished
20
1
STR
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
+44.108
Finished
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

This was a clean race. There might have been some minor incidents, but in the end all drivers managed to cross the finish line, and none were disqualified after the race ended..

Qualifying

#1
VER
#2
RUS
#3
HAM
#4
RIC
#5
VET
#6
GAS
#7
PER
#8
BOT
#9
OCO
#10
NOR
#11
LEC
#12
LAT
#13
SAI
#14
ALO
#15
STR
#16
GIO
#17
TSU
#18
MSC
#19
RAI
#20
MAZ

Max Verstappen managed to get the pole position by 0.321 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:59.765. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was George Russell.

Q1

  • Lando Norris
    1:58.301
  • Max Verstappen
    1:58.717
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:59.218
  • Sergio Pérez
    1:59.334
  • George Russell
    1:59.864
  • Valtteri Bottas
    1:59.870
  • Sebastian Vettel
    2:00.175
  • Pierre Gasly
    2:00.387
  • Charles Leclerc
    2:00.728
  • Nicholas Latifi
    2:00.966
  • Carlos Sainz
    2:01.184
  • Daniel Ricciardo
    2:01.583
  • Lance Stroll
    2:01.597
  • Fernando Alonso
    2:01.653
  • Esteban Ocon
    2:01.824
  • Antonio Giovinazzi
    2:02.306
  • Yuki Tsunoda
    2:02.413
  • Mick Schumacher
    2:03.973
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    2:04.452
  • Nikita Mazepin
    2:04.939

Q2

  • Lando Norris
    1:56.025
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:56.229
  • Valtteri Bottas
    1:56.295
  • Pierre Gasly
    1:56.440
  • Max Verstappen
    1:56.559
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:56.814
  • Sergio Pérez
    1:56.886
  • George Russell
    1:56.950
  • Daniel Ricciardo
    1:57.127
  • Esteban Ocon
    1:57.354
  • Charles Leclerc
    1:57.721
  • Nicholas Latifi
    1:58.056
  • Carlos Sainz
    1:58.137
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:58.205
  • Lance Stroll
    1:58.231

Q3

  • Max Verstappen
    1:59.765
  • George Russell
    2:00.086
  • Lewis Hamilton
    2:00.099
  • Daniel Ricciardo
    2:00.864
  • Sebastian Vettel
    2:00.935
  • Pierre Gasly
    2:01.164
  • Sergio Pérez
    2:02.112
  • Valtteri Bottas
    2:02.502
  • Esteban Ocon
    2:03.513

Track evolution

Q1
-3.225
seconds faster
Q2
3.614
seconds slower
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.