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Round 22 · 2021

United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Island, United Arab Emirates10–12 Dec

  1. Practice 1
    Data published
    track 39° ·air 27° ·46% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
  2. Practice 2
    Data published
    track 30° ·air 25° ·71% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
  3. Practice 3
    Data published
    track 39° ·air 27° ·48% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
  4. Qualifying
    Data published
    track 29° ·air 25° ·57% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
    Fantasy lock
  5. Grand Prix
    Data published
    track 28° ·air 25° ·58% hum ·1.4 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

PosDriverTeamGridMovedTime / gapPts
1VERRed Bull Racing1—1:30:17.34526
2HAMMercedes2—+2.25618
3SAIFerrari52+5.17315
4TSUAlphaTauri84+5.69212
5GASAlphaTauri127+6.53110
6BOTMercedes6—+7.4638
7NORMcLaren34+59.2006
8ALOAlpine113+61.7084
9OCOAlpine9—+64.0252
10LECFerrari73+66.0571
11VETAston Martin154+67.527
12RICMcLaren102+1 Lap
13STRAston Martin13—+1 Lap
14MSCHaas F1 Team195+1 Lap
15PERRed Bull Racing411Engine
16LATWilliams16—Accident
17GIOAlfa Romeo Racing143Gearbox
18RUSWilliams171Gearbox
19RAIAlfa Romeo Racing181Brakes
—MAZHaas F1 Team——Illness

Qualifying

PosDriverQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1VER1:23.3221:22.8001:22.109
2HAM1:22.8451:23.1451:22.480+0.371
3NOR1:23.5531:23.2561:22.931+0.822
4PER1:23.3501:23.1351:22.947+0.838
5SAI1:23.6241:23.1741:22.992+0.883
6BOT1:23.1171:23.2461:23.036+0.927
7LEC1:23.4671:23.2021:23.122+1.013
8TSU1:23.4281:23.4041:23.220+1.111
9OCO1:23.7641:23.4201:23.389+1.280
10RIC1:23.8291:23.4481:23.409+1.300
11ALO1:23.8461:23.460—+1.351
12GAS1:23.4891:24.043—+1.934
13STR1:24.0611:24.066—+1.957
14GIO1:24.1181:24.251—+2.142
15VET1:24.2251:24.305—+2.196
16LAT1:24.338——+2.229
17RUS1:24.423——+2.314
18RAI1:24.779——+2.670
19MSC1:24.906——+2.797
20MAZ1:25.685——+3.576

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:25.009
Practice 21:23.691−1.318
Practice 31:23.274−0.417
Qualifying1:22.109−1.165
Grand Prix1:26.103+3.994

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Yas Island in earlier seasons

20211:23.274
20191:36.256+12.982

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

VER1:25.009

Single-lap pace

VER1:25.009—
BOT1:25.205+0.196
HAM1:25.355+0.346
PER1:25.363+0.354
TSU1:25.378+0.369
ALO1:25.625+0.616
GAS1:25.822+0.813
LEC1:25.846+0.837
SAI1:25.886+0.877
VET1:26.007+0.998
OCO1:26.025+1.016
NOR1:26.123+1.114
RAI1:26.189+1.180
GIO1:26.409+1.400
STR1:26.608+1.599
RIC1:26.676+1.667
AIT1:27.481+2.472
LAT1:27.487+2.478
MSC1:27.698+2.689
MAZ1:28.305+3.296

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
VETS5*1:30.375—±0.470—
TSUS6*1:30.669+0.294±0.419—
GASS91:31.048+0.673±0.387+0.008s
RICM111:31.057+0.682±0.225+0.013s
STRS5*1:31.187+0.812±0.428—
NORS91:31.251+0.876±0.631+0.185s
LATS7*1:31.361+0.986±0.738—
AITS5*1:32.550+2.175±1.494—
MSCM6*1:33.028+2.653±0.834—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
VER17.53536.45430.8711:24.8601:25.0090.149
BOT17.44536.92230.8381:25.2051:25.2050.000
PER17.62836.68330.9841:25.2951:25.3630.068
HAM17.43136.74331.1511:25.3251:25.3550.030
ALO17.57336.95430.9911:25.5181:25.6250.107
GAS17.47836.66931.5031:25.6501:25.8220.172
OCO17.59936.91031.1691:25.6781:26.0250.347
SAI17.64836.85731.2961:25.8011:25.8860.085
LEC17.66336.80231.3811:25.8461:25.8460.000
VET17.63136.59431.6771:25.9021:26.0070.105
RAI17.60136.85731.6431:26.1011:26.1890.088
NOR17.72736.93631.4601:26.1231:26.1230.000
TSU17.72036.85431.5951:26.1691:26.1690.000
GIO17.65637.02631.7271:26.4091:26.4090.000
STR17.79536.87431.8571:26.5261:26.6080.082
RIC17.79837.12731.6861:26.6111:26.6760.065
AIT17.76337.33632.2281:27.3271:27.4810.154
LAT17.87537.20932.3751:27.4591:27.4870.028
MSC18.00037.23532.2341:27.4691:27.6980.229
MAZ18.04837.30032.8091:28.1571:28.3050.148

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.937(3 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.354
MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.150
AlphaTauriTSUahead of GAS+0.444
AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.400
FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.040
Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.601
McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.553
Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.220
WilliamsAITahead of LAT+0.006
Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.607

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER73337
BOT106326
HAM533356
PER10734
TSU2669
ALO19106
GAS9613
LEC2585
SAI633410
VET1169
OCO1987
NOR74114
RAI10285
GIO1087
STR12338
RIC9515
AIT9918
LAT7117110
MSC879
MAZ778
SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

HAM1:23.691

Single-lap pace

HAM1:23.691—
OCO1:24.034+0.343
BOT1:24.083+0.392
VER1:24.332+0.641
PER1:24.400+0.709
ALO1:24.495+0.804
TSU1:24.532+0.841
LEC1:24.557+0.866
SAI1:24.844+1.153
GAS1:24.940+1.249
RIC1:24.959+1.268
GIO1:25.108+1.417
NOR1:25.153+1.462
VET1:25.195+1.504
STR1:25.385+1.694
RAI1:25.440+1.749
RUS1:25.549+1.858
LAT1:25.687+1.996
MSC1:25.784+2.093
MAZ1:26.336+2.645

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
VERS5*1:28.715—±0.392—
PERM6*1:29.337+0.622±0.398—
HAMM6*1:29.347+0.632±0.231—
BOTM91:29.514+0.799±0.243+0.006s
RAIH5*1:30.067+1.352±0.413—
ALOM111:30.279+1.564±0.413+0.091s
OCOS121:30.294+1.579±0.508+0.086s
NORM131:30.355+1.640±0.635+0.120s
LECS7*1:30.393+1.678±1.029—
RICS6*1:30.414+1.699±0.389—
VETM7*1:30.655+1.940±0.746—
GASM91:30.657+1.942±0.217+0.015s
TSUS111:30.708+1.993±0.424+0.080s
STRM91:30.845+2.130±0.490+0.141s
GIOM7*1:30.931+2.216±0.451—
SAIM5*1:31.086+2.371±0.661—
LATS81:31.157+2.442±0.382+0.135s
RUSM81:31.240+2.525±0.195+0.044s
MSCM7*1:32.118+3.403±0.523—
MAZM5*1:32.875+4.160±1.346—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
HAM17.20736.20930.2751:23.6911:23.6910.000
OCO17.28236.18230.5531:24.0171:24.0340.017
BOT17.36736.32330.3721:24.0621:24.0830.021
VER17.38136.39130.4681:24.2401:24.3320.092
PER17.44036.27230.6651:24.3771:24.4000.023
ALO17.39036.35130.7541:24.4951:24.4950.000
LEC17.46636.38930.6661:24.5211:24.5570.036
GAS17.48736.38530.8711:24.7431:24.9400.197
SAI17.46836.33630.9751:24.7791:24.8440.065
RIC17.55136.65730.7031:24.9111:24.9590.048
GIO17.44836.58131.0401:25.0691:25.1080.039
NOR17.52136.70530.8551:25.0811:25.1530.072
VET17.49436.47231.2001:25.1661:25.1950.029
RAI17.46236.39231.3721:25.2261:25.4400.214
STR17.51136.36831.4551:25.3341:25.3850.051
RUS17.45936.73131.3591:25.5491:25.5490.000
LAT17.49736.86231.3281:25.6871:25.6870.000
MSC17.58036.76131.4091:25.7501:25.7840.034
MAZ17.76037.05731.5191:26.3361:26.3360.000
TSU18.11838.30332.9761:29.3971:29.6410.244

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.931(17 drivers ran both)Honly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.392
AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.461
Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.068
AlphaTauriTSUahead of GAS+0.408
FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.287
McLarenRICahead of NOR+0.194
Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.332
Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.190
WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.138
Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.552

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

HAM73412
OCO7616
BOT535115
VER7684
PER356111
ALO56142
TSU33614
LEC7171121
SAI824123
GAS8613
RIC9512
GIO10710
NOR54162
VET7713
STR57122
RAI977
RUS77213
LAT65110
MSC78102
MAZ66113
SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

HAM1:23.274

Single-lap pace

HAM1:23.274—
VER1:23.488+0.214
BOT1:24.025+0.751
PER1:24.047+0.773
NOR1:24.106+0.832
TSU1:24.223+0.949
GAS1:24.251+0.977
SAI1:24.595+1.321
RIC1:24.733+1.459
LEC1:24.758+1.484
STR1:24.821+1.547
OCO1:24.834+1.560
RAI1:25.037+1.763
GIO1:25.048+1.774
ALO1:25.094+1.820
VET1:25.115+1.841
RUS1:25.220+1.946
LAT1:25.322+2.048
MSC1:25.340+2.066
MAZ1:26.332+3.058

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

DriverTyreLapsFuel-correctedGapSpreadDeg / lap
RUSM5*1:29.828—±0.291—
VERM5*1:29.933+0.105±0.924—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

DriverS1S2S3Ideal lapBest lapLeft out
HAM17.00335.93430.3371:23.2741:23.2740.000
VER17.18736.10930.1871:23.4831:23.4880.005
BOT17.19136.37130.3491:23.9111:24.0250.114
PER17.22336.24230.4971:23.9621:24.0470.085
NOR17.20136.34530.5601:24.1061:24.1060.000
GAS17.28436.37430.5931:24.2511:24.2510.000
SAI17.41036.44930.7361:24.5951:24.5950.000
RIC17.34136.52230.8701:24.7331:24.7330.000
LEC17.39236.48230.8841:24.7581:24.7580.000
OCO17.34336.64030.8351:24.8181:24.8340.016
ALO17.30736.61331.0531:24.9731:25.0940.121
GIO17.40336.64630.9751:25.0241:25.0480.024
RAI17.37136.48631.1781:25.0351:25.0370.002
TSU17.45036.74530.8651:25.0601:25.0600.000
VET17.45036.53031.1211:25.1011:25.1150.014
RUS17.31436.74331.1291:25.1861:25.2200.034
LAT17.35436.80131.1671:25.3221:25.3220.000
MSC17.46436.70531.1711:25.3401:25.3400.000
STR17.58836.62331.1511:25.3621:25.3620.000
MAZ17.66237.07531.5681:26.3051:26.3320.027

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.143(4 drivers ran both)H+1.139(3 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.751
Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.559
McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.627
AlphaTauriTSUahead of GAS+0.028
FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.163
Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.294
AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.260
Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.011
WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.102
Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.992

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

HAM13343315
VER33773
BOT163623
PER36138
NOR9143
TSU336613
GAS6513313
SAI71336
RIC7153
LEC91254
STR75145
OCO378
RAI8375
GIO873
ALO658
VET95137
RUS7168
LAT71515
MSC2763
MAZ2773
SSoftMMediumHHard