Round 20 · 2021

Qatar Grand Prix

Lusail, Qatar19–21 Nov

Practice 1
Fri 10:30
Data published
track 42° ·air 29° ·45% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 14:00
Data published
track 30° ·air 26° ·50% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 11:00
Data published
track 36° ·air 28° ·59% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 14:00
Data published
track 29° ·air 26° ·66% hum ·0.7 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 14:00
Data published
track 30° ·air 26° ·76% hum ·1.4 km/h windwet

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	HAM	Mercedes	1	—	1:24:28.471	25
2	VER	Red Bull Racing	7	5	+25.743	19
3	ALO	Alpine	3	—	+59.457	15
4	PER	Red Bull Racing	11	7	+62.306	12
5	OCO	Alpine	9	4	+80.570	10
6	STR	Aston Martin	12	6	+81.274	8
7	SAI	Ferrari	5	2	+81.911	6
8	LEC	Ferrari	13	5	+83.126	4
9	NOR	McLaren	4	5	+1 Lap	2
10	VET	Aston Martin	10	—	+1 Lap	1
11	GAS	AlphaTauri	2	9	+1 Lap
12	RIC	McLaren	14	2	+1 Lap
13	TSU	AlphaTauri	8	5	+1 Lap
14	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	16	2	+1 Lap
15	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	18	3	+1 Lap
16	MSC	Haas F1 Team	19	3	+1 Lap
17	RUS	Williams	15	2	+2 Laps
18	MAZ	Haas F1 Team	20	2	+2 Laps
19	LAT	Williams	17	2	Puncture
20	BOT	Mercedes	6	14	Damage

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAM	1:21.901	1:21.682	1:20.827
2	VER	1:21.996	1:21.984	1:21.282	+0.455
3	BOT	1:22.016	1:21.991	1:21.478	+0.651
4	GAS	1:22.535	1:21.728	1:21.640	+0.813
5	ALO	1:22.422	1:21.894	1:21.670	+0.843
6	NOR	1:22.839	1:22.216	1:21.731	+0.904
7	SAI	1:22.304	1:22.241	1:21.840	+1.013
8	TSU	1:22.458	1:22.058	1:21.881	+1.054
9	OCO	1:22.565	1:22.012	1:22.028	+1.201
10	VET	1:22.549	1:22.146	1:22.785	+1.958
11	PER	1:22.398	1:22.346	—	+1.519
12	STR	1:22.551	1:22.460	—	+1.633
13	LEC	1:22.742	1:22.463	—	+1.636
14	RIC	1:22.688	1:22.597	—	+1.770
15	RUS	1:22.863	1:22.756	—	+1.929
16	RAI	1:23.156	—	—	+2.329
17	LAT	1:23.213	—	—	+2.386
18	GIO	1:23.262	—	—	+2.435
19	MSC	1:23.407	—	—	+2.580
20	MAZ	1:25.859	—	—	+5.032

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:23.723run 1:31.166

Practice 21:23.148−0.575run 1:29.981

Practice 31:22.310−0.838

Qualifying1:20.827−1.483

Grand Prix1:23.196+2.369run 1:29.698

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.

Practice 1

Fri 19 Nov, 10:30 UTCFastestVER1:23.723

Single-lap pace

VER1:23.723—22 laps

GAS1:24.160+0.43728 laps

BOT1:24.194+0.47124 laps

HAM1:24.509+0.78621 laps

TSU1:24.648+0.92527 laps

SAI1:24.713+0.99026 laps

LEC1:24.790+1.06727 laps

PER1:24.915+1.19222 laps

OCO1:24.972+1.24923 laps

NOR1:25.215+1.49219 laps

RIC1:25.291+1.56824 laps

VET1:25.328+1.60519 laps

LAT1:25.688+1.96524 laps

GIO1:25.757+2.03423 laps

RAI1:25.828+2.10525 laps

RUS1:25.871+2.14824 laps

ALO1:25.905+2.18221 laps

MSC1:26.699+2.97621 laps

STR1:26.712+2.98911 laps

MAZ1:27.500+3.77716 laps

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

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
VER	H	5*	1:25.684	—	±0.680	—
GAS	M	7*	1:30.388	+4.704	±0.448	—
MSC	H	6*	1:31.944	+6.260	±0.952	—
LAT	M	5*	1:31.975	+6.291	±0.475	—

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

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	27.395	28.124	28.204	1:23.723	1:23.723	0.000
BOT	27.441	28.085	28.347	1:23.873	1:24.194	0.321
GAS	27.503	28.329	28.328	1:24.160	1:24.160	0.000
HAM	27.670	28.082	28.564	1:24.316	1:24.509	0.193
TSU	27.515	28.466	28.431	1:24.412	1:24.648	0.236
LEC	27.567	28.593	28.410	1:24.570	1:24.790	0.220
SAI	27.715	28.602	28.396	1:24.713	1:24.713	0.000
OCO	27.754	28.652	28.472	1:24.878	1:24.972	0.094
PER	27.769	28.395	28.725	1:24.889	1:24.915	0.026
NOR	27.926	28.679	28.359	1:24.964	1:25.215	0.251
RIC	28.171	28.620	28.500	1:25.291	1:25.291	0.000
VET	28.103	28.649	28.576	1:25.328	1:25.328	0.000
GIO	28.021	28.917	28.540	1:25.478	1:25.757	0.279
RAI	28.075	28.689	28.733	1:25.497	1:25.828	0.331
LAT	28.120	28.892	28.635	1:25.647	1:25.688	0.041
RUS	28.379	28.881	28.493	1:25.753	1:25.871	0.118
ALO	27.969	29.113	28.802	1:25.884	1:25.905	0.021
MSC	28.144	28.968	29.229	1:26.341	1:26.699	0.358
STR	28.657	28.988	28.959	1:26.604	1:26.712	0.108
MAZ	28.412	29.515	29.465	1:27.392	1:27.500	0.108

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+0.696(8 drivers ran both)H+1.008(10 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

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+1.192

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.488

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.315

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.077

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.933

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.076

Aston MartinVETahead of STR+1.384

WilliamsLATahead of RUS+0.183

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.071

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.801

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

Stints and compounds

VER113116

GAS1099

BOT113316

HAM10353

TSU1269

SAI852344

LEC481365

PER1363

OCO95333

NOR93232

RIC73653

VET10522

LAT77118

GIO10526

RAI83635

RUS10716

ALO939

MSC768

STR92

MAZ97

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Fri 19 Nov, 14:00 UTCFastestBOT1:23.148

Single-lap pace

BOT1:23.148—27 laps

GAS1:23.357+0.20927 laps

VER1:23.498+0.35020 laps

HAM1:23.570+0.42225 laps

NOR1:23.632+0.48424 laps

STR1:23.705+0.55726 laps

TSU1:23.735+0.58728 laps

PER1:23.787+0.63920 laps

VET1:24.020+0.87227 laps

SAI1:24.033+0.88528 laps

OCO1:24.041+0.89329 laps

ALO1:24.056+0.90825 laps

LEC1:24.095+0.94723 laps

RIC1:24.135+0.98724 laps

RAI1:24.631+1.48326 laps

RUS1:24.954+1.80627 laps

GIO1:25.072+1.92423 laps

LAT1:25.209+2.06128 laps

MSC1:25.575+2.42727 laps

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

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
BOT	M	7*	1:28.257	—	±0.164	—
OCO	S	9	1:29.421	+1.164	±0.709	+0.153s
VET	M	5*	1:29.435	+1.178	±0.140	—
SAI	H	8	1:29.607	+1.350	±0.425	−0.090s
ALO	M	9	1:29.700	+1.443	±0.478	+0.039s
PER	S	5*	1:29.771	+1.514	±1.203	—
GIO	M	5*	1:29.899	+1.642	±0.155	—
RIC	S	6*	1:29.981	+1.724	±0.328	—
RUS	M	9	1:30.119	+1.862	±0.382	+0.052s
GAS	H	8	1:30.342	+2.085	±0.755	+0.039s
MSC	S	7*	1:30.378	+2.121	±0.154	—
STR	S	6*	1:30.439	+2.182	±0.578	—
LAT	H	10	1:30.619	+2.362	±0.265	−0.047s
RAI	H	7*	1:30.839	+2.582	±0.820	—
TSU	S	5*	1:31.207	+2.950	±1.017	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
BOT	27.127	27.972	28.024	1:23.123	1:23.148	0.025
GAS	27.341	28.044	27.886	1:23.271	1:23.357	0.086
VER	27.351	28.075	27.969	1:23.395	1:23.498	0.103
HAM	27.319	27.974	28.263	1:23.556	1:23.570	0.014
TSU	27.269	28.135	28.212	1:23.616	1:23.735	0.119
NOR	27.387	28.154	28.091	1:23.632	1:23.632	0.000
STR	27.528	28.176	28.001	1:23.705	1:23.705	0.000
PER	27.527	28.160	28.040	1:23.727	1:23.787	0.060
ALO	27.397	28.197	28.404	1:23.998	1:24.056	0.058
VET	27.635	28.200	28.185	1:24.020	1:24.020	0.000
SAI	27.614	28.232	28.187	1:24.033	1:24.033	0.000
OCO	27.638	28.249	28.154	1:24.041	1:24.041	0.000
LEC	27.466	28.356	28.273	1:24.095	1:24.095	0.000
RIC	27.682	28.318	28.116	1:24.116	1:24.135	0.019
RAI	27.729	28.533	28.363	1:24.625	1:24.631	0.006
RUS	27.973	28.518	28.374	1:24.865	1:24.954	0.089
LAT	27.902	28.530	28.546	1:24.978	1:25.209	0.231
GIO	27.792	28.742	28.463	1:24.997	1:25.072	0.075
MSC	28.078	28.671	28.713	1:25.462	1:25.575	0.113

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.635(12 drivers ran both)H+1.169(5 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.422

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.378

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.289

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.503

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.315

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.062

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.015

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.441

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.255

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

Stints and compounds

BOT53331111

GAS76311

VER7337

HAM734119

NOR536172

STR7685

TSU8677

PER35417

VET7857

SAI71321113

OCO751124

ALO5515

LEC71717

RIC8592

RAI8369

RUS75132

GIO9167

LAT67114

MSC5769

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Sat 20 Nov, 11:00 UTCFastestBOT1:22.310

Single-lap pace

BOT1:22.310—17 laps

HAM1:22.388+0.07816 laps

VER1:22.651+0.34110 laps

GAS1:22.835+0.52517 laps

PER1:22.846+0.53614 laps

SAI1:23.048+0.73817 laps

ALO1:23.186+0.87613 laps

OCO1:23.209+0.89918 laps

LEC1:23.276+0.96617 laps

TSU1:23.567+1.25720 laps

RIC1:23.711+1.40114 laps

VET1:23.884+1.57417 laps

NOR1:23.895+1.58516 laps

RUS1:23.923+1.61317 laps

STR1:24.154+1.84417 laps

RAI1:24.246+1.93619 laps

GIO1:24.288+1.97817 laps

LAT1:24.499+2.18915 laps

MSC1:24.680+2.37020 laps

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

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
HAM	26.868	27.408	27.999	1:22.275	1:22.388	0.113
BOT	26.737	27.637	27.902	1:22.276	1:22.310	0.034
VER	27.051	27.499	28.021	1:22.571	1:22.651	0.080
PER	27.239	27.589	27.995	1:22.823	1:22.846	0.023
GAS	27.085	27.738	28.012	1:22.835	1:22.835	0.000
SAI	27.152	27.676	28.137	1:22.965	1:23.048	0.083
ALO	27.150	27.818	28.132	1:23.100	1:23.186	0.086
OCO	27.192	27.813	28.204	1:23.209	1:23.209	0.000
LEC	27.229	27.992	27.995	1:23.216	1:23.276	0.060
TSU	27.232	27.904	28.107	1:23.243	1:23.567	0.324
VET	27.414	28.000	28.274	1:23.688	1:23.884	0.196
RIC	27.454	28.004	28.253	1:23.711	1:23.711	0.000
NOR	27.350	28.119	28.274	1:23.743	1:23.895	0.152
RUS	27.318	28.158	28.421	1:23.897	1:23.923	0.026
RAI	27.526	28.218	28.389	1:24.133	1:24.246	0.113
STR	27.476	28.208	28.470	1:24.154	1:24.154	0.000
GIO	27.627	28.231	28.378	1:24.236	1:24.288	0.052
LAT	27.499	28.436	28.447	1:24.382	1:24.499	0.117
MSC	27.519	28.431	28.500	1:24.450	1:24.680	0.230

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.324(7 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.078

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.195

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.732

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.228

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.023

McLarenRICahead of NOR+0.184

Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.270

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.576

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.042

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

Stints and compounds

BOT33461

HAM33334

VER3331

GAS9143

PER33323

SAI343412

ALO3451

OCO63333

LEC3653

TSU91136

RIC6161

VET81161

NOR331711

RUS971

STR8171

RAI649

GIO359

LAT843

MSC128171

SSoftMMedium