2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Race 21 of 22[1] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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The circuit layout
The circuit layout
Race details
Date 5 December 2021
Official name Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021
Location Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Course Street circuit
Course length 6.174 km (3.836 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 308.450 km (191.662 miles)
Weather Clear
Attendance 143,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:27.511
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:30.734 on lap 47 (lap record)
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 5 December 2021 at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Saudi Arabia. The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, it was the 21st round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, while Mercedes's Valtteri Bottas edged out Alpine's Esteban Ocon for third by 0.102 seconds. This was Hamilton's last win until the 2024 British Grand Prix and his last pole position until the 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix.

  1. ^ Smith, Luke (28 August 2021). "Formula 1 reveals updated 2021 calendar, drops to 22 races". Autosport. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Formula 1 announces TV, race attendance and digital audience figures for 2021". Formula1.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

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