2021 Qatar Grand Prix

2021 Qatar Grand Prix
Race 20 of 22[1] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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The circuit layout
The circuit layout
Race details[2]
Date 21 November 2021
Official name Formula 1 Ooredoo Qatar Grand Prix 2021
Location Losail International Circuit, Lusail, Al Daayen, Qatar
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.380 km (3.343 miles)
Distance 57 laps, 306.660 km (190.550 miles)
Weather Clear
Attendance 80,000[3]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:20.827
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:23.196 on lap 57 (lap record)
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third
Alpine-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2021 Qatar Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Ooredoo Qatar Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 21 November 2021 at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. The inaugural Qatar Grand Prix, it was the 20th round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, while Alpine's Fernando Alonso scored his first podium since the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix,[4] as well as his first podium with Team Enstone since the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix.

As a result of Hamilton's victory, Losail became the 30th different circuit where he has won a Grand Prix.[5]

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  2. ^ "Qatar - 2021". Formula1. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Over 80,000 fans celebrate as Qatar delivers riveting F1 race weekend". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Lewis Hamilton dominates F1 Qatar GP to cut Max Verstappen's title lead". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Lewis Hamilton Adds Another F1 Record to His Impressive Career". essentiallysports.com. 24 November 2021.