2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

2021 Mexico City Grand Prix
Race 18 of 22[1] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[2][3]
Date 7 November 2021
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2021
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.304 km (2.674 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 371,000[4]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:15.875
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time 1:17.774 on lap 69 (lap record)
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Second
Mercedes
Third
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 7 November 2021 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The race was the 18th round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship and marked the 21st edition of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was run under the name Mexico City Grand Prix for the first time, acknowledging the sponsorship support of the government of Mexico City.

The race was won by Max Verstappen followed by Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Pérez.[5] Kimi Räikkönen scored his final F1 career points in this race when he finished in 8th place whilst driving for Alfa Romeo.

  1. ^ Smith, Luke (28 August 2021). "Formula 1 reveals updated 2021 calendar, drops to 22 races". Autosport. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Mexico 2021". Formula1. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ Dodgins, Tony; Hamilton, Maurice; Hughes, Mark; Kirby, Gordon (8 January 2021). Autocourse 2020-2021. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Icon Publishing Limited. pp. 272–281. ISBN 978-1910584-42-2.
  4. ^ "Formula 1 announces TV, race attendance and digital audience figures for 2021". Formula1.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Results". Formula 1 - The Official F1 Website. Retrieved 11 December 2023.