2021 Spanish Grand Prix

2021 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 4 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Race details
Date 9 May 2021
Official name Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2021
Location Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.675 km (2.905 miles)
Distance 66 laps, 308.424 km (191.646 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Attendance 0[b]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:16.741
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:18.149 on lap 62 (lap record)
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2021) was a Formula One motor race which took place on 9 May 2021 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the fourth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from pole position ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas. The win allowed Hamilton to extend his Championship lead over Verstappen to 14 points.

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