Who won the 2021 F1 World Championship?

Max Verstappen won the 2021 Formula 1 drivers' championship driving the Red Bull RB16B.

Which team won the 2021 constructors' championship?

Mercedes won the 2021 constructors' championship.

How many races were there in the 2021 F1 season?

The 2021 Formula 1 season had 22 Grands Prix.

F1 Legend Sim/Seasons/2021

2021 F1 Season

22 races · Red Bull RB16B

The 2021 season is, for many, the most thrilling and agonising of recent decades. At last a rival emerged capable of taking on Hamilton's Mercedes: Max Verstappen and a competitive Red Bull. The duel ran, point by point, across the twenty-two races of the year.

It was a no-holds-barred battle, complete with on-track collisions (Silverstone, Monza) two opposing driving philosophies and mounting tension between the two teams. Both arrived level on points at the final round, unheard of in modern history.

The finale in Abu Dhabi was the most controversial in memory: after a late safety car, race director Michael Masi applied the rules in a disputed manner and allowed Verstappen, on fresh tyres, to pass Hamilton on the last lap and snatch the title. An ending that changed the regulations and marked a turning point.

Drivers’ Champion

Max Verstappen

Red Bull RB16B

Constructors’ Champion

Mercedes

22 races

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Key moment

«Abu Dhabi final lap: Masi allows lapped cars to overtake. Verstappen passes Hamilton. Champion.»

The 2021 grid, car by car

The 10 teams that raced in 2021, ordered by how good we rate the car. It is our own judgement, not an official figure: what it is worth is that the same yardstick is applied to every season since 1988, so you can compare eras.

#	Team	Our rating	Drivers
1	Red Bull	98	Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez
2	Mercedes	97	Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas
3	McLaren	87	Lando Norris · Daniel Ricciardo
4	Ferrari	85	Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz
5	Alpine	80	Fernando Alonso · Esteban Ocon
6	AlphaTauri	78	Pierre Gasly · Yuki Tsunoda
7	Aston Martin	76	Sebastian Vettel · Lance Stroll
8	Williams	70	George Russell · Nicholas Latifi
9	Alfa Romeo	68	Kimi Räikkönen · Antonio Giovinazzi
10	Haas	61	Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin

How 2021 actually ended

The official final standings, from the Bahrain Grand Prix to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This is the real result; the simulation is further down.

Driver	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1Max VerstappenRed Bull	395.5	10	18	10
2Lewis HamiltonMercedes	387.5	8	17	5
3Valtteri BottasMercedes	226	1	11	4
4Sergio PérezRed Bull	190	1	5	0
5Carlos SainzFerrari	164.5	0	4	0
6Lando NorrisMcLaren	160	0	4	1
7Charles LeclercFerrari	159	0	1	2
8Daniel RicciardoMcLaren	115	1	1	0

It came down to 8 points: Verstappen and Hamilton finished closer than a fourth place is worth. 6 different drivers won that year, and the final Grand Prix went to Max Verstappen.

Official FIA standings via Jolpica (formerly Ergast).

2021, race by race

All 22 races: who started first, who won and from where, and how many cars reached the flag.

6different drivers won: Verstappen 10 · Hamilton 8 · Bottas 1 · Ocon 1 · Pérez 1 · Ricciardo 1.

4different teams won: Red Bull 11 · Mercedes 9 · Alpine 1 · McLaren 1.

5different drivers took pole: Verstappen 10 · Hamilton 5 · Bottas 4 · Leclerc 2 · Norris 1.

13different drivers stood on the podium.

1one-two for a single team: McLaren 1.

11 of 22races were won from pole position.

1first-ever win: Esteban Ocon (Hungarian Grand Prix).

From 10ththe win from furthest back: Lewis Hamilton, São Paulo Grand Prix.

23 years, 200 daysthe youngest winner of the year: Max Verstappen, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

87%of starts reached the flag (381 of 437).

13 of 20cars finished the Hungarian Grand Prix, the race with fewest survivors.

5hat tricks (pole, win and fastest lap). Most fastest laps: Hamilton 6 · Verstappen 6 · Bottas 4.

#	Grand Prix	Pole	Winner	Started	Fastest lap	Finished
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	2nd	Valtteri Bottas	16/20
2	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Max VerstappenRed Bull	3rd	Lewis Hamilton	16/20
3	Portuguese Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	2nd	Valtteri Bottas	19/20
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	1st	Max Verstappen	19/20
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Max VerstappenRed Bull	2nd	Lewis Hamilton	18/19
6	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Sergio PérezRed Bull	6th	Max Verstappen	16/20
7	French Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Max Verstappen	20/20
8	Styrian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Lewis Hamilton	18/20
9	Austrian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Max Verstappen	18/20
10	British Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	2nd	Sergio Pérez	18/20
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Esteban OconAlpine	8th	Pierre Gasly	13/20
12	Belgian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	·	20/20
13	Dutch Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Lewis Hamilton	17/20
14	Italian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Daniel RicciardoMcLaren	2nd	Daniel Ricciardo	15/19
15	Russian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	4th	Lando Norris	18/20
16	Turkish Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas	Valtteri BottasMercedes	1st	Valtteri Bottas	20/20
17	United States Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Lewis Hamilton	17/20
18	Mexico City Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas	Max VerstappenRed Bull	3rd	Valtteri Bottas	18/20
19	São Paulo Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	10th	Sergio Pérez	18/20
20	Qatar Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	1st	Max Verstappen	18/20
21	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis HamiltonMercedes	1st	Lewis Hamilton	15/20
22	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max VerstappenRed Bull	1st	Max Verstappen	14/19

Pole goes to whoever started first, after penalties. «Finished» counts classified cars that took the flag. Fastest lap is the race fastest lap.

What if 2021 had been raced 100 times?

We took the real 2021 grid (every car with its performance and reliability, every driver with his rating) and re-ran the full 22-race championship 100 times.

Driver	Avg. finish	Titles
Max Verstappenreal championRed Bull	P1.2	78%
Lewis HamiltonMercedes	P1.8	22%
Valtteri BottasMercedes	P3.4	0%
Sergio PerezRed Bull	P3.6	0%
Lando NorrisMcLaren	P5.1	0%
Charles LeclercFerrari	P6.2	0%

Max Verstappen takes the title 78% of the time: one in every 5 simulated championships goes to somebody else, almost always Lewis Hamilton. It was not a dominated year, it was a won one.

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