Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen crashed at the final corner of his final lap. The championship leader was up by two tenths of a second against his rival in the second sector, but a mistake at turn 27 saw him clip the wall, forcing him to stop on circuit. Hamilton will line up on the front row on the grid alongside Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas . Despite the accident, Verstappen takes a provisional third place on the grid, but it remains to be seen whether he will require a replacement gearbox which would lead to a penalty. Q1 Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Traffic was the major concern for all 10 teams as the busiest of the three qualifying sessions began under artificial lights. With drivers having been told by race director Michael Masi they could only slow down after turn 25 in the final sector to give themselves a gap to cars ahead, George Russell became the first driver to …
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2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix grid
Lewis Hamilton has taken provisional pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Row 1 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’27.511 Mercedes 2. Valtteri Bottas 1’27.622 Mercedes Row 2 3. Max Verstappen 1’27.653 Red Bull 4. Charles Leclerc 1’28.054 Ferrari Row 3 5. Sergio Perez 1’28.123 Red Bull 6. Pierre Gasly 1’28.125 AlphaTauri Row 4 7. Lando Norris 1’28.180 McLaren 8. Yuki Tsunoda 1’28.442 AlphaTauri Row 5 9. Esteban Ocon 1’28.647 Alpine 10. Antonio Giovinazzi 1’28.754 Alfa Romeo Row 6 11. Daniel Ricciardo 1’28.668 McLaren 12. Kimi Raikkonen 1’28.885 Alfa Romeo Row 7 13. Fernando Alonso 1’28.920 Alpine 14. George Russell 1’29.054 Williams Row 8 15. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’53.652 Ferrari 16. Nicholas Latifi …
2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race result
Position No. Driver Car 1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 4 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 6 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 7 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 8 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 9 99 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 10 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 11 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 12 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 13 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 15 7 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton Not classified: Mick Schumacher, Sergio Perez, Nikita Mazepin, George Russell, Sebastian Vettel Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Hamilton also summoned to stewards over contact with …
Hamilton wins 3rd straight in chaotic Saudi Arabian F1 race
18 Lewis Hamilton passed Max Verstappen with six laps remaining Sunday to win the chaotic inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and pull even on points with his rival as Formula One's thrilling championship race heads into the title-deciding finale. The race on the street circuit under the lights on the 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) coastal resort area in Jeddah will be one of the more memorable events of the season — if not the last several years. The event was marred by three standing starts, a pair of restarts, multiple safety cars and an intense back-and-forth between the title contenders. Red Bull was allowed to negotiate a penalty for Verstappen, Mercedes head Toto Wolff slammed his headset in rage, and Hamilton drove into the back of his title rival before ultimately passing Verstappen for the win. Verstappen was dejected after finishing second and incredulous …
F1 Grand Prix race results: Hamilton wins wild Saudi GP
In a race that required two restarts and four virtual safety cars, Hamilton and Verstappen clashed on track numerous times. After numerous interjections from race control, Verstappen was handed a 5s penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage as well as being docked two places for the second restart. Verstappen also handed the lead to Hamilton on two occasions, and had Hamilton drive into the back of him at one point in a botched position switch move. Read Also: Saudi Arabian GP: Hamilton beats Verstappen in crazy race 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix race results Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Interval Points 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 50 - 26 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 50 11.825 11.825 18 3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 50 27.531 15.706 15 4 Esteban Ocon Alpine 50 27.633 0.102 12 5 Daniel Ricciardo …
Saudi Arabian GP red-flagged twice after early crashes
With pole position man Lewis Hamilton having led away from the start, the race had passed without much incident before Schumacher's smash. The Haas driver lost control of his car on the entry to Turn 22, and spun into the barriers on the outside of the circuit. The crash triggered an immediate safety car, with Hamilton and his teammate Valtteri Bottas pitting from the front. But third-placed Max Verstappen , who has a chance of winning the world championship at the Jeddah track, elected to stay out after being delayed on his way into the pits by Bottas ahead of him. Red Bull's decision to keep Verstappen out appeared to have badly compromised his chances for the win, but the decision paid off handsomely moments later when F1 race director Michael Masi brought out a red flag shortly afterwards. F1's red flag rules allow drivers a free tyre change for the restart, which means Verstappen will start from pole position with a fresh set of tyres. Hamilton expressed …
Saudi Arabian GP: Hamilton beats Verstappen in crazy race
The grand prix had three different pole-sitters for three grid starts, two of which followed heavy accidents that left the long, fast Jeddah track strewn with debris. There were four virtual safety car periods across an event where Hamilton and Verstappen went wheel-to-wheel three times at the first corner, with Verstappen twice being ordered to hand a position back his title rival after completing moves off track. When he slowed to allow Hamilton by for the latest controversy at that turn, they crashed into each other as Verstappen tried to let Hamilton by on the approach to the final corner in an incident that is being investigated now the brutal contest has ended. At the first start, Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas leapt off the line in unison, with Bottas holding his line on the inside run to the first corner to guard against a Verstappen dive, with the Dutchman slotting in behind them in the same third place as he started. The biggest danger for Verstappen came from …
Hamilton wins Saudi thriller, goes level with Verstappen for title decider
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton drives in the parc ferme after winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. JEDDAH: Lewis Hamilton kept his hopes of an eighth world championship title alive with a thrilling victory in a dramatic and at times chaotic Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday. The result left the seven-time champion level on 369.5 points with title rival Max Verstappen ahead of the final race in Abu Dhabi next weekend. Hamilton was behind Verstappen for much of the 50-lap race which was stopped twice because of crashes and interrupted numerous times by the safety car and virtual safety car. But Hamilton, nursing a damaged front wing caused by a collision with Verstappen, came through late, to claim his eighth win of the season and the 103rd of his career. The title will be settled in Abu Dhabi, although if neither finishes in the points it will be Verstappen, who has nine victories, who will take the title. "I have been racing a long time but that was incredibly tough," said …