2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (CFJ))

The 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2021) was a Formula One motor race which took place on 25 April 2021 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the second Formula One race held at the Imola circuit since 2006 and the second-ever running of a race there under the name of Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race was the 3rd round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.

Qualifying
Valtteri Bottas took pole by 0.097s ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Pierre Gasly's 4th place was Scuderia AlphaTauri's best qualifying result as a constructor and the best qualifying result for the team since the 2008 Italian Grand Prix when they competed as Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Race
At the start, Hamilton got a good getaway and led the field into turn 1 from Bottas and Verstappen. On Lap 3, Verstappen passed Bottas for 2nd. On Lap 12, the leaders made their first pitstops. Verstappen gained time on Hamilton until a mistake on Lap 18 at the chicane cost him time.

On Lap 51, Sergio Perez suffered a gearbox failure while running 4th, forcing him to pull off and trigger a virtual safety car.

On Lap 60, trying to pass his teammate, Charles Leclerc hit Carlos Sainz at Tamburello, taking Sainz out of the race and triggering another VSC. On the Final Lap, Pierre Gasly spun out of 9th place after passing Lando Norris, and dropped to 12th.

Hamilton won from Verstappen and Bottas. Leclerc finished a season-best 4th while Vettel scored 5th.

HAM

VER

BOT

LEC

RIC

VET

ALO

OCO

NOR

TSU

STR

GAS

RAI

RUS

GIO

SCH

MAZ

LAT

Race classification

 * Notes


 * ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.
 * ^2 – Antonio GIovinazzi finished 13th on the track, but received a 10-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Championship standings after the race

 * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.