2021 Season - Round 3 - 2021-05-02
Lewis Hamilton won the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix for Mercedes, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) second and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third. The win came from P2 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), who could not convert it into the win.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:19.865. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P16 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 7-place improvement. 1 drivers retired from the race.
20 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, completing round 3 of the season.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | Finished | 1:20.933 | 25 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | Finished | 1:20.695 | 18 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | Finished | 1:19.865 | 16 |
| 4 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | Finished | 1:20.643 | 12 |
| 5 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | Finished | 1:21.696 | 10 |
| 6 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 8 | Finished | 1:21.496 | 8 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 6 | Finished | 1:21.886 | 6 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 13 | Finished | 1:21.032 | 4 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 16 | Finished | 1:21.987 | 2 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 9 | Finished | 1:22.014 | 1 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | Finished | 1:22.325 | 0 |
| 12 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1 Lap | 1:22.167 | 0 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 10 | +1 Lap | 1:22.416 | 0 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | +1 Lap | 1:21.970 | 0 |
| 15 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 14 | +1 Lap | 1:22.058 | 0 |
| 16 | 63George Russell | Williams | 11 | +1 Lap | 1:22.654 | 0 |
| 17 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | +2 Laps | 1:22.755 | 0 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | +2 Laps | 1:23.155 | 0 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | +2 Laps | 1:23.641 | 0 |
| 20 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 15 | Collision damage | 0 |