FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021 - STARTING GRID

24 26 Sep 2021 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time
1	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	1:41.993
2	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:42.510
3	63	George Russell RUS	Williams Mercedes	1:42.983
4	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:44.050
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	McLaren Mercedes	1:44.156
6	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Alpine Renault	1:44.204
7	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Mercedes	1:44.956
8	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda	1:45.337
9	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	1:45.865
10	5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Aston Martin Mercedes	1:46.573
11	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri Honda	1:46.641
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri Honda	1:46.751
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:49.586
14	47	Mick Schumacher MSC	Haas Ferrari	1:49.830
15	9	Nikita Mazepin MAZ	Haas Ferrari	1:53.764
16	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:44.710
17	99	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1:51.023
18	6	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams Mercedes
19	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari
20	33	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda

Note - Verstappen penalised 3 grid places for causing a collision at the previous round. Leclerc, Verstappen and Latifi required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements. Bottas penalised 15 grid places for use of additional power unit elements. Giovinazzi penalised 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change.