2021 Mexico City Grand Prix

The **2021 Mexico City Grand Prix** was a Formula 1.5 motor race, held on 7 November 2021 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The race was the 18th round of the 2021 Formula 1.5 World Championship and marked the 21st edition of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was run under the name Mexico City Grand Prix, acknowledging the sponsorship support of the government of Mexico City.

## Background

The race marked its debut in the Formula One Championship calendar under the name Mexico City Grand Prix. On 8 August 2019, it was announced that the Mexican Grand Prix would remain on the calendar until 2022, though it would be renamed to Mexico City Grand Prix starting in 2020, in order to emphasize the support from the government of Mexico City.

### Affects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The edition was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 race was originally to take place on 31 October, but was moved a week later due to the reduction of the overall number of Grands Prix in the calendar, from 23 to 22.

### Championship Standings before the race

Lando Norris lead the drivers standings over Charles Leclerc by 42 points, with Carlos Sainz Jr a further 7 points behind. In the teams championship McLaren lead Ferrari by just 6 points. Alpine were third with 224 points, AlphaTauri were close behind on 207.

### Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

### Tyres

Sole tyre supplier Pirelli allocated the C2, C3, and C4 compounds of tyre to be used in the race.

## Practice

The weekend featured three practice sessions, each lasting one hour. The first practice session started at 11:30 local time (UTC−06:00) on 5 November, and ended with Pierre Gasly fastest for AlphaTauri ahead of Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Alpine driver Fernando Alonso. The second practice session started at 15:00 local time, also on 5 November, and ended with Sainz fastest ahead of Gasly and Leclerc. The third and final practice session started at 11:00 on 6 November with Sainz fastest again for Ferrari, ahead of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo.

## Qualifying

Qualifying started at 14:00 local time on 6 November.

## Race

The race started at 13:00 local time on 7 November. Daniel Ricciardo made contact with F1.0 driver Valtteri Bottas at turn 1.

## Championship Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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Constructors' Championship standings

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1. ↑  Yuki Tsunoda was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
2. ↑  Lando Norris was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
3. ↑  George Russell received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
4. ↑ Esteban Ocon was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
5. ↑  Lance Stroll was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. He also received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. The penalty made no difference as he was already due to start from the last position.
6. ↑  Includes 1 point for fastest lap