2021 Spanish GP, Ferrari race report: Charles P4, Carlos P7. Ferrari race report.

Lewis Hamilton won the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, securing the victory after a late-race overtake on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc once again had a great start and with a fantastic overtaking move on the outside was able to overtake the Mercedes of Valttery Bottas. The SF21 was decently fast in the last sector, on a track where overtaking is not wasy, which allowed the Monegasque driver to successfully defend against the Finnish driver. However, Mercedes used the undercut and in free air Bottas was clearly a lot faster than the SF21, as the Maranello team did not even attempt to cover him, being well aware of the fact that Ferrari’s fight was with other rivals. The Italian side focused on the gap to Ricciardo and Sergio Perez and Charles was able to perfectly managed it, finishing fourth, which was the best possible result Ferrari could have hoped for without unpredictable events. Charles Leclerc therefore equals best season result to head midfield pack

Carlos Sainz, on the other hand, did not have a great start, losing two positions, which sadly complicated the situation for the Spanish driver. Carlos showed a good pace and recovered one position but the SF21 did not have the necessary superiority which gives the possibility to overtake on this circuit. The Spanish driver eventually finished seventh, after a close battle with Daniel Ricciardo.

2021 F1 Spanish Grand Prix – RACE RESULTS
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	66 Laps
2	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing	+15.841s
3	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	+26.610s
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari	+54.616s
5	Sergio Perez	MEX	Red Bull Racing	+63.671s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	+73.768s
7	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari	+74.670s
8	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	+ 1 laps
9	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Alpine F1 Team	+ 1 laps
10	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	+ 1 laps
11	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	+ 1 laps
12	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	+ 1 laps
13	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	+ 1 laps
14	George Russell	GBR	Williams Racing	+ 1 laps
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	ITA	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	+ 1 laps
16	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	+ 1 laps
17	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Alpine F1 Team	+ 1 laps
18	Mick Schumacher	GER	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	+ 2 laps
19	Nikita Mazepin	RUS	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	+ 2 laps
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	8 Laps