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2021 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Max Verstappen won the 2021 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Max Verstappen clinched the 2021 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 22 of 22).

Champion
Max Verstappen
Clinched at
Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 22 of 22
Race weekends left
0Decided in the last race
Final points
395.58 ahead of Lewis Hamilton

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Max Verstappen.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Italian Grand PrixRound 14
    George Russell, Nicholas Latifi, Kimi Räikkönen, Antonio Giovinazzi, Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazepin and Robert Kubica
  2. Russian Grand PrixRound 15
    Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll and Yuki Tsunoda
  3. Turkish Grand PrixRound 16
    Daniel Ricciardo and Pierre Gasly
  4. United States Grand PrixRound 17
    Sergio Perez, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
  5. Mexico City Grand PrixRound 18
    Valtteri Bottas
  6. Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 22
    Lewis Hamilton
  7. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
    Max Verstappen is champion.

The clinching maths uses the modern points table. Rules from this season it cannot model exactly: fastest-lap point and half points at the Belgian Grand Prix. So the weekend a title was settled is checked two ways (a slightly strict and a slightly generous reading of the rules). Where they agree the weekend is exact.

When did Max Verstappen clinch the 2021 Drivers' Championship?

Max Verstappen clinched the 2021 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 22 of 22).

When did Mercedes clinch the 2021 Constructors' Championship?

Mercedes clinched the 2021 Constructors' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 22 of 22).

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2021 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2021 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were George Russell, Nicholas Latifi, Kimi Räikkönen, Antonio Giovinazzi, Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazepin and Robert Kubica, after the Italian Grand Prix (round 14).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Max Verstappen in 2021?

Lewis Hamilton stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 22).