2021 Turkish Grand Prix
| 2021 Turkish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 16 of 22 in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Istanbul Park Circuit | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 10 October 2021 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Turkish Grand Prix 2021 | ||||
| Location | Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Istanbul | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.338 km (3.316 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 58 laps, 309.396 km (192.249 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Overcast with intermittent rain | ||||
| Attendance | 190,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:22.998 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:30.432 on lap 58 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2021 Turkish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Turkish Grand Prix 2021) was a Formula One motor race, held on 10 October 2021 at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul. It was the sixteenth of twenty-two rounds of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. This was also the last Turkish Grand Prix, as the race had not been contracted for the 2022 season and beyond.
Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes set the fastest lap time in qualifying but started 11th after the application of grid penalties. This promoted team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position. Bottas won the race, with the fastest lap, with Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez finishing second and third. It turned out to be Bottas's last win with Mercedes, as he moved to Alfa Romeo for the next season, as well as the last of his F1 career. As of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, this is also the most recent Grand Prix win by a Finnish driver.