2021 Formula One World Championship
The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, and held around the world. Drivers and teams competed for the titles of Formula One World Champion Driver and Formula One World Champion Constructor, respectively.
Max Verstappen won his first World Championship (and the first for a Dutch driver), driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda.
Lewis Hamilton, the defending champion, finished runner-up by 8 points driving for Mercedes.
Valtteri Bottas was third, also driving for Mercedes, in his final season with the team.
Mercedes won their eighth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
Max Emilian Verstappen is a Belgian and Dutch racing driver competing in Formula One under the Dutch flag for Red Bull Racing, with whom he is the 2021, 2022, and 2023 World Champion.
Verstappen in 2017
Verstappen driving for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
Verstappen at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
Verstappen celebrating victory at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, in his first race for the Red Bull Racing team
