The best race drives of 2021
Sebastian Vettel
Monaco GP (5th)
The Monaco Grand Prix is famously challenging, with forward progress far from guaranteed given that passing is essentially impossible. But Sebastian Vettel pulled off an excellent race to rise up the order and, in the process, beat the driver who nearly won the world title in what was very close to being the season’s fastest package.
Vettel qualified eighth – the best result to date of his first year with Aston Martin – and ran seventh behind Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly during the early stages, all three boosted by Charles Leclerc’s non-start.
When Mercedes
