The ideal starting grid for F1 in 2021

The ideal starting grid for Formula 1 2021:

_{(Next to the driver’s name is his average qualifying position in parentheses)}

To establish this ideal starting grid, we have taken into consideration the results in qualifying (taking into account the Friday sessions during the sprint races) and not the positions on the 22 grids of the season.

This makes it possible to take into account the positions obtained by the drivers on Saturday before the application of any penalties on Sunday.

However, it is not an exact science: any driver who knows in advance that he will have to penalize does not face qualifying in the same conditions and with the aim of being as high as possible, since they often focus their work on the race pace. Sometimes he only makes one lap away from his potential, or even none at all (like Max Verstappen in Sochi, for example).

Another clarification that the regulations take into account: when a driver has not set a time in Q1 , for whatever reason, he is considered unclassified and this session does not enter his average. On the other hand, if a driver has not been able to set a time in Q2 or Q3 , he is still classified and the session, therefore, enters his average. Apart from these considerations, this is a purely statistical exercise.

pos	Pilot	Equipment	Middle starting position
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2,86
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3,09
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	5.59
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6,45
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	6,86
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	7.05
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	7.27
8	Carlos Sainz	ferrari	7.91
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	9.68
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	10.50
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	10,68
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	11,77
13	George Russell	Williams	13,00
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	13,09
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	13,09
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	13.45
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	15.40
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	16,09
19	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	16.50
20	Mike Schumacher	haas	17.55
21	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	18.43