2021 Austrian Grand Prix

2021 Austrian Grand Prix
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Round	9 of 2021
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Race Details
Date	July 4, 2021
Race Number	1044
Official Name	Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis Von Österreich 2021
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 306.578 km (190.499 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time	1:03.720
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time	1:06.200 on lap 62
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Valtteri Bottas
Third	Lando Norris
Lap Leaders

The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, (officially the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis Von Österreich 2021) was the ninth round of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on July 4 2021.

Max Verstappen took pole position and won for the third race in a row, taking his first career Grand Slam. Valtteri Bottas started from 5th to second with Lando Norris in third, while Lewis Hamilton dropped to fourth after running as high as second after taking floor damage. Meanwhile, Verstappen's team-mate Sergio Pérez was penalized for 10 seconds after forcing Charles Leclerc into the gravel twice, the former having been shoved into the gravel by Norris earlier with Norris receiving a 5s penalty as a result. Despite starting in 8th, George Russell finished 11th in the end after being passed by Fernando Alonso in the closing laps, while Kimi Räikkönen and Sebastian Vettel both came together on the final lap. The safety car was called out once after Esteban Ocon damaged his suspension on Lap 1.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35M	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
9	Nikita Mazepin	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 20B 1.6 V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR21	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT02	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 20B 1.6 V6t	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16B	Honda	RA621H 1.6 V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
47	Mick Schumacher	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF21	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
63	George Russell	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W12	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
Test Drivers for Practice Sessions Only
37	Guanyu Zhou	Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A521	Renault	E-Tech 20B 1.6 V6t	P
45	Roy Nissany	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43B	Mercedes	F1 M12 1.6 V6t	P
98	Callum Ilott	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C41	Ferrari	065/6 1.6 V6t	P
Source:

Practice Overview

The full practice results for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:06.181	12	1:05.698	15	1:05.725	16
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:05.880	10	1:05.466	9	1:05.700	15
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:06.444	15	1:05.268	5	1:05.542	10
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:06.978	19	1:06.014	19	1:06.105	19
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:05.586	6	1:05.624	14	1:05.747	17
9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	1:07.316	20	1:06.173	20	1:06.289	20
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:05.726	9	1:05.379	7	1:05.280	4
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:05.726	8	1:05.516	11	1:05.396	7
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	DNP		1:05.393	8	1:05.434	8
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.409	2	1:05.708	16	1:05.484	9
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:06.203	13	1:05.139	4	1:05.546	11
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:05.474	5	1:05.356	6	1:05.561	12
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:05.980	11	1:05.527	12	1:05.674	13
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:05.143	1	1:04.740	3	1:04.591	1
37	Guanyu Zhou	Alpine F1 Team	1:06.414	14	DNP		DNP
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.709	7	1:04.523	1	1:05.277	3
45	Roy Nissany	Williams Racing	1:06.683	18	DNP		DNP
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:06.583	17	1:05.911	18	1:06.078	18
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:05.431	3	1:05.620	13	1:05.347	6
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	DNP		1:05.819	17	1:05.694	14
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:05.445	4	1:04.712	2	1:05.129	2
98	Callum Ilott	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	1:06.564	16	DNP		DNP
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	DNP		1:05.511	10	1:05.345	5
Source:

Qualifying

Q1

Eliminated out of Q1 were Raikkonen, Ocon, Latifi, Schumacher and Mazepin.

Q2

Russell managed to put in a sensational performance by getting his Williams into Q3 for the first time since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix. Alonso was close to improving his time when he was held up by Vettel. Both Ferraris were knocked out in the session after their medium tire strategy did not work.

Q3

Verstappen took his third straight pole position ahead of Norris, with Perez starting in third, while Mercedes could only manage in 4th and 5th.

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		1	1:04.249		1	1:03.927		1	1:03.720	1
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		2	1:04.345		5	1:04.415		2	1:03.768	2
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda		8	1:04.833		6	1:04.483		3	1:03.990	3
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		4	1:04.506		2	1:04.258		4	1:04.014	4
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		5	1:04.563		3	1:04.376		5	1:04.049	5
6	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		9	1:04.841		4	1:04.412		6	1:04.107	6
7	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda		14	1:04.967		8	1:04.518		7	1:04.273	7
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		10	1:04.846		7	1:04.493		8	1:04.570	11*
9	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		12	1:04.907		10	1:04.553		9	1:04.591	8
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		13	1:04.927		9	1:04.547		10	1:04.618	9
11	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		6	1:04.596		11	1:04.559				10
12	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		11	1:04.906		12	1:04.600				12
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes		15	1:04.977		13	1:04.719				13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		3	1:04.472		14	1:04.856				14
15	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		7	1:04.782		15	1:05.083				15
16	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		16	1:05.009							16
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		17	1:05.051							17
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:05.195							18
19	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari		19	1:05.427							19
20	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari		20	1:05.951							20
107% time: 1:08.746
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Vettel was given a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Alonso at the end of Q2.

Grid

The starting grid of the feature race of the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix is outined below:

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Max Verstappen	2
	______________	Lando Norris
Row 2	3	______________
	Sergio Pérez	4
	______________	Lewis Hamilton
Row 3	5	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	6
	______________	Pierre Gasly
Row 4	7	______________
	Yuki Tsunoda	8
	______________	George Russell
Row 5	9	______________
	Lance Stroll	10
	______________	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Row 6	11	______________
	Sebastian Vettel*	12
	______________	Charles Leclerc
Row 7	13	______________
	Daniel Ricciardo	14
	______________	Fernando Alonso
Row 8	15	______________
	Antonio Giovinazzi	16
	______________	Kimi Räikkönen
Row 9	17	______________
	Esteban Ocon	18
	______________	Nicholas Latifi
Row 10	19	______________
	Mick Schumacher	20
	______________	Nikita Mazepin

Note - Vettel penalised three grid places for impeding Alonso during qualifying.

Race

Results

The full results for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	71	1:23:54.543	1	26FL
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	+17.973	5	18
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+20.019	2	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+46.452	4	12
5	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	71	+57.144	10	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda	71	+57.915†	3	8
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+1:00.395	13	6
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+1:01.195	12	4
9	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	71	+1:01.844	6	2
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	14	1
11	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	8
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda	70	+1 lap‡	7
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	70	+1 lap§	9
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	15
15*	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	Collision**	16
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap††	18
17*	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	69	Collision	11
18	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	69	+2 laps	19
19	9	Nikita Mazepin	Haas-Ferrari	69	+2 laps††	20
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	0	Collision damage	17
Source:

• * Räikkönen and Vettel were classified as completed 90% race distance.
• ^† Perez finished fifth, but was given a ten-second (two five-second) post race time penalties for forcing Leclerc off-track twice, dropping him to sixth behind Sainz.
• ^‡ Tsunoda was given a five-second post-race time penalty for crossing the white line at pit entry.
• ^§ Stroll was given a five-second post-race time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
• ** Räikkönen was given a 20-second post-race time penalty for causing a collision with Vettel.
• ^†† Latifi and Mazepin were given 30-second post-race time penalties each for failing to respect double yellow flags. Latifi originally finished 15th, but dropped to 16th as a result of the penalty.

Milestones

• Debut weekend appearance for Guanyu Zhou.
  • Zhou becomes the first Chinese driver since Ma Qinghua in 2012 to appear in an F1 weekend.
• 200th race entry for Sergio Pérez.
• 14th win, first Grand Chelem and 50th podium for Max Verstappen.

Standings

As Verstappen extended his championship lead from Hamilton to 32 points, the finishing order meant that Red Bull only extended their advantage little from Mercedes, and with Norris closing to within three points of Perez. The only change in the driver standings was Ricciardo getting one point ahead of Gasly.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Max Verstappen 182 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 150 — 3 Sergio Pérez 104 — 4 Lando Norris 101 — 5 Valtteri Bottas 92 — 6 Charles Leclerc 62 — 7 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 60 — 8 Daniel Ricciardo 40 ▲1 9 Pierre Gasly 39 ▼1 10 Sebastian Vettel 30 — 11 Fernando Alonso 20 — 12 Lance Stroll 14 — 13 Esteban Ocon 12 — 14 Yuki Tsunoda 9 — 15 Kimi Räikkönen 1 — 16 Antonio Giovinazzi 1 —

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Red Bull Racing-Honda 286 — 2 Mercedes 242 — 3 McLaren-Mercedes 141 — 4 Ferrari 122 — 5 AlphaTauri-Honda 48 — 6 Aston Martin-Mercedes 44 — 7 Alpine-Renault 32 — 8 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 2 —

Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

See Also

	See the related content on the W Series Wiki
	2021 Red Bull Ring Round 2

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