The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix, (officially the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021) was the eighth round of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on 27 June 2021.
Max Verstappen took his first back-to-back pole-to-win in the race, with Lewis Hamilton a distant second, but reduced his championship loss disadvantage by setting the fastest lap of the race. Valtteri Bottas, after starting fifth due to a grid penalty from spinning in FP2, managed to finish in third after resisting a late charge from Sergio Pérez in the closing laps.
At the start, Charles Leclerc damaged his front wing after making contact with Pierre Gasly, the AlphaTauri Frenchman breaking his rear suspension as a result, forcing him to retire, but not without coming in contact with Antonio Giovinazzi and Nicholas Latifi while retiring. George Russell, who started in 10th, had been in 8th place when he was forced to retire with a power unit issue. Leclerc meanwhile would ultimately charge on to finish in 7th after being nearly last on the first lap, earning Driver of the Day for his actions.
Background[]
The Styrian Grand Prix was originally intended to be a one-off race for the 2020 season, but following the current season's calendar changes, which saw the Canadian and the replacement Turkish Grands Prix canceled, the Austrian double-header round made its appearance in the calendar once again.[1] The W Series championship, which had joined F1 as its feeder series in 2021 and is set to begin its first round since its cancelation on the previous year due to the pandemic, was originally planned to begin at Paul Ricard. The rescheduling of the F1 calendar meant that the current W Series season's opening race will be taking place at Austria as the double-header.[2]
Heading into the 8th round, Max Verstappen extended his lead ahead of Lewis Hamilton to 12 points. Red Bull also maintained their advantage ahead of Mercedes, while McLaren regained 3rd in the standings after Ferrari dropped back during the previous race and failed to finish in the points.
Ahead of the race Alfa Romeo announced that they will be running a special livery to celebrate 111 years of the marque.[3]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
The full practice results for the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix are outlined below:
| No. | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:06.669 | 12 | 1:05.748 | 2 | 1:06.116 | 17 |
| 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:06.861 | 16 | 1:05.994 | 7 | 1:06.654 | 19 |
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:06.708 | 14 | 1:05.934 | 6 | 1:05.492 | 10 |
| 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:07.180 | 17 | 1:07.669 | 19 | 1:06.119 | 18 |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
DNP | 1:06.297 | 14 | 1:05.942 | 15 | |
| 9 |  Nikita Mazepin
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:08.081 | 20 | 1:07.404 | 18 | 1:06.692 | 20 |
| 10 |  Pierre Gasly
|
 AlphaTauri-Honda
|
1:06.166 | 2 | DNP | 1:05.298 | 6 | |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:06.696 | 13 | 1:06.089 | 9 | 1:05.026 | 4 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:06.519 | 6 | 1:05.827 | 5 | 1:05.400 | 8 |
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:06.629 | 10 | 1:06.270 | 13 | 1:05.340 | 7 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:06.584 | 8 | 1:06.079 | 8 | 1:05.445 | 9 |
| 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
1:06.397 | 5 | 1:06.451 | 15 | 1:05.150 | 5 |
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:06.551 | 7 | 1:05.790 | 3 | 1:05.676 | 12 |
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:05.910 | 1 | 1:05.412 | 1 | 1:04.573 | 2 |
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:06.332 | 3 | 1:05.796 | 4 | 1:04.369 | 1 |
| 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:07.473 | 18 | 1:06.886 | 17 | 1:05.992 | 16 |
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
1:06.630 | 11 | 1:06.147 | 11 | 1:05.698 | 13 |
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:06.848 | 15 | 1:06.628 | 16 | 1:05.863 | 14 |
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:06.386 | 4 | 1:06.251 | 12 | 1:04.832 | 3 |
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN
|
1:07.823 | 19 | DNP | DNP | ||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:06.614 | 9 | 1:06.145 | 10 | 1:05.556 | 11 |
| Source: [5][6][7] | ||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Eliminated out of Q1 were Latifi, Ocon, Raikkonen, Schumacher and Mazepin.
Q2[]
Russell missed out into entering Q3 by only 0.008 seconds. He joined Sainz, Ricciardo, Vettel and Giovinazzi in being eliminated out of Q2.
Q3[]
Hamilton made minor errors on his final flying lap, but nevertheless, would start second alongside Verstappen due to team-mate Bottas' grid penalty.
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 2021 Styrian 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 | 1:04.489 | 4 | 1:04.433 | 1 | 1:03.841 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
2 | 1:04.537 | 5 | 1:04.443 | 2 | 1:04.035 | 5* | |||
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
6 | 1:04.672 | 6 | 1:04.512 | 3 | 1:04.067 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
3 | 1:04.584 | 2 | 1:04.298 | 4 | 1:04.120 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
5 | 1:04.638 | 1 | 1:04.197 | 5 | 1:04.168 | 4 | |||
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
8 | 1:04.765 | 3 | 1:04.429 | 6 | 1:04.236 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
7 | 1:04.745 | 9 | 1:04.646 | 7 | 1:04.472 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
4 | 1:04.608 | 8 | 1:04.631 | 8 | 1:04.514 | 11† | |||
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
11 | 1:04.971 | 7 | 1:04.582 | 9 | 1:04.574 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
9 | 1:04.821 | 10 | 1:04.663 | 10 | 1:04.708 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
12 | 1:05.033 | 11 | 1:04.671 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
10 | 1:04.859 | 12 | 1:04.800 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
15 | 1:05.142 | 13 | 1:04.808 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
13 | 1:05.051 | 14 | 1:04.875 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
14 | 1:05.092 | 15 | 1:04.913 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
16 | 1:05.175 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
17 | 1:05.217 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
18 | 1:05.429 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
19 | 1:06.041 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
20 | 1:06.192 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:09.003 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[8] | |||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
- * Bottas was given a three-place grid penalty for spinning in the pit lane while leaving his pit garage during FP2, which was deemed as "potentially dangerous driving" by the stewards.
- † Tsunoda was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Bottas during Q3.
Grid[]
The starting grid of the feature race of the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix is outined below:
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Max Verstappen | 2 | |
| ______________ | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Lando Norris | 4 | |
| ______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 6 | |
| ______________ | Pierre Gasly | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Charles Leclerc | 8 | |
| ______________ | Fernando Alonso | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Lance Stroll | 10 | |
| ______________ | George Russell | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Yuki Tsunoda | 12 | |
| ______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 14 | |
| ______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 16 | |
| ______________ | Nicholas Latifi | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Esteban Ocon | 18 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Mick Schumacher | 20 | |
| ______________ | Nikita Mazepin |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full results for the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix are outlined below:
Milestones[]
Standings[]
While Verstappen extended his championship lead from Hamilton to 18 points, Hamilton's fastest lap effort and Mercedes' double podium meant that Red Bull only extended their advantage ahead of Mercedes by 3 points in the constructors' standings. Ferrari's double-points finish meant that they narrowed the gap to McLaren to 12 points.
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
See Also[]
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See the related content on the W Series Wiki |
| 2021 Red Bull Ring Round 1 |
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References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ F1.com: 2021 F1 calendar reshuffled, as Turkey drops off and extra Austria race added
- ↑ Motorsport.com: W Series reveals calendar change as five-day test begins
- ↑ F1.com: Alfa Romeo celebrate 111th anniversary with special Styrian Grand Prix livery
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedEL - ↑ 2021 Styrian Grand Prix - FP1 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2021 Styrian Grand Prix - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2021 Styrian Grand Prix - FP3 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ ' ', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2020), , (Accessed 05/07/2020)
- ↑ "Styrian Grand Prix 2021 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 24 October 2021. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1092/austria/race-result.html. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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