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2021 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpielberg, 71 laps
Round9 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,044th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Spielberg
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda711hr 23m 54.543s26 FL
2+3(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes71+17.973s18
3-1(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes71+20.019s15
4 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+46.452s12
5+5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari71+57.144s10
6-3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda71+57.915s (10.000s)8
7+6(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes71+1m 00.395s6
8+4(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari71+1m 01.195s4
9-3(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda71+1m 01.844s2
10+4(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault70+1 lap1
11-3(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap 
12-5(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda70+1 lap (5.000s) 
13-4(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes70+1 lap (5.000s) 
14+1(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari70+1 lap 
15+1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari70+1 lap (20.000s) 
16+2(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap (30.000s) 
17-6(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes70DNF 
18+1(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari69+2 laps 
19+1(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari69+2 laps (30.000s) 
R (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault0DNF 

Notes

  • Sergio Perez received a 10-second time penalty (two individual five-second-time penalties) for forcing another driver off the track. He originally finished P5.
  • Lance Stroll received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line at the pit entry. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Kimi Raikkonen received a drive-through penalty, which became a 20-second time penalty, for causing a collision with Sebastian Vettel. He originally finished P16.
  • Nicholas Latifi and Nikita Mazepin received 10-second stop-and-go penalties, which became 30-second-time penalties, for not respecting double-waved yellow flags. Latifi originally finished P18, Mazepin’s final race position was unaffected.
  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 70 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
3 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda
4 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
5 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
6 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
7 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda
8 (GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
9 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
10 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
11-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
12 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
13 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
14 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
15 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
16 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
17 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
18 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
19 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
20 (RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso during qualifying.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:03.720 
2(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:03.7680.048
3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:03.9900.270
4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:04.0140.294
5(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:04.0490.329
6(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:04.1070.387
7(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda1:04.2730.553
8(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:04.5700.850
9(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:04.5910.871
10(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:04.6180.898
Q2
11(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:04.559 
12(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:04.600 
13(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:04.719 
14(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:04.856 
15(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:05.083 
Q1
16(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:05.009 
17(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:05.051 
18(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:05.195 
19(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:05.427 
20(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:05.951 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Callum IlottAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
(ISR) Roy NissanyWilliams-Mercedes
(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlpine-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen182
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton150
3(MEX) Sergio Perez104
4(GBR) Lando Norris101
5(FIN) Valtteri Bottas92
6(MCO) Charles Leclerc62
7(ESP) Carlos Sainz60
8(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo40
9(FRA) Pierre Gasly39
10(DEU) Sebastian Vettel30
11(ESP) Fernando Alonso20
12(CAN) Lance Stroll14
13(FRA) Esteban Ocon12
14(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda9
15(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1
16(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda286
2Mercedes242
3McLaren-Mercedes141
4Ferrari122
5AlphaTauri-Honda48
6Aston Martin-Mercedes44
7Alpine-Renault32
8Alfa Romeo-Ferrari2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Sergio Perez (19th driver to start 200 races, 1st Mexican driver)
Wins
15th for Max Verstappen
70th for Red Bull (6th constructor to win 70 races)
Podiums
61st for Valtteri Bottas
50th for Max Verstappen (17th driver to score 50 podiums, 1st Dutch driver)
4th for Lando Norris
491st for McLaren
247th for Mercedes
193rd for Red Bull
Poles
7th for Max Verstappen
67th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
14th for Max Verstappen
72nd for Red Bull
Front row starts
21st for Max Verstappen
1st for Lando Norris (154th different front row starter, 26th British driver)
Pole & win
5th for Max Verstappen
Win & fastest lap
4th for Max Verstappen
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Max Verstappen