2021 Styrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring on 27 Jun 2021 for Red Bull, from pole position; Lewis Hamilton was second and Valtteri Bottas third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Verstappen led every one of the 71 laps. Verstappen stopped once, on lap 29; 14 of 18 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 28. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:07.058 on lap 71. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 156 points, 18 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 14 rounds left.

Date

27 Jun 2021

Circuit

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

Round

8 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:03.841)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 8 drivers: Valtteri Bottas qualified 2nd, started 5th; Lewis Hamilton qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Lando Norris qualified 4th, started 3rd; Sergio Pérez qualified 5th, started 4th; Yuki Tsunoda qualified 8th, started 11th; Fernando Alonso qualified 9th, started 8th; Lance Stroll qualified 10th, started 9th; George Russell qualified 11th, started 10th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 29), stints of 29, 42 laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 28, 69), stints of 28, 41, 2 laps

3rd

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 27), stints of 27, 44 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 14 · 2 stops: 4

First stops

median lap 28 of 71

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2021 standings