2021 Austrian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix at Red Bull Ring on 4 Jul 2021 for Red Bull, from pole position; Valtteri Bottas was second and Lando Norris third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Verstappen led every one of the 71 laps. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 4). Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 32 and 60; 11 of 19 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 30. The fastest lap was Max Verstappen's, 1:06.200 on lap 62. 19 of 20 starters were classified; 1 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 182 points, 32 ahead of Lewis Hamilton, with 13 rounds left.

Date

4 Jul 2021

Circuit

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

Round

9 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:03.720)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Sebastian Vettel qualified 8th, started 11th; George Russell qualified 9th, started 8th; Lance Stroll qualified 10th, started 9th; Carlos Sainz 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: 2 stops (laps 32, 60), stints of 32, 28, 11 laps

2nd

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 30), stints of 30, 41 laps

3rd

Lando Norris: 1 stop (lap 30), stints of 30, 41 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 11 · 2 stops: 8

First stops

median lap 30 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