Austrian Grand Prix
2021 · Round 9 · Spielberg, Austria · Jul 2-4, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 1st on the grid), with a 18.0s margin. Ricciardo made the biggest gain, from 13th on the grid to 7th (up 6 places). Vettel had a difficult race, dropping from 11th to 17th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-3. Rain arrived mid-race. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 32 (medium → hard), on lap 60 (hard → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Gasly (AlphaTauri) on lap 45, with 20.8s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Verstappen (1:06.200).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:06.200 | Red Bull | 1 | 71 | 1:23:54.543 | 26 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 5 | 71 | +17.973 | 18 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 2 | 71 | +20.019 | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | 71 | +46.452 | 12 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 10 | 71 | +57.144 | 10 |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 3 | 71 | +57.915 | 8 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 13 | 71 | +1:00.395 | 6 |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 12 | 71 | +1:01.195 | 4 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 6 | 71 | +1:01.844 | 2 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | George Russell | Williams | 8 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 7 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 11 | 69 | Collision | 0 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | 0 | Collision | 0 |