2021 Austrian Grand Prix

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2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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The Spielberg circuit runs clockwise has ten corners, varying between tight hairpins and long-fast sweepers. The pit lane is on the right-hand side of start-finish straight, with the entrance located between the ninth and tenth turns and the pit lane exit located after the first.
Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Race details[2]
Date 4 July 2021
Official name Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis von Österreich 2021
Location Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.318 km (2.683 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy
Attendance 132,000[3]
Pole position
Driver
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:03.720
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:06.200 on lap 62
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Second
Mercedes
Third
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis von Österreich 2021) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 July 2021 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race was the ninth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship, and the 35th running of the Austrian Grand Prix (the 34th as part of the World Championship since 1950) as well as the second of two consecutive races to be held at the Red Bull Ring with the Styrian Grand Prix held the week before at the same venue.

Background[edit]

Further information: 2021 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[4] Callum Ilott drove for Alfa Romeo Racing in place of Antonio Giovinazzi in the first free practice session, as well as Roy Nissany, who drove for Williams in place of George Russell, and Guanyu Zhou, who drove for Alpine in place of Fernando Alonso, making his Formula One practice debut.[4]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[5] Initially, Pirelli selected C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds before changing the tyre choices in accordance with the double event at the same venue, preceded the week before by the Styrian Grand Prix.[6]

Qualifying[edit]

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen set the fastest time in qualifying to take the seventh pole position of his career. He was followed by Lando Norris who qualified a career-best second and McLaren's best since 2012, and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez in third place.[7]

Qualifying classification[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:04.249 1:03.927 1:03.720 1
2 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.345 1:04.415 1:03.768 2
3 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:04.833 1:04.483 1:03.990 3
4 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:04.506 1:04.258 1:04.014 4
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:04.563 1:04.376 1:04.049 5
6 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:04.841 1:04.412 1:04.107 6
7 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1:04.967 1:04.518 1:04.273 7
8 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:04.846 1:04.493 1:04.570 111
9 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:04.907 1:04.553 1:04.591 8
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:04.927 1:04.547 1:04.618 9
11 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:04.596 1:04.559 N/A 10
12 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:04.906 1:04.600 N/A 12
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.977 1:04.719 N/A 13
14 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:04.472 1:04.856 N/A 14
15 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:04.782 1:05.083 N/A 15
16 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:05.009 N/A N/A 16
17 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:05.051 N/A N/A 17
18 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:05.195 N/A N/A 18
19 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:05.427 N/A N/A 19
20 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[b] Haas-Ferrari 1:05.951 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:08.746
Source:[9][10]

Notes[edit]

  • ^1 – Sebastian Vettel received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Fernando Alonso during qualifying.[11]

Race[edit]

A matte navy single-seater open-wheel racing drives around a corner on a tarmac course while a grandstand full of people dressed in orange set off orange fireworks in the background.
Race winner Max Verstappen after passing the chequered flag

The race started at 15:00 local time. Esteban Ocon retired on the first lap after colliding with the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi and breaking his front suspension. The safety car was deployed and the race was continued on lap 4. At the restart, Lando Norris, who was running 2nd at the time, tried to defend against the Red Bull of Sergio Pérez at turn 4, which resulted in Perez going off-track and joining back in tenth place. Norris was given a 5-second time penalty for the incident. On lap 31, Norris pitted to serve his penalty and to change his tyres. Perez received two 5-second penalties, having been judged to have "forced Leclerc off track" on two occasions.[12] On the last lap, Kimi Räikkönen collided with the Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel, meaning Vettel was unable to finish the race.[13] By taking pole, fastest lap, win, and leading every lap of the race, Max Verstappen achieved his first career grand slam.[14]

Race classification[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 71 1:23:54.513 1 261
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 71 +17.973 5 18
3 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 71 +20.019 2 15
4 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +46.452 4 12
5 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 71 +57.144 10 10
6 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 71 +57.9152 3 8
7 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 71 +1:00.395 13 6
8 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 +1:01.195 12 4
9 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 71 +1:01.844 6 2
10 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 70 +1 lap 14 1
11 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 70 +1 lap 8
12 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 70 +1 lap3 7
13 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 70 +1 lap4 9
14 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 70 +1 lap 15
15 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 70 +1 lap5 16
16 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 70 +1 lap6 18
177 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 69 Collision 11
18 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 69 +2 laps 19
19 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[b] Haas-Ferrari 69 +2 laps8 20
Ret 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 0 Collision 17
Fastest lap: Netherlands Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda) – 1:06.200 (lap 62)
Sources:[10][15][16]

Notes[edit]

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.
  • ^2 – Sergio Pérez received a 10-second time penalty for forcing Charles Leclerc out of the track twice.[15]
  • ^3 – Yuki Tsunoda received a five-second time penalty for crossing the line at the pit entry.[15]
  • ^4 – Lance Stroll received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[15]
  • ^5 – Kimi Räikkönen finished 16th on track, but received a post-race drive-through penalty converted to a 20-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastian Vettel. He was classified 15th due to Nicholas Latifi's penalty.[15]
  • ^6 – Nicholas Latifi finished 15th on track, but received a post-race 10-second stop-and-go time penalty converted to a 30-second time penalty for not respecting double yellow flags.[15]
  • ^7 – Sebastian Vettel was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.[15]
  • ^8 – Nikita Mazepin received a post-race 10-second stop-and-go time penalty converted to a 30-second time penalty for not respecting double yellow flags. This made no difference as he finished last.[15]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ At the time of the event Formula One planned to hold twenty-three Grands Prix.[1]
  2. ^ a b Nikita Mazepin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to the state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, Luke (28 August 2021). "Formula 1 reveals updated 2021 calendar, drops to 22 races". Autosport. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Austrian Grand Prix 2021". Formula1.com.
  3. ^ "Formula 1 announces TV, race attendance and digital audience figures for 2021". Formula1.com. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "2021 Austrian Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  5. ^ Southwell, Hazel; Collatine, Keith (21 May 2021). "Pirelli will bring different tyre compounds for two races at Red Bull Ring". Race Fans. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ Jonathan Noble (19 February 2021). "Pirelli reveals tyre compound choices for F1 2021". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Austrian GP: Verstappen beats Norris to pole, Hamilton fourth". Motorsport. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. ^ Luke Smith (5 February 2021). "Mazepin set to race under neutral flag after CAS ruling extends to F1". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis von Österreich 2021 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis von Österreich 2021 – Starting Grid". Formula1.com. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Vettel handed 3-place grid drop for impeding Alonso in qualifying". Formula1.com. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Leclerc says he wants to move on after clearing air with Perez over two on-track clashes in Austria". Formula One. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Dramatic last lap collision with Raikkonen a 'misunderstanding' says Vettel". Formula 1. 4 July 2021. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  14. ^ "F1 – Verstappen extends title lead with Austrian Grand Prix grand slam as Hamilton finishes fourth". 4 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis von Österreich 2021 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis von Österreich 2021 – Fastest Laps". Formula1.com. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Austria 2021 - Championship". www.statsf1.com.

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