Round 9 · 4 July 2021
2021 Austrian Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, round 9 of the championship, held on 4 July 2021 at Red Bull Ring (Austria), starting from position 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Lando Norris (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:06.200).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:23:54.543 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 5 | +17.973 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 2 | +20.019 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | +46.452 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 10 | +57.144 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 3 | +57.915 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 13 | +60.395 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 12 | +61.195 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 6 | +61.844 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | George Russell | Williams | 8 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 7 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 15 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 11 | — | — | Collision |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 19 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 20 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the Austrian Grand Prix 2021
Max Verstappen won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-32), hard (laps 33-71). The top ten used 3 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): hard 19 ± 2, medium 6 ± 3.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-32), hard (laps 33-71)
- 2. Valtteri Bottas: medium (laps 1-30), hard (laps 31-71)
- 3. Lando Norris: medium (laps 1-30), hard (laps 31-71)
- 4. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-31), hard (laps 32-71)
- 5. Carlos Sainz: hard (laps 1-48), medium (laps 49-71)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.