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2021 Austrian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Red Bull Ring.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen sets the pace in Austrian GP first practice

FP2: Hamilton and Bottas go top in second practice in Austria

FP3: Verstappen fastest from Bottas in final practice in Austria

Qualifying: Verstappen narrowly on pole as Norris snatches second

Race: Verstappen cruises to easy hat-trick win in Austria

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Spielberg

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.143s		37
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.409s	+ 0.266s	33
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.431s	+ 0.288s	33
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:05.445s	+ 0.302s	31
5	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:05.474s	+ 0.331s	35
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:05.586s	+ 0.443s	28
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.709s	+ 0.566s	32
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:05.726s	+ 0.583s	31
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:05.726s	+ 0.583s	36
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:05.880s	+ 0.737s	28
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:05.980s	+ 0.837s	30
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:06.181s	+ 1.038s	31
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:06.203s	+ 1.060s	30
14	Guanyu Zhou	Alpine	1:06.414s	+ 1.271s	29
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:06.444s	+ 1.301s	28
16	Callum Ilott	Alfa Romeo	1:06.564s	+ 1.421s	23
17	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:06.583s	+ 1.440s	29
18	Roy Nissany	Williams	1:06.683s	+ 1.540s	34
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:06.978s	+ 1.835s	36
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:07.316s	+ 2.173s	30

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.523s		31
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.712s	+ 0.189s	34
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:04.740s	+ 0.217s	35
4	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:05.139s	+ 0.616s	33
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:05.268s	+ 0.745s	37
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:05.356s	+ 0.833s	37
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:05.379s	+ 0.856s	38
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:05.393s	+ 0.870s	34
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:05.466s	+ 0.943s	34
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:05.511s	+ 0.988s	32
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:05.516s	+ 0.993s	39
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:05.527s	+ 1.004s	36
13	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.620s	+ 1.097s	37
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:05.624s	+ 1.101s	33
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:05.698s	+ 1.175s	32
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.708s	+ 1.185s	33
17	George Russell	Williams	1:05.819s	+ 1.296s	36
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:05.911s	+ 1.388s	35
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:06.014s	+ 1.491s	38
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:06.173s	+ 1.650s	35

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:04.591s		15
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:05.129s	+ 0.538s	22
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.277s	+ 0.686s	20
4	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:05.280s	+ 0.689s	27
5	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:05.345s	+ 0.754s	27
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:05.347s	+ 0.756s	29
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:05.396s	+ 0.805s	20
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:05.434s	+ 0.843s	23
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:05.484s	+ 0.893s	35
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:05.542s	+ 0.951s	22
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:05.546s	+ 0.955s	19
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:05.561s	+ 0.970s	23
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:05.674s	+ 1.083s	22
14	George Russell	Williams	1:05.694s	+ 1.103s	23
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:05.700s	+ 1.109s	23
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:05.725s	+ 1.134s	21
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:05.747s	+ 1.156s	31
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:06.078s	+ 1.487s	26
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:06.105s	+ 1.514s	17
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:06.289s	+ 1.698s	28

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:04.249s	1:03.927s	1:03.720s
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:04.345s	1:04.415s	1:03.768s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:04.833s	1:04.483s	1:03.990s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.506s	1:04.258s	1:04.014s
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.563s	1:04.376s	1:04.049s
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:04.841s	1:04.412s	1:04.107s
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:04.967s	1:04.518s	1:04.273s
8	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:04.846s	1:04.493s	1:04.570s
9	George Russell	Williams	1:04.907s	1:04.553s	1:04.591s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:04.927s	1:04.547s	1:04.618s
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:04.596s	1:04.559s
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:04.906s	1:04.600s
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:04.977s	1:04.719s
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:04.472s	1:04.856s
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:04.782s	1:05.083s
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:05.009s
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:05.051s
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:05.195s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:05.427s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:05.951s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71 laps - 1:23:54.543s	2
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 17.973s	1
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 20.019s	1
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 46.452s	2
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 57.144s	1
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 57.915s	1
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 60.395s	1
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 61.195s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 61.844s	2
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 1 lap	1
11	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	2
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	2
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap *	1
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap ^	1
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 2 laps	3
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 2 laps	1
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps ^	2
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	DNF	0

(* Includes additional 20s in lieu of a drive-through penalty for last lap clash with Sebastian Vettel.)

(^ Includes additional 30s in lieu of stop-go penalty for failing to slow for double-waved yellow flags.)

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