2021 Austrian Grand Prix

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]

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]

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

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

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]

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

• ^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]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Red Bull Racing-Honda	286
	2	Mercedes	242
	3	McLaren-Mercedes	141
	4	Ferrari	122
	5	AlphaTauri-Honda	48
Source:[17]

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

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