| 2021 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 22[a] in the2021 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Red Bull Ring | |||||
| Race details[2] | |||||
| Date | 4 July 2021 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 BWTGroßer 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 |  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 | |||||
The2021 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 BWT Großer Preis von Österreich 2021) was aFormula Onemotor race held on 4 July 2021 at theRed Bull Ring inSpielberg,Austria. The race was the ninth round of the2021 Formula One World Championship, and the 35th running of theAustrian Grand Prix (the 34th as part of the World Championship since1950) as well as the second of two consecutive races to be held at the Red Bull Ring with theStyrian Grand Prix held the week before at the same venue.
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 forAlfa Romeo Racing in place ofAntonio Giovinazzi in the first free practice session, as well asRoy Nissany, who drove forWilliams in place ofGeorge Russell, andGuanyu Zhou, who drove forAlpine in place ofFernando Alonso, making his Formula One practice debut.[4]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought theC3, 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 theStyrian Grand Prix.[6]
Red Bull driverMax Verstappen set the fastest time in qualifying to take the seventh pole position of his career. He was followed byLando Norris who qualified a career-best second andMcLaren's best since2012, and Verstappen's teammateSergio Pérez in third place.[7]
The race started at 15:00 local time.Esteban Ocon retired on the first lap after colliding with theAlfa Romeo ofAntonio Giovinazzi and breaking his front suspension. Thesafety 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 theRed Bull ofSergio 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 theAston Martin ofSebastian 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]
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