| 2025 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 11 of 24 in the2025 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Red Bull Ring, Austria | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 29 June 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 MSC CruisesAustrian Grand Prix 2025 | ||||
| Location | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.326 km (2.688 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 302.692 km (188.084 miles) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 71 laps, 307.018 km (190.772 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 300,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:03.971 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:07.924 on lap 59(lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2025 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix 2025) was aFormula One motor race held on 29 June 2025 at theRed Bull Ring inSpielberg, Styria. It was the eleventh round of the2025 Formula One World Championship.
Lando Norris ofMcLaren took pole position for the race, which he went on to win ahead of his teammateOscar Piastri andCharles Leclerc ofFerrari.
The event was held at theRed Bull Ring inSpielberg for the 21st time in the circuit's history, having previously held two editions of theStyrian Grand Prix, across the weekend of 27–29 June.[3] The Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the 38th running of theAustrian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[4]
Going into the weekend,Oscar Piastri led theDrivers' Championship with 198 points, twenty-two points ahead of his teammateLando Norris in second, and 43 ahead ofMax Verstappen in third.McLaren, with 374 points, led theConstructors' Championship fromMercedes andFerrari, who are second and third with 199 and 183 points, respectively.[5]
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions;[6]Yuki Tsunoda atRed Bull Racing was in the seat originally held byLiam Lawson before the latter was demoted back toRacing Bulls from theJapanese Grand Prix onward,[7] andFranco Colapinto replacedJack Doohan atAlpine from theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least this event on a rotating seat basis.[8]
During the first free practice session, two teams fielded drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:[9]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[12]
Threefree practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 27 June 2025, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped byGeorge Russell ofMercedes ahead ofMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing andOscar Piastri ofMcLaren. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped byLando Norris of McLaren ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen. The third free practice session was held on 28 June 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen.[1]
Qualifying was held on 28 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 16:05 due to a crash in the precedingFormula 2 sprint race event. The session determined the starting grid order for the race.[1]
The race was held on 29 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 15:15 asCarlos Sainz Jr. ofWilliams found himself stuck in first gear during the formation lap. The race was set to be run for 71 laps, but was shortened by one lap due to the aborted start procedure.[1][15]
From pole position,Lando Norris ofMcLaren immediately covered off second-startingCharles Leclerc ofFerrari by moving right as the field charged towards the openingNiki Lauda Kurve. This put Leclerc at a disadvantage heading into the corner, allowing Norris's teammateOscar Piastri to sweep round the outside and take second position. Utilising theslipstream, Piastri challenged Norris for the lead entering theRemus hairpin but could not pass.George Russell ofMercedes, who had started fifth, initially passed Leclerc's teammateLewis Hamilton in a similar manner to how Leclerc had been passed by Piastri. However, Hamilton was able to draw back alongside entering theSchlossgold right-hander before ultimately repassing Russell around the outside ofRauch.[16]
Further back in the pack, Russell's teammateKimi Antonelli – who had started ninth – attempted to gain places by braking late down the inside ofRemus. He locked up while doing so and made contact withMax Verstappen ofRed Bull, eliminating both drivers on the spot. In order to clear the incident, thesafety car was deployed; this was Verstappen's first retirement since the2024 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli was given a three-place penalty for the followingBritish Grand Prix for causing the collision.[17] The safety car came in at the end of lap 3, with Piastri staying close behind Norris as the McLaren pair pulled away from the chasing pack. On lap 9,Alexander Albon ofWilliams overtookPierre Gasly ofAlpine for sixth atRemus. Gasly had been the highest-placed driver to start on soft tires, and was now starting to suffer from tyre degradation as a result. On lap 11, Piastri passed Norris for the lead around the outside ofRemus. Norris was behind at the secondDRS detection point, and was therefore able to use DRS to pull alongside, then repass Piastri atSchlossgold to retake the race lead.[16]
On lap 12,Gabriel Bortoleto ofSauber passed Gasly for seventh atSchlossgold. This put Bortoleto behind Albon, whom would be instructed to retire shortly after making his first pit stop. Up front, Piastri had continued to pressure Norris for the rest of the opening stint. On lap 20, Piastri locked up atSchlossgold whilst attempting to challenge Norris, who then pitted for hard tyres at the end of the lap. Despite having sustained aflat spot, Piastri stayed out in order to have younger tyres later in the race. Piastri pitted for hard tyres on lap 24, returning from his pit stop six seconds behind Norris. On lap 31,Yuki Tsunoda of Red Bull attempted to passFranco Colapinto ofAlpine for the 13th position down the inside atSchlossgold. Tsunoda's front-left wheel made contact with Colapinto's rear-right, causing the Alpine to spin into thegravel trap. Whilst both drivers continued in the race, Tsunoda would be given a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision.[18] On lap 52, Norris made his second pit stop from the lead for medium tyres. Piastri followed him in the next lap, emerging three seconds behind.[16]
When Piastri exited the pits he found himself close behind Tsunoda and Colapinto, whom were now fighting for the 15th position. As Piastri was lapping the pair, rather than fighting them for track position, he had the right to be waved through underblue flag rules. Colapinto and Tsunoda did not follow the blue flags, with Colapinto forcing Piastri on to the grass as the trio exitedRemus. Colapinto received a five-second penalty for this incident, with him stating over team radio that he had not seen Piastri coming.[19] This incident cost Piastri approximately a second to Norris. Whilst Piastri did close to the gap to Norris, he was not quite able to get with DRS range and therefore could not make an attempt for the lead. Norris took his third Grand Prix win of the season, and the seventh of his career.[20][16]
Leclerc, Hamilton and Russell all had uneventful races on the way to positions third through fifth, whilstLiam Lawson ofRacing Bulls andFernando Alonso ofAston Martin were able to utilise a one-stop strategy to jump up the field, finishing sixth and seventh. Bortoleto fought with Alonso for seventh in the dying laps of the race and was unable to pass, eighth place bought Bortoleto his first points finish of his career. Bortoleto's teammateNico Hülkenberg finished ninth andEsteban Ocon was tenth.[16]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 |  Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | 1:23:47.693 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 70 | +2.695 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 70 | +19.820 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 70 | +29.020 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 70 | +1:02.396 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 30 |  Liam Lawson | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 70 | +1:07.754 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 69 | +1 lap | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 |  Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 69 | +1 lap | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 27 |  Nico Hülkenberg | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 69 | +1 lap | 20 | 2 |
| 10 | 31 |  Esteban Ocon | Haas-Ferrari | 69 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 87 | Oliver Bearman | Haas-Ferrari | 69 | +1 lap | 15 | |
| 12 | 6 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | 69 | +1 lap | 13 | |
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 69 | +1 lap | 10 | |
| 14 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 69 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| 15 | 43 |  Franco Colapinto | Alpine-Renault | 69 | +1 lap1 | 14 | |
| 16 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 68 | +2 laps | 18 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 15 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 1 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 0 | Collision | 7 | |
| Ret | 12 |  Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 0 | Collision | 9 | |
| DNS | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Williams-Mercedes | 0 | Brakes | —2 | |
| Source:[14][21][22] | |||||||
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