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Not to be confused with 2021 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix.

2021 Styrian Grand Prix
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The Spielberg circuit runs clockwise has ten corners, varying between tight hairpins and long-fast sweepers. The pit lane is on the right-hand side of start-finish straight, with the entrance located between the ninth and tenth turns and the pit lane exit located after the first.
Layout of the Spielberg circuit
Race details
Date 27 June 2021
Official name Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021[1]
Location Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Course Permanent racing circuit
Course length 4.318 km (2.683 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy
Pole position
Driver
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:03.841
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:07.058 on lap 71
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Second
Mercedes
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 27 June 2021 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria as the eighth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. It is the second Styrian Grand Prix, and the thirty-fourth Grand Prix held at the venue. The event was added to the schedule after other races were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, forming the second leg of a series of three races on back-to-back weekends. The race was won by Max Verstappen.

Background

Further information: 2021 Formula One World Championship § Calendar changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2021 Formula One World Championship § Entries
A tarmac course overlooked by a grandstand makes its way uphill through alpine meadows, with a large mountain in the background.
Spielberg is located in the Styrian Alps.

The event was held over the weekend of 25–27 June, and is officially named the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021.[1] It was the eighth round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship, and the second Styrian Grand Prix following the first edition held the previous year.[2] It was held at the 4.318-kilometre (2.683 mi), ten-corner Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria,[3] the sixteenth world championship Grand Prix held on the modern version of the circuit,[4] and the thirty-fourth in total.[5]

The event was added to the schedule after the Canadian Grand Prix was cancelled and the Turkish Grand Prix was postponed, both because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] As a result of these changes, the Styrian Grand Prix forms the second leg of a series of three races on consecutive weekends, following the 2021 French Grand Prix in Le Castellet, Var and preceding the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, which would also be held in Spielberg.[6] The addition of a fourth group of three back-to-back races to the already-crowded calendar received criticism, with concerns expressed over the workload and its effect on the mental health of workers who travel to the races.[7][8] Sole Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli were expected to bring their middle three dry-weather tyre compounds in terms of hardness—the C2, C3, and C4—which were originally intended for the following week's Austrian Grand Prix.[9] Ten constructors and twenty drivers participated,[10] with no changes from the season entry list.[10] Robert Kubica drove for Alfa Romeo Racing in the first free practice session in place of Kimi Räikkönen.[10] Max Verstappen entered the event leading the World Drivers' Championship, with a twelve-point advantage ahead of Lewis Hamilton, while Red Bull Racing led the World Constructors' Championship by thirty-seven points from the Mercedes team.[11] The 2021 W Series hosted its season’s first round as a support race.[12][13]

Practice

The first practice session passed without major incident and ended with Red Bull's Verstappen fastest ahead of Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly and Mercedes driver Hamilton.[14]

Verstappen set the fastest official time in the second free practice session with Daniel Ricciardo second for McLaren and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon third, after Hamilton had a faster lap time disallowed for a track limits violation.[15] Valtteri Bottas spun in the pit lane after leaving in second gear; he was penalised for this, being required to start from three positions further back in the race and having two penalty points added to his FIA Super Licence.[16]

Hamilton set the fastest lap in the third practice session followed by Verstappen in second, and Bottas in third.[17] Bottas nearly collided with Pierre Gasly in the pit lane while Gasly was exiting his pit garage, forcing Bottas to lock his front-right wheel to avoid a collision.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 15:00 local time on the Saturday.[1] The session is composed of three segments.[a] At the end of the first two parts the five slowest drivers have their qualifying positions set and are prevented from participating in the rest of the qualifying session.[b] The final segment determines the top ten qualifying positions. The qualifying results are then used to determine the starting order of the race.[18]

Verstappen set the fastest time of the final segment of qualifying to claim pole position.[19] This was the sixth pole of Verstappen's Formula One career.[20] Bottas qualifed second, with his penalty pushing him back to 5th, with Hamilton qualifying third and Lando Norris fourth.[21]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:04.489 1:04.433 1:03.841 1
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:04.537 1:04.443 1:04.035 51
3 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:04.672 1:04.512 1:04.067 2
4 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.584 1:04.298 1:04.120 3
5 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:04.638 1:04.197 1:04.168 4
6 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:04.765 1:04.429 1:04.236 6
7 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:04.745 1:04.646 1:04.472 7
8 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1:04.608 1:04.631 1:04.514 112
9 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:04.971 1:04.582 1:04.574 8
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:04.821 1:04.663 1:04.708 9
11 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:05.033 1:04.671 N/A 10
12 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:04.859 1:04.800 N/A 12
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:05.142 1:04.808 N/A 13
14 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:05.051 1:04.875 N/A 14
15 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:05.092 1:04.913 N/A 15
16 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:05.175 N/A N/A 16
17 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:05.217 N/A N/A 17
18 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:05.429 N/A N/A 18
19 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:06.041 N/A N/A 19
20 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 1:06.192 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:09.003
Source:[23][24]

Notes

  • ^1 – Valtteri Bottas received a three-place grid penalty for dangerous driving in the pit lane during second practice.[25]
  • ^2 – Yuki Tsunoda received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas during qualifying.[26]

Race

The race started at 15:00 local time on the Sunday.[1] It lasted seventy-one laps for a total distance of 306.452 kilometres (190.420 mi).[3]

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 71 1:22:18.925 1 25
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +35.743 2 191
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 71 +46.907 5 15
4 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda 71 +47.434 4 12
5 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 lap 3 10
6 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 70 +1 lap 12 8
7 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 70 +1 lap 7 6
8 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 70 +1 lap 9 4
9 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 70 +1 lap 8 2
10 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 70 +1 lap 11 1
11 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 70 +1 lap 18
12 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 70 +1 lap 14
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 lap 13
14 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 70 +1 lap 17
15 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 70 +1 lap 15
16 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 69 +2 laps 19
17 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 68 +3 laps 16
18 9 Russian Automobile Federation Nikita Mazepin[c] Haas-Ferrari 68 +3 laps 20
Ret 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 36 Engine 10
Ret 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1 Collision damage 6
Fastest lap: United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:07.058 (lap 71)
Sources:[24][27][28]

Notes

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[18]

Championship standings after the race

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

Notes

  1. ^ The first lasts eighteen minutes, the second fifteen minutes, and the final twelve minutes.[18]
  2. ^ Drivers who fail to set a lap time within 107% of the fastest time set during the first segment may be prevented from starting the race.[18]
  3. ^ a b Nikita Mazepin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to the state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Styrian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race". Formula One Management. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Richards, Giles (14 May 2021). "Turkish Grand Prix replaced by Austrian double-header after going on red list". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Styrian Grand Prix 2021 - F1 Race". Formula One Management.
  4. ^ "Spielberg" (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Österreichring" (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ Baldwin, Alan (16 June 2021). "Mercedes hope for more dominance, less drama in France". Reuters. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ Richards, Giles (4 June 2021). "Lando Norris fears marathon F1 season may affect mental health of personnel". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  8. ^ Medland, Chris (26 May 2021). "The growing signs that a 23 race season is too much for F1". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ^ Southwell, Hazel; Collatine, Keith (21 May 2021). "Pirelli will bring different tyre compounds for two races at Red Bull Ring". Race Fans. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "2021 Styrian Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  11. ^ Richards, Giles (21 June 2021). "Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes expect Red Bull to press home advantage". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  12. ^ White, Megan (26 May 2021). "W Series continues free-to-air broadcasts with Channel 4 for 2021 season". Autosport. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ Richards, Giles (25 June 2021). "'We created a bit of magic': W Series gets back on track on grand new stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  14. ^ Benson, Andrew (25 June 2021). "Verstappen tops Styrian GP first practice". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  15. ^ Benson, Andrew (25 June 2021). "Max Verstappen tops Styrian Grand Prix second practice". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  16. ^ Galloway, James (25 June 2021). "Valtteri Bottas given three-place Styrian GP grid penalty for 'dangerous' spin in F1 pit lane". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 June 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "FP3: Hamilton edges Verstappen to top final practice for Styrian GP". Formula 1. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d "2021 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  19. ^ Benson, Andrew (26 June 2021). "Max Verstappen on Styrian Grand Prix pole". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  20. ^ Richards, Giles (26 June 2021). "Max Verstappen turns on style for Red Bull to take Styrian F1 GP pole". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  21. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (26 June 2021). "Styrian GP: Verstappen takes pole ahead of Bottas and Hamilton". Autosport. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  22. ^ Luke Smith (5 February 2021). "Mazepin set to race under neutral flag after CAS ruling extends to F1". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  23. ^ "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis der Steiermark 2021 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis der Steiermark 2021 – Starting Grid". Formula1.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  25. ^ "Bottas handed three-place grid drop and penalty points for 'dangerous driving' in pit lane spin". Formula1.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Tsunoda hit by three-place grid drop for impeding Bottas in qualifying". Formula1.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis der Steiermark 2021 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Formula 1 BWT Grosser Preis der Steiermark 2021 – Fastest Laps". Formula1.com. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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