Cloudy. Dry. Air +22…23С, route +32С
In 2023, Max Verstappen arrived at the team’s home stage with an overwhelming advantage and without feeling the pressure. Since the anti-COVID restrictions have been lifted, the stands in Spielberg are always full and painted orange. They waited for the victory of their idol, and Max answered them in return, showing the best time in training, winning the Friday and Saturday qualifications and the sprint – just like last year.
His partner and closest rival in the championship, Sergio Perez, started only 15th – in the second part of the qualification, his laps were canceled for violating the boundaries of the track, and in total, the stewards canceled 67 laps over the weekend, which could not but affect the balance of power.
The weather was changeable, but the rain on Saturday did not change much, and on Sunday morning it was sunny.
Verstappen and Leclerc started the race from the first row of the starting field, Sainz and Norris from the second, Hamilton and Stroll from the third.
Nick de Vries and Kevin Magnussen started from the pit lane for violating the terms of the closed park.
Before the start, there was a minute of silence in memory of the young Dutch driver Dilano van’t Hoff, who died on the track in Spa on Saturday.
Pirelli brought the softest compositions to the stage – C3, C4 and C5 in the role of Hard, Medium and Soft. Alonso, Bottas and Magnussen chose Hard for the first stint of the race, the others started on Medium.
At the start, Verstappen kept the lead. Hamilton edged out Norris for fourth place.
Tsunoda and Bottas did not share the track in the first turn, but continued to move. Tsunoda flew into the gravel. The safety car drove out – it was necessary to remove the debris from the cars in the first turn. The stewards did not investigate the incident.
Magnussen lost speed due to problems with ERS. Magnussen and Tsunoda drove into the pits.
Top ten on the second lap: Verstappen – Leclerc – Sainz – Hamilton – Norris – Alonso – Hulkenberg – Stroll – Gasley – Albon.
On the 4th lap, a restart was announced. The top ten kept their positions.
On lap 6, the race directorate allowed the use of DRS.
On lap 8, Stroll was ahead of Hulkenberg.
On lap 9, Zhou changed tires.
On lap 10, Stroll overtook Hulkenberg for seventh position. Perez attacked Russell, not without contact – and on the second attempt he took the lead.
On lap 12, Gasly was ahead of Hulkenberg in the fight for eighth place – and Niko turned into the pits, changing tires.
Hamilton was shown a black and white flag for repeatedly violating the track.
On lap 13, Pérez moved ahead of Elbon to move up to ninth. De Vries changed tires.
On lap 14, the engine in Hulkenberg’s car lost power – and he stopped the car on the side of the road.
The virtual safety car mode has been announced. Hamilton, Norris, Gasley, Albon, Russell, Ocon, Piastri and Sargent changed tyres.
Tsunode was shown a black-and-white flag for repeatedly violating the track’s boundaries.
On lap 16, Leclerc, Sainz, Alonso and Stroll changed tyres. There was a hitch while servicing Ferrari cars.
Top ten on lap 17: Verstappen – Leclerc – Perez – Hamilton – Norris – Sainz – Alonso – Tsunoda – Magnussen – Gasly.
Hamilton and Tsunoda received a five-second penalty for breaking the track.
On lap 17, Russell was ahead of Bottas and Sainz was ahead of Norris.
On lap 18, Ocon overtook Bottas for 13th place.
On lap 19, Sainz overtook Hamilton in Turn 4 for fourth place.
On lap 20, Sainz overtook Perez for third place. Albon and Okon overtook Magnussen.
Sainz was shown a black and white flag for repeatedly violating the boundaries of the track.
On lap 22, Bottas changed tires. Stroll, Tsunoda and Piastri overtook Magnussen.
Piastri made a pit stop on lap 23, Tsunoda on lap 24 and Verstappen on lap 25. Leclerc took the lead with Max coming out third, 6.8 seconds behind the leader.
Ocon received a five-second penalty for an unsafe entry into the pit lane.
On lap 26, Perez changed tires. Verstappen moved ahead of Sainz to move up to second place.
On lap 27, Pérez was ahead of Elbon for 9th place.
On lap 28, Norris was ahead of Hamilton, who had problems with the brakes.
Sainz received a five-second penalty for violating the boundaries of the track.
On lap 30, Pérez was ahead of Russell for eighth place.
Top ten on lap 30: Leclerc – Verstappen – Sainz – Norris – Hamilton – Alonso – Gasly – Perez – Russell – Albon.
Gasly and Stroll were shown a black and white flag for repeatedly violating the track.
On lap 35, Verstappen was ahead of Leclerc to regain the race lead.
Albon received a five-second penalty for breaking the track limits.
De Vries squeezed Magnussen off the track in the fight for position, Kevin went to the pits to change tires, Nick received a 5-second penalty.
Stroll made a pit stop on lap 37, de Vries on lap 39, Zhou on lap 40, Bottas, Norris, Russell and Albon on lap 42, and Piastri on lap 43.
Perez was ahead of Alonso in the fight for fifth place.
On lap 43, Hamilton served the penalty and changed tires.
On lap 44, Russell passed Sargent for ninth place.
Gasly received a five-second penalty for violating the boundaries of the track.
On lap 45, Norris was ahead of Gasly. Sargent, Tsunoda, Alonso and Gasly changed tires.
On lap 46, Sainz made a pit stop, serving the penalty and driving right behind Norris. Carlos immediately rushed to the attack and stepped forward.
On lap 48 Leclerc changed tyres, on lap 50 Verstappen and on 52 Perez.
Tsunoda received a 10-second penalty for violating the boundaries of the track.
On lap 55, Stroll changed tyres.
On lap 56, Perez overtook Norris for fourth place.
Top ten on lap 57: Verstappen – Leclerc – Sainz – Perez – Norris – Alonso – Hamilton – Russell – Gasley – Albon.
On lap 60, Perez attacked Sainz several times, Carlos managed to fight back for a long time, but on lap 62, Sergio took the lead.
The window was shown a black-and-white flag for repeatedly violating the boundaries of the track.
On lap 64, Stroll overtook Elbon for 10th place.
Sargent and Magnussen received a five-second penalty for breaking the track limits.
On lap 68, Tsunoda passed Magnussen for 17th place.
On lap 70, Verstappen changed tires to keep the best lap of the race behind him – the lead over Leclerc allowed him not to lose position.
Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix with his seventh victory of the season, his 42nd in his career and his fifth at the Austrian circuit.
Charles Leclerc finished second, earning Ferrari the 800th podium in team history. Sergio Perez, having played 12 positions during the race, climbed to the third step.
Next week the fight will continue at Silverstone.
Race results
Driver Team Time Speed Pit 1. M. Verstappen Red Bull 1:25:33.607 214.902 3 2. C. Leclerc Ferrari +5.155 214.687 2 3. C. Perez Red Bull +17.188 214.185 2 4. C. Sainz Ferrari +21.377 214.011 2 5. L. Norris McLaren +26.327 213.806 2 6. F. Alonso Aston Martin +30.317 213.641 2 7. L. Hamilton Mercedes +39.196 213.274 2 8. D. Russell Mercedes +48.403 212.895 2 9. P. Gasley Alpine +57 .677 212.515 2 10. L. Stroll Aston Martin +59.043 212.459 3 11. A. Albon Williams +69.767 212.021 2 12. E. Okon Alpine +1 lap 211.375 2 13. L. Sargent * Williams +1 lap 210.995 2 14. G. Zhou Alfa Romeo +1 lap 210.863 2 15. N. de Vries * AlphaTauri +1 lap 210.452 2 16. V. Bottas Alfa Romeo +1 lap 210.123 2 17. O. Piastri McLaren +1 lap 209.970 3 18. Y. Tsunoda ** AlphaTauri +1 lap 209.634 3 19. K. Magnussen Haas +1 lap 209.562 2
* after the finish, the rider received a five-second penalty
** after the finish, the rider received a ten-second penalty
Best lap: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) – 1:07.012 (71 laps, 231.970 km/h)
Reasons for leaving
Pilot Lap Team Cause N.Hülkenberg Haas F1 13 engine
Championship position : Individual
Driver Country Team Points = 1. M. Verstappen Oracle Red Bull Racing 229 = 2. C. Perez Oracle Red Bull Racing 148 = 3. F. Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 129 = 4. L. Hamilton Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 108 = 5. C. Sainz Scuderia Ferrari 86 6. Ch. Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari 72 7. D. Russell Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 70 = 8. L. Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 43 = 9. E. Okon BWT Alpine F1 Team 31 10. L. Norris McLaren F1 Team 22 11. P. Gasley BWT Alpine F1 Team 17 12. N. Hulkenberg MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 9 13. A. Albon Williams Racing 7 = 14. O. Piastri McLaren F1 Team 5 = 15. V. Bottas Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 5 = 16. G. Zhou Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 4 = 17. Y. Tsunoda Scuderia AlphaTauri 2 = 18. K. Magnussen MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 2
Championship position : Constructors’ Championship
Команда
Мотор
Очки
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1. Oracle Red Bull Racing
Honda RBPT
377
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2. Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
Mercedes
178
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3. Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team
Mercedes
172
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4. Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari
158
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5. BWT Alpine F1 Team
Renault
48
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6. McLaren F1 Team
Mercedes
27
7. MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
Ferrari
11
8. Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake
Ferrari
9
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9. Williams Racing
Mercedes
7
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10. Scuderia AlphaTauri
Honda RBPT
2
2023-07-02 14:46:16
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