2021 Styrian Grand Prix
2021 Styrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 22[a] in the 2021 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[3][4] | |||||
Date | 27 June 2021 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021[5] | ||||
Location |
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. Ambient temperature: 25 to 29 °C (77 to 84 °F); Surface temperature: 48 to 56 °C (118 to 133 °F) | ||||
Attendance | 15,000[6] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
Time | 1:03.841 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | 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
Background
The event was held over the weekend of 25–27 June, and is officially named the Formula 1 BWT Großer Preis der Steiermark 2021.
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.[9] As a result of these changes, the Styrian Grand Prix formed 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 was also held in Spielberg.[15] 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.[16][17] This race was held with a limited number of spectators in attendance, while the following week's Austrian Grand Prix had a much larger crowd.[18] At the time outdoor events in Austria could have no more than three-thousand attendees, however the large size of the venue meant spectators could be split into five separate groups, allowing a crowd of fifteen-thousand.[8] The 2021 W Series hosted its season's first round as a support race.[19][20]
Sole
Practice
The first practice session passed without major incident and ended with Red Bull's Verstappen fastest ahead of
Verstappen set the fastest official time in the second free practice session with
Hamilton set the fastest lap in the third practice session followed by Verstappen in second, and Bottas in third.[30] Verstappen felt that Hamilton had impeded him during his fast runs.[31][32] Bottas and Gasly nearly collided in the pit lane while Gasly was exiting his pit garage.[33][34]
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 15:00 local time on the Saturday.[5] Temperatures that day were around 21 °C (70 °F).[34] The session is composed of three segments.[b] 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.[c] The final segment determines the top ten qualifying positions. The qualifying results are then used to determine the starting order of the race.[35]
Verstappen set the fastest time of the final segment of qualifying to claim pole position.
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:04.489 | 1:04.433 | 1:03.841 | 1 |
2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:04.537 | 1:04.443 | 1:04.035 | 51 |
3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:04.672 | 1:04.512 | 1:04.067 | 2 |
4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:04.584 | 1:04.298 | 1:04.120 | 3 |
5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:04.638 | 1:04.197 | 1:04.168 | 4 |
6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1:04.765 | 1:04.429 | 1:04.236 | 6 |
7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:04.745 | 1:04.646 | 1:04.472 | 7 |
8 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1:04.608 | 1:04.631 | 1:04.514 | 112 |
9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:04.971 | 1:04.582 | 1:04.574 | 8 |
10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:04.821 | 1:04.663 | 1:04.708 | 9 |
11 | 63 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1:05.033 | 1:04.671 | N/A | 10 |
12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:04.859 | 1:04.800 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:05.142 | 1:04.808 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:05.051 | 1:04.875 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:05.092 | 1:04.913 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:05.175 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:05.217 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:05.429 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:06.041 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 9 | Nikita Mazepin[d] | Haas-Ferrari | 1:06.192 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
107% time: 1:09.003 | |||||||
Source:[47][48] |
Notes
- ^1 – Valtteri Bottas received a three-place grid penalty for dangerous driving in the pit lane during second practice.[49]
- ^2 – Yuki Tsunoda received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Valtteri Bottas during qualifying.[50]
Race
The race started at 15:00 local time on the Sunday.
Giovinazzi overtook Schumacher on third lap and Mazepin on the fourth lap to move up into fifteenth position.[7] Ricciardo was overtaken by four other drivers on the seventh lap after a technical issue caused his McLaren to lose power.[60] Pérez overtook Norris for third place on the tenth lap, with Bottas following him through a lap later.[7] By this point Verstappen was ten seconds ahead of his teammate.[39] Leclerc overtook Schumacher on the thirteenth lap and Mazepin on the fourteenth lap to move up into sixteenth position.[7] Although cloud cover appeared over the track during the race, the weather remained warm enough for teams to have concerns about cooling their cars.[61] Verstappen built a four-second lead from Hamilton and then slowed to the same pace as his pursuer.[39] Mazepin made a pit stop on the twenty-first lap.[7] Leclerc overtook Giovinazzi on the twenty-second lap and Ocon on the twenty-fourth lap to move up into fourteenth position.[7][57] Verstappen's lead increased on the twenty-fifth lap when Hamilton almost lost control of his car following a tyre vibration.[53]
At the end of the twenty-fifth lap Russell, who had been in eighth position,[7] had a pit stop which lasted eighteen seconds while the team recharged his car's pneumatic system.[62][63] Russell's teammate Latifi also made a pit stop on the twenty-fifth lap.[7] Giovinazzi had dropped behind Schumacher when he made a pit stop on the twenty-third lap, but got back past the Haas driver on the twenty-sixth lap.[7] Pérez came into the pits for new tyres at the end of the twenty-sixth lap,[7] however an issue changing the rear-left wheel meant his pit stop was slow, and when Bottas (who pitted one lap later) emerged from the pit lane he had gotten ahead of Pérez.[64] Tsunoda also made a pit stop on the twenty-sixth lap, while Alonso and Vettel had pit stops on the twenty-seventh lap.[7] Before Pérez pitted Hamilton could not make a pit stop without emerging behind the Red Bull driver.[52] Hamilton made his first pit stop at the end of the twenty-eighth lap,[7] with Verstappen doing the same on the following lap. Verstappen's existing advantage and the concise length of the circuit meant that Hamilton could not utilise the greater grip of fresh tyres to get ahead of Verstappen while the Red Bull was in the pit lane.[64][65] Stroll also made a pit stop on the twenty-eighth lap, while Norris made his on the thirty-first lap and Schumacher made his on the thirty-third.[7]
Russell retired on the thirty-sixth lap after his car's engine had hydraulic problems.[7][56] The outcome was disappointing for the Williams team, who had not scored a point since the 2019 German Grand Prix and were running in a points-scoring position before the issues emerged.[62][63] Räikkönen and Ocon made pit stops on the thirty-sixth lap.[7] Leclerc made a second pit stop on the thirty-seventh lap; he exited the pitlane in fourteenth place.[56] Sainz and Ricciardo made pit stops on the forty-first lap, while Leclerc overtook Räikkönen for thirteenth position and Schumacher overtook Mazepin for sixteenth.[7] Verstappen reported some brake problems during the latter part of the race, which may have been related to the kerbing at the ninth and tenth corners.[66] Sainz overtook Stroll for sixth place on the forty-fourth lap and Leclerc overtook Giovinazzi for eleventh on the forty-fifth.[7] Leclerc overtook Vettel for tenth on the forty-ninth lap.[7][67] Ricciardo overtook Ocon for fourteenth position on the fifty-third lap.[7] Pérez made a second pit stop at the end of the fifty-fourth lap,[7] after which he was twenty seconds behind Bottas; the new tyres allowed him to close the gap to less than two seconds by the end of the race.[56]
Verstappen won from Hamilton, with Bottas in third ahead of Pérez.[68] Norris remained in fifth until the end, aided by a relatively late pit stop for new tyres.[65] Pérez was nearly twenty-seven seconds ahead of Norris at the finish.[69] Leclerc climbed through the order to finish seventh after making a pit stop to repair damage sustained in the collision with Gasly.[70] After his second pit stop he overtook both Alfa Romeos and Aston Martins as well as Tsunoda and Alonso.[56] Leclerc overtook Tsunoda on the fifty-fourth lap, Alonso on the fifty-fifth lap, and Stroll on the fifty-ninth.[7] Leclerc felt that his recovery from the back of the field was amongst his best drives in a Formula One race.[71] His Ferrari teammate Sainz finished one place ahead of him, having gained six places from his starting position.[70] Sainz was slowed when he found himself a lap behind Hamilton, who was on older tyres.[39] Hamilton eventually allowed Sainz through to unlap himself.[72] Stroll, Alonso, and Tsunoda made up the rest of the top-ten points-scoring positions.[73] Räikkönen overtook his teammate Giovinazzi on the fifty-seventh lap before passing Vettel for eleventh on the sixty-seventh lap.[7][67] Ricciardo finished thirteenth after spending much of the race unable to pass slower cars,[59] having passed Giovinazzi on the fifty-eighth lap.[7] The McLaren driver felt he could have scored points without the engine problem his car had early in the race.[74] Latifi finished seventeenth after he overtook Mazepin on the sixty-third lap.[7] Mazepin was the last finisher in eighteenth, forty-two seconds behind teammate Schumacher. The Haas driver suggested he was slower because his car was heavier.[75] Some light rainfall was reported towards the end of the race, but it did not significantly effect proceedings.[61]
Verstappen extended his lead over Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship to eighteen points while Red Bull extended theirs over Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship to forty. The low drag setup on the
Race classification
Notes
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
- 2021 W Series Spielberg round
Notes
- ^ At the time of the event Formula One planned to hold twenty-three Grands Prix.[1]
- ^ The first lasts eighteen minutes, the second fifteen minutes, and the final twelve minutes.[35]
- ^ 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.[35]
- ^ a b 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.[46]
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