2021 Styrian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

2021 Styrian Grand Prix

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Before the race, both Pirelli and Red Bull had predicted that the fastest strategy would be starting on soft tyres, as Sergio Perez did.

However his inability to pass Lando Norris at the start he briefly got ahead, but lost the place on the way into turn four compromised his chance of making it worse.

His hopes were hit again by a slow pit stop for Red Bull – his second in three races – due to a problem changing the left-rear wheel. That removed any edge Perez might have had from running a 26-lap stint on his starting soft tyres. Red Bull switched him to a two-stop strategy, and although he charged up to Valtteri Bottas, he was unable to reclaim the final podium place.

Lewis Hamilton was the first of the leading pair to pit, having started on medium tyres with one lap more on them than Verstappen’s from Q2. But he was already over five seconds behind when he came in, so there was no chance of him jumping ahead of the Red Bull driver. As a result, he and Verstappen spent the entire race in their starting positions of second and first.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner reckoned Verstappen’s pit stop was a lightning 1.8 seconds. The days of such quick pit stops are numbered due to new rules coming for the Hungarian Grand Prix. But Aston Martin matched Red Bull for having the quickest pit entry to pit exit time for Lance Stroll’s pit stop.

The problem which cost Daniel Ricciardo a points finish can be clearly seen in the data on lap six. It cost him six seconds and, worse, all four places he’d gained on the first lap of the race.

Carlos Sainz Jnr was among those who profited from Ricciardo’s misfortune. In a reversal of the last race, both Ferrari drivers looked in good shape on Sunday, Sainz passing Lance Stroll on his way to sixth and Charles Leclerc recovering very well after his clumsy driving on the first lap.

At the back of the field the Haas drivers kept themselves entertained and did so more cleanly than in recent races. Team principal Guenther Steiner said the pair had to race each other given their car generally can’t keep up with their rivals. They certainly got on with that in Austria, exchanging places three times during the race.

However Nikita Mazepin struggled with his hard tyres in the final stint, suffering with degradation. He fell to last after being passed by Nicholas Latifi, who lost time on the first lap after picking up a puncture.

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2021 Styrian Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2021 Styrian Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

Position change

Driver Start position Lap one position change Race position change
Lewis Hamilton 2 0 0
Valtteri Bottas 5 0 2
Max Verstappen 1 0 0
Sergio Perez 4 0 0
Lando Norris 3 0 -2
Daniel Ricciardo 13 4 0
Lance Stroll 9 3 1
Sebastian Vettel 14 2 2
Esteban Ocon 17 2 3
Fernando Alonso 8 1 -1
Charles Leclerc 7 -7 0
Carlos Sainz Jnr 12 1 6
Pierre Gasly 6 -14
Yuki Tsunoda 11 1 1
Kimi Raikkonen 18 5 7
Antonio Giovinazzi 15 -3 0
Mick Schumacher 19 2 3
Nikita Mazepin 20 4 2
George Russell 10 2
Nicholas Latifi 16 -3 -1

2021 Styrian Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2021 Styrian Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Gap On lap
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1’07.058 71
2 Sergio Perez Red Bull-Honda 1’07.894 0.836 57
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda 1’08.017 0.959 68
4 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 1’08.609 1.551 64
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1’08.619 1.561 43
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’08.738 1.680 64
7 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1’08.903 1.845 65
8 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’09.128 2.070 57
9 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1’09.305 2.247 Set on 2 laps
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1’09.576 2.518 70
11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-Honda 1’09.650 2.592 41
12 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1’09.723 2.665 39
13 Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1’09.749 2.691 61
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’09.787 2.729 32
15 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin-Mercedes 1’09.821 2.763 64
16 Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1’10.005 2.947 57
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1’10.104 3.046 34
18 George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1’10.499 3.441 28
19 Nikita Mazepin Haas-Ferrari 1’10.951 3.893 39
20 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 2’03.661 56.603 1

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2021 Styrian Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

Stint 1 Stint 2 Stint 3
Max Verstappen C3 (29) C2 (42)
Lewis Hamilton C3 (28) C2 (41) C4 (2)
Valtteri Bottas C3 (27) C2 (44)
Sergio Perez C4 (26) C2 (28) C3 (17)
Lando Norris C4 (31) C2 (39)
Carlos Sainz Jnr C3 (41) C2 (29)
Charles Leclerc C4 (1) C2 (36) C3 (33)
Lance Stroll C4 (28) C2 (42)
Fernando Alonso C4 (27) C2 (43)
Yuki Tsunoda C4 (26) C2 (44)
Kimi Raikkonen C2 (36) C3 (34)
Sebastian Vettel C3 (27) C2 (43)
Daniel Ricciardo C3 (41) C2 (29)
Esteban Ocon C3 (36) C2 (34)
Antonio Giovinazzi C3 (23) C2 (47)
Mick Schumacher C3 (33) C2 (36)
Nicholas Latifi C3 (1) C4 (24) C2 (43)
Nikita Mazepin C3 (21) C2 (47)
George Russell C3 (25) C2 (1)
Pierre Gasly C4 (1)

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2021 Styrian Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

Driver Team Pit stop time Gap On lap
1 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 20.936 28
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 20.936 0.000 29
3 Sergio Perez Red Bull 20.961 0.025 54
4 Fernando Alonso Alpine 21.131 0.195 27
5 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 21.210 0.274 23
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 21.219 0.283 28
7 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 21.226 0.290 41
8 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo 21.227 0.291 36
9 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 21.234 0.298 26
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 21.238 0.302 36
11 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 21.410 0.474 41
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 21.546 0.610 27
13 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 21.640 0.704 69
14 Lando Norris McLaren 21.692 0.756 31
15 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 21.752 0.816 27
16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 21.924 0.988 37
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 21.953 1.017 25
18 Mick Schumacher Haas 22.400 1.464 33
19 Nikita Mazepin Haas 22.759 1.823 21
20 Sergio Perez Red Bull 23.477 2.541 26
21 Nicholas Latifi Williams 26.419 5.483 1
22 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 28.386 7.450 1
23 George Russell Williams 37.309 16.373 25
24 George Russell Williams 46.315 25.379 26

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    7 comments on “2021 Styrian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres”

    1. Lewis on new softs was only 9 tenths faster than Max on old hards . That is super dominant.

      1. They certainly didn’t look like new softs. At the start of the race the commentators said that the only new tyres that Mercedes had left was one set of hards.

    2. Love these stats!
      I’d like to see a graph that combines the “Lap Chart” and the “Lap time” graphs somehow. I have no idea how, but I’d like to be able to see what other factors might have contributed to each lap time.

      If you isolate team drivers, Max Sergio, Lando Dan-d’oh, Charles Carlos it would be good to see visually if they were in lapped traffic, (blue flagged or overtaker), in a “train”, had DRS, or within 2 sec of the driver in front, soft hard medium etc.

      If you look at Sergio and Max, after Sergio overtook Lando, there appears to be a decent difference and I think Max was on medium Sergio protecting his softs?? at the end of the race Sergio again on softs trying to set FL but times up and down, which I assume was one hot lap, one fully charge battery and cool tyres before having another go?

      Anywho, thanks for the stats.

    3. OMG Latifi… Such a useless driver :(

      1. Can’t break the curse considering how close he was last year…

    4. someone or something
      29th June 2021, 12:43

      Latifi was blameless. He just happened to be on the receiving end of the Gasly chain reaction triggered by Leclerc.
      He’s no George Russell, but after a pretty useless first season, he’s starting to look like a competent driver. He’s quick enough to make Russell fight for his clean qualifying record. Not championship material, but I’ve seen more infuriating pay drivers.

      1. someone or something
        29th June 2021, 12:43

        @ albo94

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