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 |
Sumedh
28th June 2021, 2:52
Lewis on new softs was only 9 tenths faster than Max on old hards . That is super dominant.
Steve (@scbriml)
28th June 2021, 13:00
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.
Mooa42
28th June 2021, 7:45
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.
albo94
28th June 2021, 10:46
OMG Latifi… Such a useless driver :(
Dave
28th June 2021, 14:36
Can’t break the curse considering how close he was last year…
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.
someone or something
29th June 2021, 12:43
@ albo94