2021 Austrian GP, Ferrari race report: Carlos P5, Charles P8. Ferrari race report.

Max Verstappen has won the Austrian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver claimed a second consecutive victory at the Red Bull Ring, having triumphed in Styria one week earlier. The Dutchman, who leads the Formula One drivers’ standings this season, emerged victorious from pole position as Valtteri Bottas was second.

Not a great start from Carlos Sainz as the Spanish driver lost several places, but a difficult start which can be explained by the fact that Carlos began the race with the Hard tyres, which proved useful in the second half of the race. Charles Leclerc started the Austrian Grand Prix on the medium tyres and was soon involved in a great battle with the Red Bull of Sergio Perez, as the Red Bull driver was handed a five-second penalty for forcing the Monegasque off the track.

Sergio Perez then received 5 more seconds added to his penalty haul after being found to have forced Charles once again off track at Turn 6.

In the final stages of the race, Charles Leclerc got close to the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo but was unable to get passed him, while Carlos recovered from behind on fresh medium tyres. Once behing Charles, the Monegasque driver let his teammate get in front, with Carlos who managed to overtake Ricciardo in the final lap, an important pass for Ferrari’s fight with McLaren in the championship. Not only that, Carlos Sainz took fifth as he was within 10 seconds of Perez before his penalties were added at the end of the race!

Charles finished in P8.

Austrian Grand Prix – Here are the complete race results from today’s 2021 F1 World Championship race from the Red Bull Ring.

Results (Classification):

Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing – 71 laps
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +17.973
Lando Norris McLaren +20.019
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +46.452
Carlos Sainz Scuderia Ferrari +57.144
Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +57.915
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +60.395
Charles Leclerc Scuderia Ferrari +61.195
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +61.844
Fernando Alonso Alpine +1 lap
George Russell Williams Racing +1 lap
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1 lap
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1 lap
Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +1 lap
Nicholas Latifi Williams Racing +1 lap
Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo +1 lap
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +1 lap
Mick Schumacher Haas +2 laps
Nikita Mazepin Haas +2 laps
Esteban Ocon Alpine DNF