F1 Driver Form: Austrian Grand Prix

Verstappen has won five of the last eight Red Bull Ring races, Norris has never finished outside of the top seven and only two drivers have a 100% Q3 appearance rate. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Austrian Grand Prix!

🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN

Max Verstappen has won five of the last eight races at the Red Bull Ring. In addition to his five wins at the track, Verstappen has finished on the podium a further three times, with second place in 2016 and 2022, plus third place in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix.

Verstappen’s retirements in 2017 and 2020 are the only times that he has failed to score at the circuit.

Having reached Q3 on all eight appearances, the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix saw Verstappen qualify on the front row at the Red Bull Ring for the first time. However, he had already started from the front row in both the 2019 and 2020 Austrian Grands Prix, both times as the result of grid penalties for Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen has taken pole position for all of the last four races at the Red Bull Ring. Having set the fastest time for both races in 2021, Verstappen secured his third pole at the venue at a result of the sprint race in 2022 and set the fastest qualifying time for the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix . Verstappen has not been out-qualified by his team-mate here since 2017.

MAX VERSTAPPEN’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇽 Sergio PEREZ

Sergio Perez has scored on all but three of his 12 outings at the Red Bull Ring. He finished on the podium at the track for the first time at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, recording his best result to date at the venue with third place. It was only his second top five result here, having previously finished fourth in the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.

In addition to an 11^th place finish in 2016, Perez ha recorded two retirements at the track. He retired in the closing stages in 2016 and retired in 2022 following contact with George Russell. These are the only three occasions on which he has failed to score points in Austria.

Perez recorded his best qualifying result at the Red Bull Ring in 2021 with third on the grid for the Austrian Grand Prix. Perez has been eliminated in Q1 here four times and exited in Q2 for the third time at the track in 2023. He has not out-qualified his team-mate here since the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.

Of the ten races which he has finished here, Perez has lost positions from where he has started only once. He made up 11 places during the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix and gained 12 from 15^th on the grid to claim his first podium at the track in 2023.

SERGIO PEREZ’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON

Lewis Hamilton’s win at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix marked the first time he had stood on the podium at the Red Bull Ring since winning the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix. He has finished in the top five on all but two visits to the circuit. In 2018 when he retired from the race and in 2023 he finished eighth. He recorded his sixth podium finish at the circuit in 2022.

Hamilton took pole for the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix by over a second. It was his first pole at the circuit since 2016 and his third here in total. It remains his last pole at the circuit, having not qualified on the front row since. He crashed out during Q3 in 2022, qualifying eighth – his worst qualifying result at the track since also spinning out in Q3 in 2014 and qualifying ninth.

The 2014, 2020 and 2022 Austrian Grands Prix are the only races at the track in which Hamilton has finished in a better position than where he started.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 George RUSSELL

George Russell scored points at the Red Bull Ring for the first time in the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, where he finished in fourth place. His previous best result at the circuit was 11^th place, which was where he finished in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. He scored points at the Red Bull Ring again in 2023, where he finished eighth in the Sprint and seventh in the Grand Prix. Russell has recorded two retirements at the circuit.

Russell recorded the first Q2 appearance of his career at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix and went on to reach Q3 at the Austrian Grand Prix in both 2021 and 2022. Despite crashing out in Q3, he recorded his best qualifying result at the circuit to date in 2022, finishing fourth. He was out in Q2 last year.

Russell competed at the Red Bull Ring in Formula 3 in 2015 and 2016, GP3 in 2017 and Formula 2 in 2018. He won the first races of both the GP3 and Formula 2 weekends and took further podium appearances here in Formula 3 in 2016 and in the Formula 2 Sprint Race in 2019.

GEORGE RUSSELL’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC

Charles Leclerc took his first Red Bull Ring victory at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix. Leclerc had led 58 laps of the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix but ultimately finished second after a late race battle with Max Verstappen.

He finished as runner-up in the Austrian Grand Prix for a second successive year in 2020 and finished as runner-up again to Verstappen at the track in 2023. Leclerc’s 100% point scoring rate at the Red Bull Ring came to an end at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix as he collided with Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Leclerc finished in the top eight at both of 2021’s races at the venue.

Leclerc took pole for the 2019 race, and he has made four other Q3 appearances at the circuit. He has qualified on the front row here in each of the last two seasons.

CHARLES LECLERC’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ

Carlos Sainz has scored seven times at the Red Bull Ring, including in the five races at the circuit prior to 2022. His 2022 Austrian Grand Prix came to a fiery end as the Spaniard recorded his third retirement at the track.

Sainz is yet to finish in the top four in a Grand Prix in Austria, though he finished third in the 2023 Sprint event at the circuit. His best Sunday result here is fifth place, recorded at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix with McLaren and at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix with Ferrari.

Sainz has reached Q3 at the track six times, with a best qualifying result of third. He’s qualified third here three times: at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, as a result of the sprint race in 2022 and at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. He failed to reach Q3 in either of 2021’s races at the track.

CARLOS SAINZ’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS

Lando Norris recorded his maiden podium finish at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix and went on to finish on the podium again here at last year’s Austrian Grand Prix. He’s yet to finish outside of the top seven here, recording his worst result to date with seventh place in 2022. Another points finish in 2024 will make him the first driver to score points on all of his first eight appearances at the Red Bull Ring.

The 2020 Styrian Grand Prix is the only time that Norris has been out-qualified by his team-mate at the Red Bull Ring. He qualified in the top six on all of his first five appearances at the track but failed to reach Q2 and qualified 11^th in 2022. His best qualifying result here is second, which he recorded at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix. He qualified fourth for the third time at the track in 2023.

Norris previously competed at the Red Bull Ring in both Formula 3 and Formula 2. In 2017, he finished a best of second place in the second of the Formula 3 event’s three races. In 2018, Norris took another second place at the track in the F2 Feature Race, while he finished 11^th in the Sprint Race.

LANDO NORRIS’ AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI

Oscar Piastri reached Q2 at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, qualifying in 13^th position. He lost places over the course of the Grand Prix and crossed the finish line only 16^th. His team-mate finished 12 places ahead, but this was largely due to the benefit of significant upgrades to Lando Norris’ car which were not on Piastri’s.

Piastri raced at the Red Bull Ring in both Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula 3. He won on his Formula 3 debut here in 2020 and finished in the top eight in the other three races he competed in at the circuit that year.

OSCAR PIASTRI’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO

Fernando Alonso has made 11 appearances at the Red Bull Ring, but has finished only six times. His best result here is fifth – which he first recorded in 2014 and equalled at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. Alonso has scored points on all of his last five appearances at the track.

Alonso has reached Q3 four times at the Red Bull Ring. He qualified fourth with Ferrari in 2014, ninth with Alpine at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix and seventh with Aston Martin in 2023. Though he reached Q3 in 2022, he started 20^th on the grid after failing to start the Sprint race.

Alonso has started from the back row here three times: in 2003, 2015 and 2022. He also started from the pit lane in 2018. Alonso gained 12 positions from his pit lane start and made up nine positions from the back row in the 2022 race.

FERNANDO ALONSO’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇦 Lance STROLL

Lance Stroll recorded his best Red Bull Ring result at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, with seventh place. From his nine appearances here, he has scored on three other outings but has never finished in the top six. He scored his first points here with tenth place in 2017, finished eighth in 2021 Styrian Grand Prix and finished ninth in last year’s Austrian Grand Prix.

Stroll reached Q3 at both of 2021’s races at the Red Bull Ring and made two more Q3 appearances at the 2020 and 2023 Austrian Grands Prix. His best qualifying position here is sixth, recorded last year. He recorded his third Q1 exit at the track in 2022. He has out-qualified his team-mate in each of the last two seasons.

LANCE STROLL’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Esteban OCON

Esteban Ocon has scored on four of his eight appearances at the Red Bull Ring, recording his best result to date at the track in 2022 with a fifth place finish. Ocon failed to score in the three races at the track prior to 2022, recording retirements in both the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix and the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.

The two times that he has finished the race at the Red Bull Ring but not finished – at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix and the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix – Ocon has finished in 14^th place.

The Frenchman’s best qualifying result here is fifth, which he recorded at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix. 2017 and 2022 are the only other times he has reached Q3 here. He qualified in the top six as a result of the sprint race in 2022. Ocon was eliminated in Q1 at both of 2021’s races at the venue.

Of the six races he has finished at the circuit, the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix was the first in which Ocon finished in a worse position than where he started.

ESTEBAN OCON’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY

From his eight F1 appearances in Austria, Pierre Gasly has scored four times. He recorded seventh place finishes in both the 2019 and 2020 Austrian Grands Prix before going on to finish ninth in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix and finishing tenth in 2023.

Gasly held a 100% finishing record at the circuit until 2021, when he retired from the Styrian Grand Prix. Other than DNFs, his worst result here is 15^th place, which he recorded for the second time in 2022.

Gasly has reached Q3 at the track on five occasions, with a best qualifying result of sixth, which is where he qualified for both of 2021’s races at the venue. The 2019 Austrian Grand Prix is the only race at the circuit in which he has been out-qualified by his team-mate.

Prior to Formula 1, Gasly raced here in GP2 in 2015 and 2016. His best result in that series here was sixth place in the 2015 Sprint Race.

PIERRE GASLY’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇹🇭 Alex ALBON

From five previous F1 appearances at the Red Bull Ring, Alex Albon has scored only once. He finished fourth in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix. Albon finished only 15^th with Toro Rosso in 2019, before retiring from the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix with Red Bull. He came home 12^th with Williams in 2022 and finished 11^th last year.

Albon has reached Q3 on three of his appearances at the track, reaching Q2 on the other two occasions. His best qualifying result at the Red Bull Ring is fifth place, recorded at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix. That later became fourth on the final grid.

ALEX ALBON’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇺🇸 Logan SARGEANT

While his team-mate reached Q3, Logan Sargeant was eliminated in Q1 at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix, setting the 18^th fastest time in qualifying. He gained five positions over the course of the race to finish 13^th, one of his better results of his rookie season.

Sargeant secured two podium finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Formula 3 in 2020 and won here in Formula 2 in 2022. After finishing seventh in the Sprint Race, Sargeant won the Feature Race having started third on the grid.

LOGAN SARGEANT’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA

Yuki Tsunoda reached Q3 at both Red Bull Ring races in 2021, with a best qualifying position of seventh for the Austrian Grand Prix. He scored a point in the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix – the only point he has scored to date at the track – with a tenth place finish and came home 12^th in the Austrian Grand Prix.

In 2022, Tsunoda reached Q2 on Friday but qualified only 17^th as a result of the F1 Sprint. He finished the Grand Prix only 16^th. He recorded his worst result to date at the track in 2023, finishing a lowly 19^th – last of the drivers who reached the chequered flag. He was eliminated in Q1 at the Red Bull Ring for the first time, qualifying 16^th. He did at least out-qualify his team-mate at the venue for the first time.

Tsunoda previously raced at the Red Bull Ring in Formula 3 and Formula 2. From the six races in which he has competed at the track, the F2 Feature Race over the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix weekend is the only one in which Tsunoda has scored. He finished as runner-up in that race.

YUKI TSUNODA’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Daniel RICCIARDO

Daniel Ricciardo’s best result at the Austrian Grand Prix remains his podium finish with Red Bull in 2017. He scored in all of his first three races at the track, before recording retirements in the 2018 and 2020 Austrian Grands Prix. He scored points on his last two appearances here with McLaren but his 2017 podium finish remains his most recent top six result at the track.

Until 2021, 2015 and 2019 were the only seasons that Ricciardo failed to reach Q3 at the Red Bull Ring. He qualified 13^th for both of the 2021 races at the track and exited in Q2 again in 2022. Ricciardo’s best qualifying result at the circuit is fifth, recorded in 2014 and 2017 with Red Bull. He lined up fourth on the grid in the latter instance.

Of the eight races he’s finished here, 2014 is the only one in which Ricciardo has finished in a worse position than where he started.

DANIEL RICCIARDO’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇮 Valtteri BOTTAS

Valtteri Bottas has appeared on the podium at the Red Bull Ring on seven occasions, winning both the 2017 and 2020 Austrian Grands Prix. He finished on the podium in all of the last five races at the circuit until 2022, when he finished just outside of the points in 11^th place. He failed to score again in 2023. Bottas’ retirement in 2018 is the only other time that he has failed to score at this circuit.

Bottas qualified outside of the top ten at the Red Bull Ring for the first time in 2022 and equalled his worst qualifying result to date at the circuit with 14^th in 2023. After exiting in Q2 in 2022, he qualified 14^th as a result of the sprint race.

Bottas took pole position for the 2017, 2018 and 2020 Austrian Grands Prix and lined up on the front row at the 2014 event, alongside Williams team-mate Felipe Massa. In the races which he has finished here, 2023 was the first time that Bottas lost a position from where he started since 2016.

VALTTERI BOTTAS’ AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇳 ZHOU Guanyu

Zhou Guanyu made his Austrian Grand Prix debut in 2022, finishing the race in 14^th place. He exited qualifying in Q1, failing to out-qualify his team-mate. He lined up 14^th on the grid as a result of the sprint race.

Zhou once again exited in Q1 and failed to out-qualify Valtteri Bottas at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. He made up five positions over the course of the race to finish 12^th – ahead of his team-mate.

Zhou made his F1 weekend debut at the Red Bull Ring in 2021, replacing Fernando Alonso at Alpine in Free Practice 1 for the Austrian Grand Prix. Zhou previously raced at the Red Bull Ring in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship and Formula 2. He recorded a single podium appearance from 15 race starts across those two series at the track. He finished in third place in the third F2 race here in 2020.

ZHOU GUANYU’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇰 Kevin MAGNUSSEN

Kevin Magnussen’s best result at the Red Bull Ring is fifth, recorded in the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix. Fifth place is also his best qualifying result here, recorded in 2019.

He has scored at the track on two other occasions, with seventh place in 2014 and eighth in 2022. Magnussen has reached Q3 on four appearances at the Red Bull Ring. Magnussen has never gained more than three places from where he has started at this circuit – including in 2023, when he started from the pit lane.

KEVIN MAGNUSSEN’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG

Nico Hulkenberg has not scored points in the Austrian Grand Prix since 2015, when he scored his best result at the track with sixth place. He did, however, equal his best result of sixth place in the Sprint at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix.

From his seven previous appearances, 2014 is the only other time that Hulkenberg scored at the Red Bull Ring, coming home in ninth place. From his other five appearances, Hulkenberg failed to finish in 2016, 2018 and 2023 and finished 13^th on his two other appearances.

Despite his low points rate, Hulkenberg has never qualified outside of the top 12. He has reached Q3 here five times, with a best qualifying result of third in 2016. That became a front row start on the final grid. 2023 was thef rist time he reached Q3 at the Austrian Grand Prix since 2018.

2018 is the only season in which Hulkenberg has been out-qualified by a team-mate at the Austrian Grand Prix. 2016 and 2019 are the only seasons in which Hulkenberg has finished in a better position than where he started at the Red Bull Ring.

NICO HULKENBERG’S AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX HISTORY