The polesitter has won all but two of the last seven Red Bull Ring races, the driver starting 15th finished on the podium in 2023 and the driver starting 20th has not scored since 1974. Here’s everything you need to know about the history of each grid slot at the Red Bull Ring!
RED BULL RING GRID STATS IN BRIEF
- Polesitter has won five of the last seven Red Bull Ring races
- 6th has never won
- 14th scored the furthest back win
- No retirements from 18th since 2002
- 20th not scored since 1974
RED BULL RING GRAND PRIX RESULTS: GRID OVERVIEW
| Grid Slot | Last Win | Last Podium | Last Points | Last Non Finish | Best Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2018 | 1st |
| 2 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | 2020 (Austria) | 1st |
| 3 | 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2022 | 1st |
| 4 | 2018 | 2024 | 2024 | 2020 (Austria) | 1st |
| 5 | 1986 | 2021 (Austria) | 2024 | 2022 | 1st |
| 6 | - | 2018 | 2023 | 2021 (Styria) | 2nd |
| 7 | 2001 | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 | 1st |
| 8 | 1975 | 2022 | 2024 | 2023 | 1st |
| 9 | - | 2014 | 2024 | 2020 (Austria) | 2nd |
| 10 | - | 1997 | 2022 | 2021 (Styria) | 2nd |
| 11 | - | 1978 | 2024 | 2021 (Austria) | 3rd |
| 12 | - | 1984 | 2024 | 2017 | 3rd |
| 13 | - | 1978 | 2024 | 2020 (Austria) | 2nd |
| 14 | 1977 | 1998 | 2023 | 2020 (Styria) | 1st |
| 15 | - | 2023 | 2018 | 2020 (Austria) | 3rd |
| 16 | - | - | 2001 | 2020 (Austria) | 4th |
| 17 | - | 1970 | 2020 (Styria) | 2022 | 3rd |
| 18 | - | - | 2020 (Austria) | 2002 | 5th |
| 19 | - | - | 2022 | 2020 (Austria) | 6th |
| 20 | - | - | 1974 | 2015 | 6th |
- Won 5 of the last 7 races
- Won only 14 of 38 races overall
- Three DNFs since 1987
The polesitter has won all but two of the last eight races held at the Red Bull Ring, the exception being the 2022 and 2024 Austrian Grands Prix. On both of those occasions, Max Verstappen was the polesitter. He finished second in 2022 and fifth in 2024.
Of the 38 races held at this track, the polesitter has won only 14 of them, giving an overall pole to win conversion rate of only 37%. The polesitter has finished on the podium here on 24 occasions, and has retired from the race eight times.
Of the 30 finishes for the polesitter at the Austrian circuit, Rene Arnoux’s ninth place finish in 1980 is the only time the polesitter has finished outside of the points.
Since 1987, Giancarlo Fisichella in 1998, Valtteri Bottas in 2018 and Max Verstappen in 2024 are the only polesitters who have failed to finish the Austrian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen’s victory at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix marked the first time that the polesitter won four races in a row at this venue.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM POLE POSITION AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- Won 3 of the last 19 races
- Finished on the podium in 7 of the last 10 races
The driver starting from second on the grid at the Austrian Grand Prix has won only three of the last 20 races at the Red Bull Ring.
Lewis Hamilton won from second in 2015, Max Verstappen took victory in 2019 and Charles Leclerc won in 2022.
The driver starting here has won nine times in total. Seven of the last ten Austrian races have resulted in the driver starting second finishing on the podium.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 2ND ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 19 | 2 | DNF | 1 | DNF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
- 2022 was first DNF since 2003
- No podiums since 2020
- 2024 was first win since 2014
In 2024, George Russell recorded the first Austrian Grand Prix win from third on the grid since Nico Rosberg won on F1’s return to the Styrian mountains in 2014. In total, six wins have been taken by the driver starting here.
In 2022, Carlos Sainz recorded the first retirement from third on the grid at the Red Bull Ring since 2003. His 2022 retirement and his ninth place in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix are the only times since F1’s return to the Red Bull Ring that the driver starting sixth has failed to finish in the top six.
In the first 19 races at the track, the driver starting third scored points only four times, including Jacky Ickx’s win in the first race here in 1970.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 3RD ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | DNF | 6 |
- 6 podium finishes since F1’s comeback
- 3 wins in total
The driver starting fourth has finished fourth in all of the previous four races at the Red Bull Ring up to 2024. In 2024, Carlos Sainz finished fourth, recording the sixth podium finish from the 13 races since F1 returned to the Red Bull Ring in 2014.
Max Verstappen won the 2018 race from this grid slot and the position has provided further wins for Jacques Laffite in 1981 and Niki Lauda in 1984; the latter becoming the only Austrian to win his home Grand Prix.
Fourth on the grid has supplied 13 third place finishes – over four times as many as any other grid slot. Curiously, Valtteri Bottas’ second place in 2020 was the first time that the driver starting here finished as runner-up!
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 4TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | DNF | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
- Two wins, last in 1986
- 2021 was first podium(s) since 2003
- Three DNFs since 2014
Fifth on the grid has supplied two wins – both for Alain Prost in 1983 and 1986. Until 2021, there had been no podium finishes from this grid position since Rubens Barrichello finished third in 2003. In 2021, Valtteri Bottas recorded two podium finishes from this grid slot.
There have been three retirements from fifth on the grid since 2014: Max Verstappen’s retirement in 2017, Esteban Ocon’s retirement from the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix and Sergio Perez’s retirement in 2022.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 5TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 5 | DNF | 4 | 6 | 4 | DNF | 3 | 2 | DNF | 8 |
- Last podium in 2018
- 2021 saw first DNF since 2002
- No wins; last finished second in 1982
Pierre Gasly’s first lap retirement in the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix was the first time that the driver starting sixth retired from an Austrian race since 2002. Gasly’s retirement and Charles Leclerc’s 11th place finish in 2024 are the only times that the driver starting here has failed to score since F1’s return in 2014. During that time, it has given one podium finish; a third place for Sebastian Vettel in 2018.
Between 1983 and 2003, this grid slot suffered one of the unluckiest streaks at the track. It failed to score in any of the 12 races and retired nine times; including for seven consecutive visits.
The best result from here is second, recorded by Keke Rosberg in 1982.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 6TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | DNF | 9 | 5 | 9 |
- Fewest retirements of any grid slot
- 25 top ten finishes in total
- 2020 was first podium since 2001
Along with 16th, seventh is the grid slot with the fewest retirements at this circuit. Seventh on the grid has given points-scoring finishes on more occasions than most grid slots, with only pole and fourth on the grid scoring more often than seventh.
While Daniel Ricciardo retired from this position in 2018, the grid slot has finished in the top ten 25 times in total.
In 2020, Charles Leclerc finished as runner-up having started seventh in the Austrian Grand Prix. His was the first podium result from this grid slot since David Coulthard won the 2001 Austrian Grand Prix. Oscar Piastri also finished as runner-up in 2024.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 7TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 9 | 7 | DNF | 10 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
- 9 points finishes in last 11 races
- Single podium in last 10 races
- Won in 1975
George Russell’s 11th place finish in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix and Nico Hulkenberg’s retirement in the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix are the only times in the last 11 races at the Red Bull Ring that the driver starting eighth has failed to score.
In 2022, Lewis Hamilton finished on the podium having started eighth – the first podium for the driver starting here since Max Verstappen finished as runner-up in 2016.
Vittorio Brambilla is the only driver to win from eighth on the grid in Austria, doing so in 1975.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 8TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 3 | DNF |
- Three podium finishes
- Scored 7 times in last 10 races
The first five races at this track all resulted in retirements for the driver starting from ninth on the grid.
Plenty of points-scoring finishes have followed – including three podium finishes – but the grid slot still has unlucky streaks. The most recent was in the five races between 2002 and 2016, with all but one resulting in a DNF. The one that didn’t was Lewis Hamilton’s second place finish in 2014.
The grid slot has scored seven times in the last ten races at the circuit, with two sixth place finishes in the last three seasons.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 9TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| DNF | 8 | 12 | 4 | DNF | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 10 |
- Only scored twice since 2015
- DNF in 5 of the last 10 races
At the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz became the first driver to score from tenth on the grid in Austria since 2015. Lando Norris followed that up with a seventh place finish in 2022. Those are the only times since 2016 that the driver starting here has scored points.
The driver starting 10th has retired from five of the last ten Red Bull Ring races. Both Carlos Sainz in 2017 and Nico Hulkenberg in 2018 came to a halt with engine failures before the races had reached their conclusion, Daniel Ricciardo retired from the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel was taken out by his team-mate on the first lap of the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix and George Russell retired with engine issues at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 10TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| – | DNF | DNF | 19 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 5 | 7 | 11 |
- 2018 was first points finish since 1998
- Scored in 4 of last 5 races
- Last podium in 1978
In 2018, Esteban Ocon finished sixth having started 11th at the Austrian Grand Prix. His were the first points scored from this grid slot since 1998.
11th on the grid has enjoyed better fortunes in recent years, with four of the last five races at the Red Bull Ring resulting in points finishes for the driver starting here.
Recent points scoring appearances include tenth places for Sebastian Vettel in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix and for Yuki Tsunoda in the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix, ninth for Daniel Ricciardo in both 2022 and 2024 and seventh for George Russell in 2023.
The grid slot has given one podium finish, but that was for Gilles Villeneuve all the way back in 1978. It was the Canadian driver’s first podium finish in Formula 1.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 11TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 11 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 7 |
- Single top six finish since 1986
- Last podium in 1984
Lance Stroll’s 13th place finish in 2022 ended a streak of four consecutive top eight finishes for the driver starting 12th at the Red Bull Ring.
With sixth place in the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz recorded the grid slot’s best result since Stefan Johansson finished fourth for Ferrari in 1985.
A single podium finish has been recorded from 12th on the grid in Austria. Michele Alboreto finished third in 1984.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 12TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 10 | DNF | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 14 |
- One DNF since 2001
- Five points finishes since F1’s return in 2014
- Best result of second, in 1978
Until 2020, the 13th grid slot has enjoyed the longest run without a DNF at the Red Bull Ring. Nick Heidfeld was the last driver to retire having started 13th in 2000, until luck ran out for Daniil Kvyat at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.
Since F1 returned to Austria, the grid slot has scored five times, with ninth place for Sergio Perez in 2015, seventh for Romain Grosjean in 2016, tenth for Kvyat at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, seventh for Daniel Ricciardo at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix and tenth for Pierre Gasly in 2024.
This position’s best-ever result is second place, courtesy of Patrick Depailler in 1978.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 13TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 7 | 12 | 14 | 11 | DNF | 10 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 16 |
- Furthest back grid slot to win
- Four podiums in total
- Most podiums and points finishes outside of top 8 grid slots
The furthest back win at the Austrian Grand Prix came from 14th on the grid in 1977, when Alan Jones took the Shadow team’s only F1 victory.
The driver starting 14th has recorded four podium finishes in total – far more than any other grid slot outside of the top eight.
The driver starting from 14th has also scored on more occasions than any other grid slot outside the top ten. Strangely, 14th has supplied only two fewer top ten finishes than the sixth grid slot.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 14TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 8 | DNF | 12 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
- Points four times since F1’s comeback
- Best result of third, in 1975 and 2023
Until F1’s return to Austria in 2014, the driver starting 15th had scored only three times. Since 2014, the driver starting here has picked up points on four occasions.
Of course, points are awarded for the top ten now – and the grid slot had a healthy share of top ten finishes prior to 2014.
The best ever result from 15th on the grid is third place, first recorded by Tom Pryce in the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix and repeated by Sergio Perez at the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix. Perez’s podium is the only top ten finish recorded from here in the last eight races at the track.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 15TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 8 | DNF | 7 | 13 | DNF | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 3 |
- 10 DNFs in total
- Three points finishes, most recent in 2001
The driver starting from 16th at the Red Bull Ring has recorded DNFs on only ten occasions; that’s tied with seventh as the fewest non-finishes from any grid slot apart from pole.
While a finish looks quite safe from here – at the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen became the first to retire having started here since Jarno Trulli in 2002 – points are less secure.
Only three drivers having scored points starting from 16th in Austria, the last being a sixth place finish for Jos Verstappen in the 2001 Austrian Grand Prix.
The best finish for this grid slot came in 1986, when Alan Jones came home fourth.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 16TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 17 | 11 | 13 | 17 | DNF | 11 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
- DNFs in two of last four races
- Podium in 1970, four points finishes since
The diver starting 17th has retired from two of the last four races held at the Red Bull Ring. In the first Austrian Grand Prix to be held at the Österreichring in 1970, Rolf Stommelen finished third having started 17th on the grid. The grid slot is yet to replicate that success and has scored only four times since.
Three of those points-scoring races have been in the last eight years, with ninth place finishes for Felipe Massa in 2017 and Charles Leclerc in 2018, and sixth for Sergio Perez in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix. Perez’s sixth place was the best result for this grid slot since 1984.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 17TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | 20 | DNF | 6 | 14 | DNF | DNF | 12 |
- Points in 4 of last 11 races
- No retirements since 2002
18th may be a lowly place to start from, but points are an achievable target from here – the driver starting here has scored in four of the last 12 races at the Red Bull Ring.
Three of those finishes have been tenth places – for Daniel Ricciardo in 2015, Lance Stroll in 2017 and Marcus Ericsson in 2018 – while Antonio Giovinazzi finished ninth having started 18th in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.
There has not been a retirement from 18th on the grid since 2002. It is the grid slot which has gone the longest without a DNF at the track.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 18TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 13 |
- 2019 and 2022 are only points finishes since 1984
- Retired from almost half of last 23 races
In the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz finished eighth having started from 19th. It was the first time that the driver starting here scored since Marc Surer finished sixth for Arrows in 1984. Fernando Alonso added to the grid position’s points tally in 2022, finishing tenth.
In the last 23 races at the track, the driver starting here has failed to finish on 11 occasions. 19th has suffered 21 non-finishes in total, which is more than any other grid slot. It’s the only grid position at the track to have recorded a DNS, a DNF and a DSQ.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 19TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 12 | 15 | DNF | 8 | DNF | 14 | 16 | 18 | 10 | – |
- Only points in 1974
- Six top ten finishes since then
1974 is the only year that the driver starting 20th has scored, with Vittorio Brambilla finishing in sixth place. Since then, there have been six top ten finishes, but none of those finishes supplied points.
As a result of pit lane starts, the grid slot has been left clear more often than not in the past decade.
LAST 10 RESULTS FROM 20TH ON THE GRID AT THE RED BULL RING
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 AUT | 2020 STY | 2021 STY | 2021 AUT | 2022 | 2023 |
| 16 | – | – | – | 11 | – | 18 | 19 | – | – |
There have been 11 pit lane starts at the Red Bull Ring. Fernando Alonso’s eighth place in 2018 is the only time that a driver starting from the pit lane at the Red Bull Ring has scored points, while Daniil Kvyat and Felipe Massa’s retirements in 2016 are the only times that a driver starting from the pit lane has failed to finish.
