Austria 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Russell	Mercedes	1:07.398	1:06.979	1:06.113
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:07.543	1:07.030	1:06.349	+0.236
3	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:07.290	1:06.994	1:06.408	+0.295
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:07.083	1:06.763	1:06.414	+0.301
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:07.407	1:07.183	1:06.475	+0.362
6	Norris	McLaren	1:07.259	1:06.897	1:06.502	+0.389
7	Piastri	McLaren	1:07.487	1:06.890	1:06.511	+0.398
8	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:07.408	1:07.086	1:06.632	+0.519
9	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:07.385	1:07.136	1:06.955	+0.842
10	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:07.549	1:07.155	1:07.007	+0.894
11	Gasly	Alpine	1:08.038	1:07.223		+0.460
12	Bortoleto	Audi	1:08.035	1:07.293		+0.530
13	Bearman	Haas	1:08.061	1:07.523		+0.760
14	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:08.066	1:07.611		+0.848
15	Ocon	Haas	1:08.231	1:07.817		+1.054
16	Colapinto	Alpine	1:07.894	1:08.171		+1.408
17	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:08.252			+1.169
18	Albon	Williams	1:08.509			+1.426
19	Pérez	Cadillac	1:08.945			+1.862
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:09.030			+1.947
21	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:09.942			+2.859
22	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.363			+3.280

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1	71	1:26:37.979	2	Mercedes
2	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	5	71	+1.611	2	Red Bull Ford
3	Kimi AntonelliFastest lap	Mercedes	4	71	+1.986	2	Mercedes
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	7	71	+21.809	2	Mercedes
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	71	+26.393	3	Ferrari
6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	71	+29.399	2	Red Bull Ford
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	71	+31.505	2	Mercedes
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	71	+45.659	3	Ferrari
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	9	70	+1 lap	2	Red Bull Ford
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	10	70	+1 lap	2	Red Bull Ford
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	12	70	+1 lap	2	Audi
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	14	70	+1 lap	2	Audi
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	70	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas	13	70	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	16	70	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas	15	69	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	18	69	+2 laps	2	Mercedes
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	21	68	+3 laps	2	Honda
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	22	45	Electrical	1	Honda
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	17	23	Electrical	1	Mercedes
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	19	4	Brakes	0	Ferrari
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	20	2	Brakes	0	Ferrari

Race

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Places gained

Verstappen5→2+3
Piastri7→4+3
Alonso21→18+3
Hadjar8→6+2
Hülkenberg14→12+2
Antonelli4→3+1
Bortoleto12→11+1
Colapinto16→15+1
Albon18→17+1
Russell1→10
Lawson9→90
Lindblad10→100
Norris6→7-1
Bearman13→14-1
Ocon15→16-1
Hamilton3→5-2
Gasly11→13-2
Leclerc2→8-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Leclerc21.020R37
2Russell21.204R19
3Piastri21.209R42
4Gasly21.212R38
5Russell21.221R43
6Albon21.249R18
7Hamilton21.250R25
8Verstappen21.252R49
9Hamilton21.267R42
10Hadjar21.268R40

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Russell1924282 stops
Verstappen1831222 stops
Antonelli2427202 stops
Piastri1923292 stops
Hamilton121317293 stops
Hadjar1822312 stops
Norris2126242 stops
Leclerc132422123 stops
Lawson1926252 stops · +1 lap
Lindblad1828242 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

39 races here since 1970Won from pole: 15 of 39

Win from furthest back (P14): Alan Jones 1977

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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