F1 2021 Austrian Grand Prix - Free Practice Results (1)

Results from the first practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix, Round 9 of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship.

02 Jul 2021

Callum Ilott (GBR) Alfa Romeo Racing C41 Reserve Driver.
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2021 F1 Austrian Grand Prix - FREE PRACTICE RESULTS (1)
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team	Time
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing	1m05.143s
2	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	1m05.409s
3	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	1m05.431s
4	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	1m05.445s
5	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	1m05.474s
6	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	1m05.586s
7	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team	1m05.709s
8	Sergio Perez	MEX	Red Bull Racing	1m05.726s
9	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	1m05.726s
10	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team	1m05.880s
11	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Alpine F1 Team	1m05.980s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren F1 Team	1m06.181s
13	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	1m06.203s
14	Guanyu Zhou	CHI	Alpine F1 Team	1m06.414s
15	Sebastian Vettel	GER	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team	1m06.444s
16	Callum Ilott	GBR	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	1m05.564s
17	Mick Schumacher	GER	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	1m06.583s
18	Roy Nissany	ISR	Williams Racing	1m06.683s
19	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing	1m06.978s
20	Nikita Mazepin	RUS	Uralkali Haas F1 Team	1m07.316s

The final part of Formula 1's triple-header takes us to the Red Bull Ring for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix.

Back-to-back races in Austria means good news for Max Verstappen after his dominant victory last weekend at the Styrian Grand Prix.

The Dutchman extended his championship lead to 18 points, while Red Bull now sits 40 clear of Mercedes at the top of the constructors’ championship.

McLaren is 12 points clear of Ferrari in the race for third-place after Norris continued his impressive run of form last time out, finishing inside the top five for the seventh time in eight races.

It's another chance for George Russell to get off the mark after he was forced to retire early last time out after running comfortably inside the top ten.

The only change for this weekend is Pirelli going a step softer with the tyre allocation.

Recent Styrian/Austrian GP winners

2021 (Styria) - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2020 (Styria) - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2020 (Austria) - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

2019 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2018 - Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2017 - Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

2016 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2015 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

2014 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

2021 F1 calendar