Grand Prix of Austria 2019

 Grand Prix of Austria 2019

Racing data
9th of 21 races of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 myWorld Grand Prix of Austria 2019
Date:	June 30, 2019
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	307.02 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Pole position
Driver:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time:	1: 03.003 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Time:	1: 07.475 min (lap 60)
Podium
First:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Second:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes

The Austrian Grand Prix 2019 (officially: Formula 1 myWorld Grand Prix of Austria 2019 ) took place on June 30th at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the ninth race of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the French Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 36 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and with 76 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 140 points ahead of Ferrari and with 201 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C2 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C3 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C4 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

With Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Bottas (once each) three former winners took part in this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Walter Jobst (AUT), Tom Kristensen (DNK) and Nish Shetty (SGP).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 04.838 minutes ahead of Vettel and Valtteri Bottas . Training was stopped a few minutes before the end after Nico Hülkenberg had lost part of his front wing after driving over the curbs.

In the second free practice, Charles Leclerc was fastest in 1: 05.086 minutes ahead of Bottas and Pierre Gasly . The training was briefly interrupted twice after accidents by Verstappen and Bottas.

In the third free practice session, Leclerc set the fastest time ahead of Hamilton and Bottas with a lap time of 1: 03.987 minutes.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Verstappen was fastest. The two Williams drivers, Daniil Kwjat and both Racing Point drivers retired.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen qualified on the medium mix, all other drivers on the soft mix. Leclerc was the fastest. Carlos Sainz Jr. who have favourited Renault drivers, Alexander Albon and Romain Grosjean were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Vettel was unable to participate in this segment due to a technical problem with his vehicle and had no time. Leclerc set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 03.003 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. It was Leclerc's second pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship after the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix and the fastest lap time ever achieved on this circuit.

Hamilton and George Russell were moved three positions back because they had obstructed other drivers in qualifying. Hulkenberg was moved five positions back because he used the fourth combustion engine this season, a maximum of three were allowed. Magnussen was also moved five positions back because the gearbox on his car was changed prematurely. Albon and Sainz were moved back to the bottom of the field as they had used more drive unit components than allowed this season.

run

Leclerc stayed in the lead at the start, behind which Verstappen lost several places and fell back to seventh place. Lando Norris briefly passed Hamilton, but lost the position again during the first lap. At the end of the first lap, Leclerc was leading in front of Bottas, Hamilton, Räikkönen, Norris, Vettel, Verstappen, Gasly, Antonio Giovinazzi and Sergio Pérez .

Vettel and Verstappen passed Norris and Raikkonen one after the other. Leclerc took the lead and after ten laps led by around three seconds over Bottas, who had an almost identical lead over Hamilton. Magnussen received a drive-through penalty for not correctly standing in his starting position at the start.

Norris reduced the gap to Raikkonen and passed on lap 14. Gasly also caught up with Raikkonen, but couldn't get past. At the end of lap 21 Bottas pitted to change tires and switched to Hard . Vettel reacted to this and also pitted, but there were no fresh tires ready for him. He had to wait until the mechanics had fetched the tires and so fell behind Raikkonen and Gasly.

One lap later, Leclerc switched to Hard and came back on the track in third place. Raikkonen also switched to Hard another lap later . Gasly and Norris switched simultaneously on lap 25, Norris to medium , Gasly to hard . The order between the two remained unchanged. Hamilton was leading before Verstappen, both of whom had not yet pitted. Behind were Leclerc, Bottas, Vettel, Pérez, Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo , Norris and Albon.

Pérez changed his tires on lap 29 and fell back to 13th place. One lap later, Hamilton also moved to Hard while in the lead , and he also got a new front wing. He fell back to fifth behind Vettel. Another lap later, Verstappen stopped, he stayed ahead of Hamilton, although he had previously been six seconds behind.

Gasly passed Raikkonen on lap 32 and was now in ninth place. Norris and Gasly ran into Ricciardo. Norris overtook him on lap 41, Gasly also passed three laps later. Sainz switched to medium on lap 41 . Verstappen drove the fastest lap of the race to date and caught up with Vettel.

On lap 46 Ricciardo switched to Soft . Verstappen put Vettel under pressure, but he defended himself several times. On lap 50, Verstappen finally overtook Vettel and was now third. Vettel then pitted and switched to soft , falling behind Hamilton to fifth place.

Verstappen caught up with Bottas in the following laps. However, he reported to his team over the radio that he was losing performance. Nevertheless, he passed Bottas on lap 56. He then again drove the fastest lap of the race up to that point, shortening the gap to Leclerc. On lap 66 he was within striking distance for the first time, but Leclerc defended the lead. Verstappen attacked again one lap later, Leclerc defended himself again. He passed on lap 69, but the vehicles touched and Verstappen pushed Leclerc off the track. Vettel passed Hamilton on lap 70.

Verstappen won the race ahead of Leclerc and Bottas. It was Verstappen's first win since the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix . It was also the first win for a Honda-powered vehicle since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix when Jenson Button won on the Honda factory team. Leclerc achieved his best result in the Formula 1 World Championship to date. The remaining points were placed by Vettel, Hamilton, Norris, Gasly, Sainz, Raikkonen and Giovinazzi. Since Verstappen had also achieved the fastest race lap, he received a special point.

In the overall standings, Hamilton remained ahead of Bottas, while Verstappen was now third. The first three places in the constructors' championship remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
ROKiT Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	88	Robert Kubica

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 04.138	1: 03.459	1: 03.003	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 03.818	1: 03,803	1: 03.262	04th
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 03,807	1: 03.835	1: 03.439	02
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 04.084	1: 03.863	1: 03.537	03
05	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 04.778	1: 04.466	1: 04.072	10
06th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 04.361	1: 04.211	1: 04.099	05
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 04.615	1: 04.222	1: 04.166	06th
08th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 04.450	1: 04.285	1: 04.179	07th
09	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 04.412	1: 04.167	1: 04.199	08th
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 04.340	1: 03.667	no time	09
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 04.552	1: 04.491	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 04.733	1: 04.516	-	15th
13	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 04.708	1: 04.665	-	19th
14th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 04.647	1: 04.790	-	12
15th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 04.453	1: 13.601	-	18th
16	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 04.789	-	-	13
17th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 04.832	-	-	14th
18th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 05.324	-	-	16
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 05.904	-	-	box
20th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1: 06.206	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 08.273 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 03.807 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hamilton was moved back three starting positions because he had hindered Raikkonen in Q1.
2. ↑ Magnussen was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
3. ↑ Hülkenberg was moved back five starting positions this season due to the use of too many parts of the drive unit.
4. ↑ Albon was moved to the end of the field this season because of the use of too many parts of the drive unit.
5. ↑ Sainz was moved to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of too many parts of the drive unit.
6. ↑ Russell was moved three places back because he hindered Kwjat in Q1.
7. ↑ Russell had to start from the pit lane because work was being carried out on his vehicle under parc fermé conditions .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	1	1: 22: 01.822	02	1: 07.475 (60th)
02	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	1	+ 2.724	01	1: 07,994 (58th)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1	+ 18.960	03	1: 08.565 (53rd)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	2	+ 19.610	09	1: 07.676 (62nd)
05	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1	+ 22.805	04th	1: 08.050 (69th)
06th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 08.699 (69.)
07th	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 08.790 (63rd)
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 08.117 (53.)
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 09.126 (57.)
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 09.051 (57th)
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 09.061 (67th)
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 08.019 (65th)
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 09.248 (59th)
14th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 09.288 (57.)
15th	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 08.946 (59th)
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 08.987 (56th)
17th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 09.498 (58th)
18th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	69	3	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 08.903 (69.)
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 09.926 (52nd)
20th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	68	1	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 10.964 (55th)

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 197 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 166 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 126 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 123 05  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 105 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing Honda 43 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 30th 08th  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 22nd 09  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 21st 10  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 16

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 16 12  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 14th 13  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 13 14th  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 10 15th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 7th 16  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 6th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 2 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 1 19th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0 20th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 363 2  Ferrari 228 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 169 4th  McLaren-Renault 52 5  Renault 32

Item constructor Points 06th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 22nd 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 19th 08th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 17th 09  Haas-Ferrari 16 10  Williams-Mercedes 0

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Austria 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st free practice. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Results of the 2nd free training. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .