Circuits
Round 8 · Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring
Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
4.326 km
Lap length
10
Corners
3 left, 7 right
Clockwise
Direction
40
F1 races held
since 1970
What makes it different
- Ten corners and roughly 65 seconds a lap - the shortest lap time on the calendar, which packs the entire field into about a second and makes track limits the defining story most years.
- Sits around 660 m above sea level in the Styrian mountains, so the thinner air costs power and makes cooling and braking behave differently to sea-level rounds.
Home race
Home to Red Bull, by nationality or factory.
The records
325.6 km/h
Top speed (2022–now)
Nico Hülkenberg, 2024
26
Different winners
from 40 races
59% (10 of 17)
Pole converted to win
since 1998
37
Oldest winner
Vittorio Brambilla, 1975
12% — roughly 1 car in 8
Cars that don't finish
last 10 races here, since 2019
2.7 places
How much the order changes
up or down from the grid slot, on average — less than most circuits
"Cars that don't finish" and "How much the order changes" both cover the 10 Grands Prix run here since 2019. Movement is the distance between a car’s grid slot and its finish, in either direction — not a count of overtakes, since a car retiring ahead of a driver moves that driver up too.
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | 5 wins · 2023, 2021, 2021, 2019, 2018 | 9 podiums · 2026, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016 | 5 poles · 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2021 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 2 wins · 2020, 2017 | 7 podiums · 2021, 2021, 2020, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2014 | 3 poles · 2020, 2018, 2017 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 wins · 2020, 2016 | 6 podiums · 2022, 2021, 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014 | 3 poles · 2020, 2016, 2015 |
| George Russell | 2 wins · 2026, 2024 | 2 podiums · 2026, 2024 | 1 pole · 2026 |
| Charles Leclerc | 1 win · 2022 | 5 podiums · 2025, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 | 1 pole · 2019 |
| Lando Norris | 1 win · 2025 | 3 podiums · 2025, 2021, 2020 | 1 pole · 2025 |
| Oscar Piastri | — | 2 podiums · 2025, 2024 | — |
| Andrea Kimi Antonelli | — | 1 podium · 2026 | — |
| Carlos Sainz | — | 1 podium · 2024 | — |
| Sergio Pérez | — | 1 podium · 2023 | — |
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes
- 2025Lando Norris · McLaren
- 2024George Russell · Mercedes
- 2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull
- 2022Charles Leclerc · Ferrari
Last pole times
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes · 1:06.113
- 2025Lando Norris · McLaren · 1:03.971
- 2024Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:04.314
- 2023Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:04.391
- 2022Max Verstappen · Red Bull · 1:04.984
Historic moments
2024 · Verstappen and Norris take each other out
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris had been fighting for the lead for several laps when they touched at Turn 3 with eight to go, both picking up punctures. Norris retired, Verstappen limped home fifth with a ten-second penalty for causing it, and George Russell inherited Mercedes' first win in nearly two years.
2019 · Verstappen's last-gasp pass on Leclerc
Charles Leclerc had led from lights to almost flag in 2019 when Max Verstappen dived down the inside at the final corner with two laps to go, the cars banging wheels as Leclerc ran wide and lost the place. Stewards investigated the contact but ruled it a racing incident, letting Verstappen keep the win.
1987 · Three starts, two red flags
The old Österreichring's narrow grid caused pile-ups on both original start attempts in 1987, the second one collecting 12 cars. The race finally got going on a third attempt, nearly two hours later, with Nigel Mansell going on to win.
