Round 8 · Spielberg · 28 June 2026
Austrian Grand Prix 2026
Race analysis
George Russell won by 1.6 seconds. 15 of 18 finishers made 2 stops.
- Winner
- George Russell
- Mercedes
- Winning margin
- 1.611 s
- to Max Verstappen
- Most common strategy
- Two-stop
- 15 of 18 finishers
- Longest stint
- 36 laps
- Esteban Ocon, Hard
Conditions
Dry race. Track temperature 49–52 °C.
- Air
- 33–35 °C
- Track
- 49–52 °C
- Humidity
- 31 %
- Rain
- None
Source: OpenF1 weather station data, averaged per lap of the race winner. Wind on average 1.6 m/s.
How the race unfolded
Running order after every lap. Biggest climber: Franco Colapinto, from P20 after lap 1 to P15. Hover or tap a driver to highlight.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Pit stop
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Order on track at the end of each lap; the last point is the official result, including penalties. ✕ = retired.
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| Driver | After lap 1 | Best | Result | +/− | Pit laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George RUSSELL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19, 43 |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | 5 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 18, 49 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | 4 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 24, 51 |
| Oscar PIASTRI | 6 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 19, 42 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 12, 25, 42 |
| Isack HADJAR | 9 | 6 | 6 | +3 | 18, 40 |
| Lando NORRIS | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 21, 47 |
| Charles LECLERC | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 13, 37, 59 |
| Liam LAWSON | 8 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 19, 45 |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 18, 46 |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 17, 44 |
| Nico HULKENBERG | 14 | 9 | 12 | +2 | 21, 45 |
| Pierre GASLY | 13 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 13, 38, 51 |
| Oliver BEARMAN | 15 | 11 | 14 | +1 | 24, 45 |
| Franco COLAPINTO | 20 | 13 | 15 | +5 | 20, 46 |
| Esteban OCON | 12 | 11 | 16 | −4 | 18, 33 |
| Alexander ALBON | 17 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 18, 37 |
| Fernando ALONSO | 19 | 16 | 18 | +1 | 24, 49 |
| Lance STROLL | 22 | 18 | DNF | – | 24 |
| Carlos SAINZ | 16 | 14 | DNF | – | 14 |
| Sergio PEREZ | 18 | 18 | DNF | – | – |
| Valtteri BOTTAS | 21 | 21 | DNF | – | – |
Gap to the leader
Seconds behind the leader at the end of each lap, top 10 finishers. The gap between the top two peaked at 12.0 s on lap 52.
- Driver 1
- Teammate
- Safety car / VSC
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Measured when each driver crosses the line. Gaps shrink behind a safety car; pit stops show as sudden jumps.
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| Driver | Lap 10 | Lap 20 | Lap 30 | Lap 40 | Lap 50 | Lap 60 | Lap 70 | Lap 71 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George RUSSELL | Leader | +13.9 | Leader | Leader | +7.5 | Leader | Leader | Leader |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | +4.0 | +16.4 | +4.6 | +1.4 | +18.2 | +5.7 | +2.2 | +1.6 |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | +6.6 | Leader | +13.7 | +7.9 | Leader | +9.6 | +3.0 | +2.1 |
| Oscar PIASTRI | +10.5 | +29.7 | +16.5 | +16.2 | +23.8 | +16.1 | +21.2 | +21.9 |
| Lewis HAMILTON | +3.2 | +15.3 | +18.4 | +17.6 | +25.8 | +20.2 | +25.8 | +26.9 |
| Isack HADJAR | +12.9 | +30.4 | +19.2 | +25.2 | +29.1 | +24.9 | +28.6 | +29.4 |
| Lando NORRIS | +11.9 | +11.4 | +25.2 | +22.6 | +36.7 | +27.2 | +30.7 | +31.6 |
| Charles LECLERC | +9.0 | +23.2 | +14.6 | +36.9 | +25.2 | +52.1 | +46.7 | +45.7 |
| Liam LAWSON | +17.0 | +43.3 | +39.5 | +49.9 | +73.4 | +74.4 | +87.1 | – |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | +19.4 | +43.6 | +38.3 | +48.1 | +74.5 | +77.6 | +90.8 | – |
Tyre strategy by finishing position
Each bar is one set of tyres; the number is the stint length in laps. Hover a bar for details.
- SSoft
- MMedium
- HHard
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
DNF = did not finish. Lapped drivers end before the final lap.
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| Pos | Driver | Team | Stops | Stints (laps) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 19 → Hard 24 → Hard 28 |
| 2 | Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Medium 18 → Hard 31 → Hard 22 |
| 3 | Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 2 | Medium 24 → Hard 27 → Hard 20 |
| 4 | Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 2 | Medium 19 → Hard 23 → Hard 29 |
| 5 | Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 3 | Medium 12 → Hard 13 → Soft 17 → Hard 29 |
| 6 | Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 2 | Medium 18 → Medium 22 → Hard 31 |
| 7 | Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 2 | Medium 21 → Hard 26 → Hard 24 |
| 8 | Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 3 | Medium 13 → Hard 24 → Hard 22 → Soft 12 |
| 9 | Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 2 | Medium 19 → Hard 26 → Medium 25 |
| 10 | Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 2 | Medium 18 → Hard 28 → Medium 24 |
| 11 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 2 | Soft 17 → Medium 27 → Hard 26 |
| 12 | Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 2 | Medium 21 → Medium 24 → Hard 25 |
| 13 | Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 3 | Medium 13 → Hard 25 → Medium 13 → Soft 19 |
| 14 | Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Medium 24 → Hard 21 → Medium 25 |
| 15 | Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 2 | Medium 20 → Hard 26 → Medium 24 |
| 16 | Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 2 | Medium 18 → Medium 15 → Hard 36 |
| 17 | Alexander ALBON | Williams | 2 | Medium 18 → Medium 19 → Hard 32 |
| 18 | Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 2 | Medium 24 → Soft 25 → Soft 19 |
| DNF | Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 1 | Medium 24 → Soft 21 |
| DNF | Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 1 | Soft 14 → Medium 9 |
| DNF | Sergio PEREZ | Cadillac | 0 | Medium 4 |
| DNF | Valtteri BOTTAS | Cadillac | 0 | Medium 2 |
Who was quickest in the pits?
Time from pit entry to pit exit for every stop. Williams had the fastest median; the quickest single stop was Charles Leclerc on lap 37 (21.0 s).
- One pit stop
- Team median
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Pit lane time includes driving through the pit lane, so compare stops within a race, not across circuits.
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| Driver | Team | Lap | Pit lane time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 37 | 21.0 s |
| Alexander ALBON | Williams | 18 | 21.2 s |
| Alexander ALBON | Williams | 37 | 21.2 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 25 | 21.2 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 42 | 21.2 s |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 40 | 21.2 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 49 | 21.2 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 19 | 21.2 s |
| George RUSSELL | Mercedes | 43 | 21.2 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 38 | 21.2 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 42 | 21.2 s |
| Carlos SAINZ | Williams | 14 | 21.3 s |
| Lewis HAMILTON | Ferrari | 12 | 21.3 s |
| Max VERSTAPPEN | Red Bull Racing | 18 | 21.3 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 24 | 21.4 s |
| Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 46 | 21.4 s |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 18 | 21.4 s |
| Kimi ANTONELLI | Mercedes | 51 | 21.5 s |
| Franco COLAPINTO | Alpine | 20 | 21.5 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 51 | 21.5 s |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 45 | 21.5 s |
| Arvid LINDBLAD | Racing Bulls | 46 | 21.5 s |
| Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 21 | 21.5 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 24 | 21.5 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 21 | 21.5 s |
| Pierre GASLY | Alpine | 13 | 21.6 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 13 | 21.7 s |
| Isack HADJAR | Red Bull Racing | 18 | 21.7 s |
| Lando NORRIS | McLaren | 47 | 21.8 s |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 21.8 s |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 44 | 21.8 s |
| Liam LAWSON | Racing Bulls | 19 | 22.0 s |
| Oscar PIASTRI | McLaren | 19 | 22.0 s |
| Oliver BEARMAN | Haas F1 Team | 45 | 22.0 s |
| Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 24 | 22.3 s |
| Nico HULKENBERG | Audi | 45 | 22.5 s |
| Gabriel BORTOLETO | Audi | 17 | 22.6 s |
| Charles LECLERC | Ferrari | 59 | 22.7 s |
| Lance STROLL | Aston Martin | 24 | 23.5 s |
| Esteban OCON | Haas F1 Team | 33 | 25.4 s |
| Fernando ALONSO | Aston Martin | 49 | 28.7 s |
Which tyre held up best?
Lap time trend by tyre age, relative to the start of each stint. Soft held up best; Hard lost 0.03 s per lap more as it aged.
- SSoft
- MMedium
- HHard
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Median of all clean laps at each tyre age (excludes in/out laps, safety car and outliers; lightly smoothed; tyre ages reached by few stints hidden). Not fuel-corrected: cars get lighter as fuel burns, which hides part of the wear, so compare compounds with each other rather than reading absolute values. Below zero means fuel burn-off outweighed tyre wear.
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| Compound | Stints | Trend per lap | Oldest tyre age shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | +0.011 s/lap | 18 laps |
| Medium | 29 | +0.041 s/lap | 23 laps |
| Hard | 24 | +0.041 s/lap | 26 laps |
Who had the best race pace?
George Russell was quickest on clean laps (median 1:11.662), 0.072 s per lap ahead of Kimi Antonelli.
- Median lap
- Middle 50% of laps
Source: OpenF1 · Chart: paddockcharts.com
Clean laps only: excludes lap 1, in- and out-laps, safety car/VSC laps (25, 26, 27, 52, 53, 54) and laps slower than 107% of the field median. Not corrected for fuel load or tyre age.
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| # | Driver | Median lap | Gap | Middle 50% | Clean laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George RUSSELL | 1:11.662 | – | 1:11.246 – 1:12.163 | 60 |
| 2 | Kimi ANTONELLI | 1:11.734 | +0.072 s | 1:11.036 – 1:12.545 | 62 |
| 3 | Max VERSTAPPEN | 1:11.827 | +0.165 s | 1:11.076 – 1:12.362 | 60 |
| 4 | Lewis HAMILTON | 1:11.932 | +0.270 s | 1:11.487 – 1:12.319 | 60 |
| 5 | Oscar PIASTRI | 1:11.939 | +0.277 s | 1:11.334 – 1:12.583 | 60 |
| 6 | Charles LECLERC | 1:11.983 | +0.321 s | 1:11.201 – 1:12.590 | 58 |
| 7 | Lando NORRIS | 1:12.134 | +0.472 s | 1:11.558 – 1:13.014 | 59 |
| 8 | Isack HADJAR | 1:12.163 | +0.501 s | 1:11.565 – 1:12.701 | 60 |
| 9 | Pierre GASLY | 1:12.985 | +1.323 s | 1:12.557 – 1:13.749 | 57 |
| 10 | Nico HULKENBERG | 1:12.988 | +1.326 s | 1:12.629 – 1:14.408 | 57 |
| 11 | Liam LAWSON | 1:13.078 | +1.416 s | 1:12.303 – 1:13.668 | 58 |
| 12 | Arvid LINDBLAD | 1:13.187 | +1.525 s | 1:12.595 – 1:13.698 | 58 |
| 13 | Gabriel BORTOLETO | 1:13.361 | +1.698 s | 1:12.506 – 1:13.959 | 58 |
| 14 | Franco COLAPINTO | 1:13.599 | +1.937 s | 1:12.726 – 1:14.610 | 57 |
| 15 | Oliver BEARMAN | 1:13.839 | +2.177 s | 1:13.069 – 1:14.816 | 59 |
| 16 | Esteban OCON | 1:13.898 | +2.236 s | 1:13.411 – 1:14.964 | 56 |
| 17 | Alexander ALBON | 1:14.236 | +2.574 s | 1:13.611 – 1:14.962 | 56 |
| 18 | Carlos SAINZ | 1:14.280 | +2.618 s | 1:14.077 – 1:14.942 | 20 |
| 19 | Fernando ALONSO | 1:15.220 | +3.558 s | 1:14.609 – 1:15.781 | 58 |
| 20 | Lance STROLL | 1:15.455 | +3.793 s | 1:14.617 – 1:15.960 | 39 |