George Russell converted pole position into victory at the Austrian Grand Prix on 28 June. Max Verstappen finished 1.611 seconds behind in second and Andrea Kimi Antonelli 1.986 seconds back in third, so the top three were separated by under two seconds. Mercedes took the win, third place and the fastest lap.
Result: top three inside two seconds, fourth 21 seconds back
Lapchive lists the race as 71 laps and 307.026 km, with Russell's winning time at 1:26:37.979. In qualifying Russell took pole with a Q3 time of 1:06.113, with Charles Leclerc 0.236s behind in second and Lewis Hamilton 0.295s back in third. Antonelli started fourth and Verstappen fifth.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time/Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell | Mercedes | 1 | 1:26:37.979 | 25 |
| 2 | Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | +1.611 | 18 |
| 3 | Antonelli | Mercedes | 4 | +1.986 | 15 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 7 | +21.809 | 12 |
| 5 | Hamilton | Ferrari | 3 | +26.393 | 10 |
| 6 | Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 8 | +29.399 | 8 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 6 | +31.505 | 6 |
| 8 | Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | +45.659 | 4 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | RB | 9 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | RB | 10 | +1 lap | 1 |
Russell won from pole, while Verstappen from fifth and Piastri from seventh each gained three places. Leclerc, who started second, finished eighth, six places down.
Race flow: an early off and two virtual safety cars
According to PlanetF1's race report, Antonelli ran off at Turn 1 on lap 2, and Verstappen used the moment to pass Leclerc for third. Both Cadillacs stopped around lap 5: Bottas with a brake fire and Pérez with smoke in the cockpit. Lapchive records the two retirements at laps 2 and 4, so the exact laps differ between sources.
By lap 17 Russell led Verstappen by five seconds. On lap 25 Carlos Sainz's Williams stopped on the main straight and a virtual safety car (VSC) followed; a second VSC came on laps 52-53. Antonelli set the fastest lap, a 1:10.374 on lap 59. PlanetF1 reported that he told his team he had "no confidence" in the brakes during the race.
Retirements
Four drivers did not finish: Lance Stroll, Sainz, Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas. Fernando Alonso started 21st and finished 18th after a five-second penalty for pit-lane speeding. The other incidents and stewards' decisions are covered in a separate article.