Some interesting statistical selections from the results of the Austrian Grand Prix…
Qualification
After qualifying at Spielberg, Max Verstappen took the 26th pole position of his career, equaling Kimi Raikkonen in this indicator. For the Dutchman this is the sixth pole of the season and the fourth on the Austrian circuit.
Charles Leclerc qualified second and started from the front row for the 26th time. According to this indicator, he overtook Juan Pablo Montoya.
Carlos Sainz showed the third fastest time – the first three according to the results of qualifying turned out to be the same as last year.
Lando Norris qualified fourth and started on the second row for the second time this season.
For the second time in his career, Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth at Spielberg – having started from this position in 2020, he finished the race in fourth.
Nico Hulkenberg qualified eighth and reached the qualifying final for the fifth time this season and the third race in a row.
Sergio Perez qualified 15th and failed to qualify into the final session for the fourth Grand Prix in a row.
Kevin Magnussen’s 19th position is his worst result since the start of the season.
Nick de Vries’ 20th place is his worst result since the start of the season.
Race
After winning the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen took his 42nd career win ahead of Ayrton Senna. Now he is fifth in the overall standings, the next benchmark is Alain Prost with 51 wins.
Red Bull Racing became the fourth team in history to achieve ten consecutive victories.
| Team | Wins in a row | Period |
| McLaren | eleven | Brazil’88 – Belgium’88 |
| Ferrari | 10 | Canada’02 – Japan’02 |
| Mercedes | 10 | Japan’15 – Russia’16 |
| Mercedes | 10 | Monaco’16 – Singapore’16 |
| Mercedes | 10 | Brazil’18 – France’19 |
| Red Bull | 10 | Abu Dhabi’22 – Austria’23 |
With the loss of the lead on lap 25, Max’s streak of 248 consecutive laps in the lead was interrupted – he ranks third in the standings in this indicator, behind only Senna (leading 264 consecutive laps in 1988) and Askari (305 consecutive laps in the lead in 1988). rounds of lead in 1952- m).
Verstappen’s best lap in Austria is the 25th in his career and the 90th in the team’s history.
Charles Leclerc’s second place is Ferrari’s best result this season. This podium was the 800th in the history of the Italian team.
Sergio Perez finished third and climbed the podium in Spielberg for the first time in his career.
Lando Norris’ fifth place is McLaren’s best result this season.
Lewis Hamilton’s seventh-place finish is his worst result on Spielberg, barring retirement in 2018.
In his 150th career Grand Prix, Kevin Magnussen repeated his worst result of the season, finishing 19th.
Niko Hülkenberg broke a streak of 22 consecutive finishes in Austria.
Source: F1 News
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