Austrian Grand Prix: Curious Statistics

      Qualification

      Winning the qualification in Spielberg, George Russell secured his 11th career pole and fourth of the season, matching his achievement from 2024 when he also had four poles.

      With 256 poles, Mercedes engines are now tied with Ferrari engines at the top of the overall ranking.

      Charles Leclerc's second place in qualifying is his best result this year. This marks the 44th start from the front row in the Monegasque's career. For Ferrari, this is the 448th start from the front row – they are the absolute leaders in this statistic.

      Lewis Hamilton qualified third for the fourth time this season. The score in Ferrari is now even: 4-4 after eight Grands Prix.

      Kimi Antonelli's fourth place in qualifying is his worst result of the season.

      Max Verstappen qualified fifth for the second consecutive event.

      Lando Norris qualified sixth for the third time this season. His teammate Oscar Piastri recorded the seventh fastest time for the third consecutive qualifying session. In this pairing, the score is also 4:4.

      Liam Lawson qualified ninth, and Arvid Lindblad tenth: for the second time this season, Racing Bulls had both cars reach the final qualifying session.

      Qualifying 13th and 15th, Haas F1 drivers Oliver Berman and Esteban Ocon reached Q2 with both cars for the first time since the Miami Grand Prix.

      Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon qualified 17th and 18th for the second time this season, marking the second time this season both Williams cars were eliminated in Q1.

      For the third time this season and the second in a row, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas recorded the 19th and 20th times. In this pairing, the score is 6:2 in favor of Perez.

      For the fourth time this season and the last three qualifying sessions in a row, Aston Martin drivers occupied the last two positions in the standings. In this pairing, the score is 7:1 in favor of Alonso.

      Race

      Winning the Austrian Grand Prix, George Russell achieved his seventh career victory and second of the season. He now has as many wins in Formula 1 as Rene Arnoux and Juan Pablo Montoya. This is the 138th victory for the Mercedes team, the 245th for Mercedes engines, and the 328th for British drivers.

      Max Verstappen's second place is his best result of the season. This is the 299th podium in the history of Red Bull Racing and the second of the season. Verstappen surpassed the 3500 career points milestone.

      Finishing third, Kimi Antonelli extended his podium streak to seven in all Grands Prix he has finished this season. This is the tenth podium in the young Italian's career.

      Fourth place is Oscar Piastri's worst result in Spielberg since his debut season in 2023.

      Finishing fifth, Lewis Hamilton has now outpaced his teammate at the finish for the fifth time this year. Lewis remains the only driver to have completed the distance of all the Grands Prix held this season.

      For the second consecutive race, Isaac Hajar finished sixth.

      Seventh place is Lando Norris's worst result this season in the races he has finished. The Austrian Grand Prix is the 130th race in his career where he earned points.

      Last year, Liam Lawson started and finished sixth in Austria, and this year he repeated his starting position, starting and finishing ninth.

      Finishing tenth, Arvid Lindblad earned points for the fourth time this season. For the third consecutive race, Racing Bulls scored points with both cars.

      Audi once again found itself just outside the points – the fourth race out of eight ended for the team in 11th place – twice Hulkenberg finished 11th, and twice Bortoleto. This marks the seventh consecutive race without points for Audi.