The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 June 2025 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria. It was the eleventh round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. Lando Norris of McLaren took pole position for the race, which he went on to win ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. It was McLaren's first win in Austria since 2001.
The result enabled Norris to close the gap over Piastri to 15 points in the World Drivers' Championship. Following a first-lap-collision with Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen failed to score, meaning that his deficit to Piastri increased to 61 points, with George Russell nine points behind. Ferrari's third and fourth place finishes behind both McLaren drivers, saw them reclaim second place from Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship by a single point. Fourth-placed Red Bull (162 points) were 48 points adrift from Ferrari.
Background The event was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg for the 21st time in the circuit's history, having previously held two editions of the Styrian Grand Prix, across the weekend of 27–29 June. The Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 38th running of the Austrian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Oscar Piastri led the Drivers' Championship with 198 points, twenty-two points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris in second, and 43 ahead of Max Verstappen in third. McLaren, with 374 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Mercedes and Ferrari, who are second and third with 199 and 183 points, respectively.
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing was in the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before the latter was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward until at least this event on a rotating seat basis.
During the first free practice session, two teams fielded drivers who had not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:
Alex Dunne for McLaren in place of Lando Norris, making his Formula One practice debut. Dino Beganovic for Ferrari in place of Charles Leclerc.
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.
Practice Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 27 June 2025, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by George Russell of Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Oscar Piastri of McLaren. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen. The third free practice session was held on 28 June 2025, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Piastri and Verstappen.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 28 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 16:05 due to a crash in the preceding Formula 2 sprint race event. The session determined the starting grid order for the race.
Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q314 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.672 1:04.410 1:03.9711216 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:05.197 1:04.734 1:04.4922381 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:04.966 1:04.556 1:04.5543444 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:05.115 1:04.896 1:04.5824563 George Russell Mercedes 1:05.189 1:04.860 1:04.7635630 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 1:05.017 1:05.041 1:04.926671 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:05.106 1:04.836 1:04.929785 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:05.123 1:04.846 1:05.1328912 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:05.178 1:05.052 1:05.27691010 Alpine-Renault 1:05.054 1:04.846 1:05.649101114 Fernando Alonso 1:05.197 1:05.128N/A 111223 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:05.143 1:05.205N/A12136 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 1:05.063 1:05.226N/A131443 Alpine-Renault 1:05.278 1:05.288N/A141587 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari 1:05.218 1:05.312N/A151618 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:05.329N/AN/A161731 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari 1:05.364N/AN/A171822 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:05.369N/AN/A18 1955 Carlos Sainz Jr. Williams-Mercedes 1:05.582N/AN/A192027 Nico Hülkenberg Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:05.606N/AN/A20107% time: 1:09.199Source:
Race The race was held on 29 June 2025, and was scheduled to start at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), but was delayed to 15:15 as Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams found himself stuck in first gear during the formation lap. The race was set to be run for 71 laps, but was shortened by one lap due to the aborted start procedure.
Race report From pole position, Lando Norris of McLaren immediately covered off second-starting Charles Leclerc of Ferrari by moving right as the field charged towards the opening Niki Lauda Kurve. This put Leclerc at a disadvantage heading into the corner, allowing Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri to sweep round the outside and take second position. Utilising the slipstream, Piastri challenged Norris for the lead entering the Remus hairpin but could not pass. George Russell of Mercedes, who had started fifth, initially passed Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton in a similar manner to how Leclerc had been passed by Piastri. However, Hamilton was able to draw back alongside entering the Schlossgold right-hander before ultimately repassing Russell around the outside of Rauch.
Further back in the pack, Russell's teammate Kimi Antonelli – who had started ninth – attempted to gain places by braking late down the inside of Remus. He locked up while doing so and made contact with Max Verstappen of Red Bull, eliminating both drivers on the spot. In order to clear the incident, the safety car was deployed; this was Verstappen's first retirement since the 2024 Australian Grand Prix. Antonelli was given a three-place penalty for the following British Grand Prix for causing the collision. The safety car came in at the end of lap 3, with Piastri staying close behind Norris as the McLaren pair pulled away from the chasing pack. On lap 9, Alexander Albon of Williams overtook Pierre Gasly of Alpine for sixth at Remus. Gasly had been the highest-placed driver to start on soft tires, and was now starting to suffer from tyre degradation as a result. On lap 11, Piastri passed Norris for the lead around the outside of Remus. Norris was behind at the second DRS detection point, and was therefore able to use DRS to pull alongside, then repass Piastri at Schlossgold to retake the race lead.
On lap 12, Gabriel Bortoleto of Sauber passed Gasly for seventh at Schlossgold. This put Bortoleto behind Albon, whom would be instructed to retire shortly after making his first pit stop. Up front, Piastri had continued to pressure Norris for the rest of the opening stint. On lap 20, Piastri locked up at Schlossgold whilst attempting to challenge Norris, who then pitted for hard tyres at the end of the lap. Despite having sustained a flat spot, Piastri stayed out in order to have younger tyres later in the race. Piastri pitted for hard tyres on lap 24, returning from his pit stop six seconds behind Norris. On lap 31, Yuki Tsunoda of Red Bull attempted to pass Franco Colapinto of Alpine for the 13th position down the inside at Schlossgold. Tsunoda's front-left wheel made contact with Colapinto's rear-right, causing the Alpine to spin into the gravel trap. Whilst both drivers continued in the race, Tsunoda would be given a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision. On lap 52, Norris made his second pit stop from the lead for medium tyres. Piastri followed him in the next lap, emerging three seconds behind.
When Piastri exited the pits he found himself close behind Tsunoda and Colapinto, whom were now fighting for the 15th position. As Piastri was lapping the pair, rather than fighting them for track position, he had the right to be waved through under blue flag rules. Colapinto and Tsunoda did not follow the blue flags, with Colapinto forcing Piastri on to the grass as the trio exited Remus. Colapinto received a five-second penalty for this incident, with him stating over team radio that he had not seen Piastri coming. This incident cost Piastri approximately a second to Norris. Whilst Piastri did close to the gap to Norris, he was not quite able to get with DRS range and therefore could not make an attempt for the lead. Norris took his third Grand Prix win of the season, and the seventh of his career.
Leclerc, Hamilton and Russell all had uneventful races on the way to positions third through fifth, whilst Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls and Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin were able to utilise a one-stop strategy to jump up the field, finishing sixth and seventh. Bortoleto fought with Alonso for seventh in the dying laps of the race and was unable to pass, eighth place bought Bortoleto his first points finish of his career. Bortoleto's teammate Nico Hülkenberg finished ninth and Esteban Ocon was tenth.
Race classification DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints14 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes70 1:23:47.693125281 Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes70 +2.695318316 Charles LeclercFerrari70 +19.820215444 Lewis HamiltonFerrari70 +29.020412563 George RussellMercedes70 +1:02.396510630 Liam LawsonRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT70 +1:07.7546871469 +1 lap11685Kick Sauber-Ferrari69 +1 lap84927 Nico HülkenbergKick Sauber-Ferrari69 +1 lap2021031 Esteban OconHaas-Ferrari69 +1 lap1711187 Oliver BearmanHaas-Ferrari69 +1 lap 15126 Isack HadjarRacing Bulls-Honda RBPT69 +1 lap 131310Alpine-Renault69 +1 lap 101418 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes69 +1 lap 161543 Franco ColapintoAlpine-Renault69 +1 lap141622 Yuki TsunodaRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT68 +2 laps 18 23 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes15Engine12 1 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT0Collision7 12Mercedes0Collision9 55 Carlos Sainz Jr.Williams-Mercedes0Brakes—Source: Notes – Franco Colapinto received a five-second time penalty for forcing Oscar Piastri off track. His final position was not affected by the penalty. – Carlos Sainz Jr. did not start the race due to a brake issue during the formation lap. His place on the grid was left vacant.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Oscar Piastri2162 Lando Norris2013 Max Verstappen1554 George Russell1465 Charles Leclerc119Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points1 McLaren-Mercedes417 12 Ferrari210 13 Mercedes2094 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1625 Williams-Mercedes55Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Spielberg Formula 2 round 2025 Spielberg Formula 3 round
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