In the 1,000th race to feature a French driver, Verstappen could take a sixth consecutive Austrian pole and Antonelli has his last opportunity to become the youngest front row starter in a Grand Prix. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix!
THE 2025 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will be the 1,136th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 40th time that Formula 1 has raced in Austria and the 39th time that the sport has visited the venue now known as the Red Bull Ring.
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will be the 44th Austrian Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1963. It will be the 38th time that the Austrian Grand Prix will be run as a round of the F1 World Championship.
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will be the 1,000th round of the World Championship to feature a French driver on the grid. France is the second nation to reach the milestone, after Britain.
This weekend, Lewis Hamilton will become the first F1 driver to make 14 F1 race starts in Austria, moving clear of Kimi Raikkonen, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas at the top of the list. This will be the first race in Austria since 2003 to feature neither Perez nor Bottas on the grid.
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will be the fourth F1 race to take place on June 29, after the 1980 and 1997 French Grands Prix and the 2003 European Grand Prix.
Lap 41 of the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will be the 2,400th Grand Prix racing lap at the circuit now known as the Red Bull Ring in the venue’s history on the F1 calendar.
This is the first time since 2021 that the Austrian Grand Prix weekend will not feature Formula 1’s Sprint format.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
A pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix would make this the third time that a driver has taken as many as six consecutive poles at a single circuit. Verstappen’s streak of six pole positions at the Red Bull Ring includes his pole at the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.
A win for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix would see Austria equal the United States and Italy as the country in which Verstappen has taken the most wins during his career. It would be his sixth win in the country.
The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix is Kimi Antonelli’s final opportunity to become the youngest front row starter in a Grand Prix in F1 history. On race day at the Red Bull Ring, Antonelli will be 18 years, 10 months and 4 days old – one day younger than Lance Stroll when he made his first front row start at the 2017 Italian Grand Prix.
Should McLaren take pole position and win the race, this will be the 100th Grand Prix weekend at which the team has both taken pole position and won.
A 1-2 finish for Mercedes-powered cars this weekend would be the 100th occasion on which Mercedes-powered cars have finished first and second in a Grand Prix. Ford Cosworth are the only other engine manufacturer to have taken as many as 100 1-2 finishes.
If Oscar Piastri continues to lead the championship after the Austrian Grand Prix, this will be the first time an Australian driver has led the title race after as many as seven consecutive races since Jack Brabham led at seven consecutive races between the 1966 French and South African Grands Prix.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 107th pole, equalling Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix would be his 44th pole with Red Bull, equalling Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him equal Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
A pole position for Lando Norris would be his 12th with McLaren, overtaking Kimi Raikkonen for fifth place on the list of most poles with the team.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
A fourth place finish for Lewis Hamilton would be his 34th fourth place finish in F1, equalling Sebastian Vettel at the top of the list of most fourth place results.
Fernando Alonso recorded his 30th seventh place finish at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. Another seventh place finish this weekend would see him overtake Sergio Perez for the most seventh place finishes in Formula 1.
THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
A win for George Russell at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix would see him equal the longest winning streak at the Red Bull Ring. No driver has taken more than two wins in a row at the track – something which Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen (twice) have previously achieved here.
Mercedes have taken the most wins at the Red Bull Ring in the track’s history on the F1 calendar, winning here for the seventh time last year. They could set a new record at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix, or their current win tally could be equalled by McLaren.
In terms of overall Austrian Grand Prix wins, Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes are all tied for the most, with six apiece. Any of the three teams could set a new record this weekend.
A victory for a Mercedes-powered car would see Mercedes usurp Ford Cosworth at the top of the list of most successful engine manufacturers at the Austrian Grand Prix. They’d become the first manufacturer to record ten victories at the event.
Max Verstappen’s record of four Fastest Laps at the Red Bull Ring could be equalled at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix by Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas for the most finishes in Austria, with 12. He’ll be the first to cross the finish line 13 times at the Red Bull Ring should he do so in the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix.
A first lap retirement for Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen or Esteban Ocon would see them equal the record for the most first lap DNFs at the Red Bull Ring. They’d become the fourth driver to record multiple Lap 1 retirements at the track, after Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Marc Surer and Mario Andretti.
2025 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Max Verstappen has taken pole at all of the last five Red Bull Ring races. Another pole at the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix would see him extend the record to six consecutive poles in Austria. Red Bull can also extend the record for most consecutive team poles at the track to six.
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the only current drivers with a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the Red Bull Ring. If Verstappen reaches Q3 and Hamilton does not, he will equal Hamilton’s record of 13 top ten qualifications at the track.
Fernando Alonso has the most Q2 exits at the Red Bull Ring, with six. His record can be equalled by Carlos Sainz in qualifying for the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix.
A Q1 exit for Lance Stroll will see him equal Kimi Raikkonen and Nicholas Latifi’s shared record of five Q1 eliminations at the Red Bull Ring.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton this year would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s sixth oldest winner – and the oldest since Jack Brabham at the 1970 South African Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.
