Russell wins for the first time since the season-opener, Verstappen records his first top two finish of the season and Antonelli is the first Italian driver to lead the championship at six races in a row since 1953. Here are the facts and statistics from the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix!
RUSSELL WINS THE 2026 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell claimed the seventh victory of his Formula 1 career. This was his first victory since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He equalled Rene Arnoux and Juan Pablo Montoya for 43rd on the all-time win list.
The Red Bull Ring becomes the first circuit at which Russell has recorded multiple victories in Formula 1. He last won here in 2024.
This was Mercedes’ seventh Austrian Grand Prix victory, equalling McLaren for the most wins at the event. The team also extended their record for most wins at the Red Bull Ring to eight.
ON THE PODIUM
Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli joined George Russell in the top three, sharing the top three positions for the first time since the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
With both Russell and Antonelli on the podium, this was Mercedes’ first double podium at the Red Bull Ring since the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen finished in second place, recording his best result of the year to date. This was his first top two victory since his win at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Verstappen extended his record for the most podium finishes at the Austrian Grand Prix to seven, and extended his record for most top three finishes at the Red Bull Ring to nine.
Kimi Antonelli became the 82nd driver to record as many as ten podium finishes in Formula 1. He becomes the second driver, after Lewis Hamilton, to have stood on every step of the podium in 2026.
Antonelli continues to lead the Drivers’ Championship after the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix. He is the first Italian driver to lead the title race after as many as six races in a row since Alberto Ascari in 1953.
Antonelli is the first Italian driver to finish on the podium in Austria since Teo Fabi at the 1987 Austrian Grand Prix.
Having failed to finish here last year, his podium at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix marks the first time Antonelli has crossed the finish line at the Red Bull Ring.
Antonelli set the fastest lap for the fifth time in the last seven Grand Prix weekends.
IN THE POINTS
Finishing fourth in the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri finished in the top five for the fifth time in the last six races.
With Lewis Hamilton fifth and Charles Leclerc eighth, this was the first time neither Ferrari driver finished on the podium at the Red Bull Ring since the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix, in which the team recorded the exact same result.
Hamilton ended a streak of three podium results with a fifth place result.
Having started from the front row and finished eighth, this was the third year in a row in which Leclerc has finished the Austrian Grand Prix in a worse position than where he started.
Isack Hadjar finished sixth for the second race weekend in a row. It was his fourth successive top six result.
Both Racing Bulls drivers finished in the top ten at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, making this the first double points scoring race at the Red Bull Ring in the Red Bull junior team’s history.
With ninth place in the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, Liam Lawson maintained his 100% points-scoring result at the Red Bull Ring. This was Lawson’s sixth points-scoring result in the last seven races.
Arvid Lindblad scored points for the fourth time in his career, finishing in the top ten for a third successive race weekend.
This was the first time since the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix that all of the points-scorers started in the top ten on the grid.
THE OTHER FINISHERS
Gabriel Bortoleto finished in 11th place for a third successive race weekend.
Finishing 12th, Nico Hulkenberg made his 257th Grand Prix start, equalling Daniel Ricciardo for tenth on the list of most starts in Formula 1 history.
With Pierre Gasly finishing in 13th and Franco Colapinto finishing in 15th, Alpine recorded the exact same result at the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix as they did in the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix.
Gasly’s 13th place marked the first time he has failed to finish in the points since his retirement at the Miami Grand Prix. Those are the only two occasions on which he has failed to score so far this season.
This was the first Grand Prix of the season in which Alpine failed to score a point.
Haas failed to score a point in Austria for the first time since 2023.
Finishing 17th in the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, Alex Albon’s fourth place in the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix remains the only time that he has scored points at the Red Bull Ring.
THE RETIREES
Carlos Sainz recorded his second retirement of the season, failing to finish for the second time in the last three race weekends.
Lance Stroll recorded his sixth retirement of the season, having crossed the finish line only twice so far this year. This was Stroll’s third consecutive DNF.
Cadillac recorded a double retirement for the first time in their eight appearances in Formula 1. The team have now recorded six DNFs in total – five of those being in the last four races.
Valtteri Bottas retired for the third race weekend in a row. It’s the first time he has failed to finish three races in a row since the 2022 Hungarian, Belgian and Dutch Grands Prix. It was his first DNF in Austria since 2018.
This was Sergio Perez’s second retirement of the season, having also recorded a retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix.