Red Bull Ring Layout & Records

History

Red Bull Ring History

Eddie Irvine driving his Jaguar on the A1 Ring (Austria 2002)

In modern times Formula One continues to spread its brand around the world. With each season, new races emerge in different sectors of Asia and USA making it a truly global sport. So when the announcement was made that Austria will return to the calendar for the first time since 2003, it was welcomed as an old friend.

Formula One has been in danger of losing its soul. Europe, the heart of the sport, has seen its slice of the calendar shrink each year. Races in Asia have been beneficial to motor racing in many ways but they shouldn't take the place of the tracks that the sport grew up with. Austria, an old school circuit that once had the same levels of fear as Spa, deserves it place on the grid.

Mainstraight Red Bull Ring, Austria

A lick of paint and a new pit-area and grandstand are the only major changes that have occurred at the, now called, Red Bull Ring and F1 is likely to encounter an old-school rugged track that is now, sadly, a rarity. The circuit, in the south-east of the country in the beautiful Styrian Mountains in Spielberg, is entering its third phase as an F1 circuit after two eras defined by controversy.

It made its debut in 1970. Then called The Osterreichring, it was famed for its high speed, steep hill climbs and danger. The current track is a much safer version. The heavy crashes and fatalities of the 70’s needed to stop, but this was to the detriment of the track. Shorter than the original, it lost much of its character when it returned after a ten year break in 1997. It still offers long straights, plenty of over-taking opportunities and a rugged edge that will catch out many drivers who are used to being pampered in Abu Dhabi and Singapore.

This time, amongst the bland circuits we see today, it should pose a challenge to the drivers in a way that Hockenheim has failed to do since it re-designed itself in 2002. Whereas the legendary German track has been criticised for its disappointing modifications, absence has made the heart grow stronger for Austria. The Osterreichring may not exist anymore, but it is still a joy to be racing there again.

2002 Austrian podium: Barrichello gets the  trophy from Schumacher because he had to give away the win

Traditionally, it has always produced moments of debate. As Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg battle for the championship, team orders aren’t in sight. However, Austria played host to the most condemned example of team order in 2002. Rubens Barrichello, who played second fiddle at Ferrari to Michael Schumacher for so long, was about to get one over on his rival by taking a deserved victory in Spielberg. Schumacher, who had dominated the season and was on his way to a 5th world championship, was deemed to need the win more. Ferrari forced Barrichello to move over. Austria’s most famous race was a total miscarriage of justice.

Now under the ownership of Red Bull, who have brought this previously derelict track back to life, Austria has a chance to re-establish itself back on the F1 calendar and how wonderful would it be if it could do it. We need more tracks like The Red Bull Ring as Formula One maintains its soul. Welcome back Austria, welcome back.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Red Bull Ring Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2024	2024 Austrian F1 GP	June 30	George Russell Oscar Piastri Carlos Sainz	Mercedes McLaren Ferrari	71
2023	2023 Austrian F1 GP	July 2	Max Verstappen Charles Leclerc Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Ferrari Red Bull	71
2022	2022 Austrian F1 GP	July 10	Charles Leclerc Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari Red Bull Mercedes	71
2021	2021 Austrian F1 GP	June 4	Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas Lando Norris	Red Bull Mercedes McLaren	71
2021	2021 Styrian F1 GP	June 27	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	Red Bull Mercedes Mercedes	71
2020	2020 Styrian F1 GP	July 12	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas Max Verstappen	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	71
2020	2020 Austrian F1 GP	July 5	Valtteri Bottas Charles Leclerc Lando Norris	Mercedes Ferrari McLaren	71
2019	2019 Austrian F1 GP	June 30	Max Verstappen Charles Leclerc Valtteri Bottas	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	71
2018	2018 Austrian F1 GP	July 1	Max Verstappen Kimi Räikkönen Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Ferrari Ferrari	71
2017	2017 Austrian F1 GP	July 9	Valtteri Bottas Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull	71
2016	2016 Austrian F1 GP	July 3	Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Red Bull Ferrari	71
2015	2015 Austrian F1 GP	June 21	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Felipe Massa	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	71
2014	2014 Austrian F1 GP	June 22	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	71
2003	2003 Austrian F1 GP	May 18	Michael Schumacher Kimi Räikkönen Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	69
2002	2002 Austrian F1 GP	May 12	Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello Juan Pablo Montoya	Ferrari Ferrari Williams	71
2001	2001 Austrian F1 GP	May 13	David Coulthard Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	71
2000	2000 Austrian F1 GP	July 16	Mika Häkkinen David Coulthard Rubens Barrichello	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	71
1999	1999 Austrian F1 GP	July 25	Eddie Irvine David Coulthard Mika Häkkinen	Ferrari McLaren McLaren	71
1998	1998 Austrian F1 GP	July 26	Mika Häkkinen David Coulthard Michael Schumacher	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	71
1997	1997 Austrian F1 GP	September 21	Jacques Villeneuve David Coulthard Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams McLaren Williams	71

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Red Bull Ring Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Max Verstappen	12	5	2	1	8	5	4	2.9	5.4	218
2	Lewis Hamilton	13	2	3	1	6	3	3	4.2	4.3	186
3	Valtteri Bottas	13	2	2	3	7	3	0	6.7	6.9	143
4	Michael Schumacher	6	2	1	1	4	2	2	3.7	5.5	31
5	Mika Häkkinen	5	2	0	1	3	2	1	3.0	9.4	24
6	Nico Rosberg	3	2	0	0	2	0	1	3.7	2.0	62
7	David Coulthard	7	1	4	0	5	0	3	8.1	2.9	39
8	Charles Leclerc	9	1	3	0	4	1	0	7.6	6.8	100
9	George Russell	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	11.4	54
10	Jacques Villeneuve	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	9.9	8.7	14
11	Eddie Irvine	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.4	9.2	13
12	Kimi Räikkönen	13	0	2	1	3	0	1	9.5	9.6	57
13	Rubens Barrichello	7	0	1	3	4	1	0	4.0	8.4	20
14	Sebastian Vettel	11	0	1	1	2	0	0	9.5	11.9	58
15	Oscar Piastri	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.0	9.0	25
16	Lando Norris	8	0	0	2	2	0	1	4.8	6.6	83
17	Sergio Pérez	13	0	0	1	1	0	1	10.5	8.4	91
18	Carlos Sainz	12	0	0	1	1	0	1	9.0	9.4	78
19	Daniel Ricciardo	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.8	10.1	44
20	Felipe Massa	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	7.8	11.0	29
21	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.7	12.7	7
22	Juan Pablo Montoya	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	11.3	4
23	Fernando Alonso	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	14.1	12.8	32
24	Esteban Ocon	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	11.7	31
25	Romain Grosjean	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.6	11.4	26
26	Kevin Magnussen	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12.6	26
27	Nico Hülkenberg	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	13.3	21
28	Lance Stroll	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.9	11.9	18
29	Pierre Gasly	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	11.6	16
30	Jenson Button	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	8.9	15
31	Alex Albon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	11.7	12
32	Ralf Schumacher	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	10.7	10
33	Mick Schumacher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.7	13.3	8
34	Pastor Maldonado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	9.5	6
35	Giancarlo Fisichella	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	11.1	13.1	5
36	Antonio Giovinazzi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	12.4	3
37	Mark Webber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	9.5	2
38	Alexander Wurz	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.7	8.0	2
39	Olivier Panis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	14.4	2
40	Pascal Wehrlein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	12.0	1
41	Pedro Diniz	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	11.8	1
42	Mika Salo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.6	12.2	1
43	Yuki Tsunoda	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.8	14.2	1
44	Jos Verstappen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.6	13.6	1
45	Marcus Ericsson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.2	14.2	1
46	Daniil Kvyat	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	15.9	1
47	Jarno Trulli	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	13.1	1
48	Ricardo Rosset	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
49	Kamui Kobayashi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16.0	0
50	Rio Haryanto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
51	Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	9.0	0
52	Jules Bianchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	15.0	0
53	Ukyo Katayama	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
54	Adrian Sutil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.0	0
55	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.0	0
56	Justin Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.0	0
57	Alex Yoong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	14.0	0
58	Jean-Eric Vergne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	20.0	0
59	Jan Magnussen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	16.0	0
60	Allan McNish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	9.0	0
61	Esteban Tuero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.0	0
62	Takuma Sato	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	17.0	0
63	Gianni Morbidelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9.0	0
64	Cristiano da Matta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	10.0	0
65	Nyck de Vries	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	17.0	0
66	Max Chilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	17.0	0
67	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.0	0
68	Brendon Hartley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	17.0	0
69	Alessandro Zanardi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	19.0	0
70	Gastón Mazzacane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
71	Robert Kubica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	20.0	0
72	Gerhard Berger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	10.0	0
73	Luca Badoer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	13.0	0
74	Ralph Firman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.0	0
75	Will Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	18.0	0
76	Toranosuke Takagi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	21.5	0
77	Nikita Mazepin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	18.0	0
78	Logan Sargeant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	16.0	0
79	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	13.5	0
80	Ricardo Zonta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	14.0	0
81	Luciano Burti	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
82	Marc Gené	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	9.5	0
83	Jolyon Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	11.5	0
84	Shinji Nakano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	14.0	0
85	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	12.0	0
86	Tarso Marques	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	19.0	0
87	Enrique Bernoldi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	19.0	0
88	Esteban Gutierrez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	15.0	0
89	Zhou Guanyu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.7	14.3	0
90	Damon Hill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	7.3	0
91	Nick Heidfeld	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	13.8	0
92	Johnny Herbert	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9.3	0
93	Pedro de la Rosa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	17.5	0
94	Jean Alesi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	15.8	0
95	Nicholas Latifi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.8	16.2	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Red Bull Ring Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Mercedes	13	7	5	3	15	6	4	4.0	4.0	418
2	Red Bull	13	5	2	3	10	5	4	5.7	7.6	315
3	Ferrari	20	4	7	7	18	4	3	5.8	6.9	331
4	McLaren	20	3	6	3	12	2	6	8.4	8.6	222
5	Williams	20	1	0	4	5	2	1	11.3	12.3	84
6	Haas	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.7	65
7	Force India	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.3	9.4	44
8	Aston Martin	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.8	12.5	25
9	Racing Point	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	10.3	22
10	Alpine	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	11.4	21
11	Jordan	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	11.4	12
12	BAR	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.4	10.9	10
13	AlphaTauri	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	13.5	10
14	Renault	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12.8	9
15	Toro Rosso	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	15.8	8
16	Sauber	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	12.3	8
17	Lotus F1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	12.0	6
18	Alfa Romeo	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	12.4	5
19	Racing Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	11.5	2
20	Jaguar	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.4	2
21	Benetton	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	13.5	13.5	2
22	Manor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	15.0	1
23	Arrows	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	15.7	1
24	Caterham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	17.0	0
25	Toyota	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.3	0
26	Tyrrell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	16.0	0
27	Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	15.2	0
28	Prost	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	13.2	0
29	Minardi	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	13.6	0