Red Bull Ring Layout & Records

History

Red Bull Ring History

Eddie Irvine driving his Jaguar on the A1 Ring (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 tropy 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	Driver	Team	Laps
2020	2020 Styrian Grand Prix	July 12	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Valtteri Bottas 3th Max Verstappen	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	71 71 71
2019	2019 Austrian Grand Prix	June 30	1th Max Verstappen 2th Charles Leclerc 3th Valtteri Bottas	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	71 71 71
2018	2018 Austrian Grand Prix	July 1	1th Max Verstappen 2th Kimi Räikkönen 3th Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Ferrari Ferrari	71 71 71
2017	2017 Austrian Grand Prix	July 9	1th Valtteri Bottas 2th Sebastian Vettel 3th Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull	71 71 71
2016	2016 Austrian Grand Prix	July 3	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Max Verstappen 3th Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Red Bull Ferrari	71 71 71
2015	2015 Austrian Grand Prix	June 21	1th Nico Rosberg 2th Lewis Hamilton 3th Felipe Massa	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	71 71 71
2014	2014 Austrian Grand Prix	June 22	1th Nico Rosberg 2th Lewis Hamilton 3th Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	71 71 71
2003	2003 Austrian Grand Prix	May 18	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Kimi Räikkönen 3th Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	69 69 69
2002	2002 Austrian Grand Prix	May 12	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Rubens Barrichello 3th Juan Pablo Montoya	Ferrari Ferrari Williams	71 71 71
2001	2001 Austrian Grand Prix	May 13	1th David Coulthard 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Rubens Barrichello	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	71 71 71
2000	2000 Austrian Grand Prix	July 16	1th Mika Häkkinen 2th David Coulthard 3th Rubens Barrichello	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	71 71 71
1999	1999 Austrian Grand Prix	July 25	1th Eddie Irvine 2th David Coulthard 3th Mika Häkkinen	Ferrari McLaren McLaren	71 71 71
1998	1998 Austrian Grand Prix	July 26	1th Mika Häkkinen 2th David Coulthard 3th Michael Schumacher	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	71 71 71
1997	1997 Austrian Grand Prix	September 21	1th Jacques Villeneuve 2th David Coulthard 3th Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams McLaren Williams	71 71 71

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Red Bull Ring Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	8	2	2	0	4	3	2	3.9	4.4	120
2	Valtteri Bottas	8	2	1	2	5	3	0	3.1	5.4	110
3	Max Verstappen	7	2	1	1	4	0	1	4.3	7.9	88
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	Jacques Villeneuve	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	9.9	8.7	14
9	Eddie Irvine	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	10.4	9.2	13
10	Kimi Räikkönen	11	0	2	1	3	0	1	8.2	9.0	57
11	Charles Leclerc	4	0	2	0	2	1	0	9.8	8.0	38
12	Rubens Barrichello	7	0	1	3	4	1	0	4.0	8.4	20
13	Sebastian Vettel	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	7.8	10.6	58
14	Lando Norris	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.7	4.7	34
15	Daniel Ricciardo	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.6	10.4	34
16	Felipe Massa	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	7.8	11.0	29
17	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.7	12.7	7
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	11.3	4
19	Sergio Pérez	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	12.8	8.6	38
20	Romain Grosjean	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.6	11.4	26
21	Carlos Sainz Jr.	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.9	10.7	21
22	Esteban Ocon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	10.0	16
23	Kevin Magnussen	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.4	13.1	16
24	Jenson Button	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	8.9	15
25	Fernando Alonso	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.1	14.4	14
26	Alexander Albon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	10.7	12
27	Pierre Gasly	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	10.0	12
28	Nico Hülkenberg	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	13.3	10
29	Ralf Schumacher	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	10.7	10
30	Lance Stroll	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	12.6	7
31	Pastor Maldonado	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	9.5	6
32	Giancarlo Fisichella	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	11.1	13.1	5
33	Antonio Giovinazzi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	11.0	3
34	Mark Webber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	9.5	2
35	Alexander Wurz	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.7	8.0	2
36	Olivier Panis	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	14.4	2
37	Pascal Wehrlein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	12.0	1
38	Pedro Diniz	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	11.8	1
39	Jos Verstappen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.6	13.6	1
40	Marcus Ericsson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.2	14.2	1
41	Mika Salo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.6	12.2	1
42	Daniil Kvyat	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	15.9	1
43	Jarno Trulli	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	13.1	1
44	Allan McNish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	9.0	0
45	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.0	0
46	Esteban Tuero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.0	0
47	Takuma Sato	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	17.0	0
48	Gianni Morbidelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9.0	0
49	Cristiano da Matta	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	10.0	0
50	Max Chilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	17.0	0
51	Gastón Mazzacane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
52	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	14.0	0
53	Alessandro Zanardi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	19.0	0
54	Brendon Hartley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	17.0	0
55	Gerhard Berger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	10.0	0
56	Ralph Firman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.0	0
57	Robert Kubica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	20.0	0
58	Luca Badoer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	13.0	0
59	Ricardo Rosset	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	12.0	0
60	Kamui Kobayashi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16.0	0
61	Will Stevens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	18.0	0
62	Rio Haryanto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
63	Antônio Pizzonia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	9.0	0
64	Jules Bianchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	15.0	0
65	Ukyo Katayama	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
66	Adrian Sutil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	13.0	0
67	Justin Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.0	0
68	Alex Yoong	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	14.0	0
69	Jean-Eric Vergne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	20.0	0
70	Jan Magnussen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	16.0	0
71	Luciano Burti	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.0	0
72	Marc Gené	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	9.5	0
73	Shinji Nakano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	14.0	0
74	Tarso Marques	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	19.0	0
75	Jolyon Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	11.5	0
76	Enrique Bernoldi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	19.0	0
77	Esteban Gutierrez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	15.0	0
78	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	12.0	0
79	Toranosuke Takagi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	21.5	0
80	Nicholas Latifi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.0	0
81	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	13.5	0
82	Ricardo Zonta	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	14.0	0
83	Damon Hill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	7.3	0
84	George Russell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	16.3	0
85	Nick Heidfeld	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	13.8	0
86	Johnny Herbert	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9.3	0
87	Pedro de la Rosa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	17.5	0
88	Jean Alesi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	15.8	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Red Bull Ring Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Mercedes	0	6	3	1	10	6	3	3.3	4.2	265
2	Ferrari	0	3	6	6	15	4	3	5.6	6.9	212
3	McLaren	0	3	5	2	10	2	6	8.6	8.6	140
4	Red Bull	0	2	1	2	5	0	1	6.7	9.3	132
5	Williams	0	1	0	4	5	2	1	10.1	11.2	84
6	Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10.3	9.4	44
7	Haas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	12.0	36
8	Racing Point	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	10.3	22
9	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	11.4	12
10	BAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.4	10.9	10
11	Renault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	12.8	9
12	Toro Rosso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	15.8	8
13	Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.8	11.9	8
14	AlphaTauri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	11.0	7
15	Lotus F1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	12.0	6
16	Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	11.2	5
17	Jaguar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.4	2
18	Benetton	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13.5	13.5	2
19	Manor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	15.0	1
20	Arrows	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	15.7	1
21	Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	13.6	0
22	Toyota	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.3	0
23	Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	15.2	0
24	Tyrrell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	16.0	0
25	Prost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	13.2	0
26	Caterham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	17.0	0