2019 Austrian Grand Prix
Verstappen's Honda-powered victory ends Mercedes' 2019 win streak at Red Bull's home race.
The 2019 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 myWorld Großer Preis von Österreich 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 June 2019 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race was the ninth round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship. The race marked the 33rd running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 33rd time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950.
Quick Facts
- Event
- Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix
- Year
- 2019
- Circuit
- Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
- Winner
- Max Verstappen
- Team
- Red Bull Racing
- Key moment
- Last-lap overtake on Lewis Hamilton
Lore & Background
The victory of Max Verstappen in the Red Bull Racing RB15 was the first win for a Honda-powered F1 car since Jenson Button in the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix and he also became the first non-Mercedes driver to win a race in 2019. The race marked the first time that Red Bull made it back-to-back wins at their home Grand Prix.
Reader's Guide
Heading into the race Lewis Hamilton had a 36-point advantage over teammate Valtteri Bottas in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship Mercedes held a 140-point advantage over Ferrari. The drivers and teams entered were the same as those on the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for either the race or practice. Prior to the start of the weekend Carlos Sainz Jr. and Alexander Albon exceeded their quotas for power unit components and were required to start from the back of the grid. Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen received five-place grid penalties for exceeding their quota for power unit components and for a gearbox change, respectively.
Did You Know?
- Antonio Giovinazzi scored his first ever career points in Formula One by finishing tenth place.
- This was the first race in which every driver saw the chequered flag since the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.
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