2024 Austrian Grand Prix

The event was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg for the 20th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 28–30 June. The Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 37th running of the Austrian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. It was also the third Grand Prix of six in the season to utilise the sprint format and the third time overall to feature it. Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 219 points, 69 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 71 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing, with 330 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 270 and 237 points, respectively. Entrants The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. Tyre choices Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the three softest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at this event. Track changes After the previous iteration of the race saw 1,200 potential track limit violations, the Red Bull Ring took steps to prevent a repeat of the issues. Gravel traps were installed and some track limits were moved closer to existing gravel traps to deter drivers from running wide. Additionally, a contrasting blue line on the outside of the white track limits line was painted to increase visibility and contrast for stewards reviewing possible violations. == Practice ==

The only free practice session was held on 28 June 2024, at 12:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. == Sprint qualifying ==

Sprint qualifying was held on 28 June 2024, at 16:30 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint. Sprint qualifying classification Notes • – Alexander Albon qualified 19th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane due to changes made to the set up of his car during parc fermé. == Sprint ==

The sprint was held on 29 June 2024, at 12:00 local time (UTC+2), and was scheduled to be run for 24 laps before being shortened by one lap due to an aborted start procedure. == Qualifying ==

Qualifying was held on 29 June 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2), and determined the starting order for the main race. Qualifying classification Notes • – Zhou Guanyu qualified 20th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane due to changes made to the set up of his car during parc fermé. == Race ==

The race was held on 30 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 71 laps. Verstappen later said that the crash did not affect his friendship with Norris. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella claimed that "the entire population in the world [knows] who is responsible, except for a group of people," comparing the incident to moments in Verstappen's past rivalry with Hamilton during the 2021 season. Russell stated he was happy to "pick up the pieces" of Norris and Verstappen's incident to win. Race classification Notes • – Max Verstappen received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Lando Norris. His final position was not affected by the penalty. • – Alexander Albon finished 14th, but received a five-second time penalty for crossing the line at pit entry. • – Lando Norris was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. He also received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits. The penalty made no difference as he was classified in the last position. ==Championship standings after the race==

Following this result, the top five for both sets of standings remained unchanged, with Verstappen increasing his lead over Norris to 81 points. Norris remained in second with 156 points, with Charles Leclerc trailing him by just six points in third. Red Bull extended their lead in the standings to 64 points over Ferrari. ;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. == See also ==