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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Sunday, 4 July 2021
Red Bull Racing-Honda driver Max Verstappen will be hoping to win the
Austrian Grand Prix for the third time on July 4.
The Belgian star was forced to retire from last year's Austrian Grand Prix after a gremlin on his Red Bull RB16 forced him into retirement.
Verstappen won the 2018 and 2019 Austrian Grand Prix titles and will be looking to become the third driver to win the race three times after Alain Prost and Jo Siffert.
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The most recent race in the 2021 season was the Styrian Grand Prix and it was won by Verstappen on June 27.
Verstappen was followed by the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Bottas, who finished second and third respectively in Styria.
Looking at the Drivers' Championship standings, Verstappen is sitting at the top as he looks to go all the way and clinch his maiden Formula One world title
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez are placed second and third respectively on the standings.
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Verstappen was pleased with the performance of his car at the Styrian Grand Prix and he explained the brake issue that briefly emerged during his dominant victory.
“Unbelievable. The car was on fire today,” said Verstappen.
“You never know how it’s going to end up but straight away I felt a good balance in the car,” he said after stepping out of the car.
"It quickly just fell a bit to the floor between Turn 9 and Turn 10 while braking, and then it would come back after Turn 10. So we'll look into that. But it happened two times I think."
Red Bull Racing-Honda are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and are followed by Mercedes and McLaren-Mercedes respectively.
2020 Austrian Grand Prix results
Winner: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Third-Place: Lando Norris - McLaren-Renault
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