© Red Bull Racing HondaBulls' Best Bits: Austrian GPWrapping up a successful triple header with our standout moments from round nine.
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Max scored a 2021 Red Bull Ring double, his 50th F1 podium and the first grand slam of his career thanks to a dominant Austrian Grand Prix win that saw the Red Bull driver lead every one of the 71 laps from pole, to take victory and the extra point on offer for fastest lap.
The Dutchman was faultless throughout and after maintaining the lead at the start, and managing a restart following a short safety car period, he effortlessly controlled the following 68 laps to finish almost 18 seconds ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and McLaren’s Lando Norris.
It was a more difficult afternoon for Checo though however, as he incurred two five-second penalties as a result of separate collisions with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and finished in sixth. The Mexican missed out on P5 by just 0.7s after he narrowly failed to stretch a 10-second gap to Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in the closing stages.
Read the full race report here.
Max Is King Of The Ring
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Cheering The Winner Across The Line© Getty Images
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The Look When You've Won Three In A Row© Getty Images
Celebrating His 50th F1 Podium© Getty Images
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Winning In Front Of His Fans© Getty Images
Picking Up More Styrian Silverware© Getty Images
Running From The Red Bull Shower© Getty Images
Adding Another One To His Collection© Getty Images
Cooling Down After A Dominant Display© Getty Images
Triple header? Completed it! The celebrations from our sixth win of the season and fifth in a row as Max gets it done at the Red Bull Ring!
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Max took his second pole position in a week at the Red Bull Ring as he dominated qualifying for the Team’s home Austrian Grand Prix, leading every segment of the session.
The Dutchman eased through the opening phases of the session, claiming top spot in both Q1 and Q2. And the dominance continued at the start of the final top-10 shootout as Max powered to a super lap of 1:03.720 that eventually proved enough to secure the seventh pole position of his career.
Checo put in a super final flying lap which saw him find three tenths of a second to rise from fifth place after the opening runs of Q3. However, the Mexican was denied a front-row spot by McLaren’s Lando Norris who claimed the first front-row start of his career with a lap just 0.048s behind Max.
Read the qualifying report here.
Bulls'GuideTo:TheTreehouse
Did you have a treehouse when you were a child? If so, well done you. Treehouses are great – better than a bedroom in many respects because the advantage of height brings with it the benefit of isolation and the ability to do whatever it is you want to do without interruption.
However, treehouses in F1 are similar but different at the same time. So in our latest Bulls' Guide To series we take a deep dive into the F1 paddock treehouse to see what really goes on behind closed doors.
Read here to find out!
As a Team, this year we have a legitimate claim to having six home races, so in this new series we’re taking a look at the history of each race, as well as when it became our home race and why.
The series will include the Styrian/Austrian GPs, the British GP, Dutch GP, Japanese GP and the Mexican GP. But first up we’re deep-diving into the Styrian/Austrian GP.
Take a look at the history of our home race at the Red Bull Ring, Austria.
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