On the weekend it was announced that Spielberg will remain on the Formula 1 calendar until 2041, who left the Styrian Mountains hearing the Sound of Music in Austria?
Lando Norris: 10
Pole position by over half a second on Saturday set the Briton up perfectly at the Red Bull Ring.
Norris survived an early barrage from team-mate Piastri in the opening stint, but from then on was in control and took McLaren’s first victory in Austria since 2001.
It was the perfect way to bounce back from his disastrous end to the race in Montreal as he cut the lead in the championship to 15 points heading to Silverstone.
Oscar Piastri: 8.5
Piastri was impacted by the yellow flag caused by Pierre Gasly in Q3, leading to a second-row start in third.
But the championship leader was quick to clear the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc on the opening lap and soon applied pressure to teammate Norris for the lead.
However, Piastri was unable to complete a vital move, and had to settle for a second place and 18 points on a weekend where he was second best to Norris.
Charles Leclerc: 9.5
On the back of an important upgrade package for the Scuderia, Leclerc put in another strong performance and maximised everything from his SF-25.
The Monegasque achieved a second front row start of the season and converted that it into a fourth podium in 2025, his third in the previous four races.
Lewis Hamilton: 8.5
Starting in the top four for the first time in 2025 after a fourth consecutive top-five qualifying, Hamilton secured his best Grand Prix finish of the season in Austria.
On a track where the Briton has never gelled with, he was comfortably beaten by team-mate Leclerc, but the result will give him a boost heading into Silverstone.
George Russell: 7
Following a tense fight with ex-team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap, it was a rather quiet race for the Montreal race winner.
His Mercedes seemed to struggle in the hot conditions prevalent, and a distant fifth was the best he could do in qualifying and on race day.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 4
A clumsy mistake from the rookie on the opening lap took him and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen out of the race at Turn 3.
Antonelli will take a three-place grid drop to Silverstone for the collision, as well as two penalty points on his license.
Following an impressive weekend in Montreal that comprised a maiden F1 podium, it was a reminder of how raw the Italian remains.
Liam Lawson: 9.5
Having suffered for most of the season, it was on the home soil of the team that demoted him where he would put in his strongest performance to date in 2025.
The New Zealander was the highest starting Red Bull car, starting sixth, just ahead of reigning World Champion Verstappen.
And on the alternate one-stop strategy, he held onto his starting position to take a career-best finish, a result that he hopes will kickstart his campaign.
Isack Hadjar: 6
For once, Hadjar was the one in the shadow of team-mate Lawson.
A solid twelfth at the chequered flag is nothing to complain about, but not as impressive as Lawson.
Fernando Alonso: 9
Despite missing out on Q3 in Spielberg, a masterful one-stop strategy made it three consecutive points finishes in 2025 for Alonso.
Starting from 11th, the Spaniard followed Lawson almost from lights to flag, and held off a charging Gabriel Bortoleto for back-to-back seventh place finishes.
Lance Stroll: 5
Stroll had outpaced two-time champion team-mate Alonso all through practice in Spielberg, but the Canadian couldn’t produce that when it mattered.
Another Q1 exit led to a rather disappointing 14th-place finish as he never threatened to make the same progress as Alonso to end his points drought.
Gabriel Bortoleto: 9.5
The Austrian Grand Prix proved to be the weekend when the Brazilian rookie made his mark in the sport.
Having flown somewhat under the radar so far, Bortoleto flew his Sauber into Q3 for the first time this season for both himself and the team.
He backed his impressive one-lap speed up on race day too, converting his starting position of eighth at the chequered flag for his first ever points in F1.
Nico Hulkenberg: 8.5
It was a dramatic weekend of two halves for Hulkenberg, who would make it three consecutive points finishes despite starting from last on the grid.
Sauber has seen a dramatic upturn in results in recent weekends, and the veteran’s race pace showed that clearly as he finished right behind Bortoleto.
Esteban Ocon: 8.5
The Austrian Grand Prix has been a happy hunting ground for Haas in F1 – and 2025 was no different.
While the Frenchman was knocked out in Q1, starting 17th, his race pace was very impressive and led to another points finish in 10th.
Oliver Bearman: 7
Bearman once again backed up his team-mate’s impressive performance, playing the team game as he missed out on points of his own in 11th.
Pierre Gasly: 6
Another weekend where Alpine and Gasly failed to capitalise on a promising top 10 start.
13th in a race where he was complaining about grip for the most part will be frustrating for the Anglo-French marque as it continues to lose ground in the championship.
Franco Colapinto: 4
A promising 14th place start couldn’t be capitalised on by the young Argentine, though not all down to his own doing.
The Alpine driver was spun around by Yuki Tsunoda, but he picked up a five-second penalty for forcing Oscar Piastri off track while the McLaren was trying to lap him.
Colapinto is now the only active driver without a point to his name and this weekend will have done nothing to help his situation amid his uncertain position.
Yuki Tsunoda: 3
Out in Q1 for the third time in five races and the lowest ever qualifying for a Red Bull at the team’s home race put Tsunoda on the back foot once again.
The Japanese pilot didn’t help himself on race day either by picking up a 10-second penalty due to a classic Turn 4 collision with Franco Colapinto’s Alpine.
Finishing 16th and last on track, it was another weekend to forget for Tsunoda.
Max Verstappen: N/A
Having had to abandon his fastest lap in Q3 due to a yellow flag, a seventh-place start put Verstappen in the mid-pack and the danger zone on the opening lap.
And so it would fall as Verstappen was the innocent victim of a mistake from the Mercedes of Antonelli, leading to a first DNF in 31 races for the Dutchman.
Verstappen now lies 61 points adrift of Piastri in the Drivers’ Championship, prompting Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko to admit his title prospects are all but done.
Carlos Sainz: N/A
After causing an aborted start due to being stuck in first gear, Sainz’s rear brakes caught fire in the pitlane, leading to the Spaniard not even starting in Austria.
Alex Albon: N/A
Despite qualifying a promising 12th, a horrendous weekend for Williams saw Albon also be retired on lap 17, making it three consecutive DNFs for the Anglo-Thai driver.
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