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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Sunday, 4 July 2021
McLaren-Mercedes driver Lando Norris will be keen to move into the three places on the World Drivers Championship standings by winning the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Belgian-British star finished third in last year's
Austrian Grand Prix behind more seasoned drivers Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes.
Norris secured a fifth spot finish in the most recent race in the current 2021 campaign which was the Styrian Grand Prix which took place on June 27.
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The Austrian Grand Prix which was the eighth round in the current season was won by Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen.
Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Bottas finished second and third respectively in Styria.
Norris is still placed fourth on the World Drivers' Championship standings and just 10 points behind third-placed Sergio Perez of Red Bull Racing.
Verstappen is sitting at the top of the standings and is followed by Hamilton as the battle for this year's Formula One world title continues.
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Norris, 21, was disappointed not to challenge Red Bull and Mercedes at the Styrian Grand Prix after starting P3 on the grid.
“I think it’s the best we could achieve today. In some ways it’s a positive that we had a lonely, easy race," Norris said.
"But I think we still learned some things. The Ferraris were very fast as well and I think next week, they can be much more of a threat if they start with a good position and don’t have any incidents.
“So apart from that it was a pretty straightforward race on my part. I think we struggled a lot in the beginning but it got better towards the end so just need to figure some things out, try and improve but P5 I’m happy with.”
Red Bull Racing-Honda are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they 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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