Austrian Grand Prix Tips

Max Verstappen once again came out victorious in Spain. However, Mercedes and McLaren have looked like serious threats in recent races. Both Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris have beaten Verstappen in the last five races, it's obvious where the Drivers Championship is going but can the teams around Red Bull make the fight for second an interesting one?

Austrian Grand Prix Grand Prix Details

Date 30th June 2024

Location Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

Course length 4.318km

Distance 306,452km

Last Year Podium

• 1st - Max Verstappen
• 2nd - Charles Leclerc
• 3rd - Sergio Perez

Last Year's Fastest Lap

Max Verstappen - 1:07.012

2024 Race Favourite - Max Verstappen - 4/6

Austrian Grand Prix Betting Tips

Austrian Grand Prix predictions

There's a growing sense of anticipation for this week's F1 race, the Austrian Grand Prix, after world champion Max Verstappen was made to work really hard to win the last two rounds in Canada and Spain.

The Red Bull star now has seven wins in this season's 10 races, but has yet to put together three successive victories this year and faces another tough challenge from rival teams who have a spring in their step.

Verstappen is the favourite to give his team a home win for the third time in four seasons, but there are a host of betting options to consider and we've picked out three of our favourite bets for the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg.

Tip 1 - McLaren - Team to feature winning driver @ 9/4

McLaren didn't win either of the last two F1 races, with Lando Norris finishing a close second to Max Verstappen in Montreal and Barcelona, but the British team had the pace to win both events if things had shaken out differently and should soon be able to add to Norris's victory in the Miami Grand Prix.

Norris was leading in Canada but lost his advantage when not reacting quickly enough to pit during a safety-car period, while in Spain he took the second pole position of his career but fell just short of catching Verstappen after losing two places by the first corner of the race.

Verstappen and Norris each have five top-two finishes in the last six races and while the champion has four wins in that time to Norris's one, the balance of power appears to be shifting. It certainly could be closer than race odds which have Verstappen at 11/20 to win and Norris 5/2.

The Dutch driver has a strong record at his team's home track but has not been invincible there, with Charles Leclerc winning the 2022 race and Mercedes taking both the Austrian Grand Prix and Styrian Grand Prix at the track in 2020.

Norris gives McLaren their best chance of success again, but with the price for a McLaren win being only marginally shorter than Norris's price at 9/4, it makes sense to wager in that market and have his team-mate Oscar Piastri driving for you too.

Tip 2 - Sergio Perez top-6 finish @ 9/10

Red Bull's second driver Sergio Perez has been on a rotten run of form with two eighth-place finishes and two retirements in his last four races but his standing with oddsmakers has fallen so far that he has to be a value bet for a top-six finish in Austria.

Perez is still driving a leading car and he will have few excuses if he can't get his act together at a track where he has performed well previously.

Last year Perez was second in the sprint race in a Red Bull one-two and the Mexican was also on the podium in the main event, finishing third despite having to start way back in 15th on the grid after all his Q2 times were deleted for track-limits violations.

Perez was on the podium in four of the first five races this season and it will be a surprise if he's not in contention for even a top-six finish this time.

Tip 3 - Nico Hulkenberg top-10 finish @ 2/1

Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg has had his nose pressed up against the window of the top-10 points-paying positions in recent weeks, clocking up four 11th-place finishes in the last five races.

He has a fair chance of getting his points tally moving again in Spielberg, given that his team had one of their best performances of last season at the track.

The German driver was an impressive fourth in sprint-race qualifying in 2023 and hung on to take sixth place in the shorter race, while he also qualified eighth for the main event before his power unit let him down in the grand prix.

Hulkenberg has managed points finishes in Saudi Arabia, Australia and China and that, along with his five total 11th-place Sundays, make him a spot of value for the top 10 this week at 2/1.

Austrian Grand Prix: - Last Five Races Details

Austrian Grand Prix: - History

Held for the first time in 1963 at the Zeltweg Airfield, the Austrian Grand Prix has often been part of the F1 racing calendar and, since 2014, has been a firm fixture each season. Now hosted at the sponsored Red Bull Ring, repeat team winners of the Grand Prix are McLaren and Ferrari, but with three victories since 2018, Red Bull are creeping up the standings. Max Verstappen and Valterri Bottas have shared the last five renewals of the race, and with the race last year featuring driver collisions and time penalties, this race is always full of excitement.