Team Summary:
Prior to the start of qualifying for the 2021 Steiermark Grand Prix it was announced that Bottas would receive a three place grid penalty for spinning in the pit lane during Friday practice. The first drivers would start to come out including both Haas cars and both of the Williams. The track would become very busy with more drivers coming out. The times were coming quickly as we now had Norris fastest with a 1m:04.584 but Verstappen goes quicker with a 1m:04.489. Leclerc was now third while the Williams drivers had dropped to 12th and 14th. Bottas was now second ahead of Norris with Hamilton fourth. The Williams drivers were now 14th and 16th but one of the cars would jump up to be eighth dropping to ninth.

The top four cars would not coming out for further runs but every car from fifth downwards were out including both Williams. With the runs completed we would see Tsunoda fourth followed by Perez, Hamilton, Leclerc, Gasly, Stroll, and Sainz tenth. The Williams drivers would finish in 12th and 16th.

The second period would see a large number of drivers coming out on the medium tyre including both Mercedes. A 1m:04.724 from Bottas with Giovinazzi second. Verstappen would set a 1m:04.540 to be quickest from Bottas and Russell. But Perez would move ahead of Russell also on the soft tyre to be second. Hamilton was down in fifth and Giovinazzi sixth. Hamilton would move up to third while Verstappen set a 1m:04.433 only to see Gasly go quickest with a 1m:04.429 using the soft tyre. Verstappen was second followed by Norris, Perez, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Stroll, Alonso, Bottas, and Sainz tenth. The final Williams had dropped to 13th.

Bottas would have another run and was now third. Hamilton would return on another set of medium tyres being the only driver on the track. But all the drivers except Gasly would return including the Williams. The remaining Williams would go 10th but only for moments dropping to 11th as others went faster. Of the other drivers Perez would go quickest with a 1m:04.197 from Norris, Gasly, Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton, Alonso, Tsunoda, Leclerc and Stroll tenth.

The final period of qualifying would see Verstappen quickest after his first run with a 1m:03.841 followed by Hamilton, Norris, Bottas, Perez, Gasly, Leclerc, Tsunoda Alonso and Stroll yet to set a time. Stroll would set a time that would see him eighth. Tsunoda would hamper Bottas such that the incident would be under investigation. Hamilton will fail to improve but Bottas would move up to second but will start the race from fifth with his penalty. Hamilton was third followed by Norris, Perez, Gasly, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Alonso and Stroll tenth. The Williams drivers would then finish qualifying in 11th and 16th with both having tyre choice for Sunday's race.

George Russell:
George would follow his team-mate out also on the soft tyre. He would set a 1m:05.752 to be quickest dropping to second. This would become 14th as more times were set. George would pit after a four lap run. Currently 17th George would return on soft tyres. A 1m:05.033 sees George seventh finishing the period in 12th. With the start of the second period George would return again on the soft tyre. He would set a 1m:04.942 to be second behind Bottas. This would become fourth as he pitted after a three lap run. He would drop to sixth but quickly it would become 13th as he pitted. He would return with just under three minutes remaining and would set a 1m:04.671 to be 10th but he would drop to 11th by just 0.008s and was out of qualifying.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would be first out for Williams running on the soft tyre. He would set a 1m:05.963 to be currently quickest from Schumacher. He would pit after a two lap run. Nicholas would return on a new set of soft tyres and would set a 1m:05.175 to be eighth. He would drop to ninth behind Alonso. He would pit after a three lap run. Seemed like Nicholas's lap had scared quite a few teams given the extra pace he has found on his second run. Nicholas would return for a third run on again on the soft tyre. He would finish the period in 16th and was out of qualifying by the smallest of margins.