The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

Austrian Grand Prix Live Stream 2021: Watch for FREE Today

By Jen Allen Published July 4, 2021

If you’re a keen F1 fan, you want to watch all the races, right? In particular, the Austrian Grand Prix is today with the Grand Prix starting at 9 AM ET/6 AM PT and it’s set to be quite the thrilling race. If you happen to live in Austria, you can watch it and the entire F1 season for free thanks to a free stream from ServusTV but, well, that’s not much help to you in the U.S., is it? Fortunately, there is a way to enjoy it all for free and that’s via using a VPN such as IPVanish. Read on while we tell you exactly how to watch the Austrian Grand Prix live stream for free today.

How to Watch the Austrian Grand Prix Live Stream Online in the U.S.

Image used with permission by copyright holder

ServusTV is the best place to watch the Austrian Grand Prix and the rest of the F1 season, having split the rights with public broadcaster ORF. It’s a free-to-air station owned by Red Bull in Austria hence why you’ll need to persuade the stream you’re living in Austria every time you watch the Grand Prix.

Recommended Videos

To do so, you need to use a VPN to access the free Austrian Grand Prix live stream. IPVanish is a fantastic option because it costs just $3 for the first month. A whole year costs just $60 so you’re good to go all year round when watching the Grand Prix.

Wondering how it all works? Simply put, a VPN works by tricking connections into believing you’re accessing content from a different location than you actually are. With IPVanish, you simply choose a server in a different country (in this case, Austria) and the likes of ServusTV believe you’re in Austria allowing you to watch the Austrian Grand Prix live stream for free. It’s legal and easy to do with F1 fans able to watch wherever now is the beginning of the end for Mercedes’ dominance or whether the team’s pace will improve once more.

However you decide to watch the Austrian Grand Prix, we recommend checking out the best car movies of all time to unwind after the race. After all, who can resist a fun racing-themed weekend? The Austrian Grand Prix gets underway at 9 AM ET/6 AM PT today.

Topics

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Jen Allen is a technology and lifestyle writer with over 10 years of experience.

Auto

F1 2025 Japanese Grand Prix results: Max holds McLaren at bay for 53 laps

McLaren have superior cars, but Verstappen is the best driver

The winners of the 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the 2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, proving that, even though McLaren has the fastest cars, Verstappen's other-worldly driving ability can prevail.

Verstappen didn't record higher than the fifth fastest lap time in the three practice sessions on Friday and Saturday, but he put down the quickest time during the crucial Qualifying event on Saturday. That win earned him the pole position for Sunday's race. Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner praised Verstappen's Qualifying lap but described his Grand Prix performance as flawless for 53 laps.

Auto

2025 Chinese Grand Prix: McLaren advances on P1 and P2 win, Ferraris disqualified

Ferrari"s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were disqualified after the Grand Prix

The 2025 Chinese Grand Prix winners celebrate on the podium.

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris delivered for McLaren in the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix. Piastri took P1, and Norris took P2, together scoring 43 Championship points for McLaren. Added to the 8 points that Piastri and Norris earned in the Sprint race, McLaren gained 51 points in the Constructors' Championship standings, a significant lead over the other teams after just two races in the 2025 F1 Grand Prix schedule.

Mercedes driver George Russell finished in P3 for the third spot on the winners' podium. Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen was in p4, and Haas driver Esteban Ocon scored points in P5 after Ferrari"s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton were disqualified due to FIA F1 technical regulations after the Grand Prix.
Why were Hamilton, Leclerc, and Gasly disqualified?

Auto

F1 2025 Chinese Grand Prix preview: Hamilton wins Sprint and Piastri score GP pole

Hamilton wins Sprint and Piastri scores GP pole position in F1 2025 Chinese GP

Starting grid front runners for 2025 F1 Chinese GP are Piastri, Russell, and Norris.

The second race of the 2025 F1 schedule, the 2025 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, is this weekend. The main Grand Prix race on Sunday will start at 3:00 a.m. ET, which is 3:00 p.m. local time in Shanghai.
This is the second race in the 2025 F1 season. It's also one of just six this year that includes a Sprint race. Sprint races are exciting for fans because they offer more racing action and allow drivers and teams to earn extra Championship points. Points are awarded to drivers finishing in the top eight positions of the Sprint race.

The weekend schedule started with a Free Practice session on Friday, followed by Sprint Qualifying later. Saturday featured the Sprint race, where drivers could earn up to eight Championship points. A few hours after the Sprint race, the standard Qualifying event determined the starting positions for the Grand Prix.
F1 2025 Chinese Grand Prix: the race track
Shanghai International Circuit Courtesy of F1
The Shanghai International Circuit, built in 2003, hosted its first Grand Prix in 2004. The event was paused due to COVID-19 and only returned last year. The circuit is 3.39 miles long, and the race consists of 56 laps, totaling 185.6 miles. Michael Schumacher set the record for the fastest lap at 1 minute, 32.238 seconds in 2004, which may be broken Sunday.
The racetrack was repaved this year, making it slicker than last year's surface. It is quite different from the Melbourne track in last week's Australian GP. The Shanghai circuit has two DRS zones, two extremely long straightaways, some long sweeping turns, and a notably sharp, needle-like turn. The long straightaways are located between turns 13 and 14 and between turns 16 and 17, making this track especially interesting for racing.
F1 2025 Chinese Grand Prix Sprint race results