The Burning Questions
I mean…where to start…
How will the new socially distanced F1 play out? Will it have a significant impact?
Who has the fastest car?
Will anyone have made any dramatic changes since pre-season testing?
Can Max Verstappen and Red Bull continue their winning streak in Austria?
How will Sebastian Vettel approach his final season at Ferrari?
The Track
The Stats
Track Length: 4.318 km
Laps: 71
Race Distance: 306.452 km
First Grand Prix: 1970 (Spielberg) | 1963 (Austria)
Race Lap Record: Kimi Räikkönen| Ferrari | 2018| 1:06.957
Outright Lap Record: Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2019 | 1:03.003
Most Driver Wins: Alain Prost | 1983, 1985, 1986
Most Constructor Wins: McLaren | 1984, 1985, 1986, 2017, 1998, 2000, 2001
The Weather
The Quotes
Sebastian Vettel | “We have to be realistic when it comes to the pecking order seen at the tests, but we are not downhearted.”
Mattia Binotto | “The truth is that the outcome of the tests led us to take a significant change of direction in terms of development, especially on the aerodynamic front.”
Carlos Sainz | “Everyone at McLaren can be 100 per cent sure that until the last lap of the last race, I’m going to be a McLaren driver pushing flat-out and being fully focused on the McLaren job.”
James Allison | “We’ve got quite a lot of ideas about how to make [the car] quicker and quite a lot of those ideas were already in train and through the design office before we shut down nine weeks ago.”
The Photos
The Predictions
Podium
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Driver of the Day
