F1 | Styrian Grand Prix: preview and weekend times

Eighth appointment of the season

di Jessica Cortellazzi21 June, 2021

F1 | Styrian Grand Prix: preview and weekend times

After Max Verstappen's victory in France, it's already time to restart the engines because this week the Formula 1 circus moves to Spielberg, for the Austrian Grand Prix!

Weekend hours

Friday 25 / 6

-Free Practice 1, 11am-30pm
-Free Practice 2, 15am-00pm

Saturday 26 / 6

-Free Practice 3, 12am-00pm
-Qualifying, 15pm

Sunday 27 / 6

-Race, 15pm

*TV8 times to be confirmed

We remind you that you can also follow the motorsport weekend on our F1GrandPrix website with live coverage and real-time updates!

Circuit

Name: Red Bull Ring

Place: Spielberg, Styria, Austria

Construction: the birth of this historic track dates back to the 50s, when some racing car enthusiasts created the first route with a few cones and simple hay bales. In 1958, an international sports car race was held on the then track, while in the following two years it was Formula Two that stopped in Austria. In the early sixties the Zeltweg track hosted two Formula 1 championship events not valid for the world championship. In the wake of the successes of local idol Jochen Rindt, it was decided to build a new track, the Osterrichring. 1970 was the year of the inauguration: the first Formula 1 race took place on the 5,911 km long circuit and was unexpectedly won by Jacky Ickx. Over the years the track underwent some changes, but the most important occurred in 1988, when the race had already been canceled from the world championship calendar; the Bosch curve and the width of the main straight were modified. However, the track as we know it now dates back to 1997, after numerous modifications and a new project by the Austrian company A1, which created a new track inside the old one. After the last edition in 2003, the track was taken over by Red Bull, which in 2010 financed the works for a modernization of the paddock structure, without changes to the track. The track as we know it now hosted events from other championships, before returning to the major series calendar last year.

Circuit

Distance per lap: 4,318km

Number of curves: 10, seven on the right and three on the left

Direction of travel: clockwise

Technical data:

Downforce:	Low	Medium	High
Throttle opening: 60% of the lap
Fuel consumption per lap: 1,4 kg/rev
Full speed: 328 km/h
Possibility of safety car: 65%
Travel time in the pit lane with stop: 22 seconds
Overtaking possibilities:	Easy-to-use	Medium	Difficult
Winners from pole position: 9 out of 30 editions on this track
Worst starting position for a winner: fourteenth (Jones, 1977)

Special features of the route: The Red Bull Ring is one of the fastest tracks on the F1 calendar, as there are only nine corners. It requires a medium downforce, but the top teams will use more loaded wings in order to compensate for the thin air, as well as to have greater traction when exiting corners. As regards the DRS zones, there are 3 of them (straight, turns 1 and 2 and turns 2 and 3). Overtaking is possible here as, in addition to the areas just mentioned, the track is quite wide.

Brakes:

Circuit Category:	Light	Medium	Hard
Number of braking sessions: 7
Time spent braking: 17% of the lap
Energy dissipated during braking during the GP: 143 kWh
Total load on the brake pedal during the GP: 67.237 kg
More demanding braking: the second detached at turn 2

Rubber:

We still have no certain indications on Pirelli's choices for this Grand Prix but most likely, the sets will be the same as last year, i.e. harder (C1) and softer (c5) tyres.

RECORD

Test lap: 1:02.939 – V Bottas – Mercedes – 2020
Race lap: 1:06.957 –K Raikkonen – Ferrari– 2018
Distance: 1:22'01″822 – M Verstappen – Red Bull – 2019
Driver victories: 3 – At Prost
Team victories: 6 – McLaren
Driver pole: 3 – N Piquet/ N Lauda/ R Arnoux
Pole team: 8 – Ferrari
Best driver laps: 3 – D Coulthard
Best team laps: 9 – McLaren
Driver podiums: 5 – D Coulthard
Team podiums: 26 – Ferrari

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