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Austrian GP Post-Race Quote:

Amy Hawk - Formula1Insider78: "I really enjoyed the race, it was nice to see Austria's return back on the calendar after such a long absence. I'm really proud of Checo, getting such a great result after having to start so far back due to the penalty. Hulkenberg also brought home points, so great job overall to the team. Huge congrats to the podium finishers, Rosberg, Hamilton and especially Bottas on his First podium in F1! Sauber looked to have a good start, but the unfortunate pit-stop for Esteban really hurt the race. But he did a great drop despite what happened and so did Adrian. Unfortunately Esteban now has a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for Silverstone, but he's good at over-taking, so I'm hoping things will go okay. I'm looking for ward to the British Grand Prix and of course there will also be the next set of In Season Testing afterwards, so we'll see how that goes. Only 3 more races until Summer Break, and I'm hoping they're just as exciting as first part of the season has been."

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Austrian GP: Race - Re-Cap & Results

What a race, what a race indeed! Coming back to the calendar for the first time since 2003, Austria was quite the fan-packed spectacle everyone had hoped it would be.

Before the race started, it was announced that Romain Grosjean, would start from Pit-Lane after the team changed his gear box and made some other changes on the back of the car. 

While Williams started as the front two, it certainly didn't turn out that way, as Nico Rosberg took the win in Austria, and he was absolutely overjoyed. His team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished Second and appearing on the podium in F1 for the first time, Valtteri Bottas, who secured 3rd! Super big congrats to all three of them, it was superb racing out there.

But the star of the race for us was Sergio Perez, who started in 16th, got a slight advantage when it ended up being 15th after Grosjean's gearbox penalty, and still managed to finish 6th for Force India. His team-mate, Nico Hulkenberg finishe in 9th after a tough battle with Button at the beginning of the race. All-In-All, a total of 10 points for the team. So, big congratulations!

Some people who fell unlucky during the race included both Toro Rosso drivers. Jean-Eric Vergne retired with brake failure and Daniil Kvyat retired with suspension failure after a puncture to his right-rear tyre.

Sebastian Vettel also retired after he lost power in the beginning of the race. Even though he ended up being able to continue, he later hit Esteban Gutierrez and ruined the nose/front wing of the Red Bull. He pitted and had it changed, but later the team announce they were going to retire the car to save mileage.

While Esteban was lucky to not have suffered too much damage from Vettel's hit, he'd already had issues during an earlier pit-stop, when he was released with a wheel not secured. He is now paying for the pit-crew's mistake, taking a 10-Place-Grid-Penalty to Silverstone for the next race. He also recieved a Drive-Through penalty during the race. 

We're not sure how this seems fair, when Maldonado flipped Esteban's car in Bahrain and only recieved a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty. How is it that, that recieved lesser of penalties than a pit-crew's mistake? As we say.. Things in F1 aren't always fair.

Overall, it was a wonderful race and I quite enjoyed seeing Austria for the first time! Here are the results.

RESULTS:

1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes / Germany / + 25 Points

2. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes / Great Britain / + 18 Points

3. Valtteri Bottas / Williams / Finland / + 15 Points

4. Felipe Massa / Williams / Brazil / + 12 Points

5. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari / Spain / + 10 Points

6. Sergio Perez / Force India / Mexico / + 8 Points

7. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren / Denmark / + 6 Points

8. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull / Australia / + 4 Points

9. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India / Germany / + 2 Points

10. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari / Finland / + 1  Point

11. Jenson Button / McLaren / Great Britain

12. Pastor Maldonado / Lotus / Venezuela

13. Adrian Sutil / Sauber / Germany

14. Romain Grosjean / Lotus / France

15. Jules Bianchi / Marussia / France

16. Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham / Japan

17. Max Chilton / Marussia / Great Britain

18. Marcus Ericsson / Caterham / Sweden

19. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber / Mexico

- Retired -

Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull / Germany - Retired to protect car.

Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso / France - Brake Failure

Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso / Russia - Suspension Failure

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As always, thanks for tuning in to our commentary this weekend! On to Silverstone next for the British Grand Prix. After that race, there will be another set of 2-Day In Season Testing, which we will be doing commentary for on Twitter.

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Austrian GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

Time for our Re-Cap of yesterday's wild Qualifying session. Things were definitely different this time around, and it was neither Mercedes AMG Petronas drivers on Pole.

So, who did get Pole Position? Felipe Massa of Williams Martini Racing. Not only that, but his team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, secured second on the grid.

If you're new to F1 or not quite sure how the Qualifying Sessions work, go ahead and take a look at our article from the Qualifying session in Canada, where we explain the rules and how it works. It's pretty simple, 3 rounds, limited time on the clock and 6 slowest of the first teo rounds start on the grid in their respective places. Last round, the final 10 battle it out for Pole Position, also known as the very front of the grid. 

Before I show you how the grid will look for today's race, lets go over some penalties. Sergio Perez had an unfortunate 5-place-grid-penalty from Canada as did Max Chilton, although Max recieved a 3-place-grid-penalty.

Another thing to note is, a lot of times during this Qualifying session didn't count, as drivers were running over the Pit Entry line, even after it was revised and fixed up. So after all the penalties and deleted laps, this is how your Austrian GP Grid looks!

RESULTS:

1. (Pole) - Felipe Massa / Williams / Brazil

2. Valtteri Bottas / Williams / Finland

3. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes / Germany

4. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari / Spain

5. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull / Australia

6. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren / Denmark

7. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso / Russia

8. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari / Finland

9. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes / Great Britain

10. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India / Germany

11. Jenson Button / McLaren / Great Britain

12. Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull / Germany

13. Pastor Maldonado / Lotus / Venezuela 

14. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso / France

15. Romain Grosjean / Lotus / France

16. Sergio Perez / Force India / Mexico •

17. Adrian Sutil / Sauber / Germany

18. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber / Mexico

19. Jules Bianchi / Marussia / France

20. Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham / Japan

21. Marcus Ericsson / Caterham / Sweden

22. Max Chilton / Marussia / Great Britain •

• = Driver recieved Grid Penalty during Canadian GP.

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Austrian GP: Free Practice 3 - Re-Cap & Results

FP3 has just finished up and we're back for the Re-Cap! First of all, huge thanks to all who joined our commentary. We'll be bringing you updates about Qualifying as well.

So, in this session the weather was back to being pretty nice, slightley humid. There was luckily no rain, despite the clouds. Jenson was first out of the session with a brake issue that sparked a minor fire. Chilton also missed half of the session due to a problem with his Marussia.

It was not a Mercedes who topped the session this time, although it was Mercedes powered. It was the Williams of Valtteri Bottas! Could we be in for a surprise Pole-Sitter?

At the very end we saw Sergio Perez's Force India becme airbourne, almost in a wheelie-sort-of-way. Kamui also had an inccident that ended his session when he spun heavily into the gravel.

Now, on to the times from this Session!

TIMES: 

1. Valtteri Bottas - 1:09.848 / Williams

2. Lewis Hamilton - 1:09.898 / Mercedes

3. Felipe Massa - 1:09.901 / Williams

4. Daniil Kvyat - 1:09.927 / Toro Rosso

5. Nico Rosberg - 1:09.999 / Mercedes

6. Fernando Alonso 1:10.054 / Ferrari

7. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:10.392 / Red Bull

8. Kevin Magnussen - 1:10.449 / McLaren

9. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:10.488 / Ferrari

10. Sebastian Vettel - 1:10.562 / Red Bull

11. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:10.683 / Force India

12. Pastor Maldonado - 1:10.776 / Lotus

13. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:11.043 / Toro Rosso

14. Romain Grosjean - 1:11.103 / Lotus

15. Sergio Perez - 1:11.235 / Force India

16. Adrian Sutil - 1:11.294 / Sauber

17. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:11.558 / Sauber

18. Jules Bianchi - 1:11.848 / Marussia

19. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:12.320 / Caterham

20. Marcus Ericsson - 1:12.892 / Caterham

21. Max Chilton - 1:12.915 / Marussia

22. Jenson Button - 1:14.237 / McLaren

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Austrian GP: Free Practice 2 - Re-Cap & Results

We're around an hour and a half away from FP3, so lets go ahead and get straight to the re-cap of FP2.

When it rains, it pours. Okay, so maybe that's not true for every situation. But rain was starting to come down when the GP2 drivers were on track, but it cleared up for the first half of FP2. But, by the end, the rain was coming down again.

Lots of drivers were locking up again and running wide. Mostly at Turn 1 and 8. No major accidents during this session, so everyone was able to set some good times. Let's move on to that now.

TIMES:

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:09.542 / Mercedes

2. Nico Rosberg - 1:09.919 / Mercedes

3. Fernando Alonso - 1:10.470 / Ferrari

4. Valtteri Bottas - 1:10.519 / Williams

5. Felipe Massa - 1:10.521 / Williams

6. Sebastian Vettel - 1:10.807 / Red Bull

7. Jenson Button - 1:10.813 / McLaren

8. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:10.920 / Red Bull

9. Kevin Magnussen - 1:10.936 / McLaren

10. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1:10.972 / Toro Rosso

11. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:10.974 / Ferrari

12. Daniil Kvyat - 1:11.261 / Toro Rosso

13. Sergio Perez - 1:11.296 / Force India

14. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:11.491 / Sauber

15. Pastor Maldonado - 1:11.765 / Lotus

16. Adrian Sutil - 1:11.806 / Sauber

17. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:11.935 / Force India

18. Max Chilton - 1:12.229 / Marussia

19. Romain Grosjean - 1:12.262 / Lotus

20. Jules Bianchi - 1:12.279 / Marussia

21. Kamui Kobayashi - 1:12.937 / Caterham

22. Marcus Ericsson - 1:13.596 / Caterham

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Austrian GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Lotus

Lotus have also put out quotes!

Romain Grosjean - “Competing in the Grand Prix will be my first experience there, which is a pretty cool way to get to know a track! It looks like quite a fun lap with some high speed sections and not too much low speed stuff - which hasn’t suited our car so far this year. The track has a bit of undulation too, which is always fun as a driver. A downhill approach to a corner means you have to drive it quite a bit differently than if it’s an uphill approach and Spielberg has both of those. It should be fun. We won’t know for sure until we’ve been out on track, but I don’t think the circuit should be as much of a challenge to us as Monaco or Montréal. Certainly there are fewer low speed corners which seem to have been more difficult for us this season and the downforce level could suit us better too. I am positive. Even though the end result in Canada might not show it, we’ve actually made good progress with the car and it’s starting to feel like a real racer in how it handles and how all the systems feel. This is very important to me as it helps you get the most out of the car through every corner to make the most of every lap.”

Pastor Maldonado - “I know the track, but it was maybe ten years ago when I last raced there and it will be new for me in an F1 car. I think it should be quite good for the E22. It looks like the circuit doesn’t have too many low-speed corners and the downforce and set-up is similar to Barcelona, which should help us. We will work hard to solve the problems we had in Canada so that we can reach our targets in Austria. I’m certainly optimistic Austria will suit us better than the last two rounds. (The last time I raced there) was in Formula Renault and I finished on the podium. Actually I think I won, but I don’t remember to be honest! It’s a high-downforce track. Most of the corners are very quick, especially in the second sector. It’s a lot of fun to race there and I’m happy to be going back.”

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Austrian GP: Circuit Preview

The Austrian Grand Prix hasn't been on the F1 calendar for years now, but it's finally making its return. Home race of Niki Lauda and also know for its long straights, the return is sure to impress.

The "Red Bull Ring" is located in Spielberg , Styria, Austria and opened in 1964. It's gone through many changes over the years, including the removing of turns and changing names. The current version has 10 turns and is 2.688 Miles in length.

The last race, had 69 laps, but this year it will be 71. Like most, this circuit also runs Clockwise. This circuit gives so many opportunities to overtake thanks to its many long straights.

The last race was held in 2003, where Michael who started on Pole Position, went on to win. Kimi Raikkonen, then driving for Mclaren, finished in Second. Rubens Barrichello, Michael's team-mate, made it a double podium for Ferrari, when he scored Third.

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Austrian GP: Schedule

We're headed into the Austrian GP F1 Week and here is the schedule. Times are for Spielberg Local, if you need them converted, let us know.

SCHEDULE:

June 19th / Thursday

15:00 - Drivers Press Conference (Located In Press Room)

15:05 - 18:00 - Pit Lane Walk (3-Day Ticket Holders Only.)

June 20th / Friday

08:45 - 09:45 - Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk

10:00 - 11:30 - Free Practice #1

12:50 - 13:45 - Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk

14:00 - 15:30 - Free Practice #2

16:00 - 17:00 - Press Conference

June 21st / Saturday

08:30 - 09:15 - Team Pit-Stop Practice

08:30 - 09:35 - Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk

11:00 - 12:00 - Free Practice #3

13:00 - 13:45 - Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk

14:00 - Qualifying

June 22nd / Sunday

12:25 - 13:15 - Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk

12:30 - Drivers Track Parade

12:45 - 13:15 - Starting Grid Presentation

13:46 - National Anthem

14:00 - Race Start

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