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Preview ROUND 6/12 SPIELBERG AUSTRIA Red Bull Ring FEATURE RACE 40 LAPS // 172.594 KM 60 min. Start/Finish Offset 4.318 KM 0.126 km SPRINT RACE 28 LAPS // 120.778 KM 45 min. TIMETABLE GMT+2 AVERAGE TEMP. 23°/10° MAXIMUM SPeeD LAP recorD* AVERAGE RAINFAll 115 mm 294.3 KM/H 1:13.396 (211.793 KM/H) th SPEED Nyck de Vries (Rapax) in 2017 Charles Leclerc (PREMA Racing) in 2017 FRIDAY 28 JUNE 3 DRS TRAP 13:00 Practice Session . 45 min. DRS ACTIV DETECTION ATION ZONE 2 4 2018 POLE POSITION 16:55 Qualifying Session . 30 min. ZONE 2 1:13.541 (211.375 KM/H) 19:00 * Press Conference SECTOR 1 George Russell (ART Grand Prix) 2 6 5 SATURDAY 29TH JUNE COUMPOUND ALLOCATION DRS ACTIV 9 DRS 14:00 Drivers’ Parade SECTOR 2 DETECTION 16:45 Feature Race . 40 laps • 60 min. A 8 ZONE3 TION ZONE 1 18:10 Press Conference* SOFT SUPERSOFT 7 10 SUNDAY 30TH JUNE ATION ZONE 3 2018 FEATURE RACE 11:00 Sprint Race . 28 laps • 45 min. DRS ACTIV TYRE WINNING STRATEGY * SECTOR 3 12:10 Press Conference 6 laps Supersoft >> 34 laps Soft *Note: The FIA F2 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room. 1 DRS DETECTION ZONE 1 George Russell (ART Grand Prix) from P1 Grid Position THE STAKES WARM UP Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix “I remember when combination of high-speed and slow-speed I first went to corners. It’s a very fun and enjoyable place Spielberg without to be. knowing the track “It has a very smooth tarmac surface which I had a look at the allows you to push in every lap which map. It looks pretty again makes it fun for fighting with other simple but there are cars. It’s one of the easier places for tyre definitely challenges. management which allows you focus on First of all it’s a short track and from the race. the outside it looks very easy going, “If you have a chance of starting on pole but it’s important to have very good car it’s always better than starting further back, balance because there are a lot of high although if you don’t have a good start from speed corners with gravel traps which pole it’s very easy to be overtaken there on don’t allow you to make mistakes. There the run down to Turns 2 and 3. You can win are very unforgiving sausage kerbs on or lose a lot of time in Sector 3, with high- the exit of corners too which catch out speed Turns 7, 8, 9 and 10 but you have a lot drivers. to make sure you’re well within the track “It’s a real driver’s track and a very limits and not overusing the sausage kerbs good overtaking arena, especially in because they can hurt! Sector 1, so it’s a lot of fun for racing. “I expect myself to do the best job that I can Qualifying laps around the track look at every race, so hopefully I can deliver spectacular on on-board cameras with a that and see where that puts us.” The Austrian town of Spielberg plays host De Vries (121 pts) extended his NOTEWORTHY to the teams and drivers of the F2 paddock Championship lead over Nicholas for Round 6 of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Latifi (109 pts) to 12 points, with > The F2 race lap record at the > MP Motorsport’s Mahaveer Championship, hot on the heels of last Campos Racing’s Jack Aitken (85 pts) Red Bull Ring is 1:15.854, set by Raghunathan will serve a one-event 24 points further back in third; DAMS weekend’s sizzling action in the south of Nobuharu Matsushita with ART Grand suspension and misses both races at France. continue to lead the way in the Teams’ Prix in 2017. the Red Bull Ring after amassing Championship with 189 points, 46 Sérgio Sette Câmara put his DAMS machine 12 penalty points this season. ahead of UNI-Virtuosi Racing (143 pts) on top of the timesheets during Free Practice > The last two Feature Races in Austria in second. ART remain third with 127 > Patricio O’Ward will take the spare to begin a weekend of incredible action have been won from pole position. seat at MP Motorsport, while Ryan points. Incidentally both winners also went on at Circuit Paul Ricard, and kept it there in Tveter replaces Ralph Boschung at to be crowned FIA Formula 2 qualifying to secure only his second pole Round 6 of the season takes place at Trident. Arjun Maini also returns to F2 position in F2. ART Grand Prix’s Nyck de the Red Bull Ring in the scenic Styrian Champion later that year. in Austria, replacing Dorian Vries seared off the line in the Feature Race, mountains. Despite the short circuit Boccolacci at Campos Racing. leaping from P4 to P1 into the first corner, length the drivers will look to push > Three rookies stood on the podium as the Dutchman continued his red hot form hard on the smooth surface, and with after the Sprint Race in France, with > Championship leader Nyck de to make it two Feature Race wins in a row. Pirelli supplying the teams with Soft BWT Arden’s Anthoine Hubert taking Vries is the only driver to have scored Home-grown hero Anthoine Hubert then and Super Soft tyre compounds, we victory on home soil ahead of Juan a pole position (Spain), a Feature basked in the glory of Sprint Race success should see plenty of intense wheel-to- Manuel Correa of Sauber Junior Team Race win (Spain and France) and a to complete a thrilling weekend. wheel action. by Charouz and UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Sprint Race win (Monaco) this season. Guanyu Zhou. > De Vries did not score any points in MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: > Hubert became the first ever French Round 5’s Sprint Race at Circuit Paul driver to win an F2 race in front of a Ricard, making it the very first time this season that the Dutchman (and “Austria presents a marked contrast home crowd. to the last round at Paul Ricard a ART Grand Prix) failed to add to his tally. few days ago, but we can expect > The Frenchman has 65 points (7th) in similarly warm, or perhaps even hotter the Championship after his second > DAMS (189 pts) are the only team to conditions. This means that F2 drivers Sprint Race win of the campaign, the have scored points in every race so will have to pay particular attention to only rookie to have taken the far this season. The French outfit are thermal degradation on the supersoft in chequered flag this season. However, 46 points ahead of UNI-Virtuosi particular, while carefully managing the Zhou (5th) is the highest ranked rookie Racing (143 pts) at the top of the soft as well.” in the standings with 76 points. standings. Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Matthew Deacon - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7787 154 637 CONTACT For more information please visit www.fiaformula2.com Follow us @FIA_F2 @fiaf2championship @F2FIA ROUND 6/12 Preview SPIELBERG AUSTRIA ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS Carlin 1 Louis Delétraz DEL The points gap between Championship leader CHE 22 y/o Nyck de Vries (121 pts) at the top of the standings 2 Nobuharu Matsushita MAT and Nicholas Latifi (109 pts) in second place. JPN 25 y/o 12 ART Grand Prix 3 Nikita Mazepin MAZ The number of Drivers’ Championship points RUS 20 y/o Rookie still available this season. DEV 336 4 Nyck de Vries NLD 24 y/o The number of laps Championship leader Nyck de Vries has led so far this season, 50 more than nearest title rival DAMS 5 Sérgio Sette Câmara SET Nicholas Latifi who has led 37. BRA 21 y/o 87 LAT 6 Nicholas Latifi Providing it runs to full distance, the Feature CAN 23 y/o Race at the Red Bull Ring will consist of UNI-Virtuosi Racing 7 Guanyu Zhou ZHO 400 corners. New CHN 20 y/o Rookie 400 Team After 10/24 RACES 8 Luca Ghiotto GHI 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS ITA 24 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings PREMA Racing 9 Mick Schumacher SCH POS. DRIVER FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM FEATUREM SPRINTM PTS SHUFFLE DEU 20 y/o Rookie M M M M 10 Sean Gelael GEL 1. Nyck de Vries ................ 2 ...... 1 .. 121 +1 1. DAMS................................... 2 .... 1 .... 189 = IDN 22 y/o 2. Nicholas Latifi ............... 2M ...... 1M .. 109 -1 2. UNI-Virtuosi Racing ..................... 1M .... 143 = Sauber Junior Team 11 Callum Ilott ILO 3. Jack Aitken ..................... 1M ..................85 +1 3. ART Grand Prix ................. 2M .... 1M .... 127 = GBR 20 y/o Rookie by Charouz 4. Sérgio Sette Câmara ............................80 +2 4. Campos Racing ................. 1M ............... 115 = 12 Juan Manuel Correa COR 5. Guanyu Zhou Rookie ................................76 = 5. Carlin ............................................................66 = USA 19 y/o Rookie L6. uca Ghiotto ............................... 1M .....67 -3 6. BWT Arden .................................... 2M .......65 = MAI Campos Racing 14 Arjun Maini 7. Anthoine Hubert R ...................... 2M .....65 = 7. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz ...........51 +1 IND 21 y/o R 8. Juan Manuel Correa ..........................36 +4 8. MP Motorsport ............................................50 -1 AIT 15 Jack Aitken L9. ouis Delétraz .........................................36 -1 ............................................ = GBR 23 y/o 9. PREMA Racing 25 10. Jordan King .............................................34 = 10.