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Red Bull owner Dieter Mateschitz has swatted still be more competitive than the current Renault. the team to compete until 2020, should his team our performance is what it is,” Ecclestone said on away rumours linking the team with a move to Having endured a torrid start to the season, the not return to winning ways. Saturday. “That's what their complaint is. Ferrari power for 2016. management hasn’t been shy in criticising “That’s obviously a worry for Formula 1,” Red “They’ve been used to winning with Renault and “There is nothing to it,” Mateschitz said on its engine partner. Bull's F1 boss admitted to Sky now... So, he is a bit frustrated,” he added. Thursday. "Beside taking our time and money they Sports. “Someone like puts so “I don’t think they will quit. I know Mr Mateschitz "With a customer engine you will never again be have destroyed our enjoyment and motivation," much into the sport, not just F1 but all motorsport. very well. There’d be more chance of him pulling world champion. And if we see that we have no Mateschitz said of Renault’s efforts. We need to be able to re-engage him.” out if he was winning than when he was losing. chances anymore, because we are also restricted "No driver and no chassis in this world can Bernie Ecclestone however doubts the former “He’s been in F1 longer than people realise and in aerodynamics, we will simply lose interest." compensate for this horsepower deficit.” world champion team will follow through with its he’s always supported it. Actually, I think he’s a His comments came in reaction to Helmut The Austrian billionaire has previously threatened threat. reasonably intelligent guy. He knows what he says Marko’s suggestion a B-spec Ferrari engine would to leave the sport, breaking a contract which binds “What they are saying is it's not our fault that and what the effects are.”

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PARTNERS: GPWEEK.com // 12 F1 >>> news Briefly hulkenberg has HEAD CASE Lewis Hamilton has confirmed he’s switching helmet suppliers. After a 20 year hook up with drivers dreaming Arai, Hamilton’s skid lid will now Victory at Le Mans for Nico Hulkenberg The Force India driver had almost been be supplied by Bell. marked the first time since 1991 that an joined by Fernando Alonso, his place in the active driver has won the team understood to have been blocked by FACT CHECKING French classic. Honda. An angry Kimi Raikkonen That year it was and “It was very close this year,” Alonso confronted a journalist who’d a young , who’d failed to admitted when asked if he’d considered penned a story suggesting qualify his Lotus for at the Canadian Grand racing at Le Mans. the Finn will take a pay cut to Prix the week before. “I considered to race in Le Mans in the stay with Ferrari. Raikkonen At the wheel of the third Porsche entry, future - and when in the future I don't Hulkenberg teamed up with enquired: “so you just come up know.” and , the trio putting in a near with bulls***, yes or no?” Hulkenberg’s victory has sparked interest perfect drive to win the race. from the current crop of drivers who are The Hulkenberg car took the lead when now eyeing similar opportunities. THE GREATER GOOD(WOOD) the sister Porsche driven by ex-Red Bull “Yeah, it was cool,” smiled Daniel Staying with Kimi, the Iceman race winner was given a will return to the Goodwood sixty-second stop-go penalty after Brendan Ricciardo. “It's nice to have a weekend off Festival of Speed later this Hartley passed under yellow flags. but when I was watching it I was obviously week where he’ll join Fernando Once in the lead, solid pace from all thinking it would be nice to be racing as Alonso’s 2010 challenger. three drivers ensured Hulkenberg's car well, on this weekend off. stayed out front to lead a Porsche 1-2. “Nico's made us all look good and I think MAD MAX “To come there, first attempt, and to win he's made it all seem possible for us now. Former FIA President it with my team and my teammates has So, maybe we'll get the praise from our Max Mosley has released just been incredible,” Hulkenberg said in teams to venture into these things for the his autobiography. The Austria. future.” Englishman’s time falls short of a wharts and all expose, but does provide give a unique take on his time in motorsport.

A TYRED TALE Michelin has taken to social media to confirm it's submitted an application to become Formula 1's tyre supplier from 2017. It's understood the French company wants to increase wheel's to 18" from the current 13" spec to make the tyres more road relevant. Pirelli has also submitted an application.

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K bernie doesn't talk crap Bernie Ecclestone was beating “I don’t know who said that,” he Many of the sports problems a hasty retreat after calling claimed. “Bad quote. were summed up following Formula 1 “a crap product to “The product at the moment qualifying when both Fernando sell.” is a bit top heavy with one team Alonso and Jenson Button were The quote was made in an winning a lot of races, probably too handed 25 place grid penalties, interview with AFP, in which he easy,” he continued. despite there being only 20 cars on reportedly said: “I was talking to “So when Ferrari are getting the grid. some engineers the other day their act together we’ve seen a big “We need to have a very, very and I told them that I was always improvement and exactly the same good look at all our sporting pretty good at selling used cars, thing happens with McLaren. regulations,” Ecclestone admitted. and I still am, but I told them they “There’s always people “Don’t go over the white line, don’t have given me a crap product to complaining about something,” the do this, don’t do that. It’s not sell.” 83-year-old added. “The winners what the public understand. They However the F1 supremo never complain. The losers don’t understand and when they attempted to deny he ever made complain. All I’ve ever said is that don’t understand they don’t care, the statements when asked about it’s a pity that one team is at the basically.” them in Austria. moment dominating the sport.”

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Partridge 1885 retains pole position to clinch Rolex Trophy 2014 at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

After a near faultless to finish a comfortable first 24 fine years sailing in the English performance from the start, minutes ahead on corrected time. Channel, before eventually being the Victorian gaff rig cutter And while she did not manage abandoned in a mudflat. Partridge 1885 owned by the to pull off the hat-trick on the The story of Partridge runs Jean Boulle Group won the final day, she did more than a similar course until she was Imola to save italian gp? prestigious 2014 Rolex Trophy enough to clinch victory in the rescued from anonymity in 1980 at Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, overall ranking. from the Blackwater River in Imola has emerged as a rate in order to host a race otherwise hosted the San Marino potential saviour for the Italian beyond its current deal. The Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006. the regatta which closes the “It’s a great honour to win the Essex. After a long restoration, Grand Prix. current contract secures the race The circuit underwent a revamp in Mediterranean race season and Rolex Trophy. The crew has completed in 1998, Partridge The circuit, which for more only for 2016, with nothing in 2007 in which the Variante Bassa attracts 300 classic and modern been incredible and throughout began a new career in the South than two decades hosted the San place for 2017 and beyond. was straightened. yachts every year. the week we were very focused of France where her elegant Marino Grand Prix, has thrown However last the week Daniele Monza has recently received It was a superb win for this on manoeuvring and calling silhouette has graced many a its hat into the ring by offering to Manca, Mayor of Imola, met with 20 million Euros from the yacht, built in 1885, which coped tactics as the weather conditions regatta over the years. With this share the hosting of the Italian Ecclestone to discuss the future Lombardy regional government, admirably with unpredictable weren’t easy. I’m very happy as excellent win, Partridge can add race with Monza. of the race. however those funds cannot conditions. Skippered by it’s an accolade for us and above another trophy to her list. Discussions between Monza "Imola is proposing to alternate be used for sanctioning fees Alexander Laird, Partridge and all for the boat,” said Alexander At the 2015 Monaco Classic circuit officials and Bernie with Monza," Ecclestone told and instead are going towards her crew set the bar high by Laird, skipper of Partridge. Week (September 9-13), this Ecclestone broke down over the Gazetta Dello Sport. reorganising the circuit and winning the first race in both Like many yachts built in the doyenne of the Mediterranean Monaco Grand Prix weekend, "We could do that,” he facilities. It leaves promoters 10 primarily over money. Ecclestone continued. "I want to ensure Italy million Euros to find to satisfy real and corrected time, before late 18th and early 19th century, classic yacht circuit will has stated that, while Monza stays on the calendar." Ecclestone’s demands. It's best raising her game in the second their history involves many celebrate her 130th anniversary. is part of Formula 1's history, Imola has hosted the Italian hope now is to seek assistance promoters must pay the going Grand Prix once, in 1980, but has from the national government.

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(Sutton Images archive 1960-2015. Over 900,000 images available online for search and print order) THE MOMENT... McLaren drivers Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard commit the ultimate sin by colliding at the start of the 1999 Austrian Grand Prix. The Finn dropped to the back of the pack following the collision before climbing back to third at the finish as Eddie Irvine won for Ferrari.

(Sutton Images archive 1960-2015. Over 900,000 images available online for search and print order) F1 >>> AUSTRIA Three in four After winning three of the last four races, momentum is shifting in Nico Rosberg's favour following a commanding Austrian Grand Prix victory

PARTNERS: GPWEEK.com // 20 F1 >>> AUSTRIA There are less than 200 metres Somewhere upstream from the between pole position and the first mechanic fitting the right rear wheel corner in Austria. That was more there was a problem. It may lay in than enough for Nico Rosberg. the design office, in quality control or After getting a near perfect start somewhere else but the simple fact he put in an error-free performance is a less than compliant wheel-nut behind the wheel to command the cost Ferrari a podium. In the grand Austrian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton scheme of things it's absolutely was his nearest rival but, as has often inconsequential. Ferrari is well clear been the case between the two of Williams in the constructors' Mercedes drivers, there was never championship so the loss of points is any immediate threat. insignificant and it's hardly going to Hamilton being on pole was an catch Mercedes. Still, that Maurizio anomaly. He may have put in the Arrivabene has called for a post- better lap when it mattered on mortem is positive. It shows the team Saturday afternoon but Rosberg has fighting spirit and is being ruled had been the stronger of the two by logic and reason. Importantly, there silver drivers all weekend. Second has been no finger pointing, simply place for Hamilton on Sunday should the statement that the error cost a therefore be viewed as in line with podium and that something needs expectations; not a bad result, simply to be done to understand how. Wind one which saw him achieve what the clock back twelve months and it's was realistically going to be his difficult to imagine the same approach peak performance for the weekend. being taken. Rosberg somehow just had the Arrivabene was also correct in measure of him. pointing out that Ferrari remains If the result between Rosberg and some way off the back of Mercedes. Hamilton was no surprise there was Though it looked to have closed to some eyebrow raising being done gap in practice, when it mattered the over at Ferrari. Just what the Italian Mercedes drivers were able to canter team was doing in qualifying with Kimi clear. Raikkonen is beyond comprehension. Williams made the most of its Ferrari has to shoulder some of the opportunity to steal third. Both Felipe blame for the farcical sequence of Massa and Valtteri Bottas were events that saw the Fin qualify just fast across the weekend but some 18th, though it was Raikkonen's fault way short of the pace of Ferrari alone that he buried himself under and Mercedes. For Massa to stand Fernando Alonso in the race. on the podium was a fine piece of It was such an unusual incident opportunistic driving. that it's difficult to think a driver of There were also sound Raikkonen's calibre could simply drop performances from the two Force the car as he did, but he admitted India drivers who achieved more than as much post-race. Alonso was an could have realistically been expected. innocent bystander in it all. Nico Hulkenberg dropping down the On the other side of the red garage order was always going to happen, had a disappointing he'd over achieved in qualifying, but race. While the German's performance at least he made Valtteri Bottas work was sound - not spectacular but hard for fifth place. error free, which is what is expected Sergio Perez had a combative race of top line drivers - his team's was. to ninth. After being knocked out of

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the first phase of qualifying to there's no reason to suggest that needs more than anything else despite an influx of development Ricciardo in the highest finishing have both finished in front of the race into the points deserves the sister car couldn't have been is weekends like Canada where parts. While it's positive that work Red Bull was only tenth. Australian. Instead he walked mention. Attrition contributed to eighth, which would have pushed it got both cars home, and in the is ongoing on the chassis side it's Early race contact hurt Daniil away with points after a weekend his performance, but he still beat Force India down the list a little points. It has the car to do it. not there that really needs the Kvyat, though that strikes as the team will want to forget two Red Bulls and two Saubers and protected its position in the McLaren does not. It barely attention just now. a useful excuse and easier to which if nothing else puts a to get there. constructors championship. has the car to finish a race with Red Bull was left red faced digest than the fact the car was The ten points Perez and Maldonado's race was scrappy. yet another double retirement. It in Austria after an embarrassing uncompetitive. feather in his own hat. Hulkenberg gained in Austria His move on late was Fernando Alonso's fourth in state of affairs saw the senior Ricciardo climbed to tenth The drivers championship could prove to be worth many in the race was clumsy. That he a row, the worst run of his career. team beaten by it's little brother after starting towards the back battle has now closed to just millions of dollars come seasons got the position owed more to That was not McLaren's fault, and once again. Max Verstappen and taking a five second penalty. ten points with Rosberg having end, so it's little wonder the team a mistake from Verstappen than who knows how far the Spaniard should have been seventh but Ricciardo's was a positive won three of the last four races. left Spielberg in a good mood. Maldonado's own performance would have got had he remained for a mistake which gifted the performance, realistically the The German has been slowly There are still serious questions but for the team it was only a job in the race, but Jenson Button's place to Maldonado. He'd been most he could have expected building momentum in recent to answer at Lotus. Austria was half done. mystery retirement hardly filled under pressure, but at the level from the race. Tp be brutally weeks but with the British Grand another missed opportunity It's been the story of Lotus' the teams boots with confidence. expected of any Red Bull driver honest it was probably more than for strong points with Romain season; plenty of promise and Despite the hyperbole, there has it was an error that won't be was expected as had Grosjean Prix next, home soil for Hamilton, Grosjean retiring. Since Pastor a fine car only for problems to been no visible improvement viewed kindly by Helmut Marko. and Raikkonen stayed in the the championship is entering an Maldonado finished seventh, beleaguer the team. What it from McLaren in recent races Still, he managed eighth, Daniel race it's fair to suggest they'd important phase.

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FORMULA 1 R ound 8 Austrian GP – Qualifying Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:12.218 1:09.062 1:08.455 30 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:10.976 1:08.634 1:08.655 31 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:11.184 1:09.392 1:08.810 21 4 Felipe Massa Williams 1:11.830 1:09.719 1:09.192 27 5 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:11.319 1:09.604 1:09.278 22 6 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:11.894 1:09.598 1:09.319 26 7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:11.307 1:09.631 1:09.612 28 8 Red Bull 1:12.092 1:10.187 1:09.694 32 9 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:12.001 1:09.652 1:09.713 29 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:11.821 1:09.980 No Time 22 11 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1:11.661 1:10.374 22 12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:12.388 1:10.426 20 13 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:11.158 1:10.465 23 14 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:11.973 1:10.482 19 15 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:12.508 1:10.736 22 16 Sergio Perez Force India 1:12.522 13 17 Jenson Button McLaren 1:12.632 12 18 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:12.867 10 19 Roberto Merhi Manor 1:14.071 12 20 Will Stevens Manor 1:15.368 11 Q1 107% Time 1:17.273 Anything but perfect Last time Nico Rosberg ended outside of the penultimate corner Hamilton's best effort at the Ferrari to be slowest of all but for session Fernando Alonso received second phase of qualifying a qualifying session with a he had no grip when it came time second split but with the the two Manor’s. For no obvious a further five place penalty too for before being eliminated from close up view of the Armco he to turn into the final corner. pressure was on and a short lap reason Raikkonen was 18th; a gearbox change, on top of his the session entirely. It probably was on pole in Monaco, much By that point Rosberg’s fate heavily penalising the smallest slower than even Jenson Button own 20-place penalty. Combined, made no difference in the grand to Lewis Hamilton’s frustration was in his own hands. Second mistake it all proved too much. in the pedal powered McLaren. McLaren received a 50-place grid scheme of things given he was as conspiracy theories ran fastest after his first flying lap, It was far from a Mercedes McLaren’s situation is dire. No penalty. slapped with a ten-place penalty rampant. teammate and provisional pole cake walk. Sebastian Vettel had matter where Jenson Button They weren’t alone. Red Bull for an engine change anyway. So There was nothing sinister sitter Lewis Hamilton had already been fastest in two of the three qualified he was going to start had penalties for both Daniel too was Kvyat, meaning both Red to his mistake in Austria. The spun off into the carpark at turn practice sessions as the gap last, and take a drive through Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat, though Bull’s started well down the order German was pushing hard and one. It was a similar mistake to between the two leading teams penalty at least, courtesy of a nothing quite as drastic as that with little hope of a strong result. with rain having made venturing that made twelve months ago shrunk to next to nothing. whopping 25-place grid penalty. received by McLaren. That’s because not only is off line a treacherous, Rosberg where he lost the rear under Saturday but Sunday was a There are only 20 cars on a Ricciardo struggled with brake Raikkonen starting down the was simply caught out. After braking. day to forget for Kimi Raikkonen, Formula One grid, and Button temperature, the Australian order but also because Nico touching the wet astroturf on the Rosberg was faster than who disappointed in the second was the fourth slowest. Post- running off the circuit in the Hulkenberg showed strong pace.

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The Mercedes powered events each lap, placing Lotus’ also had pace, an emphasis on the making competition for ability to slow the car the top ten particularly and accelerate clearnly. ferocious.With Mercedes, It favoured engines with Ferrari and Williams at the punch, something both the front it leaves just four Honda and Renault lacked. points paying positions to Mercedes could race for and as many as therefore rightly be eight cars vying for them. expected to dominate Brake problems for with the Sauber’s likely to Romain Grosjean gave a glimmer of hope that be a contender for points there may be a chance should the cookie crumble for others to elbow the in its favour. Ferrari would Frenchman out of the top prove a factor, but just ten. how real its practice pace A power circuit, Austria was would only become has three big braking clear on Sunday afternoon.

PARTNERS: GPWEEK.com // 24 F1 >>> AUSTRIA Shooting clear Such was th pace of Mercedes in Austria relly did Hamilton. that even with a five second penalty for "It was a great start and I managed to Lewis Hamilton and a vibrating front defend in the first couple of corners and wheel for Nico Rosberg they were still then I really just tried to push flat out," comfortably in control. Rosberg explained. "I was really happy with Throughout practice there were the car and happy to see the gap open up suggestions Ferrari could match the to Lewis, so it really worked out perfectly silver team on pace. The long runs looked today." promising and the lap times, around the Once Rosberg had moved into the lead it short Spielberg circuit, were all pretty was his race to lose. He'd been the faster similar. Mercedes wasn't on the back foot, and more consistent of the Mercedes but it certainly wasn't striding clear. Ferrari, drivers throughout the weekend and only we all thought, had its best chance since an unusual qualifying session saw Hamilton Malaysia to snag a win. take pole. Until the race, that is. "In the second stint Nico generally had From the start the two silver cars shot better pace," Hamilton confessed. away like the proverbial rat up a drainpipe. Had Lewis managed to stay inside the Third placed Sebastian Vettel, even without line at pit exit, and make a better start, it his unco-operative wheel nut, never stood may have been closer, but Rosberg always a chance. If we're honest about it, neither seemed to have him covered.

PARTNERS: GPWEEK.com // 25 F1 >>> AUSTRIA Ferrari boss left fuming Ferrari's Maurizio Arrivabene was left fuming after a wheel-nut problem at Sebastian Vettel's pit stop cost the squad a podium place. Vettel had been running in a comfortable third place before being delayed at his sole pit stop when mechanics struggled to fit the right rear wheel. It cost the German some ten seconds, enough time for fourth placed Felipe Massa to steal third. Though Vettel closed in the final laps he was never able to challenge Massa, leaving the Ferrari driver fourth and his Italian boss ropeable. "We threw away one more time for a stupid piece that we need to fix as soon as possible. This is not the first time and it is not acceptable," Arrivabene lamented. "It was a problem with the wheelnut. It is not the first time so we have now to make sure that it does not happen again. "It was not a problem of the mechanics – it was our problem and we have to make sure that we fix it." The weekend had promised so much for the Prancing Horse after showing well in practice leaving many pundits to tip the Austrian race Ferrari's best chance to win since Sepang. The race didn't start well though. Kimi Raikkonen's day ended after just two corners when he lost the rear of his car under acceleration, taking Fernando Alonso out in the process, while Vettel never had the pace to match the Mercedes duo at the front of the race. "There is no images on the camera of Alonso, so we have to trust Kimi who said that the car had wheelspin," Arrivabene explained of Raikkonen's race-ending crash. "Sebastian made a great race. I have to say Mercedes are still strong."

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Using the Force Force India left Austria having scored ten "We always knew it would be difficult to keep position over Bottas during the pit cycle, setting up drove a clean race that saw him wheel to wheel points and risen to fifth in the constructors' the Williams of Bottas behind me, so bringing the one of the most entertaining battles of the race. with both Lotus drivers. championship. car home in sixth was probably the maximum we Sergio Perez meanwhile stayed out of trouble "In the first stint I had a lot of pressure from both It was the British team's best race of the could achieve," Hulkenberg admitted. "It's been a to charge from the back of the grid to ninth after the Lotus drivers, but we held strong and the race year and only the second time both drivers great weekend: I found a nice rhythm and I have being eliminated in the opening part of qualifying was looking really good," the Mexican explained. have finished in the points - the first being the been very happy with the performance of the car." on Saturday. "We lost some time in a slow pit stop and it was a Australian Grand Prix when only 11 cars finished. "Realistically it would have been difficult to have "Considering our position on the grid, it was a bit difficult to recover after that." The weekend ran pretty well for the team, finished higher up the order," agreed deputy team good race," said Perez. "I think we could have been The result sees the squad jump Lotus in the with Nico Hulkenberg surprising to split the two boss Bob Fernley. a couple of places ahead if everything had gone to constructors' championship and comes the race Williams during qualifying. In the race he duly Hulkenberg enjoyed an early battle with Bottas, plan, but it’s still a good result." before the debut of its long awaited B-spec car, converted that to sixth place while Sergio Perez losing out shortly before his pit stop. However Perez struggled in the latter part of the race which the team hopes will be a sizeable step raced his way up to ninth. slick work from Force India meant he regained the with vibrations and a slow pit stop but otherwise forward.

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Some facts you may have FORMULA 1 R ound 8 Austrian GP thought of, and most you Pos Driver COUNTRY team time/LapS PTS Stat Wrap certainly didn’t know about the 1 NICO ROSBERG GER MERCEDES 1:30:16.930 25 with Sean Kelly AUSTRIAN GP! 2 LEWIS HAMILTON GBR MERCEDES +8.800s 18 3 FELIPE MASSA BRA WILLIAMS +17.579s 15 4 SEBASTIAN VETTEL GER FERRARI +18.181s 12 »»ROSBERG’S WIN MEANS HE ONLY HAS has 129 POINTS. it ONLY HAD 85 POINTS 5 VALTTERI BOTTAS FIN WILLIAMS +53.604s 10 SIX FEWER POINTS THAN HE HAD AT AT THIS STAGE IN 2014 6 NICO HULKENBERG GER FORCE INDIA +1:04.075 8 THIS STAGE LAST SEASON, DESPITE 7 PASTOR MALDONADO VEN LOTUS +1 lap 6 HAMILTON'S APPARENT DOMINANCE »»HULKENBERG GIVES FORCE INDIA its FIRST TOP SIX FINISH OF THE YEAR 8 MAX VERSTAPPEN NED TORO ROSSO +1 lap 4 »»MERCEDES is ONLY ONE RACE BEHIND 9 SERGIO PEREZ MEX FORCE INDIA +1 lap 2 FERRARI'S F1 RECORD FOR MOST »»MALDONADO SCORES IN CONSECUTIVE 10 DANIEL RICCIARDO AUS RED BULL +1 lap 1 CONSECUTIVE RACES WITH TWO CARS RACES FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN 11 FELIPE NASR BRA SAUBER +1 lap 0 ON THE PODIUM, SET IN 1952-53 HIS CAREER (AFTER ABU DHABI AND USA 12 DANIIL KVYAT RUS RED BULL +1 lap 0 »»MERCEDES HAS CONSECUTIVE 1-2 2012) 13 MARCUS ERICSSON SWE SAUBER +2 laps 0 14 ROBERTO MERHI ESP MANOR +3 laps 0 FINISHES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS »»MALDONADO HAS SCORED AS MANY SEASON RT ROMAIN GROSJEAN FRA LOTUS DNF 0 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO RACES AS HE RT CARLOS SAINZ ESP TORO ROSSO DNF 0 »»HAMILTON IS ON THE PODIUM FOR DID IN THE PREVIOUS 45 GRANDS PRIX RT JENSON BUTTON GBR MCLAREN DNF 0 THE 15TH CONSECUTIVE RACE, TYING COMBINED FERNANDO ALONSO (2005-06) FOR THE RT WILL STEVENS GBR MANOR DNF 0 SECOND LONGEST STREAK OF ALL-TIME, »»VERSTAPPEN SCORES FOR THE SECOND RT KIMI RAIKKONEN FIN FERRARI DNF 0 BEHIND ONLY MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S TIME THIS SEASON AND IS THE TOP RT FERNANDO ALONSO ESP MCLAREN DNF 0 19 (2001-02) RENAULT CAR, AS HE WAS IN QUALIFYING »»HAMILTON ALSO LED A 17TH »»PEREZ SCORES POINTS FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE RACE, TYING JACKIE YEAR RUNNING IN AUSTRIA STEWART'S RECORD SET IN 1969-70, ONE OF THE OLDEST F1 DRIVER RECORDS »»RICCIARDO FINISHES 10TH, BUT PRESERVES RED BULL'S 26-RACE »»MASSA'S 41ST TOP SIX FINISH SINCE SCORING STREAK THE START OF 2011 IS ONLY HIS SEVENTH PODIUM IN THAT TIME, AND HIS FIRST IN »»ALONSO RETIRED FROM FOUR 2015 CONSECUTIVE GRANDS PRIX FOR THE »»MASSA GOES THROUGH 1000 CAREER FIRST TIME IN HIS 15-YEAR F1 CAREER POINTS »»MCLAREN has PREVIOUSLY LOST BOTH »»VETTEL HAS FINISHED IN THE TOP FIVE AT CARS EARLIER IN A RACE ON TWO Points – Drivers: Hamilton 169, Rosberg 159, Vettel 120, Raikkonen 72, Bottas 67, Massa EVERY RACE THIS SEASON BUT IS OFF THE OCCASIONS (USA 2006, MEXICO 1987), 62, Ricciardo 36, Kvyat 19, Hulkenberg 18, Grosjean 17, Nasr 16, Perez 13, Maldonado 12, PODIUM FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE BUT it was ALSO ON THE LAST ROW OF Verstappen 10, Sainz 9, Ericsson 5, Button 4 RACE THE GRID, making ausitria POSSIBLY Constructors: Mercedes 328, Ferrari 192, Williams 129, Red Bull 55, Force India 31, Lotus »»BOTTAS' FIFTH PLACE MEANS WILLIAMS its WORST EVER RACE 29, Sauber 21, Toro Rosso 19, McLaren 4

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Brazil – McLaren locked out the front row, with Red Bull one row behind THE NUMBERS 2012 Austria– McLaren locked out the last row, with Red Bull The last time a Mercedes AMG 2015 one row ahead 21/06/2014 did not claim a pole position Points – If Ferrari and Williams counted as a single constructor, they would still be 7 points behind 7 Mercedes in the championship Points – Red Bull’s average points per race Points – Red in 2015 Bull’s average 6.9 points per race 31.4 in 2013

Lewis Hamilton’s 17 consecutive races led tied Jackie Stewart’s record from 1969-70. Michael Schumacher never bettered 15 in a row, while 17 Ayrton Senna could only manage 12 in a row Adding up all of the grid penalties for this race came to 70 places. 50 of those 70 belonged to McLaren Seconds – Lewis Hamilton’s pole time in the 2015 Austrian GP was only 0.547s slower than the fastest-ever lap of the Red Bull Ring, set The last time a female started a Formula by Michael Schumacher in 2003, in a car with a 3.0-litre V10 engine, One race. Lella Lombardi finished as the last unlimited fuel flow, 100kg less weight and in the middle of a tyre war classified runner in 12th place, 4 laps down 0.547 1976 on winner John Watson

PARTNERS: GPWEEK.com // 29 F1 >>> AUSTRIA TECHNICAL LIKE McLAREN, LIKE RED BULL ... One was a sort of verification of the following a predetermined development particular, we found many similarities in The layout of the extremities of the upgrades brought by Ferrari to Canada programme, that included the debut of this respect with the shorter nose of the wing and also the bottom section of the PAOLO that, due to the mixed fortunes that the ‘short’ nose cone. Red Bull, introduced on the car a few main plane look dramatically similar to characterised the Canadian weekend This element was hugely delayed due races ago. the RB11 ones. It’s interesting to note FILISETTI for the Italian team, didn’t really provide to problems encountered in passing In particular it is interesting to note also the series of vertical fins placed CHNICAL Technical enough information on whether those the mandatory crash tests. In Austria, how the bottom section of the nose underneath to increase the airflow speed, E

T Editor upgrades actually improved the SF15-T the Woking-based team brought just features a dramatically similar design, hence generating a low pressure under performance or not. one new nose, run by Fernando Alonso, in terms of airflow management. An the main profile, as on the car built in This weekend provided one of those It was interesting to note on this while his team-mate Jenson Button array of turning vanes feeds the splitter Milton Keynes. interesting comparisons– or indeed track, in the Stirian region, the technical stuck to the standard longer version. At area of the bottom of the car, following Ironically we could say that the two similarities – between cars and teams, gap separating the Italian cars from the Silverstone, both the cars will feature the an identical concept. The squared nose teams, now sharing similar misfortunes where a key person has moved from Mercedes W06 Hybrid was effectively new version of the nose. section certainly provides an increased mainly due to their power units, seem to one team to the other. reduced, even if not to a measure Certainly, considering the current airflow passing underneath, even though be sharing the same principles in terms The eighth race of the season, in capable of providing winning results in difficult situation in terms of reliability it appears to us that the main target of aero development. This isn’t too much Austria, also provided interesting the short term. and performance of the power unit, it the engineers wanted to reach was of a surprise, as the influence of Peter elements from a technical point of view At the same time, it was interesting to is difficult to properly judge the value providing a less disturbed airflow to the Prodromou, current chief aerodynamicist in terms of the development of some see how McLaren, notwithstanding its of this development, although it was side sections of the wing, to reduce the at McLaren, is still evident on his former cars. In particular this race had a double awful situation in terms of their Honda possible to look at how this development need of higher flap angles to provide an team's car. element to the technical story. power unit, tries to improve the car, was integrated in the original project. In increased downforce level.

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The remnants of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari made for a sorry sight following his opening lap crash with Fernando Alonso. Despite attacking his teammate PASSING SHOT throughout the opening lap, Lewis Hamilton's hopes of victory faded by the time the field had reached the first corner. Nico Hulkenberg fought a tough rear- PASSING SHOT guard action in the opening phase of the race before bringing his Force India home sixth. Damage on the opneing lap PASSING SHOT compromised Daniil Kvyat's race, the Russian ending the day out of the points in a weekend that saw Red Bull score just a single point. PASSING SHOT

Never challenged from the start, Nico Rosberg proved the man to beat all weekend to claim his third win of the season. NEXT: Silverstone! Last year, Lewis Hamilton took a popular win in front of his home crowd. PARTING SHOT With Nico Rosberg gaining momentum and just 10 points seperating the Mercedes pair, can Hamilton put in a repeat performance?