Austria: the TV program
Just after the French Grand Prix, it's time for the first back-to-back of the season with this week's Austrian Grand Prix on the schedule. Before that, Motors Inside has prepared a clever mix of important information and TV schedule to help you follow this new F1 weekend.
At the foot of the Austrian Alps, the Red Bull Ring hosts this weekend its sixth edition of the Austrian Grand Prix, since its return to the calendar in 2014 after a total reconstruction.
Unlike the ultra-modern Circuit Paul Ricard that Formula 1 left this Sunday, the Red Bull Ring, formerly A1-Ring, is considered an old-school track. Designed following the natural terrain, with grass and gravel traps on the sides, there’s no doubt about it. Plus, it offers a bucolic atmosphere.
With its ten turns, the Austrian track is the one with the fewest turns on the calendar. It is also the shortest circuit with a best time of 1:03.130. This time set by Valtteri Bottas last season earned him the pole position.
The last two corners (9 and 10) constitute a critical point, with initially a fast cambered corner that pushes the car towards the outer curbs (curbs that broke the front-left suspension of Pierre Gasly’s Toro Rosso in FP2 in 2018), before a second tighter corner in full compression that sets up the start-finish straight.
Track length: 4.318 km
**Number of laps in the race:** 71
Record of the track: 1.03.130 (Valtteri Bottas, 2018)
Record holder for victories: Alain Prost (3), McLaren (6)
Record holder of pole positions: René Arnoux, Niki Lauda (3), Ferrari (7)
The TV program:
