Austria: The Key Figures
Absent from the F1 calendar from 2003 to 2014, the Austrian Grand Prix has been held since then at the Red Bull Ring. Here's a look back at some significant figures ahead of the eagerly awaited race on Sunday!
1’03’003: This is the time that awarded Charles Leclerc the pole position in 2019 at the Red Bull Ring circuit (Spielberg). It’s 1 tenth faster than the previous record held by Valtteri Bottas a year earlier. It is also 7 seconds faster than Jacques Villeneuve’s time in 1997 when the circuit was renovated to return to the calendar.
3: Alain Prost is the most successful driver in Austria with 3 wins to his name. The Frenchman first stepped onto the top of the podium in 1983 with a Renault before repeating this feat on two more occasions in 1985 and 1986, but this time at the wheel of a McLaren.
6: The number of McLaren victories in Austria, making it the most successful constructor there. It was in a Woking single-seater that Niki Lauda won his national Grand Prix for the first time in 1984. It was one of the last victories for the triple world champion.
8: While Ferrari has only 4 victories on Austrian soil, it can still boast of being the team with the most pole positions, totaling 8. There are 4 on the old track and 4 on the new one.
9: Spielberg has the track in the calendar with the fewest corners. In fact, it has only 9, although in reality 8, because the second corner is more of a track incline than a real corner. It has only 2 fewer than Monza, another circuit with few corners.
**25:** The number of different winners at Spielberg. This list includes drivers such as Eddie Irvine, Jacques Villeneuve, and David Coulthard.
66: This is the number of overtakes that took place during the 2016 edition of the Austrian Grand Prix. A record that unfortunately has not been broken, even though since 2017 the number of overtakes has continued to increase, going from 12 in 2017 to 43 in 2019.
154: This is the maximum pressure applied on the brakes on the circuit. A very high pressure exerted approaching turn 1 where they arrive at over 300 km/h and the drivers have to rotate their car 90 degrees while maintaining a good exit speed.
