2019 Formula 1 season Round 9
Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
Sunday 30 June
The midfield battle will continue to provide thrills and spills when Round 9 of the
2019 Formula 1 season, the
Austrian Grand Prix, is held at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday 30 June.
The last race in France saw McLaren continue their rise, as Carlos Sainz Jr came home in an impressive sixth place, while teammate Lando Norris nursed home his wounded car in ninth to ensure a double points haul for the English-based team.
Renault will be hoping to reclaim the ‘best of the rest’ (fourth place behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull) on the Constructors’ Championship standings, having been hit hard by driver Daniel Ricciardo picking up two five-second penalties for dangerous racing on the final lap in France – this saw him demoted from seventh to 11
th.
Meanwhile, Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen is back in form after finishing seventh at Paul Ricard, while the Haas duo of Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will hope the Red Bull Ring is a circuit where their tempestuous cars are back on the pace, following several weekends of struggles.
The same can said for Racing Point (formerly Force India) whose only top-10 finish in the last four races came from Canadian Lance Stroll in his home Grand Prix earlier this month.
And as for the once great Williams team, the Austrian Grand Prix may just give them hope of a first point in the 2019 season.
2019 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings – top 3
1 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 187 points
2 – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) – 151
3 – Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) – 111
2019 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings – top 3
1 – Mercedes – 338 points
2 – Ferrari – 198
3 – Red Bull Racing-Honda – 137
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Austrian Grand Prix – Details
Number of times held: 32
First held: 1963
Most wins, driver: Alain Prost, 3
Most wins, constructor: McLaren, 6
Circuit length: 4.318 km
Race length: 306.452km
Laps: 71
Austrian Grand Prix – Last five winners
2018 – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2017 – Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
2016 – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2015 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
2014 – Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
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