Austrian Grand Prix

Www. AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX RED BULL RING, SPIELBERG CIRCUIT DETAILS TYPE: DIRECTION: PERMANENT CLOCKWISE LENGTH: CAPACITY: 4.326KM 80,000 TURNS: STATISTICS 1.08.337 FASTEST LAP A1-RING - RED BULL RING MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, FERRARI MICHAEL SCHUMACHER THE BEST CONSTRUCTORS ARE Ferrari McLaren MIKA HAKKINEN YY WITH THREE WINS EACH MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVERS WITH TWO WINS EACH CHALLENGES 3 9. 8 TOYOTA TOYOTA MEMORABLE MOMENTS Play Starion 1 Pk. O ERREIC. SPIEN RG 2002 SPIE 1997 1998 2001 2002 Austria returned to the McLaren showed its dominance as Mika Hakkinen won with ease David Coulthard staged a marvellous drive to win The Austrian GP gained notoriety in 2002 when Rubens Barrichello ceded a calendar and almost threw up a surprise winner in Jarno Trulli, substituting for Olivier Panis in the Prost after leading the early laps before retiring and David Coulthard fought back from last place to finish in second position, just five seconds from victory from seventh, the Scottish driver consolidating his status as having scored more points at the A1-Ring than anyone else certain win to Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher, just metres from the line, prompting a ban on team orders LOCATION The most remote circuit on the F1 calendar, the Red Bull Ring is set amongst the Austrian mountains, closest to the town of Spielberg in the Styria region. A picturesque and scenic place (particularly in the summer when the surroundings are lush with Alphine splendour) in an era where most circuits are located close to large cities in emerging overseas markets, the return to the European Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring takes F1 back to its more traditional roots. HISTORY The Austrian Grand Prix made its F1 debut in 1963 with two events held at Zeltweg Airfield before finding a regular home at the notorious Osterreichring between 1970 and 1987. Fast, sweeping and fearsome, the Osterreichring was known for its challenges and was popular amongst drivers, even if many felt a faster F1 had outgrown it towards the end of its tenure. Reconfigured, rebuilt and renamed, the A1-Ring welcomed back F1 with a revised layout between '97 and 'o3 before it fell off the calendar and into disrepair. Purchased by Red Bull in 2008, the venue has been revived and renamed as the Red Bull Ring, the success of its F1 team prompting its return to the F1 calendar in 2014. A1 Á1 A1 A1 A1 Á1 For full coverage of Formula 1 including driver news, results, qualifying and fantastic images, Www. visit www.crash.net NET