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Jul22023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Austrian GP result under scrutiny: FIA examines more than 1200 suspected violations of track boundaries

After the Formula One race for the Austrian Grand Prix, the Aston Martin team filed a protest against the final results, due to numerous off-track driving that was not penalized by the FIA. The filed protest was accepted by the FIA, and the commissioners are now reviewing over 1200 potential violations that they failed to examine during the 71-lap long race. Once the review is complete, however, the FIA will announce any changes to the final order. The FIA explained that they have never been in such a position before, and the owners of the Red Bull Ring circuit will be asked to set up sand excursion areas, especially in the last two corners of the circuit, where the most violations are expected to occur during today's race. The problem with sandy excursion zones is that the MotoGP World Motorcycle Championship also takes place on the same racetrack. He is at the race

Jul22023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen brought Red Bull home victory in Austria, Leclerc also on the podium

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Max Verstappen also remained unbeaten in the Formula One race in Austria, where for the first time since May 7, when the race was held in Miami, he took the lap out of the lead. The Dutchman led as many as 249 laps until the pit stops during the Austrian Grand Prix (the record is held by Alberto Ascari with 305 laps, Ayrton Senna is in second place with 264 laps, and Verstappen is now third). The current world champion drove a routine race, but in the penultimate lap, when he was leading by 24 seconds, he spiced it up with an additional stop, where he installed the softest compound tires on his car and set the fastest lap of the race, for which he won an additional point. The Red Bull driver celebrated the 42nd victory in his career, with which he swung ahead of Ayrton Senna. This time, he has the company of works on the podium

Jul22023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Why didn't Mercedes seek a penalty for Verstappen's revenge?

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In the camp of the Mercedes team, they are convinced that Max Verstappen deliberately spoiled Lewis Hamilton's lap during qualifying for the sprint race, thus taking revenge on the Briton for the same action in the last corner, but they have not decided to press the FIA. The incident between Hamilton and Verstappen began when the Mercedes driver was preparing for a fast lap and slowed before the final corner of the track. Footage from the Briton's car shows that he was warned that the Red Bull driver was approaching on the fast lap, but he nevertheless drove onto the racing line and started his fast lap, disrupting the reigning world champion's fast lap. "He blocked me in the last corner, so I had to slow down and I lost about three tenths of a second, which was not the most ideal," said Verstappen. "To k

Jul12023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Double victory for Red Bull at the wet sprint in Spielberg

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Max Verstappen is the winner of Saturday's wet sprint race in Austria, while the success of the Red Bull team was completed by Mexican Sergio Perez with second place. The Dutchman won by nearly 20 seconds after 24 laps, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz third. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1675158896556605441 Fourth and fifth were Aston Martin racers, this time Lance Stroll overtook teammate Fernando Alonso. An excellent sixth was Nico Hulkenberg who, like several other competitors, changed tires in the final laps and used dry track tires on a drying track. Esteban Ocon crossed the finish line behind him, and George Russell, who won the last point, was eighth. Lando Norris was ninth and Lewis Hamilton was tenth.

Avg212022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Bagnaia reduced the gap in the MotoGP championship by winning in Austria

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Francesco Bagnaia won the race for the Austrian Grand Prix, closing the championship points gap behind Fabio Quartararo, who ended up second. Another Ducati rider, Jack Miller, finished the race on the podium, and Luca Marini climbed to an excellent fourth place. In the end, Johann Zarco was fifth, making sure that as many as four Ducati racers finished the race in the top five. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1561333221534695425 In the first corner, Bagnaia took the lead past Bastianini, and halfway through the lap, Joan Mir crashed and retired. Meanwhile, Vinales found his way past Quartararo to fifth. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1561322947452829698 At the end of the second lap, the four Ducati riders, Bagnaia, Bastianini, Miller and Martin were leading by more

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Miller's first training session at the Red Bull Ring, Zarco's second

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Ducati riders Jack Miller and Johann Zarco reigned at the top of the timesheets on Friday. The first practice, which started on a wet track, was won by the Australian, Zarco on the Pramac Ducati team was second, while the third time was recorded by Suzuki rider Joan Mir. In the first practice, the racers officially met the modified track for the first time, which now has a new chicane added in the second corner, and most of the practice was driven on wet track tires. The real showdown for fast times started in the last fifteen minutes, when everyone followed Marco Bezzecchi's example and drove out of the garages on dry track tires. Austrian GP - FP1 results: .Racer ManufacturerTimeDiff.1 Jack MillerDucati1'30.756 2 Johann ZarcoDucati1'31.3740.6183 Joan MirSuzuki1'31.5760.8204 Jorge MartinDucati1'31.61

Jul92022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen wins the sprint race in Austria

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Max Verstappen won the sprint race and will start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix from the best starting position. The second was Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who fought with teammate Carlos Sainz in the first laps. The latter finished the race in third place, while the fourth and fifth places were won by George Russell and Sergio Perez. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1545785774330839040 Esteban Ocon was sixth, Kevin Magnussen was seventh, and Lewis Hamilton was eighth, who was involved in a close duel with the German Mick Schumacher for several laps. However, the Haas team rider had to concede superiority to the Briton, who won the last point, with a few laps to go.

Mar302022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Red Bull Ring for MotoGP racing set a new chicane

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The Austrian Red Bull Ring race track has presented track changes in the 2nd bend area, which has been described by MotoGP as quite dangerous in recent years. The closest racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, returned to the MotoGP race calendar in the 2016 season and immediately drew some criticism at the expense of safety, as the protective fences were quite close to the track in some places and sandy zones in others. The organizers took the criticism into account and made the necessary changes, so the second bend of the track became the most problematic part. It is an extremely fast left turn, whose (in) safety was the center of attention in 2020, when Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli collided in it and triggered a terrible accident in which both of their motorcycles were at high speed.

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Quartararo: In Austria, I was thinking of the MotoGP 2021 title

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Fabio Quartararo admitted after the race for the Austrian Grand Prix that he rode for the first time in the last laps of Sunday's MotoGP race with this year's world title in mind. The Frenchman fought for at least the podium until the 25th lap of the race in the leading group, but in heavy rain 3 laps before the end he drove into the pits with a few competitors, where he sat on a motorcycle with rain tires. Although he was left without a podium and finished the race in seventh place, he increased his lead to 47 points in the World Championship scoring, which is a very solid result, considering that the Red Bull Ring is theoretically the least suitable for Yamaha. “For the first time this year, I also thought of the title of world champion,” Quartararo admitted. "The conditions were tough and it would be risky to stay outside on dry track tires. I didn't want to fall, which would make me

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MotoGP Austria FP2: Iker Lecuona in the rain 3.4 seconds ahead of rivals

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Iker Lecuona took advantage of the difficult conditions on the drying track for a risky lap on dry track tires, which was 3.4 seconds faster than his closest pursuer, Johann Zarc, who set a new Red Bull Ring record in the first practice. Training took place on a wet track all the time, and Lecuona, who has no contract for next season, was the only one who drove the lap faster than in a minute and 30 seconds in the given conditions. With a time of 1: 27.520, he set a very high bar, as as many as eight riders lagged behind his achievement by more than 107% and thus would not have been included in the race if the qualifications were dropped and the starting places were awarded on the basis of free rankings. training. Among the eight "dropped out" are Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira, Luca Marini, as well as the current