The hills will be alive this weekend with the sound of Formula 1 as the Austrian Grand Prix takes place this weekend. Talking of hills and music, our 2024 Austrian F1 Grand Prix Preview will give you a bit of everything without promising anything ahead of the upcoming big weekend of F1 that won’t be flat or sharp.
The Gurgler’s 2024 Austrian F1 Grand Prix Preview brings some thoughts on the race itself, a few bold predictions here and there, a more than a few barely interesting stats.
Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.
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The track almost looks like a Kangaroo sitting down for a rest, if you squint your eyes, which makes sense given this track is one that jumps up and down with a lot of undulation.
It is a track where stuff usually happens, and hopefully with a few minor tweaks we can eliminate the track limits issue which has plagued previous races here, where we find out via Fax two days later who has got a penalty or not.
But there’s plenty on offer for such a short track – fast corners, difficult corners, genuine overtaking places. So it is a Grand Prix we look forward to.
2024 Austrian F1 Grand Prix Preview – Race Rating
The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.
So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.
FAST? 7/10 – It’s decently fast with only a couple of slow corners which are used for exchanging position. The last couple of corners are especially fun to watch.
ACTION? 9/10 – Always action. The Austrian GP always seems to have something happening, even at the front with late race moves for victory in the past. And there’s a sprint race too.
BIG HISTORY? – 6/10 – The track in its various forms and names has been around for a while, but on and off. The list of historic winners below shows some great names and World Champions have won here. Plus the occasional historic moment – like when the crowd booed Ferrari in the early 2000’s when Rubens Barichello, who had completely outclassed Michael Schumacher all weekend, was ordered to move over and let Schumacher win for the Championship. Barrichello waited until the final corner, he had a point, it was only Race 5.
INCLEMENT WEATHER? – 9/10 The Weather Channel says strong 78% chance of Thunderstorms later in the day. What more do you need.
RACE RATING 78% – Stand by, it could be a wet race on a track that has action in the dry.
2024 Austrian F1 Grand Prix Preview – Stats
Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats.
These visuals go back to 2000 to cover the current drivers, thanks to Fernando Alonso. The all time history goes back to 1950.
- 7th is the lowest grid slot for a win.
- Valtteri Bottas has a good history here in a Mercedes, so maybe he gets a chance to push the Kick Sauber further up the grid.
- Fernando Alonso is not strong at this track.
DRIVER GRID POSITION vs RACE RESULT – CURRENT DRIVERS
TEAM GRID POSITION vs RACE RESULT
HISTORIC DRIVER RESULTS – AUSTRIAN GP
HISTORIC DRIVER RESULTS – STYRIAN GP
The Austrian GP doubled up during Covid as the Styrian GP, so here are those extra results.
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane.
HISTORIC TEAM RESULTS
OVERALL GRID POSITION INTO RACE RESULT
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane. Results from 2000.
- It might be the last race for a few drivers.
- Max Verstappen will take pole and win easy.
- McLaren will cover the rest of the podium.
- Ferrari will struggle in qualifying which will lead to more intra team tension in the race as they go close to colliding at turn three on lap one.
- Both Aston Martin out in Q1.
- Both RBs in for Q3.
- Logan Sargeant will end up in the gravel trap during the race.
ALL RACE RESULTS – AUSTRIAN F1 GRAND PRIX
ALL TIME RESULTS
