Racing Point’s Sergio Perez topped the time sheet in first practice in Formula 1’s first Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, narrowly edging Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen.
Continue reading on RACERValtteri Bottas may have taken the chequered flag at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, but this was no Mercedes domination.
Superficially Formula One’s long-awaited resumption looked little different from races past. Mercedes was blistering quick in qualifying, locking out the front row by more than half a second from Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, and Bottas converted pole into a flawless light-to-flag victory.
But the face-value evaluation belies how hard the reigning constructors champion had to work to get the job done.
Australian nine-time Formula 1® Grand Prix winner Mark Webber discusses the ups and downs of the first race of the season in Austria, Sebastian Vettel’s future, analyse Daniel Ricciardo’s move to McLaren and a fantastic Formula 3 victory for young Australian Oscar Piastri.
F1 is back, and we talk about dominant Mercedes, good old Ferrari, how to throw out old cassette tapes at the tip and keeping up piss fitness.