The groups can have the C3 compound as P Zero White onerous, C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as P Zero Pink mushy on the Austrian Grand Prix.
Identical to the final race at Montreal, the three softest compounds within the Pirelli F1 vary have been nominated.
The Spielberg weekend would be the second grand prix on the calendar that includes an F1 Dash. Qualifying to resolve the beginning grid for the Grand Prix is scheduled for Friday afternoon, after a single free observe session within the morning. Saturday will as an alternative be devoted to the Dash Shootout and the Dash Race. Throughout the three quick classes that make up the Dash Shootout (lasting 12, 10, and eight minutes respectively) groups should match new tyres and use the medium compound for Q1 and Q2. In Q3, solely the mushy compound shall be used.
The Pink Bull Ring has solely 10 corners, with the shortest lap time of any monitor on the championship. The lap file is held by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who accomplished lap 68 of the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix in a time of 1m05.619s, driving a Renault-powered McLaren on P Zero mushy (C4) tyres.
The driving force with essentially the most wins on the present model of the Austrian monitor is Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen, with 4 wins from the 18 races held since 1997. Probably the most profitable producer is Mercedes with six wins, courtesy of Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, and Valtteri Bottas – who all claimed two races every.
Most drivers made two stops final yr, beginning on the medium forward of two stints on the onerous. There was loads of overtaking, significantly within the midfield, with 5 automobiles competing for the locations simply off the rostrum.
The elevation adjustments on the Pink Bull Ring put it second solely to Spa-Francorchamps by way of variation. There is a change of greater than 60 metres between the bottom level on the monitor – simply earlier than Flip 1 – and the very best level, after Flip 2.
Mario Isola: “The Pink Bull Ring is a circuit the place tyres get no relaxation. The automobiles race by means of the monitor’s 10 corners in a lap time of simply over a minute, and the few straights imply that there’s little reprieve for the tyres. The asphalt has a reasonably excessive micro and macro roughness, because of the age of the floor, whereas grip is excessive initially of the lap.
“Traction and braking are key components, whereas explicit consideration should be paid to managing tyre overheating. Drivers who handle to not cool their tyres correctly could discover it tough to defend in opposition to assaults from rivals, particularly within the first and final sectors. An essential issue on this shall be ambient temperature, with climate situations historically considerably variable.
“Final yr’s race was largely a two-stopper utilizing the medium and onerous compounds, however a one-stopper may be an choice this yr if degradation shouldn’t be too excessive.”
