2016 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH - LIVE THREAD

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Red Bull Ring Spielberg

First Grand Prix 1970

Number of Laps 71

Circuit Length 4.326KM

Race Distance 307.02KM

Lap Record 1:08.337 by Michael Schumacher (2003)

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What are DRS zones? Many decades ago, I followed F1, but haven’t really kept up with in in the last 30 years or so after they started playing ‘follow the leader until he breaks’.

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Drag Reduction System Zones

areas of the track where if you are less than 1second behind the car in front of you, a slot in your rear wing opens reducing the drag making it easier to pass the car in front

i’m really not a big fan of the DRSZ since the car in front doesn’t get the same option

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Thanks. I must not have been the only one to think that it had gotten a bit boring. Maybe they should try going back to full open wheel racing with no wings and with limits on the tire widths.
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Niki Lauda thinks Formula One risks alienating a large chunk of its fanbase if it continues going “too far” in the push for safety.

This week the FIA is conducting the last set of tests on the Halo safety device ahead of the July decision on whether to implement it to F1 in 2017. F1 has been relentless in the push for safety in recent years but the introduction of Halo would be a ground-breaking step which could have ramifications in all series of open wheel racing.

The Halo had a largely negative reaction from fans and drivers, with Lewis Hamilton calling it the “worst” modification to a car in F1 history. Fellow three-time world champion Lauda thinks F1’s safety push could be sanitising the sport.

“If you go too far with these things, it’s no wonder that fewer people are watching these days,” Lauda told Motorsport Magazine in reference to the Halo device. “I think — in a very respectful way — that the DNA of Formula One should be maintained, and we’re slowly going to destroy it if we keep on inventing what are — for me — too many safety issues.”
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Lauda believes F1 fans will stop watching if the sport is perceived to be too safe with none of the risks associated with the past.

“Because of improvements in the cars and tracks, Formula One has never been as safe as it is today, so now the question for me is how far can we go on safety issues without losing the interest of the people? If someone says he wants to make $40m a year, with an easy car to drive, and no risk, this is not reality...”

Lauda’s fears are echoed by Sebastian Vettel, who thinks there is a fine balance to be found between safety and the risk of racing.

“The fact that the cars have become a lot safer is obviously nice for us, because knowing a little bit of history shows you that many years ago the drivers weren’t as lucky, and I think you need to find the right compromise,” Vettel said at the FIA’s Sport Conference last week. “The ingredients of passion, speed, danger and noise are very important.

“We want to make the sport safer - we can’t shut our eyes if bad things happen. It’s a difficult balance, and it might sound wrong initially, but I think the sport in some way has to remain dangerous because that is what is appealing to people. If you lose that ingredient, they don’t sense any more that it’s something out of their reach - out of this world - and it becomes less exciting. I think racing should keep its core pillars.”

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Lauda has to be kidding. I remember seeing a BBC documentary on just how dangerous Formula 1 racing was until at least the late 1970's--not one, but multiple drivers would die per year from horrible accidents with essentially unsafe cars and equally unsafe race tracks. You'd think Lauda would be pushing for maximum safety given he was nearly killed in a race accident in 1976.

Indeed, if we had the Halo head protection system back in the early 1990's, there's a good chance one Aryton Senna would be alive today.

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I have less objection to pure safety innovations than I do changes that boost speed and decrease competition. Ditch the aerodynamics and the turbos.

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i don’t know... i musta watched the crash 100 times and not sure a halo would of saved him or killed him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZIMwtooR4

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First free practice results - 2016 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time		Laps
1.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:07.373		37
2.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:07.730		34
3.	S. Vettel	Ferrari	01:08.022		28
4.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:08.222		31
5.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:08.528		34
6.	C. Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	01:08.803		34
7.	F. Massa	Williams	01:08.824		39
8.	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	01:08.962		21
9.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:08.990		32
10.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:08.998		40
11.	R. Grosjean	Haas	01:09.078		34
12.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:09.280		43
13.	J. Button	McLaren	01:09.365		31
14.	F. Alonso	McLaren	01:09.567		30
15.	K. Magnussen	Renault	01:09.707		24
16.	P. Wehrlein	Manor	01:09.775		34
17.	J. Palmer	Renault	01:09.851		28
18.	M. Ericsson	Sauber	01:09.929		35
19.	E. Gutiérrez	Haas	01:10.110		20
20.	F. Nasr	Sauber	01:10.314		26
21.	R. Haryanto	Manor	01:10.493		21
22.	A. Celis Jr.	Force India	01:10.860		37	************************************************************

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Second free practice results - 2016 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time		Laps
1.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:07.967		25
2.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:07.986		19
3.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:08.580		28
4.	S. Vettel	Ferrari	01:08.589		25
5.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:08.649		30
6.	C. Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	01:08.713		32
7.	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	01:08.761		20
8.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:08.820		23
9.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:08.941		24
10.	J. Button	McLaren	01:08.994		30
11.	F. Alonso	McLaren	01:09.075		26
12.	F. Massa	Williams	01:09.184		17
13.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:09.207		26
14.	S. Perez	Force India	01:09.226		32
15.	K. Magnussen	Renault	01:09.525		19
16.	J. Palmer	Renault	01:10.020		23
17.	P. Wehrlein	Manor	01:10.034		20
18.	E. Gutiérrez	Haas	01:10.138		16
19.	M. Ericsson	Sauber	01:10.140		19
20.	R. Grosjean	Haas	01:10.400		31
21.	F. Nasr	Sauber	01:10.444		22
22.	R. Haryanto	Manor	01:11.328		25

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Third free practice results - 2016 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time		Laps
1.	S. Vettel	Ferrari	01:07.098		20
2.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:07.234		26
3.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:07.308		20
4.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:07.639		22
5.	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	01:07.761		22
6.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:07.814		23
7.	F. Massa	Williams	01:07.831		27
8.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:08.285		23
9.	J. Button	McLaren	01:08.304		19
10.	F. Alonso	McLaren	01:08.327		17
11.	S. Perez	Force India	01:08.442		26
12.	E. Gutiérrez	Haas	01:08.475		22
13.	P. Wehrlein	Manor	01:08.534		29
14.	R. Grosjean	Haas	01:08.550		21
15.	K. Magnussen	Renault	01:08.569		31
16.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:08.786		32
17.	J. Palmer	Renault	01:08.939		27
18.	C. Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	01:09.008		11
19.	R. Haryanto	Manor	01:09.116		28
20.	M. Ericsson	Sauber	01:09.137		25
21.	F. Nasr	Sauber	01:09.557		20
22.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:10.959		16

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Qualifying results - 2016 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:06.947	01:06.228	01:07.922	21
2.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:06.516	01:06.403	01:08.465	20
3.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:07.385	01:07.257	01:09.285	25
4.	S. Vettel	Ferrari	01:06.761	01:06.602	01:09.781	18
5.	J. Button	McLaren	01:07.653	01:07.572	01:09.900	22
6.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:07.240	01:06.940	01:09.901	21
7.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:07.500	01:06.840	01:09.980	20
8.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:07.148	01:06.911	01:10.440	18
9.	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	01:07.131	01:06.866	01:11.153	17
10.	F. Massa	Williams	01:07.419	01:07.145	01:11.977	21
11.	E. Gutiérrez	Haas	01:07.660	01:07.578		18
12.	P. Wehrlein	Manor	01:07.565	01:07.700		17
13.	R. Grosjean	Haas	01:07.662	01:07.850		19
14.	F. Alonso	McLaren	01:07.671	01:08.154		12
15.	C. Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	01:07.618			19
16.	S. Perez	Force India	01:07.657			12
17.	K. Magnussen	Renault	01:07.941			10
18.	J. Palmer	Renault	01:07.965			9
19.	R. Haryanto	Manor	01:08.026			11
20.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:08.409			8
21.	M. Ericsson	Sauber	01:08.418			12
22.	F. Nasr	Sauber	01:08.446			13

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Race results - 2016 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27:38.107
2.	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	+5.719
3.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	+6.024	+0.305
4.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+16.710	+10.686
5.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	+30.981	+14.271
6.	J. Button	McLaren	+37.706	+6.725
7.	R. Grosjean	Haas	+44.668	+6.962
8.	C. Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	+47.400	+2.732
9.	V. Bottas	Williams	+1 Lap
10.	P. Wehrlein	Manor	+1 Lap
11.	E. Gutiérrez	Haas	+1 Lap
12.	J. Palmer	Renault	+1 Lap
13.	F. Nasr	Sauber	+1 Lap
14.	K. Magnussen	Renault	+1 Lap
15.	M. Ericsson	Sauber	+1 Lap
16.	R. Haryanto	Manor	+1 Lap
17.	S. Perez	Force India	+2 Laps
	Did not finish
18.	F. Alonso	McLaren	+7 Laps
19.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	+7 Laps
20.	F. Massa	Williams	+8 Laps
21.	S. Vettel	Ferrari	+55 Laps
22.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+69 Laps