Bojan Vrbnjak
Of course it is reason - as in last year's so-called crown of the season - cancellation of some races, because pandemic coronavirus still to some extent holds the world in its grip. What’s more, the new one is spreading more and more now delta strain (Indian variant) and today we can not with certainty to claim that Formula 1 will derive all races at planned venues.
Racecourse Red Bull Ring, which opened the late season with the twins last year, will be the venue this year as well two races Formula One Championships. The first one will be in line this weekend GP of Styria, where he will have Red Bull his first home race of two. And encouraged by the superior victory in France and increasing the advantage between both racers (Max Verstappen) and teams, the team based in Milton Keynes understandably making the most of the home field and its main rival, the team Mercedes and their candidate for the eighth title Lewis Hamilton, delivered the next blow.
And yes besides an exciting duel you will not miss how they will rehabilitate at the disaster in France Ferrari, will it be McLaren also in Austria as successful as in Le Castellet, will Aston Martin continue collecting points and how it will always turn out in the end a hotter duel at the beginning between Schumacher in Mazepine, team racers Haas, here are the racing weekend times.
Schedule of the Styrian GP
Friday, 25.6.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
11.30 - 12.30 1st free practice (FP1)
15.00 - 16.00 2st free practice (FP2)
Saturday, 26.6.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
12.00 - 13.00 3st free practice (FP3)
15.00 - 16.00 Qualifications (Q)
Sunday, 27.6.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
15.00 - 17.00 Race
Weather of the Styrian GP
Judging by first predictions racers and teams will have to race for the first race Red Bull Ringu prepare for lower temperatures than they last had in Le Castellet. Because after the heat wave, which also gripped Slovenia, cooling is coming from the north. In the south Germany storms and hurricanes were reported as early as Tuesday.
But in time first and second free practice on Friday, the sky above the racetrack will prevail sonceand the highest temperature will be around 27°C. But they will on Saturday dense clouds play an increasing role and the temperature will be around 25°C. It is quite possible that it will be on Saturday night Red Bull Ring also visited rain, which could be a topic on Sunday. On the day of the race, the highest temperature will be 22°C, and are also announced loose surfaces.
Tire mixtures of the Styrian GP
Pirelli is for the race GP of Styria, the first of two on the track Red Bull Ring, opted for the same torque of the tire compound as the racers had in the previous race GP of France in Le Castellet, for C2, C3 in C4. In this case, the mixture C2 will represent hard with a white mark, mixture C3 medium with a yellow mark and mixture C4 soft with a red mark.
It is worth mentioning that it will be Pirelli for another race on the same track that will bear the name GP of Austria, changed the set of tire compound and will deliver it to the racers the softest set namely C3, C4 in C5, but more on that next week.
Mario isola, sports boss Pirelli, is about a set of rubber compound for GP of Styria said: “After last year, Austria is once again organizing two races in a row, which means that the teams on this track have a lot of data and recent experience on how to tackle its specific challenges and tactics. This year we will be for the first time Red Bull The ring has been nominated by two different tire mix combinations, so it will be interesting to see how the teams fare with the softest C5 tires to use the second weekend at the Austrian GP. And how the new choice will affect the strategy. We want to create different opportunities compared to the previous Styrian GP race, which is scheduled for this weekend."
