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The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:20 am
by cmlean
This is the place to discuss everything related to the 11th round of the 2025 season taking place in Spielberg, Austria between the 27th and 29th of June.
The event timetable for the Austrian Grand Prix.
Friday
Practice 1 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
Practice 2 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 3 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:12 am
by cmlean
FP1
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:05.542 George Russell Mercedes
2 1:05.607 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
3 1:05.697 Oscar Piastri McLaren
4 1:05.766 Alexander Dunne McLaren
5 1:05.780 Pierre Gasly Alpine
6 1:05.874 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
7 1:05.946 Alexander Albon Williams
8 1:06.017 Carlos Sainz Williams
9 1:06.099 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
10 1:06.110 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
11 1:06.130 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
12 1:06.140 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber
13 1:06.160 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
14 1:06.170 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
15 1:06.189 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
16 1:06.246 Franco Colapinto Alpine
17 1:06.262 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing
18 1:06.369 Dino Beganovic Ferrari
19 1:06.510 Esteban Ocon Haas
20 1:06.738 Oliver Bearman Haas
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:24 am
by cmlean
It was a fairly typical session with drivers feeling their way on a green track. Lewis Hamilton had a gearbox problem that sidelined him for a while however repairs were completed and he returned to the track. Fernando lost the rear of his Aston Martin exiting the last turn. At least he had that embarrassing moment out of the way.
This session featured two rookie drivers who stood in for the regular pilots.
The most impressive had to be Alex Dunne who, in Lando Norris' McLaren, set the fourth fastest time in the session, fractionally behind championship leader Oscar Piastri. He seemed to do everything right. The runs commenced with aero testing before he had his chances on the soft compound. He completed his run time, after taking the chequered flag, bringing with the car into the pits.
Dino Beganovic had a disrupted session with, at on time, a floor change performed which hindered his time in the Leclerc Ferrari.
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:34 am
by cmlean
FP2
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:04.580 Lando Norris McLaren
2 1:04.737 Oscar Piastri McLaren
3 1:04.898 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
4 1:05.022 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
5 1:05.190 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
6 1:05.229 George Russell Mercedes
7 1:05.292 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing
8 1:05.411 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
9 1:05.457 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
10 1:05.511 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
11 1:05.537 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
12 1:05.543 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
13 1:05.547 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
14 1:05.613 Pierre Gasly Alpine
15 1:05.698 Esteban Ocon Haas
16 1:05.765 Alexander Albon Williams
17 1:05.814 Carlos Sainz Williams
18 1:05.835 Oliver Bearman Haas
19 1:05.918 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber
20 1:06.176 Franco Colapinto Alpine
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:39 am
by cmlean
This was a fairly easy session for most teams who spent their time dialing in their cars for qualifying and the race.
Liam Lawson had a mysterious problem that caused his Racing Bull to pull to the right and seemed to take weight off the right front wheel. It looked like a suspension failure on the left rear but I could be wrong. He limped his car back to the pits and repairs were performed. He returned to the track and set a time next best to his team mate Isack Hadjar.
Lando Norris made up for missing FP1 and set the fastest time of the session.
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:09 am
by cmlean
FP3
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:04.324 Lando Norris McLaren
2 1:04.442 Oscar Piastri McLaren
3 1:04.534 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
4 1:04.574 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
5 1:04.790 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
6 1:05.018 George Russell Mercedes
7 1:05.053 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
8 1:05.062 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
9 1:05.139 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing
10 1:05.182 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
11 1:05.182 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
12 1:05.243 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
13 1:05.283 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber
14 1:05.314 Alexander Albon Williams
15 1:05.328 Carlos Sainz Williams
16 1:05.408 Oliver Bearman Haas
17 1:05.408 Pierre Gasly Alpine
18 1:05.714 Esteban Ocon Haas
19 1:05.768 Franco Colapinto Alpine
20 1:06.722 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:15 am
by cmlean
FP3 and the track temperatures were up on Saturday. Tyre adhesion was low as a result.
Many drivers left the track and ran into the gravel. A few even spun their cars, most notably Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar as they exited the final turn. Neither sustained major damage as they spun and ended pointing in the right direction on the pit straight. Kimi Antonelli almost joined the group but managed to catch the rear and completed his lap.
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:19 am
by cmlean
Qualifying
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:03.971 Lando Norris McLaren
2 1:04.492 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
3 1:04.554 Oscar Piastri McLaren
4 1:04.582 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
5 1:04.763 George Russell Mercedes
6 1:04.926 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
7 1:04.929 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
8 1:05.132 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
9 1:05.276 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
10 1:05.649 Pierre Gasly Alpine
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11 1:05.128 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
12 1:05.205 Alexander Albon Williams
13 1:05.226 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
14 1:05.288 Franco Colapinto Alpine
15 1:05.312 Oliver Bearman Haas
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16 1:05.329 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
17 1:05.364 Esteban Ocon Haas
18 1:05.369 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing
19 1:05.582 Carlos Sainz Williams
20 1:05.606 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 10:40 am
by cmlean
Q1 and things still aren't betting better for Yuki Tsunoda. He complained at having no front grip but it could have been the track temperature. Max Verstappen also came in complaining of no grip in slow, medium and high speed turns. The team must have performed some tweeks as Max was again back on the pace however Yuki failed to make it through. Nico Hulkenberg was slowest while Carlos Sainz has a session he would rather forget. He started the session complaining that the car was pulling to the right under brakes. Watching his last lap, the car seemed so unstable constantly needing steering corrections throughout the lap.
Q2 and Fernando Alonso, Alex Albon and Isack Hadjar were all unexpected eliminations. Gabriel Bortoletto, Liam Lawson and Pierre Gasly replaced them in Q3.
Q3 and Lando Norris set a great benchmark on his first run. This proved pivotal in the session overall performances.
Final runs commenced with Pierre Gasly towards the front of the queue. Mid way through the final turn, he dipped his left rear onto the gravel and looped his Alpine. This brought out the double waved yellows which then caused Oscar Piastri to lift and not have access to his DRS due to the incident and abort his final run. The yellows also forced Max Verstappen, who was on his final run and about to enter the incident area, to lift and also abort his final lap.
Re: The 2025 Austrian Grand Prix Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:54 am
by cmlean
Race
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Pos Driver Team
1 Lando Norris McLaren
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
4 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
5 George Russell Mercedes
6 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
7 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
8 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
9 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber
10 Esteban Ocon Haas
11 Oliver Bearman Haas
12 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
13 Pierre Gasly Alpine
14 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
15 Franco Colapinto Alpine
16 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull Racing
DNF Alexander Albon Williams
DNF Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
DNF Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
DNS Carlos Sainz Williams
Next: Round of Great Britain '25
Date: July 4th-6th 2025