The Formula 1 lands this weekend, June 28-30, 2024, in Spielberg (Austria) with the dispute of the eleventh race of the year, the Austrian GP. The layout of the Red Bull Ring is now ready to see the F1 engines roar, an event that Max Verstappen (Red Bull) arrives as the outstanding leader and main favorite for victory. The three-time world champion won last Sunday in Montmeló and added his 61st victory in Formula 1, figures that bring him closer to Michael Schumacher’s 91 wins and Lewis Hamilton’s 103. ‘Mad Max’ leads the World Championship by a clear margin with 219 points, 69 points ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and 71 over Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
The truth is that even though Red Bull does not have a car as dominant as last season, no one is counting on any other driver than Max Verstappen to win the world championship crown. And ‘Mad Max’ has won seven of the ten races contested, only failing in Albert Park (Carlos Sainz), Hard Rock Stadium (Lando Norris) and Monte Carlo (Charles Leclerc). This weekend he is aiming to win his 62nd F1 race and his fifth victory at the Red Bull Ring, a track where he is already the driver who has won the most times throughout history (4).
The great alternative to Max Verstappen is Lando Norris and McLaren. It will be necessary to see if the British driver is capable of ‘stealing’ the victory from Red Bull at his home. And the energy drink team is racing at home and will surely be extra motivated. Ferrari is forced to take a step forward after the bad image they left in Montmeló last weekend, with Leclerc fifth and Carlos Sainz sixth. And the weekend is much worse for Fernando Alonso and Aston MartinThe English team has not yet taken off and the Asturian finished in a disappointing twelfth place in Barcelona last Sunday.
“It’s going to be difficult. We know where we are, that we are going to have difficulties, we have had them in Barcelona and only five days have passed since last Sunday and it is going to be a similar race, where we will have to suffer a little,” said Fernando Alonso. from the Red Bull Ring layout.
“But I hope we can find a little more rhythm. It is a sprint format, there are always some who have everything ready in FP1 and others who find it a little more difficult, hopefully we will be one of those who start the weekend on the right foot and we can also finish it with more points,” said the Oviedo driver.
The Austrian GP will feature classification and sprint race, so only free practice sessions will be held this Friday starting at 12:30 p.m. The race will be held on Sunday, starting at 3:00 p.m., and the drivers must complete 71 laps around the 4,326 meters of the Red Bull Ring. A total of ten curves (three left and ten right).
F1 Austrian GP 2024 schedule
Friday June 28
– Free practice 1 (12:30-13:30)
– Sprint classification (16:30-17:14)
Saturday, June 29
– Sprint race (12:00 hours | 24 laps)
– Classification (16:00-17:00)
Sunday, June 30th
– Race (15:00 hours | 71 laps)
Where to watch the 2024 F1 Spanish GP
The last hour of the Austrian GP, all the results and the highlights of the performances of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz can be followed on the Antena 3 Deportes website.
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