This is being talked about in the Spielberg paddock
Created: 07/09/2022, 06:16
A total of 300,000 fans are expected at the Austrian Grand Prix.
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Is the party going on in orange?
The crowds of fans from the Netherlands will give everything again, their idol will do it even more.
Max Verstappen on maximum course - he did the preparatory work.
Spielberg – Mick Schumacher can seriously hope, for buddy Sebastian Vettel only the principle of hope remains.
The four-time Formula 1 World Champion has just 24 laps to work his way up from the back of the field in a sprint.
Under normal circumstances, he should not come within range of Schumacher, who started from eighth place, in the Aston Martin from 4.30 p.m. (Sky).
In the worst case, there is a risk that pole man Max Verstappen from Red Bull will be lapped on the short and fast track. In addition to the outcome of the qualification with the double crash of the Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton / George Russell, other issues on the edge of the Austrian Grand Prix on the Red Bull Ring for topics of conversation.
The cursing Yuki Tsunoda
He can get very upset in the racing car.
So much so that not only the superiors of the 22-year-old Japanese think it affects his performance.
"It does limit me that my head overheats in the car," says Tsunoda himself. Alpha Tauri has had a psychologist at his side for four races now.
Tsunoda can't really tell if that helped.
If so, he probably wouldn't have had the crash at Silverstone last weekend with his teammate Pierre Gasly.
But Tsunoda has hope for improvement.
The difficult time of the World Cup challenger
Charles Leclerc has been suffering for weeks.
The accumulation of setbacks in the past five races is difficult to cope with, says the Monegasque Ferrari driver.
The brilliant start to the season with two wins and a second place in the first three races was followed by disappointments, especially in the end.
Not finished twice, not on the podium in the last five Grands Prix.
Leclerc is only third in the World Championship standings, 41 points behind the leading defending champion Max Verstappen from Red Bull.
But nobody wants to know anything about dissonances at the Scuderia after teammate Carlos Sainz celebrated his first Grand Prix victory at Silverstone to Leclerc's disadvantage.
"Everything is under control," said the Spaniard.
Let's see, Leclerc will start the sprint from second place behind Verstappen and ahead of Sainz.
The party in Styria
300,000 fans are expected in total.
"Ring free in Styria", wrote the "Kronen-Zeitung" or the "greatest spectacle of all time".
A tent for two people should cost a whopping 1200 euros for four days.
Parkers park where there are no campers and use every free space around the course.
And the fans of Verstappen, traditionally in orange, are turning the Red Bull Ring into a "single madhouse", wrote the "Kleine Zeitung".
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