Scuderia Ferrari – A second race in Spielberg, stats, facts and figures

Austrian Grand Prix
Spielberg, Austria
2-4 July 2021

In a repeat of the start to last year’s complicated season, Formula 1 is staying in Spielberg for a second weekend of racing, with last Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix now followed by the Austrian Grand Prix.

The same but different

The circuit is exactly the same – 4.3 kilometres, with just eleven corners, several gradient changes and three DRS zones – but there are a few differences. Two of them are certainties, in that Pirelli’s three tyre compounds are one step softer than last weekend, being the C3, C4 and C5.

This means that what was the Medium in the Styrian Grand Prix will be the Hard this time round, the Soft becomes the Medium with the addition of the softest tyre on offer from the sport’s sole supplier. The other change is that, after trialling a small audience last week, a full crowd will be allowed into the circuit this time.

The third change is a probability rather than a certainty, as it concerns the weather, with the threat of rain and cooler temperatures, which could therefore shake up the order.

Programme. The timetable for the 34th Austrian Grand Prix to count towards the Formula 1 World Championship is identical to last week’s. The cars take to the track for the first time on Friday for the usual two 60 minute free practice sessions, starting at 11.30 CET and 15.

Qualifying is on Saturday at 15, preceded at 12 by the final free practice session. The race gets underway at 3pm on Sunday, run over 71 laps, equivalent to 306.452 kilometres.

Ferrari Stats

GP entered 1016
Seasons in F1 72
Debut Monaco 1950 (A. Ascari 2nd; R. Sommer 4th; L. Villoresi ret.)
Wins 238 (23.42%)
Pole positions 230 (22.64%)
Fastest laps 254 (25%)
Total podiums 774 (25.39%)

Ferrari Stats Austrian GP

GP entered 32
Debut 1964 (L. Bandini 1st; J. Surtees ret.)
Wins 5 (15,62%)
Pole positions 8 (25%)
Fastest laps 5 (15,62%)
Total podiums 26 (27,08%)

Austrian Grand Prix: facts & figures

2+1. The circuits that have staged the Austrian Grand Prix. In 1964, the first edition was run on a track laid out on the Zeltweg military airfield, which had also hosted the country’s very first motor race seven years earlier. Scuderia Ferrari won with Lorenzo Bandini driving a 156 F1.

However, from then on, the poor bumpy concrete surface meant that it was only ever used again for sports and GT car racing. The Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix was back on the calendar in 1970 at the new Österreichring, 5.9 kilometres in length it was located at altitude, having been carved out into the side of a hill.

Once again, Scuderia Ferrari won, this time with a one-two finish for Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni in the 312 B. At the end of the Eighties, the track was deemed too dangerous and was used for the last time in 1987. The track was under new ownership in 1995 and Hermann Tilke was called in to redesign it.

It was made safer and shortened to 4.3 kilometres, effectively becoming a third venue for the Austrian Grand Prix. It was used from 1997 to 2003 before being dropped from the calendar once again, returning in 2014 after a further change in ownership when Red Bull took it over.

14. The furthest back on the grid from which the race was won in Austria, when Alan Jones did it in the Shadow in 1977. In 1970, Rolf Stommelen set a record for a podium finish from the furthest back on the grid, in the first race held at the Österreichring. The German took his Brabham from 17th to third, behind the Ferrari pair.

29. The number of laps raced in the shortest ever Austrian Grand Prix, in 1975. The race was stopped after less than an hour because of heavy rain and the win went to Vittorio Brambilla in the March. The longest, in terms of laps covered and time taken, came at the very first one in 1964, when Lorenzo Bandini won over 105 laps of Zeltweg, crossing the line after 2 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds and 23 hundredths.

40. The percentage of Austrians who regularly take part in sport. The most popular is football (36% participants) followed by Alpine skiing (32%) and ice hockey (12%). However, as a whole, winter sports are the most popular in Austria. The country has twice played host to the Winter Olympics, at Innsbruck, in Tyrol, on both occasions, in 1964 and then in 1976 when Denver, USA, the original choice, informed the IOC it no longer wished to host the games.

660. The height above sea level in meters of the finish line at the Spielberg circuit, the third highest of any track on the Formula 1 calendar. The highest is Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which is at 2,286 metres. Second highest is Interlagos, Brazil at 750 metres.

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01.07.2021 / MaP

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