Back-to-back effect between Spain and Austria. Il F1 Circus comes back to knock on fans’ doors again. Once the appointment in Catalonia has been archived, it will be the turn of Spielberg and there is no talk. It is likely that in this context there will be.
Yes it is in the house of Red Bull and certainly the Anglo-Austrian team has valid reasons to give that little bit extra. Max Verstappen, fresh from his success at Montmeló, wants to reiterate the concept already expressed in previous weekends and on this track where he has already won on four occasions, the last one last year. From this point of view, Ferrari will have to meet in Styria.
In Iberian territory, the Maranello team had introduced an important package of updates, but the hoped-for results did not materialize. The objective of an increase in downforce on the SF-24 was achieved, but there was a clear downside. The single-seater was plagued by the bouncing problemsuffering from an annoying bouncing especially when taking long curves at medium/low speed.
In Austria, a typically Stop&Go circuit, there will be few of these curves that are so unwelcome by the Red team, but it is clear that this situation will need to be improved in any case. A challenging day-1 for the men of the Prancing Horse and for everyone. In fact, there will be the return of the third Sprint Race of the seasonafter what happened to Shanghai (China) it’s at Miami (USA).
The drivers, in fact, will only have one free practice session at their disposal (today)before tackling Sprint Qualifications that they will define the grid for tomorrow’s race. It will be necessary to have clear ideas about what to do and the simulator-track correlation essential to minimize times.
