AUSTRIAN GP – NO CLEAR PICTURE
Spielberg, 21 June
Fernando Alonso matched his and Scuderia Ferrari’s best grid position of the season today, with a fourth place in Spielberg, to ensure his F14 T will line up on the second row of the grid. Of course, that’s very positive, especially given Fernando’s penchant for aggressive starts, but this was a very strange afternoon in the Austrian mountains for a variety of reasons.
For starters, the dominant force that is the Mercedes team tripped itself up, as a problem for Lewis Hamilton in Q3 caught out his team-mate Nico Rosberg, so that the German lines up in third place on the inside of the Spanish Ferrari driver. Yes, for the first time this season, a Mercedes is not on pole, although its power unit is. They’ve looked strong all weekend and Williams locked out the front row, naturally enough producing a few smiles down in the Prancing Horse garage as Felipe Massa, today’s pole man is still a popular figure in the Ferrari camp. This was the Brazilian’s first pole since he was fastest in a Ferrari at his home race in 2008. Alongside him is his team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
The short lap makes for close times here and the slightest error leads to a big penalty, as some of the usual front runners found out. While Kimi Raikkonen struggled with the balance of his car and had to settle for eighth place on row four on the outside of Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso, the Finn is one place ahead of Lewis Hamilton, the Englishman off the front row for the first time this year. He is bound to be trying to charge up the order. Other big names in trouble include reigning champion Sebastian Vettel, who starts twelfth for Red Bull at the team’s home race and home track.
The unusual grid means that the start is going to see plenty of action and after that, it will be a case of the faster cars that haven’t qualified well trying to fight their way up the order. This means timing the tyre stops correctly could be decisive. A two stop is the most likely strategy, with the front runners running on Supersoft Pirellis at the start, before switching around lap 13 onto the Softs and taking on a final set of the harder compound around lap 42. However, for the cars further back on the grid, they could leave the Supersoft tyre for a short final stint. An interesting afternoon awaits..
Fernando Alonso matched his and Scuderia Ferrari’s best grid position of the season today, with a fourth place in Spielberg, to ensure his F14 T will line up on the second row of the grid. Of course, that’s very positive, especially given Fernando’s penchant for aggressive starts, but this was a very strange afternoon in the Austrian mountains for a variety of reasons.
For starters, the dominant force that is the Mercedes team tripped itself up, as a problem for Lewis Hamilton in Q3 caught out his team-mate Nico Rosberg, so that the German lines up in third place on the inside of the Spanish Ferrari driver. Yes, for the first time this season, a Mercedes is not on pole, although its power unit is. They’ve looked strong all weekend and Williams locked out the front row, naturally enough producing a few smiles down in the Prancing Horse garage as Felipe Massa, today’s pole man is still a popular figure in the Ferrari camp. This was the Brazilian’s first pole since he was fastest in a Ferrari at his home race in 2008. Alongside him is his team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
The short lap makes for close times here and the slightest error leads to a big penalty, as some of the usual front runners found out. While Kimi Raikkonen struggled with the balance of his car and had to settle for eighth place on row four on the outside of Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso, the Finn is one place ahead of Lewis Hamilton, the Englishman off the front row for the first time this year. He is bound to be trying to charge up the order. Other big names in trouble include reigning champion Sebastian Vettel, who starts twelfth for Red Bull at the team’s home race and home track.
The unusual grid means that the start is going to see plenty of action and after that, it will be a case of the faster cars that haven’t qualified well trying to fight their way up the order. This means timing the tyre stops correctly could be decisive. A two stop is the most likely strategy, with the front runners running on Supersoft Pirellis at the start, before switching around lap 13 onto the Softs and taking on a final set of the harder compound around lap 42. However, for the cars further back on the grid, they could leave the Supersoft tyre for a short final stint. An interesting afternoon awaits..
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