Austrian Grand Prix Free Practices and Qualifying

[fronaldo]

New race new challenge ahead. Heard Vettel will take 5 place grid penalty for changing his gearbox..Another tough weekend..Forza Ferrari

[Kyss4k]

These two... Crofty and Davidson... the reason why I just stopped watching SkyF1 and went back to my local TV. This is the worst pair of heads I've ever seen

[killer]

These two... Crofty and Davidson... the reason why I just stopped watching SkyF1 and went back to my local TV. This is the worst pair of heads I've ever seen

Thought Martin was back this week?

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[Kyss4k]

He is only doing quali and race though since... I don't know when.

[S1000RR]

Any updates on how do we look on track?

[Jax]

We were sandbagging , it is rumored we ran with 300 kilos worth of fuel in fp1

[stefa]

We were sandbagging , it is rumored we ran with 300 kilos worth of fuel in fp1

[mizf1]

What s the latest with Vettels gearbox? Did he use the old one during practise and maybe they were assesing it
?

[stefa]

FIRST PRACTICE RESULTS:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m07.373s - 37
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m07.730s 0.357s 34
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m08.022s 0.649s 28
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m08.222s 0.849s 31
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m08.528s 1.155s 34
6 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m08.803s 1.430s 34
7 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m08.824s 1.451s 39
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Renault 1m08.962s 1.589s 21
9 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso/Ferrari 1m08.990s 1.617s 32
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m08.998s 1.625s 40
11 Romain Grosjean Haas/Ferrari 1m09.078s 1.705s 34
12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m09.280s 1.907s 43
13 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m09.365s 1.992s 31
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m09.567s 2.194s 30
15 Kevin Magnussen Renault 1m09.707s 2.334s 24
16 Pascal Wehrlein Manor/Mercedes 1m09.775s 2.402s 34
17 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m09.851s 2.478s 28
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m09.929s 2.556s 35
19 Esteban Gutierrez Haas/Ferrari 1m10.110s 2.737s 20
20 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m10.314s 2.941s 26
21 Rio Haryanto Manor/Mercedes 1m10.493s 3.120s 21
22 Alfonso Celis Force India/Mercedes 1m10.860s 3.487s 37

[nani_s23]

Ferrari, Middle sector & last sector combined .5ths down to mercs. 1st sector we were match to them.

[phsyklone]

The fp1 times are encouraging from what I see because we know ferrari improves alot from friday to sat.... so lets hope we can be a menace this weekend. I also wonder if the clampdown on tyre pressure manipulation has a hand at this with Sebs ferrari being just 0.3s off hamiltons time on a friday!!!! thats something that has been rare this season.

[totox]

What about the new ice that was talked a couple days ago about 1 token spending?

[Kyss4k]

Wow... Mercedes is perfect iven in these details (pit wall cover). I have to give it to them, they have the team really sorted out like Swiss watches.

[Aberracus]

Marc Gene just told us from the Ferrari Box, that VET is so perfectionist, that he works a lot with his engineer, he came to box and told his engineers exactly the handling of each corner in numbers from 1 to 5, and also have changed the font of his PitWall board to a narrower one so they can fit more information than the rest of the teams.

[Aberracus]

VET is out with fuel tank KIM on Qualy trim

[nani_s23]

MGU-K issue for vettel...!!

[Nova]

14:30
UK Time
Vettel looks to have a mechanical problem as his car bolts and spins under braking and he slides into the gravel trap.

[nani_s23]

seb funny answer on on max "Yellow kerbs complain"
Seb : "probably they should bring more front wings"

[Nova]

Anyone know what Vets mechanical issue is?

[mizf1]

Anyone know what Vets mechanical issue is?

No issue, just wrong brake bias

http://www.gptoday.com/details/view/..._FP2_spin_out/

[wisepie]

Not taking too much notice of today's sessions and the weather has played its part in FP2, and the last thing Seb needs is another 5 place grid penalty, but that seems to be the norm for Ferrari this season, never a straightforward weekend. I still live in hope, of course.

[Nova]

No issue, just wrong brake bias

http://www.gptoday.com/details/view/..._FP2_spin_out/

Thanks..glad to hear as such, he already has a 5 grid penalty if Im not mistaken.
Some of these rules are simply stupid.

[mizf1]

Thanks..glad to hear as such, he already has a 5 grid penalty if Im not mistaken.
Some of these rules are simply stupid.

Can some e confirm if he had had a 5 place drop?

[mizf1]

Can some e confirm if he had had a 5 place drop?

Don't worry I answered my own question.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/07/0...enalty-vettel/

These reliability issues are really annoying me, Vettel last had a gearbox penalty in Russia and we all know what happened there.

[nani_s23]

starting middle of the gird is always a danger of getting crashed by someone or the other. Ferrari are never having a proper weekend without reliability issues. I donno how they say again "Championship is not over yet, still 13 races to go"...!! its a crucial month of races for ferrari, if this reliability is the case for every week. Then how they gonna finish even 2nd in championship i donno.

[stefa]

starting middle of the gird is always a danger of getting crashed by someone or the other. Ferrari are never having a proper weekend without reliability issues. I donno how they say again "Championship is not over yet, still 13 races to go"...!! its a crucial month of races for ferrari, if this reliability is the case for every week. Then how they gonna finish even 2nd in championship i donno.

That is just PR talk...

[Fireblade]

This isn't an easy track for overtaking, so if Seb starts 8th (at best) after the penalty a podium for him is probably going to be out of reach.

Has there been a wet race yet this year? It seems we've had rain on Friday and Saturday several times, but Sundays have been consistently dry.

[stefa]

This isn't an easy track for overtaking, so if Seb starts 8th (at best) after the penalty a podium for him is probably going to be out of reach.

Has there been a wet race yet this year? It seems we've had rain on Friday and Saturday several times, but Sundays have been consistently dry.

Monaco was kinda wet race and it didn't help at all

[Rob]

He is only doing quali and race though since... I don't know when.

Always been that way since they joined SKYF1

[IulianFerrari]

“I wasn’t very happy with Lewis’ behaviour on track today,” Grosjean said.
“He spun, he didn’t put the brakes, he reversed in the middle of the track, and I was coming, so to have avoided I had to spin the car.
“We could have had quite a big crash this morning. It’s not something you want on your first run in FP1."
Penalty?