Austrian Grand Prix - F1

Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and the rest of the F1 drivers begin their summer European swing at the Red Bull Ring in nearby Spielberg, Austria. Nico Rosberg ended up victorious over Hamilton. The race is Sunday.

PROVISIONAL STARTING GRID:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m08.455s -
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m08.655s 0.200s
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m08.810s 0.355s
4 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m09.192s 0.737s
5 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m09.278s 0.823s
6 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m09.319s 0.864s
7 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m09.612s 1.157s
8 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m09.713s 1.258s
9 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes - -
10 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m10.374s -
11 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m10.426s -
12 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m10.465s -
13 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m12.522s -
14 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m12.867s -
15 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m14.071s -
16 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m15.368s -
17 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m09.694s -
18 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m10.482s -
19 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m10.736s -
20 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m12.632s -

Note: Kvyat, Ricciardo, Alonso and Button all have penalties

Sad news in the city of Graz, near the Red Bull Ring as a car crashed into crowds of people in the city square, with 3 people dead and 34 injured as of right now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33211479

Kimi and Alonso wrecked on lap 1.

That was a close one, though seeing Alonso and Kimi simultaneously looking back at that accident was pretty humorous

Eh, it was alright. By no means the best GP, but better than most people will think it was.

That crash on lap 1 was simply Raikkonen dropping it on cold tyres - very telling that when interviewed about the crash, made no mention of any contact with Alonso whatsoever.

BooyakaDragon wrote:That was a close one, though seeing Alonso and Kimi simultaneously looking back at that accident was pretty humorous

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RetrogradeRenegade wrote:Meanwhile, Maldonado showed Raikkonen how it's done.

How the hell did he NOT wreck that?!?

I enjoyed the 20 or so laps I seen before I had a friend come over. That Raikonnen/Alonso crash was pretty scary, but not as bad as I first thought it was.

GW Rosberg! More of those, please!