After Sainz’s surprise win, Red Bull is looking for 1-2 at home

Red Bull shows up at home hoping to make it 1-2; The sprint qualification is back, the second of three exams he’ll take this year

Carlos Sainz Jr (Ferrari)Last Sunday’s winner in Silverstone (England)will try to keep the line in Austrian Grand Prixeleventh world championship F1which takes place this weekend – in a qualified format “Enemy” – in red bull ring From SpielbergThe circuit owned by the Dutch national team Max Verstappen and Mexican Sergio Perezleaders of the two championships, the pilots championship and the constructors championship.

Carlos Sainz27 years old, completed last Sunday, in British Grand Prixhis first victory in Formula 1, just a day after he signed the first “pole”, coinciding with his 150th test; And on the circuit, which in 1950 hosted the first race in the history of the first class. post test “Czech” Perez Second and seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) They were photographed next to him on the podium. And that other Spanish, Fernando Alonso (Alpine), He finished fifth.

Silverstone It hosted one of the best races of the season, and it was resolved in an exciting way; And that was interrupted for about an hour, with a red flag as soon as the start started, due to the horrific accident which – literally – saved his life thanks to the corona, Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo)the first Chinese in Formula 1, in which he appeared this season.

As a result of this accident, in which several pilots were involved, the British-Thai pilots also ended up in the circuit clinic. Alex Albon (Williams), On Wednesday, he secured the championship’s approval to participate in the Grand Prix which will mark the middle of the road to the world championship, scheduled for 22 races and which will conclude on November 20 in Abu Dhabi.

Despite his worst result of the season, finishing seventh on the legendary English track, Verstappen is leading the world championship solidly. With 181 points, 34 more than “Czech” Perez – who at Silverstone achieved the twenty-first podium in F1With a 43 lead over Monaco Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), fourth last Sunday and third overall. Sainz climbed to fourth place in the World Cup, which he occupies with 127 points.

Red Bull He also clearly leads the constructors’ championship. Total 328 points, 63 more than Ferrari And with 124 days mercedes, winner of the past eight team titles; After a poor start to the season, he is gradually approaching the front positions.

The red bull ring A 4,318-meter circuit with ten curves – seven of them to the right – Mad Max began laying its foundations last year, by winning the two races one hosted, Grand Prix of Styriathe area where Spielberg is located, a nickname that will eventually end up being complicated and won’t decide in his favor until the last lap of the last race.

The track – the fifth shortest in the championship – has one of the fastest laps, barely 70 seconds; On Sunday, 71 turns are expected to complete the 306.4 kilometer route.

But first, in a circuit that will be packed again, mostly by Dutch fans, this Friday, hours after the first free practice, the qualifiers will take place – in “traditional” fashion, with three rounds – which will determine the starting grid for Saturday’s sprint test.

The mini-race, which will command the starting lineup for the main race, will take place on Saturday – after the second free practice – on a third of the track, that is, 24 laps and just over a hundred kilometers. A model that was implemented last year and will be applied again in three grand prizes; Since then, after Emilia Romagna (in Imola, Italy) and based on Austriathere will also be a “Fast Sprint” qualification in Brazil. Penultimate year: one week before closing Abu Dhabi.

Aside from the grid’s demand for the “big” race, the sprint qualifiers have the added bonus of points, among the top eight. The winner takes eight. The second is seven and so on until the eighth, which will add one.

dry, in red bull ring From Spielberg It will be rolled with tires of the softest group: C3 (hard, recognizable by white stripe), C4 (medium, yellow stripe) and C5 (soft, red). And after the race in Austria, in July, there will be two more Grand Prix races, at Europebefore the Eid holiday: these are from Francein Paul Ricard, on July 24 p.m Hungaryin hungerOnly a week later.