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Sebastian Vettel moves from sixth place in the grid to Spielberg, a circuit that is difficult to overtake. Photo: Georg Hochmuth / APA
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Sebastian Vettel must do damage control at the Austrian Grand Prix as at Castellet the week before. The penalty on the starting grid at Spielberg increases the pressure on the Ferrari driver in the fight for the World Cup.
S pielberg (dpa) – After his penalty on the grid Sebastian Vettel is particularly challenged Sunday at the Grand Prix of Austria
The quadruple Formula 1 World Champion must try with his Ferrari, which It's the duel of the World Cup with Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton not too far behind.
THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING: Six instead of three – on a track already difficult to overcome. Vettel must try to take his positions right after the start. A week ago, the Castellet project went wrong. In the race of France erased the Heppenheimer from third place already in the first corner Valtteri Bottas in the Mercedes. In the end, Vettel retains fifth place, but he loses the title of champion in front of the French winner Hamilton.
PRINT: Vettel faces two setbacks in a week. It's bitter, especially because he alone has to answer the punishment to Spielberg. The handicap of the Renault driver Carlos Sainz during the second stage of qualification was not intentional, but rather an imprudence of his team. "Nobody ever told me he was near me, I can only apologize to Carlos," he said. But how does the Vettel, often impulsive in the past, deal with the damper in the race? Is he at risk or wisely driven to earn points? The pressure on him in the duel of the World Cup with Hamilton is in any case enormous.
REPEAT: Bottas had already won the pole a year ago at the Red Bull Ring. Now he has succeeded again. In 2017, the Finn won just ahead of Vettel. At least since that time, the course is one of his favorite tracks. "I need a good start – I can guarantee that no one is more hungry for victory than anyone else on the field," said the 28-year-old with unusual aggression. [19659011] CURBS: The 4.318-kilometer circuit with its ten bends is unusually high At the training, some drivers driving wildly on the curbs damaged their cars, so Pierre Gasly broke the front suspension of his Toro Rosso, Stoffel Vandoorne had to believe in the front wing of the McLaren, as well as the base of Max Verstappen's Red Bull kicked in. Race director Charlie Whiting still saw no reason to let anything change.
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