THE RED BULLETIN F1 Sunday, June 22, 2014

BEYOND THE ORDINARY F1 SPECIAL EDITION Sunday, June 22, 2014

LIV E

FR O M TH R I N G I N SEPR ED B U LL I E LB E R G

FIRST! KISS!

POLE FOR MR. & MRS. MASSA

N I G E L M A N S E LL • N E W F1 TE A M S • L AU DA’ S M AG I C M O M E NT

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S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

#1

QUESTION

FELIPE FIRST IT’S NOT JUST THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX THAT’S ENJOYING A COMEBACK, Williams have also locked-out the front row for today’s race. Who saw that one coming, eh?

They hadn’t had a 1-2 in qualifying since Germany 2003 – the same year as the last Austrian GP. Spooky! Congratulations to them, and to Felipe Massa who lines up in pole position. “I’m so happy, such a great moment,” he beamed. “My last pole position was Brazil 2008, and here I am again now. It’s been a long time, and there are great possibilities tomorrow. Williams are back in the fight!” Nico Rosberg was as shocked as anyone. “I definitely didn’t expect the Williams to be ahead of me. Lewis spun in front of me on my last lap and I had to back off, so that definitely cost me today. But third place is OK, I have a quick car for the race and I’m going to make the most of it.” Yes, it was a tough Q3 for Lewis Hamilton, who failed to set a time after his first lap was deleted for exceeding the track limits and his second ended with the Merc facing the wrong way in a cloud of tyre smoke.

He lines up P7, but should charge through the field and that’s a recipe for excitement.

Daniel Ricciardo was the home team’s fastest, in fifth, while Daniil Kvyat put his junior experiences of racing in Spielberg to good use, putting his Toro Rosso P7. Sebastian Vettel has got it all to do after failing to get into Q3. The world champion will start 12th, allowing for Sergio Perez’s grid penalty. This sets the scene for a humdinger of a race.

On a Venetian gondola. In view of Niagara Falls. Perhaps at the top of the Eiffel Tower. There are many ideal locations for proposing marriage. Now we can add an F1 event in a dingy Montreal pub to the list. NBC Sports reporter Will Buxton invited fans to come and see him (nothing narcissistic about that) and Adam Justino of Albany NY seized this moment of radioactive bobble-hattedry to pop the question to his beloved. Apparently Kristina is an F1 fan too. “Who could ask for more in a lady,” asks Adam. The couple are talking about tying the knot at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and a honeymoon to the Monaco GP is on the cards. “It’s been our dream since we started following the sport,” she says. Buxton has been invited to the wedding. Don’t let him near the karaoke. Or ask him for marriage advice.

YOUR BET GROUP H IN RIO DE JANEIRO Belgium vs Russia, June 22, 6pm 1

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GROUP H IN PORTO ALEGRE South Korea vs Algeria, June 22, 9pm 1

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GROUP G IN MANAUS USA vs Portugal, June 22, midnight 1

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Photography: Getty Images, Grand Prix Photo, shutterstock.com, Markus Kucera, Jos Pirkner

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S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

MASSA ATTACK

Illustrations: Noir Trawniczek

The grid. The drivers are driving the cars. Here’s what driving the drivers.

Felipe Massa 18 pts (11th) × 7  7  15  13  7 × 12 Felipe’s first pole since Brazil 2008. Now, what happened at that race…?

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Nico Rosberg 140 pts (1st) 1  2  2  2  2  1  2 The championship leader is ready to pounce from P3.

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Daniel Ricciardo 79 pts (3rd) DQ  4  4  3  3  1 F1’s newest race winner claims P5 but admits it was a struggle.

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Nico Hülkenberg 57 pts (6th) 6  5  5  6  10  5  5 The Hulk’s Q3 time was ruled out but he’ll be in the hunt for points today.

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Kimi Räikkönen 18 pts (12th) 7  12  10  8  7  12  10 The only driver to have been on the F1 podium in Spielberg. Second place in 2003.

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Jenson Button 43 pts (7th) 3  6   11  11  6  4 Disappointment for JB after Grosjean’s Lotus blocked his path to Q3.

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Pastor Maldonado 0 pts (22nd)   14  14  15 DNS  Pastor is hopeful the Lotus is quicker in the longer runs.

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Romain Grosjean 8 pts (13th)  11  12   8  8  A difficult day in store as the Lotus doesn’t seem suited to the Red Bull Ring.

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Adrian Sutil 0 pts (17th)   11  × 17 ×  13 The terrain really should suit a Swissmade car …

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Jules Bianchi 2 pts (16th) NC × 16  17  18  9 Best of the backmarkers, Bianchi has the Saubers in his sights.

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Max Chilton 0 pts (20th) 13  15  13  19  19  14 Max will be out to rebuild his record for finishing.

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Valtteri Bottas 40 pts (8th) 5  8  8  7  5   7 Quick and consistent, Valtteri has been in the points in every race but Monaco.

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Fernando Alonso 69 pts (4th) 12  4  9  3  6  4  6 A good grid position but is the Ferrari still short of pace?

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Kevin Magnussen 23 pts (9th) 2  9   13  12  10  9 Already 23 times better than his father Jan, who only scored one point in his F1 career.

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Daniil Kvyat 4 pts (15th) 9  10  11  10  14   Daniil’s hidden advantage is he got on the podium here in F3 last year.

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Lewis Hamilton 118 pts (2nd)  1  1  1  1  2  No time for Lewis who couldn’t get the measure of the Red Bull Ring.

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Sebastian Vettel 60 pts (5th)  3  6  5  4   3 The four-time world champion must be praying for better luck today.

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Jean-Éric Vergne 8 pts (14th) 8  ×  12    8 JEV is pinning his hopes on the truck-load of upgrades from Faenza.

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Sergio Pérez 20 pts (10th) 10 DNS  3  9  9 × Checo will be out to clear his name after Canada.

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Esteban Gutiérrez 0 pts (19th) 12  ×  16  16 ×  14 … but it’s been an uphill battle for Sauber this year.

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Kamui Kobayashi 0 pts (21st) × 13  15  18   13  Kamui has found a new turn of pace since arriving in Styria.

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Marcus Ericsson 0 pts (18th)  14   20  20  11  The young Swede is hopeful of moving up a couple of places come the race.

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DNS did not start DQ disqualified NC not classified

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REBULL

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

New Formula One

FUTURE TEAMS It’s the year 2030. Formula One has been swallowed up by the Internet Bubble. Now the largest tech companies are taking their competition to the tarmac – and here are their cars APPLE The iCar 7 – even thinner, lighter and faster than the iCar 6! The driver simply sketches out the curves on the multi-touchscreen – with verbal support from co-pilot Siri. For next season the company has already announced a flying model: iCar Air. + Fast, elegant, revolutionary steering – Tyres can’t be replaced individually

SAMSUNG Started off supplying the windscreens for Apple, but later brought their own team to Formula One. This season they’re sending out the first F1 charger made solely by 3D printer.

Under the bonnet you’ll find the electronic wizardry that only Tesla Motors can supply. + Fast, efficient, easy to operate + Cockpit offers a range of performanceenhancing apps – No one ever uses the apps GOOGLE It may have been a little beetle-esque in 2014, but the self-driving Google Car is now a wild mustang – which is only fitting since Google bought out Ford three years ago. The racing team boss is all smiles: the driver used to be the biggest line item in his budget. Watch the 32K live feed from the cockpit on YouTube. + Greater precision each time it’s used – Recognises each spectator and opens a Google+ account for them… whether they want it or not – “HALdroid” operating system has a tendency to crash

Illustrations: Martin Udovicic

FACEBOOK The first F1 car to be directly controlled by the community: the more “likes” the driver gets for a status update, the greater the engine performance. The car catapults cookies into the crowd during the race. Completely financed through Facebook credits. Features on-board cat. + Posts a selfie for each lap + Largest fan community – The chassis design changes every few weeks

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Three Commentaries

RACING IN ITS PUREST FORM 1

RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING. The most important one for a driver is always his home race. I drove my first circuit race here as a 19-year-old – with an Escort 1600. I felt at home from the start and really let rip. Just the memory of my journey from Tyrol to Styria is enough to bring joy to my heart. The Alfasud was on the trailer in the back – an unforgettable image for me.

The Österreichring was legendary. If you look at the old western edge of the original circuit today, you won’t believe we used to race there: after the Hella S chicane, you drove into the Flatschach curve, which was so steep it was almost vertical. We had no run-off zones. And right afterwards, you drove down into the Schönberg straight – that was full of bumps and was endless. It went slightly downhill, and on both sides we were just millimetres from the crash barriers. Speed: 350-360. It was all completely normal to us.

I was lucky enough to race in the best period for Formula One – those turbo-years in the 1980s were wild.

For an emotional driver like me, this track seemed custommade. It was perfect for my senses, I could experience the limit, enjoy it. The Ring was racing in its purest form – a cocktail of high speeds, the curves, the bumps and all that in cars that were true hp-rockets. My Benetton-BMW from 1986 had around 1300hp. It had so much power that it could barely function. With that car, I lead for half the race

“I was in the lead soon after the start but was having problems with direction. So when Joe overtook me I knew which way to go.

Then when he dropped out I almost lost the race.”

in 1986, I had a lead of half a lap. I was already thinking about my victory party – and then I was out: all because a part worth one schilling had broken and ruined the battery.

That hurt, because after all, you always want to do well in front of your home crowd.

That circuit commanded respect from all of us – you needed big balls because it always felt like you were dicing with death. In 1987, more than once, practice had to be interrupted because a deer or cow had wondered onto some part of the track. After the two crashes at the start that year, my home grand prix was finished for me. It was such a pity because I’ve always loved high-speed circuits – Monza, Suzuka, Spa, Hockenheim and, of course, this one. Everyone loved this place: it’s beautiful. Back then, many of us used to take the helicopter to fly to the Wörthersee and back.

I raced here again a few weeks ago with Sebastian Vettel. First in my Ferrari from 1988, chassis number 104 – the car I drove for 10 of the season’s 16 races. Then with Sebastian’s Red Bull RB8 – the car in which he won his third world championship title in 2012.

First my red racing car, race number 28, maintained by three mechanics from back in the day: the gear stick to the right of the knee, three pedals and, of course, no power steering. The start was an adventure in itself with the roar of the V6-Biturbo. Uphill into the Remus curve, where it’s extremely steep and you really need to be patient as you steer through it. A few parts are different to how they were on the Österreichring – like the hill leading up to the Rindt curve. It’s flatter now.

And then the RB8: a completely new generation car.

They’re incomparable. The greatest difference? The brakes.

The Red Bull ones are as hard rock. Everything feels different. In the modern car, it’s more about aerodynamics, less about mechanics. The cornering speed is much higher in the RB8. The steering wheel? Totally different. In the Ferrari it’s clean, in the Red Bull, it’s a display with more than 12 buttons.

Each era has its own challenges and each era has its experts. But I’m glad I raced at the time I did: it was pure racing, you were responsible for everything in the car and you needed sensitivity to be able to handle these machines with much more than 1000bhp on completely unsafe tracks.

And I’m really looking forward to driving such an old-school car on one of Europe’s most modern circuits this Sunday.

Illustrations: Nina Ball, Dietmar Kainrath

By Gerhard Berger

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BULLHORN

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

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By Nigel Mansell

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CRAZY, DANGEROUS DAYS. The old Österreichring was breathtaking. The Bosch Kurve was banked on the inside, so the g-forces were amazing. I loved it. Then there were other corners, fast ones you’d take at 180200mph, which was electrifying. They were dangerous because there was no bailout. The wildlife was pretty scary too. Stefan Johansson hit a deer. An animal that size will take out a Formula One car instantly. Obviously the animal was killed, which is a great shame, but more importantly it could have killed the driver, so changes to circuit safety had to be made.

That was 1987, the year I won the Austrian Grand Prix. We had three starts because the first two ended in mega pile-ups. I certainly contributed to the second because I had a spinning clutch and had to back off or else I would have burnt it easily. The field concertinaed behind me. I saw it all in my mirrors. There were 26 cars, all excited, and at the Österreichring you had a track between two concrete

walls. There was nowhere to go. Back then everyone had spare cars. People talk about drivers these days making crazy moves because the cars and circuits are so safe. In those days, they made crazy moves because even though it was dangerous, if the race was red flagged, and they could still walk, they could jump straight into a brand new car and have another go.

It was quite an achievement to win the race after three starts because the turbos were so tricky to get off the line. That’s no longer a problem in this new turbo era, with technology light years from what we had then. I’m enjoying this season, even though there’s one team way ahead of all the others. It’s not so competitive further down the field, but that’s not Mercedes’ fault. When a manufacturer builds both their own car and engine, it’s a very special achievement and their dominance shows what a fantastic job they have done. I predict it will take some time for the others to catch up.

I’m pleased to see Williams has a

quick car this season. They are there or thereabouts and I think they’ll get some good results this season. No one wants to see Williams become a winning force again more than me. I have such fond memories of that team.

All credit must be given to Mercedes for letting their drivers race.

I’m a big fan of both Lewis and Nico.

A bit of controversy – like we saw in Monaco – adds spice to the sport. Me, I never sought to play mind games or wind up my team-mates, all I asked for was equality. Mercedes are doing the most outstanding job for equality for both drivers and managing them to be able to race like they are.

Congratulations to them.

People think it’s easy when you have the best car, but it’s not. You’ve still got to unleash that potential, push the team, and beat your team-mate.

Lewis and Nico are driving their hearts out. I wish them all the luck in the world. And I wish the other competitors a little bit more luck, just so they can catch up quicker.

My best wishes to all the fans.

DINNER WITH TH THE HULK Photography: Getty Images, Grand Prix Photo, shutterstock.com, Markus Kucera, Jos Pirkner

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S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

CLUB 500

CONGRATULATIONS TO DAN KNUTSON, who was presented with a Force India-baked chocolate cake this weekend in recognition of his 500th grand prix. Dan is the only US journalist to travel to every race, he calls Minneapolis home and he’s crossed the Atlantic more than 450 times – so he must have 3.5 million Air Miles! His first grand prix was Las Vegas in 1981, when Michele Alboreto won in a Tyrrell. Since then, he’s only missed three races. As a result of their dedication to reporting the sport, Club 500 members are granted an honorary pass for life – or what’s left of it – and one favour from Bernie, which is usually a voucher for a contract killing, but with Dan being the delightful bloke he is it’s sure to be something far less sinister.

NICO HULKENBERG says he’s prepared a feast of Mediterranean and Asian cuisine, all washed down with Apfelschorle. And look who he’s invited …

Michael Jackson I like MJ’s music, he was a pioneer and a true star. They Don’t Care About Us is my favourite of his songs, and I like the video, which was shot in Rio. Don’t worry, Propofol is not on the menu.

Leonardo di Caprio He’s been in some good films, hasn’t he? He’s a fantastic actor.

And if he comes, he’ll probably show up in a $400m yacht filled with 50 supermodels. We’ll make room.

TROPHY LIFE WHAT IN THE NAME OF HOLY HELL IS THAT? An intergalactic stop-sign for UFOs? This, my friends, is the winners’ trophy and after 71 laps it’ll take some serious stamina to hold it aloft. It is the creation of Tyrolean artist Jos Pirkner, the same man who painted the bull on the side of the Toro Rossos. Made from Styrian pine and iron “it’s designed to incorporate energy,” says the sculptor. Well, it certainly looks like it’s battery powered. Come the last lap, the top three may be reaching for the self-destruct button on their steering wheels.

Rafael Nadal I’m just a big fan. Tennis is my favourite sport, and Rafa’s incredible on the court.

Til Schweiger My favourite German actor, I’d like to get to know him. The Männerherzen movies are very funny, and he was awesome in them.

2 rescue helicopters 1,972 F1 team staff, including logistics specialists, medical personnel, physiotherapists and administration employees (press, marketing, etc.)

440 employees providing fan catering 600 security staff

800 officials

70 employees providing VIP and media catering 100 cleaning staff

550 photographers and journalists 11 crews of racing teams (Infiniti Red Bull Racing below)

150 doctors and paramedics

200 police officers with 30 working dogs

Safety Car with 2 persons

95,000 fans

THANK YO U !

TO THE P EOPL IT H A P PE EW H O M A K E N.

100 technicians

364 marshals

70 firefighters 50 Formula Unas 20 people for pit stop

42 members of the Spielberg brass and wind orchestra

20 engineers 1 team boss, 1 technical director, 1 team manager 1 head of aerodynamics

22 drivers

9 Austrian Formula One legends: Gerhard Berger, Alexander Wurz, Niki Lauda, Hans Binder, Dieter Quester, Helmut Marko, Karl Wendlinger, Patrick Friesacher, Christian Klien

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B U L L’S E Y E

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

FOOL FOCUS They say Formula One is a funny business. It’s certainly very silly indeed

When he signed up for “Bird Watching Holidays in Styria” no-one told him it was the same weekend as a certain motor racing event.

All the F1 drivers knew not to crash at this corner, as you really didn’t want to get a scooter ride back to the paddock with “Happy Hermann”.

The prosthetic legs were getting more lifelike, but the manufacturer still hadn’t quite got the colour or amount of hair quite right.

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B U L L’S E Y E

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“Come and work at the Austrian GP” said the job application. He thought it said “you will be on TV.” Doh! Turns out he read it wrong, it said “there’ll be a TV on you.”

Photography: Philipp Horak (6), Markus Kucera (1)

“Hello, Post F to Medical Car, Post F to Medical Car. Urgent assistance required. Send Extrication Team.” “Message received. Why?” “My head’s stuck in the umbrella.”

F1 drivers didn’t get paid so much in the ‘90s, so SKY Sport UK’s Johnny Herbert is desperate for Natalie Pinkham to move so he can pick up the 1 Euro coin he spotted in the paddock.

In case Bernie turned up on the grid on Sunday, a photographer asks his friend to stand in for F1’s ringmaster to make sure he has the right focal length and height.

LEGENDS

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ALAIN

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Professor of the paddock. Formula One was a bit of fun until Prost came along.

Then, although Formula One was still fun, he taught the drivers to regard the sport as a science which required talent, daily training, and total concentration on victory.

Record holder. Four times world champion, four times runner-up – in 1984 he lost out to Niki Lauda by just half a point. He climbed onto the podium 106 times and was on the top step 51 of those – only Michael Schumacher can top that, with 155 and 91. In 1983 (above), Prost won in Austria for the first time.

King of the mountains. World champion. Conflicts.

Layoff. Crisis.

Comeback. World champion. There have been a lot of ups and downs in Alain Prost’s life.

Which is why his three Spielberg wins put him ahead of every other driver

LEGENDS

Photography: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch/Getty Images (2), Sutton Motorsport Images (3)

PROST

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11 Fierce opponent.

When Prost won, it was usually against Ayrton Senna.

When Prost lost, it was to Senna. In 1988, Senna was both his team-mate and his arch-rival.

They battled it out on the racetrack – and elsewhere. But when Senna died in 1994, Prost was one of the pallbearers.

Left: Prost overtakes his compatriot Philippe Alliot in 1985 in Spielberg on his way to victory – over Senna.

Prosterreichring. Normally we don’t approve of puns on names but in 1986 the track truly belonged to Prost. By the end, even the two Ferrari drivers on the podium, Michele Alboreto and Stefan Johansson, were one and two laps behind him.

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S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

BEAUTIES AND THE BULL.

Photography: Stefan Leitner/Red Bull Content Pool

To paraphrase the Sound of Music, “High on a hill stood a lonely bull” until he was perked up by the arrival of our 50 lovely Formula Unas. How proud he looks. All we can say is: “Don’t look up, girls.”

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FAKE BULL

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FOCUS ON FERRARI You probably know that Ferrari is the only team in which both drivers are world champions. But here are some other top facts about the driving duo known as ‘those two drivers who aren’t mates at all’.

Photography: Markus Kucera

• Alonso takes his job very seriously and doesn’t travel anywhere without his personal trainer, his dietician and his eyebrow partitioner.

• There used to be a street in Oviedo named after Fernando Alonso, but it was changed because nobody crosses Fernando Alonso.

• Alonso is a hero in Spain, not for his F1 career but because he once wrestled a poisonous monkey to the ground without using his arms.

• Fernando Alonso owns over 70 percent of all the VHS players in Spain.

• In his home town, Fernando’s nickname is ‘el hombre que vive por allí’ or ‘the man who lives over there’.

• Fernando is plagued by a recurring nightmare in which he has nothing to complain about.

ALONS-O-FACTS

RAIKK-O-FACTS

• Räikkönen is so laid back that at most pits stops the crew must change the tyres and then wake the driver so he can set off again.

• Thanks to his typical interview technique, Räikkönen is generally seen as monosyllabic and grumpy except in his native Finland where he is regarded as a bubbly chatterbox.

• Kimi Räikkönen favourite car is the new Ferrari California T, according to a card he was told to read out.

• Kimi isn’t really sure what owls are and can’t be bothered to find out.

• When he checks into hotels, Kimi preserves his privacy by using the name ‘Kimi Räikkönen leave me alone’.

• Kimi’s latest helmet design depicts a man who can’t be bothered to decide on a new helmet design.

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BULLSEARCH

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

HIGH-SPEED-TEST Start Your Search engines. Formula One teams have turned their attention to highspeed Internet and are busy secretly testing their own search engines. What’s different about these new Google competitors is that they actually find what you’re looking for

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MAGIC MOMENT

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

“Que merda!” Lauda passes Piquet at 300kph who still hasn’t got past Alboreto. The Austrian now pulls away.

Illustration: Martin Udovicic

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The last few laps are nailbiting. Lauda’s McLaren is slowly giving up the ghost.

Niki drags himself to the finish with his transmission clapped out. He wins the race and takes the lead in the world championship. It’s a lead he will retain from then and the end of the season.

LAUDA TAKES THE LEAD It took Niki Lauda 10 attempts to win his home GP – the only Austrian to do so. Here’s how he got past Nelson Piquet in 1984 and triumphed at the Österreichring

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MAGIC MOMENT

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

Lap 39: Lauda has now been stuck to Piquet’s tail for a quarter of an hour. Then a Ferrari pops up in front of both of them. They have Michele Alboreto to lap, but he plays it coy and won’t make way. Piquet is cool as he gets closer, willing to bide his time. Niki sees his chance and puts his foot to the floor on the straight.

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Lap 10: Lauda is fighting for third place. The man in front of him now is his main world championship rival, Alain Prost. The Frenchman spins off on lap 29. Lauda moves into second.

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1984 – the Austrian Grand Prix.

Nelson Piquet starts on pole, Niki Lauda is back in fourth. The Brazilian loves this circuit. He is sure he will carry the day.

DRIVER

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THE SECRET DIARY OF (AGED 2 6¾ )

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 Hello diary, it seems an age since I last penned an entry. Off to Austria today. The sad news is that Alessandra, my celebrity SupermodelActressSingerFashionDesigner girlfriend, phoned to say she can’t come. Actually, she emailed. Well, her publicist emailed, which is very nearly almost the same thing. Apparently she has a cold. She’s always getting colds, or headaches, or chills. In the six years since our love first blossomed, I don’t think she’s been well enough to come to Spa, Silverstone or the Nürburgring once. The poor girl always puts in an effort and drags herself off her sickbed for Monaco though, so I guess I should be grateful.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19 Our psychotic team president has decided to join us this weekend. The good news is that he’s publicly declared that there will be no more excuses. That’s going to come as a great relief to Derek, our head of communications who’s usually responsible for excuse-creation. No matter how bad the race, you can always rely on Derek to explain how we were unlucky with the wrong sort of tarmac, were handicapped by the weather, or had a circuit profile that suited other cars better than ours. That last one’s usually true: generally the circuit profile tends to suit cars that are fast in a straight line and good at turning corners, neither of which are our strong points this year.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 OK, it turns out the team president didn’t mean that we should be more honest, what he meant was that we shouldn’t need excuses any more. He’s assured the media that we’re all going to give 200 per cent from now on. I’m a bit worried about that, to be honest – especially as the last time we tried to push the engine above 80 per cent it started raining con rods. The one person who seems happy with the new performance target is Günther, my trainer, a man kicked out of the Stasi for being unnecessarily brutal. He’s insisting I ready myself for the race by running up and down mountains all day long, “to prepare for the altitude”. If they change the rules and I have to sprint around Spielberg, I reckon I’ll have the advantage. If not, then I’m 100 per cent convinced this is a waste of oxygen.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21 Is there anything more loathsome than an eager third driver? It’s a good job I don’t read the papers, because if I did I’d be coldly furious this morning. Vladimir Vlasti-Skorost, our so-called reserve driver, has somehow convinced himself that coming fourth in a reverse-grid GP3 non-event automatically makes him a shoe-in for a race seat next year. My race seat! The cheeky little jobber! As if the team is going to overlook my obvious talent just because he’s got a mafia chequebook as capacious as an elephant’s scrotum. Only this morning I was telling my chief bolt Kipper that having a load of cash to launder isn’t going to get the kid anywhere. This is F1, where everything’s done on merit. I didn’t think Kipper was listening, but later on I saw him chatting with Vlad and pretending to be all chummy.

Probably letting him down gently. That’s nice. If only those people who call Kipper spineless, wet and two-faced could see him now.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22 Well, there you go. Our long journey to the middle continues. Back when we were in the excuse business, Derek would probably have said I was distracted by a rogue cow, or stuck in traffic. But in our new era of 200 per cent effort he might actually have to admit we’re a bit useless. Of course I was brilliant. It’s just a shame Alessandra couldn’t be here to see me. I saw her on TV, bravely pushing through the pain to attend a fashion gala in New York. I’m hopeful she’ll be well enough to come to Silverstone next week as we’ve got a really good spot for the caravan. I sent some pictures of it to the publicist in the hope it would aid her recovery. The publicist thinks it’s unlikely – but reassures me the love of my life will almost certainly be fully recovered before Milan. I tell her the race is in Monza not Milan, but she just giggles.

Photography: shutterstock.com

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BULLSKY

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HOROSKOP 1

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THE PODIUM OF THE STARS On Earth as it is in Heaven. And on the circuit as it is in the Milky Way. Star astrologer Boro Petricelli has interpreted the tyre marks left by the planets and already knows for certain that these three drivers will have the best horoscopes – but what about their cars?

15:11 Kimi is in the spotlight, Kimi is on TV. Is he being lapped?

14:50 15:13 Rosberg is back to his Jupiter is overdoing it. Or is that Mercurial best. Kvyat is anxious, Sutil taking flight over the kerbs?

Magnussen gets faster.

15:15 Beautiful Venus smiles at 14:46 Ricciardo – in the pit lane.

Saturn brakes. Tyre changes.

Rosberg stops for a picnic. But why 15:26 is Ericsson slowing down?

The god of speed, Mercury, grants Hamilton the fastest lap.

15:30 Lunar influence.

Germany bring on a substitute: Vettel takes the lead, Rosberg loses it.

14:26 Uranus rising: another crash?

Look out Sauber!

14:21:30 Duel for P1. And Pérez is in ascension.

14:08:30 Uranus in the house of Mercedes.

Watch out for those kerbs, Lewis.

15:35 Bad luck for Maldonado.

14:05:30 Massa laps himself.

A new P1. Bottas to the pits? 14:04 Mars, the red Saturnine Sutil drops out. planet, rules the sky.

Ferrari must have the lead. Fights at the front. Early clashes.

Illustrations: Isabel Erlebach

22. 6. 2014

WEATHER MORNING

AFTERNOON

19 °C

25 °C

A fine race day with plenty of sunshine and some patches of broken clouds later on, but it remains dry.

NIGHT

TOMORROW

10 °C

25 °C

Provided by UBIMET. We hope our meteorologists’ predictions will be as precise as our astrologer’s. www.ubimet.com

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B U L L’S E Y E

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PHOTO FINISH Bull’s Eye is trying to understand paddock life, but the air’s very thin up here.

“Hello Doctor? Sorry to bother you, we’re going to need the special cream again.

Yes, unbelievable, but Daniel’s hit his nuts on the barrier again!”

When you’re delivering hot money it’s best to have an aluminium case and a fire suit …

Sky UK’s Simon Lazenby loved the Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion so much he insisted on starting all his pieces to camera by roaring at his audience.

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B U L L’S E Y E

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As usual on Saturday morning, Bernie had to decide the grid order for the race so the teams would know how fast to go in qualifying.

F1 drivers are such prima donnas.

Hülkenberg insists on a new hairdryer for every day of the race weekend.

Photography: Philipp Horak (4), Markus Kucera (4)

Even on Friday, Nico’s crew was already playing with Lewis’ mind.

In order to make their pre-weekend track walk even more realistic, the Caterham drivers radioed back to the garage for the mechanics to bring the front end of the car with them.

Budgets are tight at Force India, but the two drivers managed a smile: they’d been told if they didn’t damage the cars this weekend, they’d each get a matching left shoe in time for the British GP.

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BULL HEAD

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

DRAIN YOUR BRAIN This quiz extends over three days, Friday to Sunday. There are 12 questions in total. Get them right and with a bit of luck you could win a weekend for two in Spielberg. Please send your answers to: spielberg@at.redbulletin.com. Join in!

9. Hats off to Niki Lauda who won the 1984 Austrian Grand Prix. But which red cap did he never wear?

A

10. What did Guy Ligier, the Ligier team boss, do when his driver Andrea de Cesaris walked back into the pits after a huge crash at the 1985 Austrian Grand Prix?

B A Lay him out with a hook to the chin.

B Smash up de Cesaris’s own car in front of him.

C Fire him on the spot..

D Demand the year’s wages back.

C

D

11. What one-off misfortune befell Italian March driver Vittorio Brambilla at the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix?

A He had his girlfriend pinched by Niki Lauda.

B Amid all the jubilation at his first Grand Prix win, he forgot to steer on the straight and crashed the car nose-first into the safety barrier.

C He had to brake when a cow crossed the track in front of him, costing him the lead.

D James Hunt popped the champagne cork into his private parts at the presentation ceremony.

12. What has the man who holds the record for the greatest number of wins at Spielberg, Alain Prost, often said about the Österreichring?

A The circuit is too straight. Please add more corners.

B The circuit is too hilly. Please flatten it.

C Its name is too long. Please rename it with three short words.

D It’s perfect. Please don’t change a thing.

This is what you’ll win, if we draw your name out of the hat (and all your answers are right): 1st prize. A weekend for two in Spielberg. 2nd prize. Das große Servus-Kochbuch (the big Servus Cookbook, either to learn to cook or to learn German). 3rd-10th prize. Red Bulletin bath towels, designed to fit on all the beaches of the world, from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi.

Find questions 1 to 8 on: issuu.com/redbulletin.com/docs/f1-saturday and issuu.com/redbulletin.com/docs/f1-sunday

Photography: Markus Kucera (2), Rainer W. Schlegelmilch/Getty Images (1), Getty Images (1), motorsportarchiv.at (1), Sutton Motorsport IImages (2)

SPIELBERG IS THE GRAND PRIX

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B U L L’S M A P BEST OF SPIELBERG

WHAT NOW?

After the race is before the race. The best reasons to comeback to Spielberg – or to stay

Photography: Philipp Horak, Red Bull Content Pool, shutterstock.com; Illustrations: Robert Rottensteiner

EVENTS

4TH – 6TH JULY TRUCK RACE TROPHY 5 tonnes of iron and steel, about 1200 bhp and from 0 to 160 kph in just under five seconds… This heavyweight highlight on the calendar comes to the Red Bull Ring in early July. The Truck Race Trophy is the second most popular motorsport category in Europe after Formula 1 and attracts audiences of close to 800,000. Accompanying this XXL-sized motorsport experience are live concerts, a trucker camp, a stunt show and various exhibitions. You can buy tickets online at www.truckracetrophy.at

19TH – 20TH JULY ELMS Le Mans goes Spielberg. The endurance classic comes to Austria for the first time in its history. Spielberg is one of the five stops the European Le Mans Series will be making this year.

Silverstone and Imola precede the Red Bull Ring before the baton is passed on to France and Estoril. www.europeanlemansseries.com

WEDDINGS

Schloss Gabelhofen Schloßgasse 54, 8753 Fohnsdorf The castle is a place for a good nights sleep, a great bite of food and the last days in freedom. The castle is – as the landlords say – predestined for proposals and marriages. Destiny is sealed within these walls. And destiny, the castle espectively, takes care of everything: a limousine and a driver, bridal bouquet, hairstyling, make-up, historical suites for the guests, gourmet menu, decoration, flowers, music.

Just bring your bride. www.gabelhofen.at

1ST – 3RD AUGUST DTM DTM has been coming to Spielberg for a good ten years now and the German Touring Cars never fail to grace us with motorsport in a class of its own. Bernd Schneider, Mattias Ekström and Marcel Fässler have all found success on the former A1-Ring. This year, the drivers will have their feet to the floor here in the sixth race of the season’s ten in their 500 bhp Audis, BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes. Buy tickets online at www.projekt-spielberg.at 28TH – 31ST AUGUST SPIELBERG MUSIC FESTIVAL Goran Bregovic, Aniada a Noar, da Blechhauf‘n XXL and Holstuonarmusigbigbandclub (or HMBC for short) … These acts won’t just have your ears ringing.

You’ll feel the beat inside you too. Because on August 30th they’ll be cranking up the volume on a stage in the middle of the Red Bull Ring. And for those of you wishing you were performing yourselves, you can take part in Styrian harmonica, string instrument and brass workshops at the Steirerschlössl, the G’Schlössl Murtal and at the Hofwirt. No joke! www.spielbergmusikfestival.at

A COCKTAIL FOR THE VICTOR After the race? The party, of course. The bartenders at Zeltweg’s Café Wasserturm have mixed up a special cocktail for the winners – the Siegberg. ¹⁄³ prosecco ice cubes ¹⁄³ soda water lime wedges ¹⁄³ Red Bull Silver Edition Serve in a wine glass.

Cheers!

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NOW AND THEN

S U N DAY, J U N E 22 , 2014

TWO YOUNG Austrian racers,

Photography: Lukas Gorys, motorsportarchiv.at

2014

1971

Niki Lauda and Helmut Marko, make their full F1 debuts at their home Grand Prix in 1971. 43 years later, and both men meet again, bearing some scars but also having shaped the modern sport as drivers and mentors.