AUSTRIAN Grandprix - Track Guide - Redbull Ring


Track details illustrated


 Austrian Grandprix , Red Bull Ring

Circuit length - 4.318 
Number of laps - 71
Total race distance - 306.452
Direction - clockwise 
Right hander - 7
Left hander - 3 

The track can be characterized by its shortest lap time and a high number of straights. 

The track has only 10 corners with 4 number of straights out of which 3 of them are DRS zones. 2nd highest altitude in the calendar. 

Very easier but quite heavier braking zones. As altitude is higher, air is much thinner drivers have to deal with brake heat management. 

The first part of the circuit tests the power of the car with corners uphill and has a sequence of high-speed corners. This is one of the circuits with shortest lap time as less as 70 seconds in the calendar.  2020 , Bottas set the pole at 62.939 seconds.

Track infographics have been made with verstappen driving through the redbull ring. 

Unfortunately, it is not the same without the orange army for Verstappen roaring for him.

Sector 1
First corner,  Turn 1 has very short apex, trickier one,  driver has to take care not overshoot and end up in the overrun zone. It becomes interesting as it is very steep making it a blind apex to the driver. 

Turn 1 lead to long straight uphill through sweep left-hander turn 2. Here comes the point with a maximum of 63 meters elevation change from the start-finish point .

Sector 2
After the long power run comes a to sharp right corner , turn 3. There is left kink that make the corner trickier. Then another straight racing downhill to turn 4 with quite trickier and heavier braking spot into sweeping right hander turn 5.  These corners form iconic characteristics of the circuit. 
It takes to high speed corners of the circuit , turn 6

Sector 3
Immediately comes an another high speed left-hander ,turn 7 . Circuit continues through flat out corner 8 into right hander turn 9. Here comes the final corner turn 10 with an important exit into start finish line final straight and 3rd DRS zone. 


Google Earth - Austria Track Location

Google Earth - Austrian GP track Birdeye view 


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