Heading into the Austrian Grand Prix, both drivers of Mercedes were confirmed to be using new power units. There is some very good racing happening in the field this year and it's only going to improve."
We would like every race to be a proper fist fight and it's getting more and more that way. Some people think that lap times aren't so important, that the closeness of the racing is the only thing that matter. I'm looking forward to next year, because next year we're going to start smashing those records. James Allison, the technical director of Ferrari, even believed that with the new regulations for 2017, numerous records would be smashed: "The historic best lap time were set a while back, but we're starting to approach those now. Like in the first two Grands Prix using the ultrasoft tyres, many of the drivers chose a big number of sets of ultrasofts, with the drivers of Ferrari and Renault choosing nine sets each. Ultrasoft tyres were confirmed to make their third Grand Prix appearance, as one of the dry compounds available for Austria, alongside the soft and supersoft tyres. Toro Rosso also extended Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s contract to the end of 2017, and former F1 driver and current Channel 4 analyst Karun Chandhok was revealed to be a driver for Williams' Heritage division. Ĭharles Leclerc, who was a winner of the GP3 Series, was confirmed to compete for Haas in practice sessions in Britain, Hungary, Germany, Malaysia and Abu Dhabi, while Toro Rosso confirmed that Sergio Sette Camara would be driving their car in mid-season testing at Silverstone. Plus, the BMW M1 Procar series would be rerun by classic F1 drivers such as Niki Lauda, Gerhard Berger and Jos Verstappen. The Formula One Group announced that numerous fans would be able to experience different activities, such as one lucky fan attending the race able to wave the chequered flag, the person with the best picture taken from a photo booth to interact with FIA race director Charlie Whiting, three lucky draw winners to ride in the safety car with its driver Bernd Mayländer, and twenty-two younger people to be in the drivers' parade and interact with all twenty-two drivers. īefore the race, there were numerous announcements either for Austria or a different event. The top five teams all remained in the same places in the Constructors' Championship: Mercedes led with 258 points, Ferrari were second and 81 points behind, Red Bull were another 37 points behind, Williams remained fourth and had 90 points, and Force India were fifth and 31 points behind Williams. Lewis Hamilton was 24 points behind, while Sebastian Vettel was another 21 points behind, and Kimi Räikkönen moved up to fourth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo.
Going into the Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg led the Drivers' Championship with 141 points.
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