How to make drivers make mistakes
The Red Bull Ring isn't seen as a classic circuit, but EDD STRAW thinks that the Austrian GP weekend is a reminder of how so-called modern tracks can offer a genuine drivers' challenge
What did Valtteri Bottas, Pastor Maldonado, Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson have in common during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend?
They were the only drivers to string together a lap in qualifying that was the sum of their best individual times in each of the three sectors of the Red Bull Ring.
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