
Mercedes at its most vulnerable
Ferrari and possibly Wiliams have one of their best opportunities of 2015 to deny Mercedes pole position in Austria. BEN ANDERSON analyses their chances of an upset after practice
A Mercedes driver has qualified on pole position for 25 of the last 26 races in Formula 1, and the last 18 grands prix consecutively.
That's just six short of the record, set by Williams-Renault between the French Grand Prix of 1992 and the Japanese GP of '93.
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