Former Method 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes the distinctive, unforgiving nature of the Crimson Bull Ring will inevitably set off on-track battles between team-mates at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Talking on programme, the Colombian defined that the brief, sharp structure of the Spielberg circuit leaves drivers with nowhere to cover.
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When quizzed concerning the chance of on-track contact within the heavy braking zones, Montoya warned that intra-team friction is sort of a certainty.
“We’ll see team-mate clashes,” he stated. “It is a place that the team-mates at all times run collectively, and it is a spot the place someone’s joyful and someone’s depressing, and you are going to see staff homeowners get actually excited.”
Montoya additionally famous {that a} lack of corners means margins are extremely small.
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“Three tenths right here is like six tenths someplace else. So, closing the hole right here is absolutely, actually troublesome,” he added. “There aren’t sufficient corners to make a distinction.”
The specter of intra-team clashes arrives as Ferrari’s is constructing momentum within the drivers’ championship and is placing stress on drivers Kimi Antonelli and .
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
The seven-time champion’s win on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, his first with the Maranello outfit and the primary non-Mercedes grand prix victory of the season, has left him 41 factors behind championship chief Antonelli and 9 factors forward of Russell.
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Russell was requested in the course of the drivers’ press convention in Austria if he was extra nervous about his intra-team battle with Antonelli or about coping with stress from different groups. “Neither makes me nervous,” the Briton defined.
“It makes me excited, to be trustworthy, as a result of the extra individuals you are going head-to-head with, that is competitors. And that’s the way it was for all of us once we had been go-karting. You’ll by no means race in opposition to one competitor. There have been three, 4 or 5 drivers who had been all competing for wins.
“That is how Method 1 ought to be. And that is what excites us. So, I am wanting ahead to it.”
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Images from Austrian GP – FridayAndrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Franco Colapinto, Alpine
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Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
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Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Group
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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Mattia Binotto, Audi F1 Group
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Isack Hadjar, Crimson Bull Racing
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Lando Norris, McLaren
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Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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Luke Browning, Williams
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Dino Beganovic, Ferrari
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Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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Isack Hadjar, Crimson Bull Racing
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Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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George Russell, Mercedes
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Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
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Sergio Perez, Cadillac Racing
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Luke Browning, Williams
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Lando Norris, McLaren
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