FRIDAY 30th JUNE	 	 

Practice 1	13:30 - 14:30
Qualifying	17:00 - 18:00
 	 	 
SATURDAY 1st JULY	 	 

Sprint Shootout	12:00 - 12:44
Sprint    	16:30 - 17:00
 	 	 
SUNDAY 2nd JULY
 	 
Grand Prix	15:00 - 17:00

All Times Local

First Grand Prix  1970
Number of Laps    71
Circuit Length    4.318km
Race Distance     306.452 km
Lap Record        1:13.078 (Bottas - 2019)

Insight and Speed

Race interruptions: The rate of Safety Car deployments is relatively low at the Red Bull Ring. In the last five Grands Prix here there have been five Safety Cars, but three of those appeared in the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix. As for Virtual Safety Cars, there have been just two VSCs since the system was introduced back in 2015.

Overtaking: With three DRS zones, it's not difficult to overtake at the Red Bull Ring. More than 80 per cent of passes use DRS and most of those overtakes take place going into Turn Three and Turn Four. With a 330-metre run to Turn One from pole position, drivers can also make up positions on the opening lap.

Strategy: As was the case in Austria last season, the softest Pirelli compounds are in play this weekend. The C3, C4 and C5 compounds are available but there's just one hour of practice - on Friday - due to the Sprint. High-speed corners mean higher tyre degradation and the possibility of a multi-stop race.

Unlocking the Lap

The Red Bull Ring is one of the shortest laps on the calendar but it pushes drivers with elevation changes and a smattering of high-speed corners. SentinelOne takes us through the 10 turns that await in Spielberg.

The long start-finish straight leads drivers uphill into the medium-speed right-hander that is Turn One. It's imperative to carry as much speed as you can onto the following straight that takes you to Turn Three, which is the most challenging corner on the circuit. This sharp right-hand turn includes a raised kerb and tight run-off area. The braking point and exit are both uphill, which means traction is at a premium here.

Then it's downhill to the long Turn Four hairpin that leads through a host of fast turns: left through Turn Six, another left into Turn Seven and right through Turn Eight. This sequence is straightforward but understeer through here can throw the car into the awaiting gravel traps.

Turn Nine is a rapid right-hander and the final corner, Turn 10, requires a good exit to set you up for the long uphill straight.

In Qualifying for the Grand Prix and Sprint, it is imperative to have a clear track ahead. If a driver on a flying lap encounters a rival - or even team-mate - they'll have to take evasive action and lose time in the quest for pole.

Teams will monitor the circuit using telemetry, GPS driver trackers - which show where every driver is on a map of the track - and video to see where there are gaps on the circuit to help their drivers emerge with a clear stretch of road ahead.

Engineers can also use this data to talk to the driver while they're on a warm-up lap, and instruct them to speed up or slow down in an attempt to eke out even more space and avoid the perils of traffic.