Round-up: Austrian GP “incredibly painful” for Williams says Vowles, and more – RaceFans

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James seems again at an ‚extremely robust‘ Austrian weekend (Williams)

James Vowles: ‚We all know we’re nonetheless not the place we need to be when it comes to weight of the automobile and in these extremely heat circumstances it is closely impacting our efficiency. As we look ahead to Silverstone we’re bringing an replace which can assist us shut the gaps to the entrance and we’ll see the place we find yourself at that circuit relative to others. There is a good pipeline of improvement as I’ve spoken many many instances about nevertheless it does stretch by means of put up the August break. We have to be sure that we ship that and proceed to step ahead relative to the sphere. There’s an enormous quantity to do however I am very constructive and satisfied that we’re on the correct pathway for the long run though at the moment is extremely painful because of this.‘

Austrian Grand Prix: Race recap (Haas)

‚It was a troublesome day, and we struggled for tempo. We had a very dangerous begin and misplaced out on loads of observe place, and after that I used to be simply caught. I’m fortunate that I acquired the VSC, however on the identical token, we have been very sluggish all through the race. I did my greatest however we have been actually nowhere close to Audi, Racing Bulls, or Alpine, we have been a lot slower. Right this moment has been a shock, but in addition the steadiness has been massively out at the moment and I couldn’t get it to work. Based mostly on what I used to be feeling within the automobile, I’m not that shocked.‘

2026 Austrian Grand Prix – race report (McLaren)

Oscar Piastri: ‚I’m actually pleased with at the moment’s efficiency. It felt like a very good race, and we have been capable of execute nicely and apply some issues I’ve realized over the previous few weeks. The tempo was stronger than we anticipated, and to have the ability to efficiently problem and beat Ferrari was a particular constructive for the workforce. I really feel like we acquired absolutely the most out of the automobile, and that is a very good feeling.‘

Function race: Tsolov takes fourth win of the season in dramatic Spielberg occasion (Formulation 2)

‚Nikola Tsolov took a fourth victory of the season in advantageous model with a mature efficiency on the Spielberg function race.‘

Function race: Stromsted turns into eighth winner of 2026 with Spielberg victory (Formulation 3)

‚It was a race filled with battling however Noah Stromsted got here out on high, profitable his second race in FIA Formulation 3 from fourth on the grid. The Dane held Campos Racing’s Ugo Ugochukwu and Trident workforce mate Freddie Slater at bay in a gripping function race across the Purple Bull Ring.‘

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