The Austrian Grand Prix of Season 2 in STSF1 was tantalisingly close within the top four on the grid with TheFlyingFinn08 putting it on pole once again and the two Renault boys (FCGOscar & STSF1 Alonso14) pushing him hard, and the Toro Rosso of Suphrize Meh just following behind. You can watch the race here! The race was an absolute pleasure to commentate over, it had the first lap dramas and nail-biting moments with spectators at the edge of their seats as the two brothers TheFlyingFinn08 and STSF1 Alonso14 cross the line within tenths of each other - but it was not always that close... It began with a safety car after the Renault's swarmed past TheFlyingFinn08 on the start, FCGOscar dived into the pits in an attempt to shake up the strategy and get an advantage over the rest of the grid. It didn't pay off and he ended up having to carve his way through the field for most of the race, a disappointed result for the man at Renault as it could have been another podium finish for him. STSF1 Alonso14 had a little trouble doing the same thing, but eventually found his way into 2nd place in the latter stage of the Grand Prix as Suhprize Meh crashes out with 6-7 laps to go! With that, he brings up the safety car which shakes everything up when all of a sudden, rain starts to fall. This put STSF1 Alonso14 in contention for a win and if not for time penalties, he would have been the man on top taking his first STSF1 victory. IRL Giovinazzi had a consistent and strong finish by taking a consecutive podium finish and Safcmather98 surprised everybody by taking a 4th place finish. Let's hear from the drivers and their thoughts on the Austrian Grand Prix. TheFlyingFinn08: Yeah, it was a pretty good race all round, it had everything in it. The end was a bit nerve-racking, going round on worn super softs on a damp track, with STSF1 Alonso14 catching up rapidly sector after sector. Intense last few corners, I hope to have battles like that later on in the season. My target for next race will be to win of course, but it will be a tough one considering its the home race of half the people on the grid, hehe. Cheers.
STSF1 Alonso14: It was a good race to be honest. I enjoyed the start where I got an amazing launch and battled for 1st until the 2nd corner. Then the SC changed the whole race strategy after Finn pitted during the SC. I decided to stay out which was a bad idea since my tyres died. But at the end of the race, when the SC came out after Suphrize retired, 2 laps to go I was at back of the pack and I caught Finn and overtook him on the last 2 corners. It was a decent battle between me and him. My target is to get a decent quality lap in and get a good start. IRL Giovinazzi: I wasn't particularly confident going into the race so to come out with a podium is more than I expected. My target going into most races is a top 5 finish so if I could do that again I will be satisfied. Safcmather98: The race went well, I had a good start and I was quite quick. Then I had an incident with Iron Weasel and I had to start the race all over again and get back through the pack. I did my own race for a while, then I caught back up to the mid pack and I was picking off one by one from 10th to 6th carefully and making sure I made no mistakes as well as keeping up. Eventually I battled with 5th and got passed just before the safety car came out. I thought about pitting but I thought that everyone would so I would do a different strategy. Finn let me pass so I could unlap my self pretty much straight away which I would like to say thank you to him and then I was just trying to catch the safety car while in 4th and I made a gap for my self big enough to cruise home and not make any mistakes. I like proving people wrong and me and Jack did well this week end and I'd like to say thank you to him and say we both can show people that we are not a team that will lay back and let people overtake us that we should battle. I love that jack is my teammate we have had our differences but now we have made up and it's time to put that to bed and show that we are capable to be podium threatening team and even a team to have very much consistency. Thanks Jack. I think my target for Britain is to get 6th because all though I got 4th, slow and steady will get me there to my highest abilities if that makes sense and I think for Mercedes to get at least 13 points or so would be amazing. Thanks everyone for the kind messages about my first very high finish in this season, see you at Silverstone. ii aM TooLeY x: It was an interesting race for sure. I really enjoyed it but made a few mistakes on the way which I will learn from. To be honest I was very disappointed with my result, I finished down in 8th but could have easily been in the top 6 if I had not had a glitch with my car on the safety car restart when I was in 4th. But I look forward to the next race. I just want to keep it consistent and hopefully finish in the Top 6 (for Silverstone). That's my aim for every race and when I can keep doing that I'll be happy. It's my first time racing properly with No Assists at all so I'm making progress every race. FCGOscar: Well I got a good start as well as my teammate giving us a Renault 1-2 which would have been a good result but unfortunately I was on the wrong strategy from the get go and the safety car didn't help with that as I couldn't try to pull a gap to my teammate to try and go into the pits and then the race went even more downhill from there but I was able to fight through the pack from pretty much last and get some decent points just wish that the rain came abit sooner so my gamble would have paid of but oh well. For me I would say my worst race of the season even worse the China and russia and we all know what happened at Russia but from watching the race back a really good general race My target for silverstone is to get on the podium with Alonso to bring some solid points home and don't count me out for the win either cause I'm more motivated then ever! Iron Weasel 54: It was an action packed one that's for sure! I felt I had a good race overall, I had a good start, gained a few places and kept a reasonable pace near the front. I stuck with my aggressive strategy, pushed hard and kept it as clean as possible. Thankfully it all worked out for me in the end and barring an unfortunate incident with Tooley I was happy with the way I drove. Austria isn't a particularly strong track for me so 6th place was a welcome suprise. My target for Silverstone is to minimise any traction issues and finish in the points again although I'm sure the competition will be relentless as always. Suphrize Meh: Good race apart from the fact I DNF'd. But for Silverstone I'm hoping I can grab a second place but that will be difficult with STSF1 Alonso being quick there. We'll see! x Zexyy: It's the result I was looking for after not finishing the last three races, coming in at 5th in a strong league like this has boosted my confidence and has gained me some critical points in the drivers standings, it's a tough league and there as a lot of great racers. Heading into Silverstone, I'm aiming to score points again it's not going to be easy but I'm ready to fight and hopefully be up there again. Jim: The race in Austria could have gone much better for me. I was involved in a first lap accident and lost part of my front wing and had to pit under the safety car. Then I made things worse on the restart when I made an over aggressive move and spun into the wall and needed to pit again. This put me way down the order and I ended up getting lapped. I rode around at the back until the final safety car and then decided to gamble and put on inters when it looked like it was gonna rain which were the slower tire until the last lap where I was able to pass a few people to un-lap myself. However, I cannot complain if I score championship points. My goal for Silverstone will be to finish in 7th or better. I feel that it is a fairly strong track for me and should I stay out of trouble I could realistically finish 7th or higher. JackClays: Firstly I think that I got a decent amount of points, I've beaten my highest finish for this season along by getting 8th but I am slightly disappointed as well because I feel like I could have got up into a higher finishing position. Target for Silverstone is to finish the race with points as it was at Austria.
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