The World Championship arrives to the Red Bull Ring circuit with a tense calm, to celebrate together with Austrian F1 Grand Prix, the ninth date of the season. The great unknown is if Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari; and Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes, turned the page of the incident occurred during the race in Azerbaijan, or if they will write in Austria, a new chapter of a rivalry that will set the F1 on fire. Last Monday, on his birthday number 30, Vettel appeared before International Federation of the Automobile’s authorities to review the actions taken against the British driver from Mercedes, at the street circuit in Baku. At FIA’s headquarters in Paris, the German apologized for his dangerous driving against Hamilton, for which he was punished with a 10-second stop and go and with three points of sanction on his sport license. Vettel is getting to the Austrian appointment as World Championship leader, with 153 points, 14 units more than Hamilton. The British won Austrian Formula Uno Grand Prix’ last edition; in fact, Mercedes team has had the first position since the test raced on the Red Bull Ring back to the 2014 calendar, thanks to the victories of the retired German, Nico Rosberg. While Hamilton has visited the Austrian podium in three occasions, the best result for Vettel in Spielberg was the fourth place during the 2015 edition. For the ninth date, Ferrari and Mercedes have already planned their strategies for Vettel and Hamilton, correspondingly and in the field of tyres, they have different perspectives. While Ferrari decided to choose seven sets of ultra-soft tyres, Mercedes considered eight of such compound; and the bet does not finish there; Vettel will have five ultra-soft rubbers sets and only one of softs, as for Hamilton, he will have three ultra-soft sets and two soft ones. Teams Force India and McLaren have almost exclusively striven for the softest compound available, setting apart 10 sets for each of their drivers, opting for two ultra-soft rubber sets and only one soft . Woking team is facing now the most motivated Austrian competition than ever, after adding their first units of the season in Azerbaijan, thanks to the ninth position gotten by the Spanish Fernando Alonso. For Spielberg race, McLaren is now optimistic and will put on its MCL32 racing cars, an update of its Honda power unit, which was approved with positive results during free tests in Azerbaijan. Ingredients are already set on the table for the Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix, at the Red Bull Ring to be a competition filled with excitement and adrenaline on the track. You should not miss the whole action of Formula Uno Gran Premio de México, which will take place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez from October 27th to 29th. Purchase your tickets with Ticketmaster system or calling 53259000. AUSTRIAN FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX Circuit: Red Bull Ring Length: 4.326 km Laps: 71 Distance: 307.020 km Previous winners 2016: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1h27’38”.107 2015: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1h30’16”.930 2014: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1h27’54”.976 Previous Pole positions 2016: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’07”.922 2015: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’08”.455 2014: Felipe Massa (Williams) 1’08”.759 Previous Fastest Laps 2016: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’08”.411 2015: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1’11”.235 2014: Sergio Pérez (Force India) 1’12”.142