Frederik Vesti quotes ahead of Spielberg FIA F2 races 07.07.2022: FIA FORMULA 2 Championship Spielberg, RedBull Ring 8-10 July 2022 FROM THE GRID – Frederik Vesti, ART Grand Prix “I am very much looking forward to driving at Spielberg this year. In the last three years I've driven there I’ve got the pole

FIA FORMULA 2 Championship
Spielberg, RedBull Ring
8-10 July 2022



FROM THE GRID – Frederik Vesti, ART Grand Prix



“I am very much looking forward to driving at Spielberg this year. In the last three years I've driven there I’ve got the pole and the win. So, in terms of results, it's been a really great track for me.


Other than that, since I was very young, I’ve spent a lot of time in Austria, and we previously had a family house there. I just love Austria and I would even like to live there one day! So, I can't wait to go back.



“In a way, it's a very simple track, but that also means it becomes very difficult because all the cars are very similar. All the lap times are within a few tenths of a second in Qualifying and in the race, so you really need to do a good job and a clean lap to be able to do the pole position.


So, it's simple, it's quite an easy track, but because of that it makes it incredibly close, and you need to be doing a really good job.



“Red Bull Ring is one of the easier tracks for tyre management because it has not a lot of corners and a lot of straight lines. But for sure, we still need to do a good job and make sure we’re on top of our game in terms of tyre management.



“In terms of overtaking, I think you can set it up during Turn 1 and then you can make it stick in Turn 3, and if you don't make it work at Turn 3 you have another shot in Turn 4.



So overtaking is pretty OK, it's not the easiest track, but it's pretty good due to the three or four long straights.”




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