This year I've often said how much the new regulations have improved the action, or at least made it more interesting for spectators. I have to acknowledge that that didn't happen at the Austrian Grand Prix, and the only points of interest were due to the differing tyre strategies of the front runners.
And the many brakes on fire, which I'm presuming was due to the mixture of high temperature and high altitude. I'm not sure what explains Liam Lawson's assumption of fire, unless his cockpit just felt that damn hot!
I am also presuming Red Bull turned the wick up on their engine for their home race, the way Ferrari do for Monza.
The effect the timing of the safety car had on the outcomes of the strategy calls highlights the importance of luck - it's normally Leclerc hit by "safety car 1 lap after it would have been useful for him"; this time it was Antonelli.
The current Ferrari team don't seem to be able to have two good races in a row. As a Ferrari fan, hearing the commentators asking "is the Ferrari strategy clever or just really, really stupid?" is frustrating because the answer is always that it's really, really stupid.
I think Andrew Benson on the BBC radio commentary described it best, the Ferrari strategy is "... hoping for something instead of racing with what's in front of you right now". They are just hoping, not planning for the various possible outcomes or making something happen. It's so frustrating!!!
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