The Austrian Grand Prix was a resounding success. While saturated with history in Formula One, the lack of a Grand Prix for the past 11 years in the mountainous country gave the Austrian race a like-new quality. It didn't possess quite the thrilling quality of perhaps the Canadian Grand Prix, but it was still thoroughly enjoyable. With the Williams duo locking out the front row and Lewis Hamilton mired back in the lower reaches of the top-10 in qualifying, Sunday's race promised a great result. Mercedes seemed to have had their often substantial advantage slashed in the Austrian mountainside, the short and fast Red Bull Ring providing other teams a good opportunity to seize any chances...
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