Just a few days after the French Grand Prix, Formula One heads to the beautiful, picturesque Styria in Austria for Round 9 of the 2019 FIA F1 World Championship, the Austrian Grand Prix. Austria has a long and rich history in F1. The relatively small country hosted races for the pinnacle of the motorsport on two different venues and in different periods with a few interruptions. The Zeltweg Airfield circuit opened the book of the Austrian GP history. A non-championship event was held in 1963 which was won by Jack Brabham. The first championship race was then held in the following year. As the track proved to be too dangerous, that Zeltweg track did not host any more races. As Austria did...
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