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Preview: Formula 1 ready for Austrian affair

Formula 1 heads straight to Austria’s Red Bull Ring for the second instalment of the championship’s first Triple Header, so don your lederhosen, ring that cow bell and eat that schnitzel, as Motorsport Week previews an event at which Mercedes has been unbeaten since its return.   History Austria joined the calendar in 1964 at an airbase circuit in Zeltweg, a year after a non-championship event was held, but the race was unpopular, and swiftly dropped. There's some patriotic run-off For 1970, a purpose-built circuit, named the Osterreichring and constructed at Spielberg, not far from Zeltweg, was used, and it remained on the calendar through 1987. The Austrian Grand...
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