Don’t miss the F1 Austrian GP!
Formula 1 arrives this weekend at the home of Red Bull… literally. The Austrian Grand Prix takes place at the Red Bull Ring, a historic track owned by the energy drink brand, which returned to the calendar in 2014. Do not miss a thing in this sprint-qualified event: these are the schedules and information on how to watch on TV or internet you should know.
Barely five days have passed since Carlos Sainz claimed his first Formula 1 victory at Silverstone Circuit, but on a 22-race calendar there is no time to celebrate or relax. The premier class now competes in Austria, a country of great talents such as Niki Lauda or Jochen Rindt, and Red Bull.
The energy drinks team arrives as a leader in its circuit. Max Verstappen continues to command in the Drivers’ Classification, where he has 181 points and an advantage of 34 points over his teammate Sergio Pérez and 43 over the best Ferrari, Charles Leclerc. In the constructors’ championship, Red Bull leads Ferrari by 63 points.
Verstappen is the driver to beat on this circuit, as he has four victories since 2014 (also counting the Styrian GP that was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic), although Ferrari will not make things easy for him. And not only Leclerc, since Carlos Sainz, both in Canada and at Silverstone, offered the best version of him.
The other Spaniard on the grid, Fernando Alonso, achieved his best result this season to date in Great Britain. With that fifth place at Silverstone, he scored points for the fifth consecutive race and continued a good run in the ‘top 10’.
In Austria we will have a sprint format race again. This means that the classification of the Austrian GP will be held on Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m., after the first test session, which will start at 1:30 p.m.
On Saturday, after another practice session, the F1 sprint race will take place at 4:30 p.m. It will last half an hour and will serve to form the grid for the Austrian GP, which will start on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Schedules of the Austrian F1 GP 2022
| Day | Session | Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 8 July 2022 | Free Practice 1 | 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
| Classification | 5:00 p.m. | |
| Saturday 9 July 2022 | Free Practice 2 | 12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m. |
| F1 Sprint Race | 4:30 p.m. | |
| Sunday 10 July 2022 | Race | 3:00 p.m. (71 laps) |
How to watch the F1 Austrian GP on TV or online
The DAZN platform once again has the emission rights for Formula 1 exclusively in our country and for this reason it is the main option that you have to know to watch F1. In addition, thanks to an agreement between Movistar and DAZN, the F1 races can also be seen on Movistar TV through the DAZN F1 channel, available according to the packages contracted through the operator.
To access the contents of F1, MotoGP and the rest of the sports that DAZN broadcasts, you must register. The current price is €12.99 per month or €129.99 per year (with two months free). It can be seen on the Internet through its website or in the application of Smart TV, Android, iOS…
Beyond that, the rest of the options are unofficial. The F1 TV service is not available in Spain, so you will not be able to contract it in our country, and any other possibility entails certain risks on how to watch F1, since either you will not be able to enjoy it in high definition, in Spanish or you will risk kill a virus on your device.
