Max Verstappen managed to win the race in Austria in 2018 and 2019 and as the season starts there on 5 July, the Dutchman is of course a favourite. Mercedes, on the other hand, has suffered from technical issues in recent years, which prevented them from controlling the victory. How things will go this year is still a few weeks away, but Mercedes sees Verstappen as the driver they have to beat. No doubt "There is no doubt that Max Verstappen will be a formidable opponent for us", says James Allison, technical director at Mercedes, in the last F1 podcast. "Our race last year in Austria was hampered by our own errors with regard to cooling, which caused us to deviate from the...
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