Our 2026 Austrian GP Predictions
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What are the exciting storylines leading into the Austrian GP?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. It is race week once again. One week off is too much these days. It really is. Now we're in momentum month. We're in momentum month and... Long gone are the days of having four weeks off here, four weeks off there. We get to talk about some more Formula One. We've got some very interesting storylines teed up very beautifully after the Barcelona-Catalonia Grand Prix. And I'm very excited, Tommy, to see what Austria, the Red Bull ring, and the sound of music can bring to us. There we go. First ding-ding on the sound of music. Bingo card. Just get out of the way, you know. LAUGHTER yeah excited for this one a very different circuit to what we've kind of seen last time out in barcelona obviously had monaco recently as well so kind of had three circuits in very quick succession that were all very different to each other which is uh which is nice makes it exciting and better for predictions because it means that we kind of a bit more guesswork
which is good. Guesswork, you think? Well, we'll see if we go for a Mercedes 1-2 again. What's interesting is we joke about Mercedes and how, do we need to change predictions? It's funny that Mercedes, well, one, they've now been beaten, so that helps us out. And two, what is it, like four or five races now where we've only ever had one on the podium. So to say that we go into every prediction as going, Which Mercedes 1-2 is it going to be? They've not happened, so it's good for our predictions. It certainly is. Now, I would say there's less of a difference between Barcelona to Austria than there was from Monaco to Barcelona. I think that there are some similarities, I would say, with the Barcelona track as we now head to Austria.
Reasonably fast. Grass. Yeah, grass. Yeah, and there's a track. Perfect. Now, before we get into all of our predictions, a few things to catch you up on. Not that there's been a lot, I'll be honest with you. When you look at Formula One, they've just been like, no, you know what? Don't really want to talk about anything or announce anything. When we decided to introduce this segment, Formula One did not get the memo because my word, were we starving for stuff? Come on, it's only been a week, Brent. The fact that one of the three things we're going to talk about is about NASCAR and not Formula One tells you everything you need to know.
How do the recent races influence predictions for Austria?
But we'll get onto that shortly. The first thing and the most F1 relevant thing is the fact that Mercedes have withdrawn their right of review over the result of the Monaco Grand Prix. McLaren, we're still yet to wait and see how that unfolds. But for Mercedes, they've gone, you know what? Nah, can't be bothered. Not going to go down that route. So one of the two has stepped down. Yeah, that doesn't surprise me one bit. The cynic in me also thinks that Toto Wolff doesn't want to rock the boat at the FIA, seeing as though he's got ambitions to become their master leader one day, I think. It feels like, just with Toto, so... And also it's George Russell rather than Kimi Antonelli, otherwise... Well, that narrative is crazy.
Obviously, a lot of it is people that just spend too much time online and looking into everything anyway, but... You can understand some frustrations if you're a George Russell fan and you hear Toto Wolff going, yeah, really disappointed about Barcelona. Obviously, the DNF with Kimi. Happy for Lewis, though. And that's all they said. And they also did a little race review statement thing, which didn't mention George at all. It's like, he did get a podium. It was his 100th race as well for Mercedes, but... yeah um an interesting narrative of the season uh that with with how much that's really kicking off particularly uh the george russell stands are not happy with with mercedes at the moment that's for sure i can understand them not mentioning if george had finished fourth or fifth but he finished second like it's not even the first podium in quite a while yeah the run he's had
So I know that Mercedes have this sort of expectation now to one-two everything with their current car, and they have a right to be slightly annoyed, but also, George does exist.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the exciting storylines leading into the Austrian GP?
0:05–2:39
2
How do the recent races influence predictions for Austria?
2:39–4:58
3
What predictions are being made for the top three finishers?
4:58–6:42
4
Why is Lando Norris a surprising choice for a good performance?
6:42–8:51
5
What are the reliability concerns for Mercedes this weekend?
8:51–10:46
6
How do the hosts view Charles Leclerc's chances in the race?
10:46–13:02
7
What are the hosts' unique crazy predictions for the race?
13:02–14:17
8
How do family predictions add to the episode's fun?
14:17–35:28