After the mayhem in the first race in Red Bull Ring last week, the teams will be fighting for the second time in just 8 days on the same circuit. Although the period in between the races is too short, some teams will be bringing updates to their cars. The biggest news is that Fernando Alonso will be returning to F1 with Renault next year! I’m really excited with that. Will Bottas win again in a circuit he loves? Will Max take his revenge and come back stronger? Or will Lewis find his pace and show his eagerness for his 7th world championship?

Due to technical problems, this GP’s predictions are not based on the ML model. I would expect that Max, Lewis and Bottas will be fighting for the first three places while it remains to be seen if McLaren, Racing Point or Ferrari will be the 3rd stronger team in the grid.

Norris penalised 3 places for overtaking under yellow flags in FP1. Leclerc penalised 3 places for impeding Kvyat during qualifying. Giovinazzi penalised 5 places for an unscheduled gearbox change. Grosjean required to start from the pit lane after car modified under parc ferme conditions.

Driver	Qualifying Prediction	Actual Qualifying Result	Race Prediction	Actual Race Result
Hamilton	3	1	2	1
Bottas	2	4	1	2
Verstappen	1	2	3	3
Albon	4	6	6	4
Norris	11	9	9	5
Perez	5	17	8	6
Stroll	8	12	11	7
Ricciardo	9	8	10	8
Sainz	6	3	4	9
Kvyat	13	13	12	10
Raikkonen	15	16	15	11
Magnussen	17	15	17	12
Grosjean	16	20	16	13
Giovinazzi	18	19	18	14
Gasly	12	7	13	15
Russell	19	11	19	16
Latifi	20	18	20	17
Ocon	14	5	14	R
Leclerc	7	14	5	R
Vettel	10	10	7	R