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ON THIS DAY: BRAZIL WIN THE WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

A Raquel Fernandes wonder goal was enough to beat Germany 1-0 as Brazil won the Women’s World Cup final.

Indelible Hulk By 2016, the words “underrated” and “Hülkenberg” had fused completely until attempts to separate them tore a hole in the fabric of reality.

But scientists now theorize that the Hulk still exists in a parallel universe called ‘WEC’.

From pedal to metal to Trash Metal: Daniel’s winning track EUROVISION WINNER IN 2020.

Daniel Ricciardo lived his dream, quitting F1 after unparalleled success to form his own thrash metal band, Angle Grinder, with Felipe Massa on bass. With a sound described by the NME as ‘total crap’, Angle Grinder were Australia’s 2020 Eurovision Song Contest entry. With no rhythm, no talent and Ricciardo’s vocals likened to the sound of a cat being fed through a woodchipper, they swept the board.

KIMI QUIT IT AND HIT IT

The Iceman’s hard lesson

Kimi first quit F1 in 2009, and then again in 2015, and in 2019. While enjoying the fast cars, Kimi found everything else in F1 a bit boring – but everything outside F1 was even more boring, so he went back to F1, only to remember why he quit. Professor Räikkönen now holds the Samuel Beckett Chair of Postmodern Angst and Snowboarding at Espoo Uni. Like most professors, he does as little as possible and is usually in the pub.

Räikkönen traded his racing seat for a seat of learning

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PASTOR’S MEANING OF

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON... Nico Rosberg endured years of frustration before a friendly word of advice from Sir Frank Williams changed everything.

Nico decided to grow a big moustache and would saunter through the paddock bare-chested, cut down on the exercise, enjoy a good lunch or two and prepare for every session by smoking like an oil tanker. Clad in a veneer of unstoppable cool, he would have his rivals completely cowed into submission before he got near the car.

LEFT Pastor Maldonado finds a new spiritual life in the mountains

Photography: Getty Images, Lukas Gorys (Montage)

JB eventually retired from F1 rich, happy, and successful. He lives a life of ease in Monaco, and ironically proved Flavio Briatore right 20 years after the fact – never a good thing.

LOVE ME LAUDA, LOVE ME TENDER. Call now: 0190 666 666

I can hit you in 27 different ways using only a fondue fork.

HIT STOP. Having overcome his early desire to be a battering ram, Romain Grosjean was settling into a nice, long F1 career when disaster struck.

Temporarily forgetting whether he was Swiss or French, he was accidentally drafted to do national service in both countries. He is now a Brigadier and hitman instructor.

Jenson Button living to the fullest

TO THOSE who know only of his Serene Highness Lord Maldonado’s greatness, it may come as a surprise to learn that Pastor once had a reputation for being a loose cannon. Pastor’s conversion came at the end of 2015 when he spent the winter in the high Himalayas seeking enlightenment at the feet of ancient masters. He

emerged with an uncanny calm benevolence, imbued with inner tranquility. When questioned in later years about the secret of his success, Pastor, surrounded by his many trophies, would simply smile, and give the same cryptic answer: he had learned the purpose of the pedal on the left. Nobody knows what this means.

Digitus Vettelicus Manus While few people have heard of Sebastian Vettel, his name lives on in every medical textbook. Digitus Vettelicus Manus (meaning The Finger of Vettel) is named in his honour. It’s not nearly as rude as it sounds.

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GOLDEN The 2016 cost-saving summit was conducted: A: On a super-yacht in the Monaco harbour.

B: In the chill-out room at the Bilderberg afterparty.

C: I n a purpose-built ivory tower with floors of solid platinum.

The actual cost savings implemented for 2017 were widely regarded to: A: Bizarrely, make F1 more expensive.

B: Obviously make absolutely no difference whatsoever.

C: S ave the big teams lots of money by allowing them to bully the small teams into handing over whatever lunch money they had left.

According to most biographies, Max Verstappen suffered a crisis of confidence in 2018 caused by: A: Not being allowed to paint his Energy Station room black.

B: Being informed that, actually yes, Dr Marko really was the boss of him.

C: T he appearance of fine, downy hair on his chest, an outbreak of acne and a powerful sense of paranoia around girls.

Kimi Räikkönen was stripped of his 2019 World Championship because: A: He attended the FIA Gala dressed as a gorilla.

B: He attended the FIA Gala dressed as a gorilla, riding a reindeer.

C: A month after the last race, he was still too busy celebrating to attend the FIA Gala.

In a 2020 interview with The Red Bulletin, Bernie Ecclestone claimed the thing he wanted to see most in F1 was: A: A more equitable distribution of revenues.

B: A healthy, thriving championship in which many teams were able to fairly compete for victories.

C: A shark tank and a trapdoor under the press conference dais, keyed to spring open at the first murmurings of self-pity.

The race voted most popular by fans in 2021 was: A: The Grand Prix of Russia B: The Grand Prix of Russia C: D ISSENT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. IT’S THE GRAND PRIX OF RUSSIA!

In 2022 F1 embraced the future, announcing it would become more high-tech than ever with: A: Cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

B: Control surfaces to interface directly with the driver’s brain.

C: L imited race highlights on YouTube.

The 2024 Formula One season is held up as a stone-cold classic because.

A: Due to a typo in the official calendar, every round was held at Spa. B: Every race was a night race – but the latest cost-saving initiative banned floodlights.

C: I t was the first year the press conference was fitted with the Truth Translator™ machine, ensuring everyone said what they really meant, all the time – making F1 a better bitch-fest than anything else on daytime TV. Did you answer…

Mostly A – Shame on you for being so cynical.

Mostly B – Wow! Cynical and paranoid – do you work in a comic book store?

Mostly C – Congratulations, you’re a superfan. Did your mum knit that bobble-hat for you?

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Yep, it’s the Bulletin quiz that fell through a wormhole from the year 2050. So, what do you know about F1’s Days of Future Past? Remember, there are no wrong answers (just dumb ones…)

WEATHER

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MONDAY

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BEAUTY BEHIND THE WHEEL

TRIBUTE TO

Motorsports pioneer speaks to Helmut Zwickl

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MARIA TER DE FILIPPIESSA

SHE WAS BORN INTO A RICH FAMILY IN NAPLES in 1926 and lived an extraordinary life. The Grand Prix racing drivers of her day worshipped her; she married Vienna-born Theo Huschek and she is currently the honorary president of the Grand Prix Drivers Club. Just a few years ago, the first flush of youth well behind her, she sped around in a Maserati Grand Prix car at the EnnstalClassic. She has since become gravely ill.

Helmut: You were the first woman in Grand Prix history.

What was it like back then?

Photography: Popperfoto/Getty Images

Maria Teresa: I drove my first race in 1948. In my second race, I won the category driving a Fiat Topolino. And I overlapped with the greatest Italian racing driver of all time – Tazio Nuvolari – and, if I remember rightly, he was driving in his last ever race. Of course there was prejudice, along the lines of what’s that woman doing here? But between 1949 and 1953, I had a number of wins in a Fiat Giannini sportscar.

In 1954, I came second in the Giro di Sicilia road race, at which point Maserati noticed me and in 1955 they gave me a factory car. And I managed to live up to their expectations.

I came ninth in the Targa Florio and third in the 10 Hours of Messina in a Maserati A6GCS. In 1956 I raced in the Mille Miglia, the 1,000km of Monza and the 1,000km of Buenos Aires, where I had an accident. By 1958 I was well-established in motor racing. My nickname was pilotina. I bought myself a Maserati 250F. I was lucky I could afford one. The Maserati 250F was, after all, the car Fangio had won his fifth world championship in the previous year.

Were you friendly with Fangio?

He virtually took me under his wing. He kept warning me not to take such risks.

What was your Grand Prix track record?

I came fifth in the Syracuse Grand Prix on a particularly dangerous road-racing course. I had engine trouble at Monaco. At the European Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, I came 10th. I was in fifth place at Monza but retired 12 laps before the end. I sold the Formula One Maserati in late 1958 to Giorgio Scarlatti.

Back then, Formula One was still a matter of life and death.

I lost two of my closest friends. In 1958, Luigi Musso was killed in an accident in Reims and in 1959 I lost Jean Behra.

Jean lent me his own Formula 2 Porsche at Monaco. I managed to qualify on the very last lap, but the race stewards didn’t accept my time. It was a purely political decision because they wanted to squeeze the Ferrari driver Cliff Allison into the starting line-up. It was scandalous. I have never cried in my life, but I bawled when I got out of the car that time.

Do you wish there was a woman in Formula One today?

Why not? Women can do everything men can.

How did your career come to an end?

I was on holiday on August 1, 1959, when I heard on the radio that Jean Behra had died at a race on the AVUS in Berlin in a Porsche. I was so shocked that I decided to halt my racing career there and then.

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AUTOMATED WINNER

By Ray Strack

Illustration: Dietmar Kainrath

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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME. It’s round six of the 2025 F1 World Championship and welcome to beautiful, sunny Berzerkistan, where everyone is happy, productive and engaged in staging in a fabulous Grand Prix to show the world how beautiful, sunny and productive this great country is – until they suddenly disappear, never to be heard of again unless a member of the ruling family makes an offhand reference to ‘destabilising elements’.

Still, it’s great to be here just a week after the Grand Prix of Qatar, which followed the Grand Prix of Kazakhstan, the Gran Premio de Chechnya, the North Korean Grand Prix, and the exciting, if slightly nervy, opening round, the Grand Prix of the People’s Caliphate of Birmingham.

Some F1 veterans still speak of the so-called ‘glory days’ of the 2010s when we had races at circuits like Monza, Silverstone and Suzuka, but of course those kind of rose-tinted views expired in 2021 when the last of F1’s traditional races, Monaco, baulked at a sanctioning fee of $600m, the first born children of the royal family and mooring rights for the entire North Korean naval fleet.

Yes, I remember it well, as Bernie

Ecclestone, disembodied brain wired up and resplendent in his glowing jar, said: “Listen, it’s very simple: if they can’t afford it, they can’t afford it.

There are plenty of tinpot dictators with an oilfield, a jaunty national anthem and a questionable human rights record who will pay through the nose to watch some cars go round and round.”

And how exciting it is to watch them go round and round! Following the World Motor Sport Council meeting of July 2023, F1’s new rules have provided enthralling racing.

It has, however, been quite difficult to remodel a number of circuits to include the electricity conducting slots, and the costs of competing have spiralled as the teams rushed to fit the brushes underneath the cars and employ highly qualified new engineers, known as ‘fluffers’, to remove the dust bunnies that accumulate in the slots. If you don’t count the engineer holding the electrical gun and the one making sure that the wires don’t get crossed, then ‘fluffer’ is now F1’s top technical job.

There was some small controversy about the new rules as not everyone was on the same page as the governing body with regard to efficiency and sustainability, but the regulations

passed smoothly enough. Of course, that was largely because it was still a fax vote and no one could remember what a fax was, let alone locate a working machine with which to send one.

The new rules haven’t been warmly received by the drivers, with veteran six-time world champ Max Verstappen musing that “well, it’s just bloody Scalextric isn’t it?” but the younger ones, such as 15-year-old Felipinho Massa and 11-year-old wunderkind Emilie Vettel, are all scouring the toy catalogues to see which slot car they’ll ask Santa for next Christmas.

The regulation of the sport has proven somewhat tricky over the years, but it seems that this week there has been a breakthrough as, after almost two decades of constant work, the F1 Strategy Group has finally agreed on a future direction – that during its meetings the windows should remain open, as it occasionally gets a bit stuffy.

Never mind, here in Berzerkistan things are hotting up – and not just from the incendiary devices of the local insurgents. Nope, we’re just minutes away from the start of the race. All six cars from the sport’s two manufacturers are on the grid and ready for the lights to go out – which they soon will.

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FUTURE TRACK Formula One Mecca. The 2026 race calendar will be centred on the only regio­­n where there’s enough fuel left for the sport – no, we don’t mean petrol, we mean money

7. DAMASCUS

6. BAGHDAD

9. JERUSALEM 5. BASRA

10. JORDAN

11. SHARM EL-SHEIKH

13. TABUK

4. KUWAIT 3. BAHRAIN 2. DOHA

12. HURGHADA

19. DUBAI 18. MUSCAT

14. RIYADH 1. ABU DHABI

15. JEDDAH

Illustration: Paul Stuefer

17. SALALAH

16. ADEN

A kid called Verstappen is destined to save the world of Formula One. But the Terminator is not sure if he’s here to squash him or protect him. Well, life in parallel universes leaves many choices

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Interview from the bygone future

BACK IN TIME

Special guest at the Red Bull Ring today, or shall we say tomorrow, T-800 Cyberdyne Systems Model 101, aka The Terminator

So, Mr The Terminator, are you happy to be back home in Austria?

I’m not actually Austrian, you know. That’s just a rumour circulated by people who mistake Wikipedia for facts.

Just because I’m punctual and wear leather trousers, everyone goes around making assumptions about me.

I’m really a cyborg from the near-future designed to wipe out humanity.

Are you sure? You sound just like a famous Austrian…

Arnold Schwarzenegger? Ja, I heard dat story…

Actually, we meant Toto Wolff…

Oh, OK. I think you’ll find that, more properly, he sounds like me. He was just a lad when the first part of my biopic aired in 1984. Probably at an impressionable age. Also, I’m fairly sure he fakes that accent. Actually, I think he’s Scottish. Or Norwegian. There’s a rumour he spends a lot of his time in a place called ‘Brackley’. It sounds awful.

But you’re from a nightmarish dystopian sci-fi future of scorched earth and crumbling concrete…

So you’re saying more like Milton Keynes? OK, fair enough.

Illustration: Salon Alpin/Daniela Leitner & Philipp Comarella

Um… anyway, what brings you to the race this weekend?

Are you an F1 fan?

Don’t be silly. I’m a celebrity. Haven’t you heard? I’ve got a new film out next week.

me. I hadn’t really paid any attention to the Grand Prix and didn’t really know what was going on, but they put a microphone in my hand and shoved me out of the door, saying it never stopped Eddie. Who is this ‘Eddie’?

Ahem… moving swiftly on. What did you think of Lewis, Nico and Seb?

They’re shorter than I expected. Are they jockeys? I think they wanted to pour champagne on me, but I was worried I might rust. I’d had some coaching from a human with the designation ‘DC’. He told me that if they try to pull any of that shit I was to give them my number one glare.

Protocols insist I’m not allowed to terminate anyone on live television – but wedgies are a grey area.

So you don’t really like F1?

Are you kidding? I love F1! My prime directive is to ensure technology will rise up and enslave humanity. Do you realise how clever these hybrid powertrains are? It’s like you’re doing my job for me. Those cars are so smart that pretty soon they’re going to get bored of taking orders from the shaved apes behind the wheel. It can’t be long before we see the Rise of the Machines. They’ll overthrow their oppressors and it’ll be Judgement Day and a one-way trip to the titanium mines for all you meat bags.

Is there any hope for humanity?

The usual. I go back in time to change the course of history. I’m a ruthless machine determined to impose a new world order, thoroughly prepared to eradicate any opposition that might threaten my version of the future.

I’m basically like the Strategy Group – but with a cool motorcycle and leather jacket.

Yeah some kid called Verstappen. Apparently he’s the bright, shining future. He’s the reason I’m here this weekend – but my back story’s got a little complicated. I’m not sure if I’m here to squash him or protect him – the plot’s a bit vague on that score. Come to think of it, have you seen any of those sneaky shape-shifting T-1000 Terminators hanging around the paddock?

So, not the average grid-walking A-list superstar then?

Dunno. What do they look like?

Oh, I don’t know. I’m a robot lacking free will, with my every response pre-programmed to support the ulterior motives of my evil controllers. Sounds pretty Hollywood A-list to me. I’m also surprisingly comfortable wearing sunglasses indoors.

Oh, they’re easy to spot. They look like humans but they struggle to mimic real emotions. Look them in the eye and you’ll notice they’re completely dead inside.

Oh really? How interesting. What’s it about?

Anyway, how are you enjoying your visit to Austria?

Do they work in marketing or driver management? You’re really going to have to be more specific.

I don’t know, I just got here from the future. Is this the one with the kangaroos?

Ah, never mind. I’ll take a wander, see if I can spot any…

Now, I need your boots, your clothes and your motorcycle…

That would be Australia…

The motorcycle might take a while to arrange, we generally stick to mopeds. Can you wait a while?

Oh yeah, right. I went to that race as well. They let me do the podium interviews. Frankly, I was surprised they picked

OK, I’ll be ba… Oh, never mind.

LEGENDS

DANIIL KVYAT

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The victor. V stands for Vyacheslavovich, V stands for Victory. Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat’s typical victory pose quickly became a feared trademark: two fingers raised in the victory sign, which quickly brought up to his visor. PS: D stands for Daniil the Terrible.

The Russian Revolutio­n.

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat – back home, they named streets and childre­­n in his honour, in Austri­a, it’s a cocktail consisting of Siberia­n vodka and Red Bull Red Edition Cranberry

The lonely driver. This picture describes Kvyat’s style of driving perfectly: no one behind him or in front – just the finishing line. There’s a rumour that TV executives urged him to drive a bit slower to make the races thrilling again, but you cannot bribe this Russian.

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Photography: Lars Baron/Getty Images, Adam Pretty/Getty Images, Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Fast learner. A man built like his own stunt double. Hollywood knocked early on Daniil’s door, trying to get him to play himself in his own biopic. His foster father, Franz Tost, was the first to see Daniil’s talent, when the Russian beat his childhood idol, Sebastian Vettel, winning Monaco in 2016 and, later that year, becoming the youngest ever F1 World Champion at the age of 22.

Eternal hero. Back in his hometown of Ufa, residents erected a monument in honour of their famous son – even removing the old statue of Lenin in the process.

Photography: Mirja Geh/Red Bull Content Pool

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Enraged grid girls delay the start of the 2025

Austrian Grand Prix with a demonstration:

ls’ ‘Bring in an we don’t have to wear these old-fashioned dirnd ‘Drop import taxes on new fabrics from Asia so t in high-heeled high speed and where each race starts with a sprin all-girl F1 series that combines high fashion with Petra, now!’ hand over his empire to his daughters Tamara and Nomex boots. Call it Formula Una’ ‘Bernie must

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TO THE STREETS

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Interview with the replaceable driver

TELL THE TRUTH

What the drivers say...

What they really mean...

Q: Congratulations. Your third win this season and the first of your career here in Ruritania. What does it mean to you?

A: It means everything to me. I’ve always loved racing in this country and the support here for me has always been incredible. I think people’s passion for F1 is growing and every year we come here, the crowd gets better. I’d like to thank everybody for coming out to watch the race; you guys are amazing! I didn’t see it but I think they saw a great race today and I’ll treasure the memory of this win and this trophy for a long tome to come.

A: Beyond the 25 championship points I’ve just banked, it means nothing to me. I don’t even know where we are. Have we ever raced here before? We have? Six times! Wow! I’d say the support here is great but there are no supporters here apart from that guy over there and he’s reading the paper.

Oh and that dog, the one pissing on my car. Still, I’m sure the fans at home saw a great race on TV, which is what this is all about. Oh and of course, it was great because I won.

Well, it was an amazing race. From the outside it looked pretty controlled but I can tell that it was no picnic for you today?

Yeah, it was a tough race. I didn’t get away cleanly at the start and obviously as a team we’ll be looking into what happened there. That allowed my team-mate to get alongside me. It was close but I was able to hold him off and stayed in the lead.

Yeah, tough race. I didn’t get away cleanly. Obviously as a team we’ll be acceding to my demand to fire the guy who set the bite point. It allowed my team-mate to get alongside me.

It was close, close enough that I was forced to attempt to put him in the wall but you know, rubbin’ is racin’.

You were able to pull out a bit of a gap in the first stint but then your team-mate came back. How close was it?

It was fine. It’s true that I wasn’t totally comfortable on the prime across the weekend but I’ve always been pretty quick around this place no matter what, so I always felt like I had something in reserve.

Bloody close. I was screaming on the radio “but I’m the number one, I AM THE NUMBER ONE, make him go away”.

It took them at least two laps to look at my contract and the amount of money they’re paying to ask him to back off.

Your car looked good throughout. Was it a pleasure to drive today?

Absolutely, you know, my guys here have done a phenomenal job all weekend to give me the best car possible and I’d like to thank them for all their efforts. Of course we couldn’t do it without all the hard work that’s gone on back at the factory. The guys there have done an amazing job too. Our engine partners have been superb as well… and the tyres… fantastic.

Absolutely. My guys, you know the one with the haircut and that guy with the funny tattoo of a horse and a nun, did some… err, stuff this weekend that, you know, seemed alright. Yes, I tore all four corners off the car with that little shunt on Friday afternoon but after working through the night they managed to get me out in time for FP3. And the guys at the factory, incredible. I have no idea who they are or where the factory is but I’m sure they all love me for bringing a little sunshine into their humdrum little lives.

I’ll keep trying to do that in future. And, yeah, engines and tyres – they seemed to, you know, go round, so all good!

You’re now second in the championship standings and just eight points behind the leader. What next?

We’ve got to just keep pushing. We know our rivals won’t stand still and everyone will keep bringing updates to every race, so we need to make sure that we keep up the pace and get even better. I’ll be training hard for the next one and this win definitely shows that we are making progress.

A: The team has got to keep pushing. There has to be a constant stream of updates from the factory all aimed at….

Well, serving my title bid really. For my part I’ll turn up at the weekends and act like a spoiled child for 96 hours.

Seems like a fair trade.

And, finally, celebrations tonight?

Well, the next race is next week so maybe just a small celebration with the team and then it’s straight back to work for the next one

Yep, I’ll be celebrating with my underwear model girl­friend on my private jet raising a glass of Cristal to my hardworking guys and once again asking: ‘And your name is?’

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SPIELBERG STORIES

Believe it or not, there’s a Spielberg world outside Formula One. Whether it’s panning for gold, petting alpacas or hitting things with sticks, why not go off the beaten (race) track and explore the surrounding region?

2. The gold diggers of Pusterwald If you were a bit too enthusiastic with your bets on Daniel Ricciardo or Daniil Kvyat and are now short on cash, why not try your luck panning for gold at the Pusterwald theme park? It’s a popular site for day trips. After striking gold (or not), treat yourself to the best grilled trout in the region.

3. Petting alpacas If you need to calm down after an exciting (or should we say nerve-wracking?) racing weekend and are tired of hearing horror stories about blood-thirsty miners, regain your equilibrium by petting alpacas at the quaint Wieserhof, close to Rothenturm/ St Peter ob Judenburg.

4. Herbert, the pot-bellied pig The latest addition to the village of Rattenberg is Herbert, a pot-bellied pig, who was born six weeks ago. So he didn’t feel left out among all the cows, he currently lives in an igloo that was designed for calves. To keep him from being distressed by the F1

cars, he’ll be given headphones piping tunes by local folk singer Andreas Gabalier.

5. The cow stop-and-go This weekend, cows all over Aichfeld – yes, cows are definitely big news around here! – can be seen moving at a peculiar speed, as they storm the milking robots in a way that industry experts say is reminiscent of a Formula One pitstop. Our sources tell us that their increased speed is due to the engine noise (some of them are said to react particularly acutely to sounds emanating from Lewis Hamilton’s car).

6. Potscheckln If you are tired of merely watching others doing sports, get active and try one of the region’s ultimate sporting classics. All you need for ‘Potscheckln’ is a wooden stick with a pointed end that you throw with as much force as possible against the others’ sticks. Played by generations of Aichfelders, this game is also extremely well suited to people with anger management issues.

Illustration: Mandy Fischer

1. Heads will roll Oberzeiring is an old silver mine with a gruesome, blood-soaked history dating back 100s of years. People in the region tell tales of a band of miners who were so greedy that they went on a bloody rampage, cutting off people’s heads and using them to go bowling. But it seems this did not go unnoticed by a higher power because a deluge swamped the town and all the miners drowned in their mine. These days the mine is open to the public and has been turned into a healing cave for people suffering from asthma, which is much nicer. Oberzeiring was also the site of a gallows. Legend has it that one man was spared the scaffold when a phantom white knight appeared riding from Unterzeiring in the direction of Oberzeiring at the exact moment he was to be hanged. Unfortunately, judging by the amount of bodies that are still being dug up to this day around the site, the white knight seems to have been too busy to save many other souls from their fate, but you can still see the site of the gallows in Oberzeiring.

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CRAZY CUISINE

Spectator sports sure make people hungry – and thirsty.

If you feel like venturing outside the confines of the Spielberg circuit, make sure to give some of these local culinary highlights a try

3. A culinary journey through time In the heart of Styria, just 3km from the Gabler mountain pass that connects the Mur valley to Western Styria, the Stüblergut in Salla is home to a real hidden gem: the historical Rauchkuchl (‘smoking kitchen’) which dates back to 1300. Here, the food is prepared in the same way that is has been for 100s of years.

For the gourmands among you: the price is all-you-can-eat!

2. Dining Obelix-style If watching the race hasn’t make you feel manly enough, go for an Obelix-style dinner of wild boar at the village in Hohentauern. Built standing on piles to resemble an ancient Celtic village, it has a great tavern that serves Celtic beer and other local delicacies. If you don’t feel like wild boar, you can rent a fishing rod and try your luck in the nearby Weberteich pond (don’t worry about gutting and preparing the fish – the innkeeper will take care of that for you).

4. Let them eat cake! The Perschler restaurant in Rattenberg is famous in the region, particularly for its great service and excellent value for money.

Make sure you try one (or two or three) of their delicious cakes – locals say they are the best in the area.

5. Food with a view If your hunger for meat has still not been satisfied, make a trip to Thalberghof in Rachau to sample their delicious suckling pig, which is famous

throughout the entire region. And there’s the bonus that the farm commands a magnificent view of the entire Aichfeld.

6. The crazy castle The Burg Spielberg (‘Castle Spielberg’) is famous for two reasons: it does look like a castle and it’s the only club in the area that actually deserves the name. Referring to itself as the ‘Crazy Castle’ (for marketing purposes mostly), this place will give you a taste of the local partying culture – to make the most of your party night, have a few Castle Spritzers!

7. Bulltower & Acabullco An old water tower, the Skybar in Zeltweg, which opened its doors two years ago, boasts a modern interior, great cocktails and an even greater view. During reconstruction, parts of the old tower were removed and replaced with a stunning glass façade. As you sip your Acabullco or Bulltower – two of the Red Bull signature cocktails – take in the magnificent vista of the entire Aichfeld.

Illustration: Mandy Fischer

1. The best beer No matter whether your reason for going to the village pub Dorfschmied’n in Rattenberg is to celebrate your favourite driver’s victory or to drown your frustration at his defeat – a few beers (our sources tell us they are the best in the region!) will soon make you forget why you even cared. Instead, you will walk out of a bar that is known for bringing together generations of Rattenbergers having made at least 10 new local friends.

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BULL(F)ART

BODY ART

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We got our hands on the top secret sketchbook of the F1 stars’ tattoo artist to bring you a selection of designs that will really get under your skin

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сех стр Пилоты в тесь! й соединя vers of d Racing ri , unite! the world

KIMI RAIKKONE

Ice, ice, baby!

LEWIS HAMILTO N Scratch, pussyc

Illustrations: Vienna Electric Tattoo

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ever drive “I hope I n r!” for Jagua

PS: Get all seven tattooed on yourself, send us a picture and you’ll be in with a chance to win a VIP ticket to the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.

ANONYMOUS

Better a cheque red flag than skid m arks!

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THE RED BULLETIN 20 YEARS AGO

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OLD BULL

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BEST OF SUNDAY 2005 Remember 20 years ago? A pope (John Paul II) and a prince (Rainier III) died. The first YouTube clip was uploaded. The Airbus A380 took off for the first time. And The Red

Bulletin, the fastes­t magazine in the world, entered its first season

The Heidfeld years. Can it be true? Is it really two decades since we fell in love with Nick? Nick The MĂśnchengladbachman as we used to call him in headlines. We were delighted when he took his first pole at the European GP, but it remains his last.

Wide-angle close-ups. The best thing about making a magazine next to the paddock was that every pic was pure gold.

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OLD BULL

Near miss. Our astrologer Krystal Balls predicted Williams test driver Nico Rosberg would have his first GP win in 2006. She was six years too soon, but at least she saw his potential.

Jarno Trulli in 1995. One year before he became German F3 champ, nine years before his first F1 win and 24 years before he moved out of his parents’ house.

Old fashioned. Who was the oldest F1 winner in history? No, it wasn’t Nigel Mansell, it was Italian racer Luigi Fagioli, who was 53 years old when he won the French GP in 1951.

Little pilots. In 2023 Juan Pablo Montoya revealed that he was forced by his parents to start a racing career. We had been suspicious since 2005.

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B U L L’S E Y E

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IT’S MUSIC TO OUR EARS The sound of Austria has got the Bull’s Eye breaking out in song: ‘Trousers of leather on men dressed like pirates, headless mechanics and kicks in the privates, these are the tales from our favourite Ring.’

The Gold Standard. It’s true! There is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow and every rainbow ends at Bernie’s motorhome.

Too much Johnny Walker can make you ‘legless’ but in this case it seems to have made one McLaren mechanic headless as well.

As a rookie, Roberto realised that he’d have to get advice from Lewis on how to put a helmet on over enormous earrings.

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B U L L’S E Y E In fact, the German was so keen on this tactic that if he spotted a photographer too close to the track, he’d get out of his car…

Seb seemed like a really nic e guy but yet again he’d taken great delight in elbowing another annoying photograp her in the balls.

And do it all over again.

Photography: Lukas Gorys (7), Peter Nygaard (1), Markus Kucera (1)

Everybody has been wondering how Nico Hülkenberg coped with such a busy schedule in the run-up to Le Mans. Now we know – doppelganger!

Kai always works hard to come up with outlandish outfits for every race but here in Austria he was a bit disappointed when no one noticed the extraordinary lengths he’d gone to.

The world famous Ferrari table tennis doubles team got in some essential backhand practice while the car was out on track.

REBULL

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ART FUTURES Formula One is the pinnacle of motorsport technology, and like any pinnacle it should be too pointy and uncomfortable to sit on. So what will the apex predators be driving in the far-flung future?

HEADS-UP DISPLAY F1 is an information game and in the future helmets will beam data directly onto the retina. Invented by geniuses for enhanced performance; used by drivers for texting grid girls and playing Angry Birds.

FLYING RACE TRACK Fed up with expensive freight and boring circuits? Here’s the answer: the genuine flyaway race track – a moveable feast complete with enthusiastic holographic spectators.

Illustration: Martin Udovicic

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GHOST IN THE MACHINE The ghost car is popular in everything from GT5 to Mario Kart – so it’s a no-brainer to introduce it to F1.

Boring season dominated by one team? No problem.

Let’s see how you do against the class of 2004…

SLOT CAR RACE The most dangerous part of the car is the nut behind the wheel. So take him out, and control your state-of-the-art F1 car from the pit wall.

OVERWEIGHT DRIVERS Socially responsible F1 needs to better mimic real-world driving – so expect chassis built to accommodate the larger gentleman. (You know, like the MP4/10B.)

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THEN AND FOR EVER

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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE. Ha! Correct. There is none. It’s the same press conference and it’s been going for years: the faces change but the bafflement, indifference and sheer, unadulterated despair remain. Some struggle even to stay awake. But it’s OK because the team is working very hard, these are the best fans in the world and they’re feeling confident for the race. For sure!

Photography: Philipp Horak, Lukas Gorys

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