

2009 Formula 1 preview
Sir Jackie Stewart – who was spot-on with his predictions for 2008 – once again shares his thoughts on the season ahead with Motor Sport, and explains why he thinks…
AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
TWENTY CARS get under way at the start of the Austrian Grand Prix, led by Siffert’s Yardley-B R m P160. Not even a determined effort by Tyrrell drivers Stewart (11) and Cevert (12) could match the BRM’s 12-cylinder power and Regazzoni made a fruitless attempt to get past on the outside in his because the had not before the : themselves out behind
Ferrari (5). The start came as a surprise to many because the dummy grid had not stopped before the flag dropped : sorting themselves out behind are Fittipaldi (2), lckx (4), Hill (7), Schenken (8), Wisell (3), Hulme (9), Peterson (17) and Stommelen (24).