The Red Bull Ring, formerly the Österreichring and A1 Ring, brings back a lot of mixed emotions and is a place I’ve been going to for almost 40 years.
One of the lighter memories was coming out of a country restaurant to find a rival team manager’s rental car in an ‘elevated’ position on four stout beer hall tables!
In 1983, however, I was there with Eddie Jordan and a pair of F3 cars supporting the Austrian GP. Martin Brundle and Allen Berg qualified and finished first and second, beating local hero Gerhard Berger by a country mile.
Jackie Stewart was overheard on that occasion saying to Ken Tyrrell, ‘That Brundle
