After Fabian Schiller, fresh talent of the ADAC Lower Rhine, took part in the 24h cycle race on the Nurburgring North Loop with his German Post Speed Academy’s colleagues last weekend, he is going to get in his Formula 3 racecar again this weekend and is going to fight for points and places on the Austrian Formula 1 racetrack in Spielberg.

The 4.326km long track, formerly known as the “Austria Ring”, was opened in 1969 for the first time and re-opened in 2014 after an 11-year-long break. It’s viewed as one of the fastest on this year’s racing calendar and is definitely a challenging track due to strong altitude differences in front of the spectacular alpine setting.

Fabian Schiller: “The Red Bull Ring is one of the tracks I already know from the Formula ADAC. I achieved my first pole position here in 2013, which is why I’m always happy to come back here. At first sight the layout seems pretty simple. The track demands a great deal of a driver though due to the fact that it’s so extremely varied. There are long straight passages, tough braking points, slow but also really fast bends – in the end you need a lot of trust in your vehicle to be able to drive really fast here.”

Race track Spielberg

• track length 4,326 km
• lap record F3 EM Antonio Giovinazzi 1.25,135 min (2014)
• pole Positions 2013
  – Esteban Ocon 1.24,856 min
  – Antonio Giovinazzi 1.24,748 min
  – Antonio Giovinazzi 1.24,773 min
• winners 2012 Marciello/Juncadella
  – 2013 Rosenqvist/Rosenqvist/Rosenqvist
  – 2014 Blomqvist/Fuoco/Giovinazzi

Race format & timetable

The Formula 3 follows its regular timetable in Spielberg as well and the weekend begins on Friday morning with two consecutive free trainings, each lasting 40 minutes. On Friday afternoon the two 20-minutes rounds of qualifying of the weekend are going to follow. The result of the first qualifying is going to set the starting positions for the first race while after the second qualifying, the fastest as well as second-fastest times of the drivers are going to be assessed in order to set the starting positions for the second and third races. On Saturday the first two of the three races are going to take place. There is going to be one race in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the meantime the drivers can attend team meetings with their engineers as well as media events and autograph sessions. The final race of the weekend is then going to take place on late Sunday morning. The racing distance of each race is about 100km and lasts a maximum of 35 minutes. Championship points are going to be administered the same way as in the Formula 1:
P1 = 25, P2 = 18, P3 = 15, P3 = 12, P4 = 10, P5 = 8, P6 = 6, P7 = 4, P8 = 2, P10 = 1.

– Friday July 31st 2015 free trainings 1&2 9:45am– 11:10am
– Friday July 31st 2015 Qualifying 1 2:20pm – 2:40pm
– Friday July 31st 2015 Qualifying 2 5:35pm – 5:55pm
– Saturday August 1st 2015 race 1 11:05am – 11:40am
– Saturday August 1st 2015 race 2 3:45pm – 4:20pm
– Sunday August 2nd 2015 race 3 11:45am – 12:20pm

*all times are local times

Follow Fabian Schiller

All current information about Fabian Schiller can be found at www.fabian-schiller.com.
Additionally, Fabian keeps his fans updated daily via his official facebook page Fabian Schiller Official.
All trainings and races can be followed via Livetiming on the official website of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship www.fiaf3europe.com. Additionally there is also a Livestream of all races available for free.

TV-times Germany:

– F3 livestream Saturday August 1st 2015 11:05am Race 1
– n-tv Saturday August 1st 2015 11:10am Race 1
– F3 livestream Saturday August 1st 2015 3:45pm Race 2
– F3 livestream Sunday August 2nd 2015 11:45am Race 3
– n-tv Sunday August 2nd 2015 12:10pm Race 3 (re-live)
– Eurosport Tuesday August 4th 2015 11:30pm FIA F3 EC Magazine (premiere)
– Eurosport 2 Wednesday August 5th 2015 10:00am FIA F3 EC Magazine (rerun)