Austrian Grand Prix 2016: 5 Bold Predictions for Red Bull Ring Race

The ninth round of the 2016 Formula One season will take place at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, where Nico Rosberg will be hoping to extend his points advantage over Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. The German established a 43-point lead over the British driver after winning the opening four races of the campaign, but saw the gap quickly cut to nine following Hamilton's two successive victories in Monaco and Canada. Yet after a stabilising win in the European GP, where Hamilton could only recover to fifth after a crash in qualifying, Rosberg stretched his lead back to 24 and will have the opportunity to extend it further at a circuit where he won in comfortable fashion in 2014 and '15. With a look at a popu...

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