What to watch this F1 Weekend (July 9th - July 15th)

• Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Practice 1. Friday @ 4:55am - 6:30am (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Practice 2. Friday @ 8:55am - 10:30am (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Practice 3. Friday @ 5:55am - 7am (ESPN2) live
• Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8:55am - 10:30am (ESPN) live
• IndyCar. Race #1 action from Road America. Saturday @ 5pm - 7:30pm (NBC) live
• Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix; from the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. Race. Sunday @ 9:05am - 11:30am (ESPN) live
• IndyCar. Race #2 action from Road America. Sunday @ 12pm - 3pm (NBC) live
• Bitchin Rides. Mon/Tues/Wed @ 5pm - 6pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Overhaulin. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend) replay
• Wheeler Dealers: Dream Cars. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (MotorTrend)

What a race weekend. From beginning to end it was full of unexpected surprises aside from Merc being the season front runner, again. From practice to the thrilling qualy (Bottas nipping Hams for pole by .0012 seconds before the 3-grid spot penalty on race day), to the solidarity between the drivers on race day for equality to the battle of attrition that was the race. DNF's all abound, from electric gremlins, to poorly attached wheels to gearbox issues to the curbs becoming a natural deterrent, to Albon's shattered dreams after tangling with Hams and Hams getting a time penalty again, to Vettel getting spun around, but fighting back to get points, to only 11 cars finishing the race. For Norris getting his first podium by taking fastest lap on the final lap and just making it inside Hamiltons time penalty window; for Leclerc making miracles happen despite Ferrari's lack of pace to Bottas starting off another season strong. I missed F1 and was happy it was back. We have a short week and the gang will be back in Austria for the next race. With the penalties assessed and checkered flag dropped the Driver's Championship standings are as follows: Bottas, Leclerc (-7), Norris (-9), Hamilton (-13), Sainz (-15) , Perez (-17). With all the covid testing performed last week everyone has stayed negative, so hopefully we'll have another clean, uninterrupted race weekend.

Enjoy your motorsport weekends.

Video courtesy of Formula1.