Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull drives during the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 8 in Montreal ECCO Illinois Wing Tip Tie Black UK , Canada. Photo: AFP Formula One racing will get an extra whiff of excitement and novelty this weekend when it returns to Austria after--- a decade-long absence.
Home to champions like Niki Lauda- and Jochen Rindt, as well as the dominant--- team in recent seasons, Red Bull, Austria will once again welcome the cream of F1 drivers at Spielberg on Sunday, on a circuit steeped in history but unfamiliar to many.
The last time the small alpine -country hosted a Grand Prix was in 2003, when Ferrari's Michael Schumacher-- grabbed his second consecutive win there, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello.
Raikkonen will be one of just four drivers with race day experience on this track Sunday - alongside -Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and Jenson -Button ECCO Men's Holton Plain Toe Tie Black UK , who finished fourth in 2003.
For all others, the 4.3-kilometer Red Bull Ring circuit, nestled among
green hills in southern Austria, will be a test.
"Although I've driven the circuit -before-, that was more than 10 years ago in F3 ... So it's basically like -starting from scratch for everyone on the grid," current leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes--- said last week.
"Personally, I love that kind of challenge."--
Teammate Lewis Hamilton, who has been preparing in the simulator ECCO Mens Yucatan Sandals Bison Black UK , was similarly eager to try a new track, "It's always exciting to go to a new -venue--, so it should be an interesting weekend."
Spielberg hosted its first Grand Prix in 1964 on a bumpy course, but it would be years before the event -returned in 1970, this time on a purpose---built track, the Oesterreichring (Austria Ring).
1984 saw the venue's sole home win so far, when Austrian Lauda- finished first, despite gearbox problems ECCO Mens Yucatan Sandals Tarmac UK , on his way to nabbing his third and last championship title.
Dropped from the F1 circuit in 1987, Spielberg made yet another comeback in 1997 for seven editions.
These included the infamous 2002 Grand Prix, when Ferrari ordered leader Barrichello to let his teammate Schumacher take the victory, helping him to the season title.
Keen to get a Grand Prix again, Red Bull took over the track in 2004 and redeveloped it, also promising to inject money into the region.
The result is "a short track, with only a few turns, but it's very challenging ECCO Mens Yucatan Sandals Tarmac Black UK ," said the team's four-time champion -Sebastian Vettel.
"There are also a lot of elevation changes, which makes it interesting and fun. The fans will have a great time."
Rival teams, however, will have to race in the shadow of the Austrian -energy drinks company: The stands are in the team's colors and the track loops around a massive steel bull sculpture.
(Agencies)
PARIS, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Vincenzo Nibali of Italy won the Tour de France on Sunday, becoming the first Italian in 16 years to win the race.
Jean-Christophe Peraud was second with fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot third.
German sprinter Marcel Kittel won the final stage on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
Nibali, 29, who called himself "a flag-bearer of anti-doping" during the race ECCO Irving Fisherman Sandals Black UK , finished in a bunch behind Kittel.
The pre-race favorties the 2013 champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador both crashed out with injuries in the Tour.
Nibali won four stages of the Tour. The Italian wore the yellow jersey for all but two stages since Stage 1.
Like all the other Italian regions, also Veneto has a unique food and wine tradition, which helps making this land appreciated by tourists and visitors from all over the world.
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The offer of the regional gastronomic products is very rich, and depending on the zone that you visit, there are different dishes and products to taste. Veneto, indeed, has a varied territory, with plains, mountains and sea shores, and throughout history it has been crossroad and land of confluence of many peoples and cultures Ecco Boots UK Sale , which have left their mark in the region also as far as food is concerned. Thus Veneto’s gastronomic tradition can tell us a lot about the history and the peculiarities of this region, and when you visit this land you really must taste its dishes and wine. As far as the influences of other peoples are concerned, we can notice, for example, that many dishes, especially in the province of Venice, are characterized by many spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves Ecco Sandals UK Sale , a peculiarity that is not to be found in all the other Italian regional cuisines. And if you visit Veneto you cannot but notice that the cuisine of the coastal areas, which is characterized by fish dishes, is very different from the cuisine of the mountain areas, where you can find many meat dishes and cheeses (asiago and montasio are probably the most famous ones), while in the plains you might taste pigmeat and sheepmeat dishes, as well as many vegetables, like the Treviso red radicchio and the white asparagus of Bassano del Grappa, two of the many Veneto products that are famous also outside the region.