Max Verstappen gained the first of his two wins in 2018 at Red Bull's home race in Austria last year Since the Austrian Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2014, Ferrari have not won any of the five races, with Mercedes taking four successive victories - 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Mercedes had a front-row lockout in 2018 but the race itself was a rare disaster for the Silver Arrows as Bottas had to retire on the 13th lap because of a hydraulics issue. The team then chose not to pit Hamilton during the resulting virtual safety car period, with chief strategist James Vowles apologising to the Briton over team radio as their chances of a win were severely hampered. But it all counted for nothing anyway as Hamilton's day ended on the 64th lap with a fuel pressure problem as for just the third time in eight years both Mercedes cars failed to finish a race. That left Red Bull's Verstappen to win at the Red Bull Ring, as he held off the then-Ferrari pairing of Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel, who finished second and third respectively. It proved to be one of the most popular wins of the season with a sea of orange-clad Dutch fans cheering on the Red Bull man in his team's home race. This year's race could well prove to be an emotional one as it will be the first race to be staged in Austria since the death last month of legendary Austrian driver Niki Lauda, the former three-time world champion.