2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

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2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Race details
Date1 November 2020
Official name Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020
Location Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.909 km (3.050 miles)
Distance 63 laps, 309.049 km (192.034 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy
Attendance 0 [lower-alpha 2]
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:13.609
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:15.484 on lap 63 (lap record)
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Mercedes
Third
 Renault
Lap leaders
  • 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

The 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020) was a Formula One motor race which took place on 1 November 2020 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the 28th Formula One race held at the Imola circuit, the first since 2006 and the first-ever running of a race there under the name of Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race was the 13th round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 63-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, with his teammate Valtteri Bottas taking second place, and Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo taking the final podium place. With their drivers finishing first and second in the race, Mercedes secured the World Constructors' Championship, breaking the record for the most consecutive World Constructors' Championships, with seven.

Background

This was the 28th running of a Formula One event at Imola, the first time since the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix. [1] Kimi Räikkönen was the only driver entered who had previously raced at the track in Formula One, having done so from the 2001 to the 2006 edition of the San Marino Grand Prix. [2] The race weekend was held over two days rather than the traditional three days, hosting only one practice session of 90 minutes on Saturday morning before qualifying. [3]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 Formula One World Championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the originally planned Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed, prompting the FIA to draft a new calendar. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was not originally featured on the 2020 schedule, but was added in July 2020 in order to maximise the number of races in the season. [4] Initially, 13,000 fans were expected to attend the race. [3] However, due to a surge of cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors. [5]

Entrants

Ten teams (each representing a different constructor) each entered two drivers. The drivers and teams were the same as those on the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for either the race or practice. [6]

Tyres

Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought their C2, C3 and C4 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the middle range of the five compounds available in terms of hardness. [7]

Practice

Lewis Hamilton finished the only practice session fastest ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and the other Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas. [8]

Qualifying

Valtteri Bottas took pole by 0.097s ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Pierre Gasly's 4th place was Scuderia AlphaTauri's best qualifying result as a constructor and the best qualifying result for the team since the 2008 Italian Grand Prix when they competed as Scuderia Toro Rosso. [9]

Qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
177 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:14.2211:14.5851:13.6091
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:14.2291:14.6431:13.7062
333 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:15.0341:14.9741:14.1763
410 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:15.1831:14.6811:14.5024
53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:15.4741:14.9531:14.5205
623 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:15.4021:14.7451:14.5726
716 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.1231:15.0171:14.6167
826 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1:15.4121:15.0221:14.6968
94 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1:15.2741:15.0511:14.8149
1055 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1:15.5281:15.0271:14.91110
1111 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:15.4071:15.061N/A11
1231 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Renault 1:15.3521:15.201N/A12
1363 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:15.7601:15.323N/A13
145 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:15.5711:15.385N/A14
1518 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:15.8221:15.494N/A15
168 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:15.918N/AN/A16
1720 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:15.939N/AN/A17
187 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:15.953N/AN/A18
196 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:15.987N/AN/A19
2099 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:16.208N/AN/A20
107% time: 1:19.416
Source: [10] [11]

Race

Valtteri Bottas initially led from pole while Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton to move up from 3rd into 2nd at the start. On the second lap Bottas hit some debris on the track which damaged his car, slowing his progress for the remainder of the race. Daniel Ricciardo overtook Pierre Gasly at the start to move up into fourth place, only for Gasly to retire from the race in the early stages with a coolant leak.

Bottas and Verstappen pitted for new tyres earlier in the race. Hamilton pitted during a virtual safety car meaning the pitstop cost him less time than his rivals, allowing him to lead the race after the first round of pitstops. Verstappen eventually passed Bottas, only for a tyre failure to cause his car to leave the track and get beached in the gravel trap at the Villeneuve chicane. This brought out a safety car and bunched up the field for the final few laps of the race.

During the safety car period George Russell, who had been running in 10th, spun and crashed his Williams car into a wall between Piratella and Aqua Minerale whilst trying to warm his tyres. After the safety car restart Daniil Kvyat moved up several positions into fourth place whilst Alex Albon spun from fifth and dropped to the back. Ricciardo inherited third place behind the two Mercedes drivers after Sergio Pérez pitted for new tyres behind the safety car. [12] [13] [14]

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 631:28:32.430226 1
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 63+5.783118
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 63+14.320515
426 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 63+15.141812
516 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 63+19.111710
611 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 63+19.652118
755 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 63+20.230106
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 63+21.13194
97 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 63+22.224182
1099 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 63+26.398201
116 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 63+27.13519
125 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 63+28.45314
1318 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 63+29.16315
148 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 63+32.935 2 16
1523 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 63+57.2846
Ret63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 51Accident13
Ret33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 50Puncture/Spun off3
Ret20 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 47Gearbox/Illness17
Ret31 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Renault 27Gearbox12
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 8Coolant leak4
Fastest lap: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:15.484 (lap 63)
Source: [11] [15] [16]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Notes

  1. ↑ The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw several Grands Prix cancelled or rescheduled. The revised calendar consisted of seventeen races.
  2. ↑ The Grand Prix was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  3. ↑ Racing Point was deducted 15 points after a protest from Renault was upheld regarding the legality of their car. [18]

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