2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

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2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
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Race details
Date13 September 2020
Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020
Location Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.245 km (3.259 miles)
Distance 59 laps, 309.497 km (192.312 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 1,500 [1]
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:15.144
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:18.833 on lap 58 (lap record)
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Mercedes
Third
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day.jpg
Charles Leclerc 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day.jpg
Sebastian Vettel (left) and Charles Leclerc (right) celebrated Ferrari's 1000th grand prix with special helmets, and a dark burgundy livery.

The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) was a one-off Formula One motor race held on 13 September 2020 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy. The race was the ninth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the first race of the season with spectators. As of 2023, this is the only Tuscan Grand Prix to be held and also the only Formula One race to be held at the Mugello circuit.

Contents

The race was won by Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team, with teammate Valtteri Bottas in second; Mercedes scored their third 1–2 finish of the season. Alexander Albon of Red Bull Racing-Honda scored his first podium in Formula One with a third-place finish, becoming the first Thai driver to do so. Albon also become the first Asian driver outside Japan to achieve a podium finish.

The race was the first since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to have two red flags. [2] Due to the two stoppages, the race had three standing starts.

Background

The race was held as an event celebrating Ferrari's 1000th race in the Formula One World Championship and the safety car used a red livery, instead of its usual silver colour, to mark the occasion. [3] The Mugello Circuit hosted a World Championship Formula One race for the first time. The Ferrari SF1000 sported a special livery: instead of the traditional rosso corsa, the car was painted dark burgundy. Both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc wore special racing overalls, and both had special helmet designs.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the originally scheduled Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed, prompting the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to draft a new calendar. While the previous eight events were held behind closed doors, organizers announced that up to 2,880 spectators would be allowed for the Tuscan Grand Prix. [4]

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. [5]

Tyres

Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the three hardest compounds available. [6]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.7781:15.3091:15.1441
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:15.7491:15.3221:15.2032
333 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:16.3351:15.4711:15.5093
423 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:16.5271:15.9141:15.9544
516 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:16.6981:16.3241:16.2705
611 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:16.5961:16.4891:16.3117 1
718 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:16.7011:16.2711:16.3566
83 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:16.9811:16.2431:16.5438
955 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1:16.9931:16.5221:17.8709
1031 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Renault 1:16.8251:16.297No time10
114 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1:16.8951:16.640N/A11
1226 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1:16.9281:16.854 2 N/A12
137 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:17.0591:16.854 2 N/A13
145 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:17.0721:16.858N/A14
158 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:17.0691:17.254N/A15
1610 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:17.125N/AN/A16
1799 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:17.220N/AN/A17
1863 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:17.232N/AN/A18
196 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:17.320N/AN/A19
2020 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:17.348N/AN/A20
107% time: 1:21.051
Source: [7] [8]

Race

The race was marked by several incidents. On the first lap at turn 2, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Kimi Räikkönen, and Romain Grosjean collided, resulting in Gasly and Verstappen retiring from the race and Räikkönen having to change his front wing. Verstappen's car was beached in the gravel trap. [10] A separate incident at the same corner involved Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll, as Sainz spun round and damaged Sebastian Vettel's front wing. These incidents together brought out the safety car. On lap 6 the safety car pulled in, but an accordion effect led the midfield drivers to accelerate up to racing speed before the leaders did and were forced to brake, [11] triggering a collision involving Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi, and Nicholas Latifi. Grosjean blamed the leader, Valtteri Bottas, for causing the accordion effect, and stated "this is the worst thing I've seen ever." All four drivers retired from the race and the red flag was brought out. During the red flag period, Esteban Ocon retired due to a brake failure; George Russell had earlier reported Ocon's brakes being on fire. The second red flag came on lap 45, [12] after Stroll suffered a tyre failure at lap 43 turn 9, and went into the barrier. [13] His Racing Point RP20 caught on fire, making it harder for the marshalls to clear the track.

Lewis Hamilton won the race, his 90th career win. Valtteri Bottas came in second and Alex Albon finished third; his first career podium. By finishing in ninth place, Kimi Räikkönen scored his first points of the season. A poor restart after the second red flag meant George Russell slipped from ninth to twelfth and last. He eventually finished eleventh leaving him out of the points. [14] Twelve drivers were warned by the FIA for their part in the accident at the restart on lap 6. [15] Writing for the BBC, former GP2 Series champion Jolyon Palmer praised the circuit, saying that it "defied all the [Hermann] Tilke design theories and yet provided a great spectacle in the traditional sense." [10]

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 592:19:35.060126 1
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 59+4.880218
323 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 59+8.064415
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 59+10.417812
511 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 59+15.650710
64 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 59+18.883118
726 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 59+21.756126
816 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 59+28.34554
97 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 59+29.770 2 132
105 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 59+29.983141
1163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 59+32.40418
128 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 59+42.03615
Ret18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 42Accident6
Ret31 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Renault 7Brakes10
Ret6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 6Collision damage19
Ret20 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 5Collision20
Ret99 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 5Collision17
Ret55 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 5Collision9
Ret33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 0Collision3
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 0Collision16
Fastest lap: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:18.833 (lap 58)
Source: [8] [16] [17]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw several Grands Prix cancelled or rescheduled. The revised calendar consisted of seventeen races.
  2. ↑ Racing Point was deducted 15 points after a protest from Renault was upheld regarding the legality of their car. [19]

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  6. ↑ "2020 Tuscan and Russian Grands Prix - Tyre compound choices". Pirelli. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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