The 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio Dell'Emilia Romagna) was the thirteenth race of the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 1 November 2020. It marked the first time Formula One returned to the circuit since the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix.
Valtteri Bottas took pole position during qualifying, which took place under a two-day weekend format, but during the race, Lewis Hamilton took the lead after staying out longer than his team-mate and pitting during the Virtual Safety Car period caused by Esteban Ocon retiring from a mechanical failure. Max Verstappen, who had been battling the Mercedeses suffered a puncture and retired, bringing out the safety car. Hamilton held to the lead after the restart and won the race, and with Bottas second, secured the 7th constructors' title for Mercedes. Ocon's team-mate Daniel Ricciardo completed the podium.
Background[]
The historic Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, inaugurated in 1953, first hosted an F1 race in 1980 as a replacement for Monza for the Italian Grand Prix. The circuit has since been featured on the calendar every season as the San Marino Grand Prix until 2006. The track's original layout had remained the same until 1994, when Ayrton Senna tragically died in that year's event, which also claimed the life of Roland Ratzenberger. The circuit has since been revised and modified, including chicanes added to the Tamburello and Villeneuve corners where the former and latter lost their lives at the respective sites.
Following the final San Marino Grand Prix in 2006, the track had undergone a major renovation in 2007. The track has since played host to several other events, including the Superbike World Championship, International GT Open, TCR International Series, 6 Hours of Imola and 12 Hours of Imola. The circuit was given a 1T grade by the FIA in 2008, allowing tests to be held on the site, before receiving a Grade 1 for F1 races to be held in August 2011. Talks for Imola to return to the Formula One calendar began in 2015, given that Monza would not continue running the Italian Grand Prix.
On July 24th, 2020, Imola was announced to be officially making its return to Formula One, named as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as part of the revised calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the announcement, owners of Imola had submitted a bid to replace the postponed (later canceled) Chinese Grand Prix in February, due to the development of the pandemic. The Emiligna-Romagna Grand Prix weekend however will see an extraordinary two-day weekend, with one free practice session and qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday.
Red Bull Racing junior member and Formula 2 Carlin driver Yuki Tsunoda is set to make his weekend debut in the free practice session of the event in AlphaTauri. Despite Honda having announced their withdrawal from F1 after 2021, Red Bull has insisted that the departure will not affect the Japanese driver's future within the programme.
Before the race weekend there were three drivers announced to have remained in their respective teams for 2021: Pierre Gasly, Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi. Gasly will be sporting a special helmet in tribute to Ayrton Senna.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Practice Results[]
The full practice results for the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix are outlined below:
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
|
1:15.839 | 6 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:16.671 | 16 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Ferrari
|
1:16.167 | 12 | |||||
| 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:17.779 | 20 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:16.684 | 17 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:16.550 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
1:15.633 | 4 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:16.109 | 11 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:15.688 | 5 | |||||
| 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:16.082 | 10 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:17.060 | 19 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:16.061 | 9 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
1:15.966 | 8 | |||||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Renault
|
1:15.945 | 7 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:15.023 | 2 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:14.726 | 1 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:16.560 | 14 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:16.780 | 18 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:15.218 | 3 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:16.564 | 15 | |||||
| Source: [2] | |||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1 | 1:14.221 | 1 | 1:14.585 | 1 | 1:13.609 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
2 | 1:14.229 | 2 | 1:14.643 | 2 | 1:13.706 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
3 | 1:15.034 | 6 | 1:14.974 | 3 | 1:14.176 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
5 | 1:15.183 | 3 | 1:14.681 | 4 | 1:14.502 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault
|
11 | 1:15.474 | 5 | 1:14.953 | 5 | 1:14.520 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
8 | 1:15.402 | 4 | 1:14.745 | 6 | 1:14.572 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
4 | 1:15.123 | 7 | 1:15.017 | 7 | 1:14.616 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
10 | 1:15.412 | 8 | 1:15.022 | 8 | 1:14.696 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
6 | 1:15.274 | 10 | 1:15.051 | 9 | 1:14.814 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
12 | 1:15.528 | 9 | 1:15.027 | 10 | 1:14.911 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 11 | Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
9 | 1:15.407 | 11 | 1:15.061 | 11 | ||||||
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Renault
|
7 | 1:15.352 | 12 | 1:15.201 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
14 | 1:15.760 | 13 | 1:15.323 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
13 | 1:15.571 | 14 | 1:15.385 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
15 | 1:15.822 | 15 | 1:15.494 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
16 | 1:15.918 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
17 | 1:15.939 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
18 | 1:15.953 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
19 | 1:15.987 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
20 | 1:16.208 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% Time: 1:20.286 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[3] | |||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
Grid[]
The starting grid of the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is as below:
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| 33. Bottas
|
2 | |
| ______________ | 44. Hamilton
| |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| 33. Verstappen
|
4 | |
| ______________ | 10. Gasly
| |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| 3. Ricciardo
|
6 | |
| ______________ | 23. Albon
| |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| 16. Leclerc
|
8 | |
| ______________ | 26. Kvyat
| |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| 4. Norris
|
10 | |
| ______________ | 55. Sainz
| |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| 11. Pérez
|
12 | |
| ______________ | 31. Ocon
| |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| 63. Russell
|
14 | |
| ______________ | 5. Vettel
| |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| 18. Stroll
|
16 | |
| ______________ | 8. Grosjean
| |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| 20. Magnussen
|
18 | |
| ______________ | 7. Räikkönen
| |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| 6. Latifi
|
20 | |
| ______________ | 99. Giovinazzi
|
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full results for the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
63 | 1:28:32.430 | 2 | 26FL |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
63 | + 5.783 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
Renault
|
63 | + 14.320 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
63 | + 15.141 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
63 | + 19.111 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
63 | + 19.652 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
63 | + 20.230 | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
63 | + 21.131 | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
63 | + 22.224 | 18 | 2 |
| 10 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
63 | + 26.398 | 20 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
63 | + 27.135 | 19 | |
| 12 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
63 | + 28.453 | 14 | |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
63 | + 29.163 | 15 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
63 | + 32.935* | 16 | |
| 15 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
63 | + 57.284 | 6 | |
| Ret | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
51 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
50 | Puncture/Spun off | 3 | |
| Ret | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
47 | Gearbox/Illness | 17 | |
| Ret | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Renault
|
27 | Gearbox | 12 | |
| Ret | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-Honda
|
8 | Coolant leak | 4 | |
| Source:[4] | |||||||
- * – Romain Grosjean finished 12th on the track, but received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
Milestones[]
- This will mark the second time in history that a country has hosted three championship Grands Prix in one season (USA-1982).
- The 100th time Italy has hosted an F1 championship race.
- Valtteri Bottas' 15th pole.
- Mercedes secured their 7th constructors' title.
- Lewis Hamilton's 72nd win in Mercedes, equaling Michael Schumacher's record for the most wins in a single team.
- Lewis Hamilton also surpasses 5000 laps in the lead.
Standings[]
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Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ "2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/races/1057/italy/practice-1.html.
- ↑ 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Qualifying, https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/races/1057/italy/qualifying.html, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2021. Retrieved on 11 Dec 2021)
- ↑ "Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020 – Race Result". 1 November 2020. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2020/races/1057/italy/race-result.html. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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