2020 Italian Grand Prix

2020 Italian Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	September 6, 2020
Race Number	1026
Official Name	Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2020
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 307.029 km (190.779 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:18.887
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:22.746 on lap 34
Podium
First	Pierre Gasly
Second	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Third	Lance Stroll
Lap Leaders
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The 2020 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2020) was the 8th round of the 2020 Formula One season and the 90th Italian Grand Prix overall. It was held from September 4th to 6th.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his ninety-fourth pole position ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz, Jr..

In the race, Hamilton soared out in front, but Bottas made a poor start and fell down to sixth behind Sainz, Lando Norris, Sergio Pérez and Daniel Ricciardo. The safety car was deployed on lap 20 when Kevin Magnussen stopped his car close to the pit entry with a technical issue, which also resulted in the race stewards not allowing the other drivers to pit while the pit entry was closed. Hamilton, however, did not notice any indication about this and came into the pits at the end of the lap along with Antonio Giovinazzi, getting back into the lead when the pit entry was reopened on lap 22 and most of the other drivers pitted. The safety car came in at the end of the next lap, but was almost immediately deployed again following a crash from Charles Leclerc at the Curva Parabolica at the end of lap 24, although the race was then red-flagged the following lap. In the process, Hamilton and Giovinazzi were given ten-second stop/go penalties for entering the pits while the pit entry was closed. The race was restarted with a standing start on lap 28, with Hamilton staying in the lead, though he would come in at the end of the lap to take his stop/go penalty, rejoining in last place and having to fight his way through the field to seventh place while Pierre Gasly took the lead. Sainz slowly gained on Gasly in the closing stages, but the Frenchman held on to take his maiden victory ahead of the Spaniard, whilst Stroll also took his second podium with third place.

Background

On Thursday before the weekend, it was announced that the Williams family will be stepping down from their duties in the Williams team after the race weekend. Their decision came only weeks after the team had been sold to private investment firm Dorilton Capital.

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Sunny
Race	Sunny

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault DP World F1 Team	Renault	R.S.20	Renault	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35	Renault	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF1000	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43	Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C39	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-20	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT01	Honda	RA260H 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP20	BWT Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF1000	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP20	BWT Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-20	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
23	Alexander Albon	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16	Honda	RA260H 1.6L V6t	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri	AT01	Honda	RA260H 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Renault DP World F1 Team	Renault	R.S.20	Renault	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB16	Honda	RA260H 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W11	Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL35	Renault	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43	Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W11	Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C39	Ferrari	065 1.6L V6t	P
Test Driver for FP1 Only
40	Roy Nissany	Williams Racing	Williams	FW43	Mercedes	M11 1.6L V6t	P
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:21.789	9	1:22.080	15	1:20.419	4
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:21.747	8	1:21.089	3	1:20.412	3
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:22.988	19	1:21.733	12	1:21.263	15
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.120	20	1:22.825	19	1:21.764	19
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.619	17	1:22.147	17	1:21.459	17
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.409	14	1:22.254	18	1:21.205	14
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:21.667	6	1:21.121	4	1:20.936	12
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:21.747	7	1:21.594	10	1:20.897	10
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.904	11	1:21.503	9	1:20.917	11
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:22.131	13	1:21.389	8	1:20.804	9
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:22.422	15	1:22.088	16	1:21.436	16
23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:21.500	3	1:21.883	14	1:20.563	7
26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:21.555	4	1:21.376	7	1:20.953	13
31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:21.984	12	1:21.697	11	1:20.693	8
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:21.641	5	1:21.228	5	1:20.456	6
40	Roy Nissany	Williams Racing	1:22.826	18	DNP		DNP
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.948	2	1:20.192	1	1:20.439	5
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1:21.821	10	1:21.313	6	1:20.318	2
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	DNP		1:22.927	20	1:21.677	18
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:20.703	1	1:20.454	2	1:20.089	1
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:22.552	16	1:21.786	13	1:22.090	20
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:19.514		2	1:19.092		1	1:18.887	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		2	1:19.786		1	1:18.952		2	1:18.956	2
3	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault		4	1:20.099		3	1:19.705		3	1:19.695	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes		3	1:20.048		4	1:19.718		4	1:19.720	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		6	1:20.193		5	1:19.780		5	1:19.795	5
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault		8	1:20.344		8	1:19.962		6	1:19.820	6
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault		11	1:20.548		9	1:20.031		7	1:19.864	7
8	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes		9	1:20.400		7	1:19.924		8	1:20.049	8
9	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda		15	1:21.104		10	1:20.064		9	1:20.090	9
10	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		5	1:20.145		6	1:19.909		10	1:20.177	10
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda		7	1:20.307		11	1:20.169				11
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault		12	1:20.747		12	1:20.234				12
13	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		10	1:20.443		13	1:20.273				13
14	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		14	1:21.010		14	1:20.926				14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		13	1:20.869		15	1:21.573				15
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		16	1:21.139							16
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		17	1:21.151							17
18	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		18	1:21.206							18
19	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		19	1:21.587							19
20	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		20	1:21.717							20
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• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid

The starting grid of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix is as below:

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	44. Hamilton
	77. Bottas	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	55. Sainz
	11. Pérez	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	33. Verstappen
	4. Norris	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	3. Ricciardo
	18. Stroll	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	23. Albon
	10. Gasly	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	26. Kvyat
	31. Ocon	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	16. Leclerc
	7. Räikkönen	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	20. Magnussen
	8. Grosjean	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	5. Vettel
	99. Giovinazzi	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	63. Russell
	6. Latifi	______________

Race

Results

The full results for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	53	1:47:06.056	10	25
2	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	53	+ 0.415	3	18
3	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	53	+ 3.358	8	15
4	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	53	+ 6.000	6	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+ 7.108	2	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	53	+ 8.391	7	8
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	+ 17.245	1	7FL
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	53	+ 18.691	12	4
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	53	+ 22.208	11	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes	53	+ 23.224	4	1
11	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	53	+ 32.876	20
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	+ 35.164	16
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	53	+ 36.312	14
14	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	53	+ 36.593	19
15	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	53	+ 37.533	9
16	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	53	+ 55.199	18
DNF	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	30	Power unit	5
DNF	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23	Accident	13
DNF	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	17	Power unit	15
DNF	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	Brakes	17
Source:

Milestones

• 90th Italian Grand Prix held.
• Last race weekend for Frank and Claire Williams.
• First time since the 1984 Italian Grand Prix that neither Ferrari started in the top ten in Monza.
• First race since the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix to feature two standing starts.
• First race to be red-flagged since the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
• First race not won by Mercedes, Red Bull or Ferrari since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.
  • Also the first race without any of those teams on the podium since the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix.
• First win for Scuderia AlphaTauri since the 2008 Italian Grand Prix (and second overall).
• Maiden race victory for Pierre Gasly.
  • Gasly becomes the first Frenchman to win a race since Olivier Panis in the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix.
• Second podiums for all of the podium finishers - Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and Lance Stroll.

Standings

World Championship for Drivers Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 164 — 2 Valtteri Bottas 117 ▲1 3 Max Verstappen 110 ▼1 4 Lance Stroll 57 ▲3 5 Lando Norris 57 — 6 Alex Albon 48 ▼2 7 Charles Leclerc 45 ▼1 8 Pierre Gasly 43 ▲4 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 41 ▲2 10 Daniel Ricciardo 41 ▼2 11 Sergio Pérez 34 ▼2 12 Esteban Ocon 30 ▼2 13 Sebastian Vettel 16 — 14 Nico Hulkenberg 6 — 15 Daniil Kyvat 4 — 16 Antonio Giovinazzi 2 — 17 Kevin Magnussen 1 —

World Championship for Constructors Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Mercedes 281 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 158 — 3 McLaren-Renault 98 — 4 Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 82 — 5 Renault 71 ▲1 6 Ferrari 61 ▼1 7 AlphaTauri-Honda 47 — 8 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 2 — 9 Haas-Ferrari 1 —

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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