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The 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prémio De Portugal 2020) was the twelfth race of the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, Algarve, Portugal, on 25 October 2020. It was the first Portuguese Grand Prix to be held since 1996, and the 17th running of the event.

Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas, who had been the fastest in all three free practice sessions, and won the race despite losing the lead to both Bottas and the McLaren of Carlos Sainz, Jr. at the start, breaking Michael Schumacher's record for all-time number of wins for a driver, while Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen finished third.


Background[]

Formula One previously visited the Autódromo do Estoril as the venue for the Portuguese Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996. Following the delayed start to the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with a number of race cancellations from the original calendar, the Algarve Circuit at Portimao was announced on July 24 as part of the revised 2020 calendar, alongside Nürburgring and Imola.

On October 22nd, both Haas drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen are announced to be leaving the team at the end of the season.

Entry List[]

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

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo France Renault DP World F1 Team Renault R.S.20 Renault E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t P
4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren F1 Team McLaren MCL35 Renault E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t P
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF1000 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
6 Canada Nicholas Latifi United Kingdom Williams Racing Williams FW43 Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Switzerland Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Alfa Romeo C39 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
8 France Romain Grosjean United States Haas F1 Team Haas VF-20 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
10 France Pierre Gasly Italy Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda AlphaTauri AT01 Honda RA260H 1.6L V6t P
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom BWT Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point RP20 BWT Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF1000 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom BWT Racing Point F1 Team Racing Point RP20 BWT Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas F1 Team Haas VF-20 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
23 Thailand Alexander Albon Austria Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB16 Honda RA260H 1.6L V6t P
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda AlphaTauri AT01 Honda RA260H 1.6L V6t P
31 France Esteban Ocon France Renault DP World F1 Team Renault R.S.20 Renault E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t P
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB16 Honda RA260H 1.6L V6t P
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Mercedes W11 Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. United Kingdom McLaren F1 Team McLaren MCL35 Renault E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t P
63 United Kingdom George Russell United Kingdom Williams Racing Williams FW43 Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Germany Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Mercedes W11 Mercedes M11 1.6L V6t P
99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Switzerland Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Alfa Romeo C39 Ferrari 065 1.6L V6t P
Source:[1]

Practice Overview[]

Practice Results[]

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

No Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo France Renault 1:20.058 9 1:19.987 13 1:17.935 14
4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Renault 1:20.207 12 1:18.743 3 1:17.478 9
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari 1:20.200 11 1:19.175 6 1:17.685 11
6 Canada Nicholas Latifi United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:22.054 20 1:20.465 14 1:18.397 19
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:19.954 8 1:20.490 15 1:17.922 13
8 France Romain Grosjean United States Haas-Ferrari 1:21.169 17 1:20.867 18 1:18.454 20
10 France Pierre Gasly Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 1:20.124 10 1:19.178 7 1:16.930 4
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom Racing Point-Mercedes 1:19.907 7 1:19.901 12 1:17.297 8
16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 1:19.309 4 1:18.838 4 1:17.229 6
18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Racing Point-Mercedes 1:20.954 15 1:20.983 19 1:18.100 16
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 1:20.846 14 1:20.680 16 1:18.287 18
23 Thailand Alexander Albon Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:19.365 5 1:19.643 10 1:17.117 5
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 1:20.278 13 1:20.729 17 1:17.720 12
31 France Esteban Ocon France Renault 1:21.673 19 1:19.496 9 1:17.666 10
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:19.191 3 1:18.535 2 1:16.812 3
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1:18.749 2 1:19.308 8 1:16.680 2
55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. United Kingdom McLaren-Renault 1:19.441 6 1:19.113 5 1:17.238 7
63 United Kingdom George Russell United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:21.374 18 1:19.821 11 1:18.032 15
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Germany Mercedes 1:18.410 1 1:17.940 1 1:16.654 1
99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:21.009 16 1:21.396 20 1:18.201 17
Source:[2][3][4]

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos. Time
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1 1:16.828 2 1:16.824 1 1:16.652 1
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Germany Mercedes 3 1:16.945 1 1:16.466 2 1:16.754 2
3 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 2 1:16.879 3 1:17.038 3 1:16.904 3
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 6 1:17.421 7 1:17.367 4 1:17.090 4
5 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 5 1:17.370 4 1:17.129 5 1:17.223 5
6 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 7 1:17.435 9 1:17.411 6 1:17.437 6
7 55 Spain Carlos Sainz United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 11 1:17.627 5 1:17.183 7 1:17.520 7
8 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 9 1:17.547 6 1:17.321 8 1:17.525 8
9 10 France Pierre Gasly Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 4 1:17.209 8 1:17.367 9 1:17.803 9
10 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo France Renault 10 1:17.621 10 1:17.481 10 10
11 31 France Esteban Ocon France Renault 13 1:17.775 11 1:17.614 11
12 18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 12 1:17.667 12 1:17.626 12
13 26 Russian Automobile Federation Daniil Kvyat Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 14 1:17.841 13 1:17.728 13
14 63 United Kingdom George Russell United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 15 1:17.931 14 1:17.788 14
15 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari 8 1:17.446 15 1:17.919 15
16 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 16 1:18.201 16
17 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 17 1:18.323 17
18 8 France Romain Grosjean United States Haas-Ferrari 18 1:18.364 18
19 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 19 1:18.508 19
20 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 20 1:18.777 20
107% Time: 1:22.206
Source:[5]
  • Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid[]

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

Show Grid
Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 ______________ 1
2 United Kingdom 44. Hamilton
Finland 77. Bottas ______________
Row 2 ______________ 3
4 Netherlands 33. Verstappen
Monaco 16. Leclerc ______________
Row 3 ______________ 5
6 Mexico 11. Pérez
Thailand 23. Albon ______________
Row 4 ______________ 7
8 Spain 55. Sainz
United Kingdom 4. Norris ______________
Row 5 ______________ 9
10 France 10. Gasly
Australia 3. Ricciardo ______________
Row 6 ______________ 11
12 France 31. Ocon
Canada 18. Stroll ______________
Row 7 ______________ 13
14 Russian Automobile Federation 26. Kvyat
United Kingdom 63. Russell ______________
Row 8 ______________ 15
16 Germany 5. Vettel
Finland 7. Räikkönen ______________
Row 9 ______________ 17
18 Italy 99. Giovinazzi
France 8. Grosjean ______________
Row 10 ______________ 19
20 Denmark 20. Magnussen
Canada 6. Latifi ______________

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

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

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 66 1:29:56.828 1 26FL
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Germany Mercedes 66 + 25.592 2 18
3 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 66 + 34.508 3 15
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 66 + 1:05.302 4 12
5 10 France Pierre Gasly Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 65 + 1 lap 9 10
6 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. United Kingdom McLaren-Renault 65 + 1 lap 7 8
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez United Kingdom Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 65 + 1 lap 5 6
8 31 France Esteban Ocon France Renault 65 + 1 lap 11 4
9 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo France Renault 65 + 1 lap 10 2
10 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari 65 + 1 lap 15 1
11 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 65 + 1 lap 16
12 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 65 + 1 lap 6
13 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Renault 65 + 1 lap 8
14 63 United Kingdom George Russell United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 65 + 1 lap 14
15 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Switzerland Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 65 + 1 lap 17
16 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 65 + 1 lap 19
17 8 France Romain Grosjean United States Haas-Ferrari 65 + 1 lap* 18
18 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 64 + 2 laps 20
19 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 64 + 2 laps 13
Ret 18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 51 Collision damage 12
Source:[6]
  • * Grosjean finished 16th but was given a 5-second post-race time penalty for exceeding track limits.

Milestones[]

Standings[]

World Championship for Drivers
Pos. Driver Pts. +/-
1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 256
2 Finland Valtteri Bottas 179
3 Netherlands Max Verstappen 162
4 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 80
5 Monaco Charles Leclerc 75 ▲3
6 Mexico Sergio Pérez 74 ▼1
7 United Kingdom Lando Norris 65 ▼1
8 Thailand Alex Albon 64 ▼1
9 France Pierre Gasly 63 ▲1
10 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. 59 ▲1
11 Canada Lance Stroll 57 ▼2
12 France Esteban Ocon 40
13 Germany Sebastian Vettel 18
14 Russia Daniil Kyvat 14
15 Germany Nico Hulkenberg 10
16 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 3
17 France Romain Grosjean 2
18 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 2
19 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 1
World Championship for Constructors
Pos. Team Pts. +/-
1 Germany Mercedes 435
2 Austria Red Bull Racing-Honda 226
3 United Kingdom Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 126
4 United Kingdom McLaren-Renault 124
5 France Renault 120
6 Italy Ferrari 93
7 Italy AlphaTauri-Honda 77
8 Italy Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 5
9 United States Haas-Ferrari 3

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

References[]

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V T E 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship
Teams Alfa RomeoAlphaTauriFerrariHaasMcLarenMercedesRacing PointRed BullRenaultWilliams
Engines FerrariHondaMercedesRenault
Drivers alphabetically AlbonBottasGaslyGiovinazziGrosjeanHamiltonHülkenbergKvyatLatifiLeclercMagnussenNorrisOconPérezRäikkönenRicciardoRussellSainzStrollVerstappenVettel
Drivers by number 3 Ricciardo • 4 Norris • 5 Vettel • 6 Latifi • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 20 Magnussen • 23 Albon • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 51 P. Fittipaldi • 55 Sainz • 63 Russell • 77 Bottas • 89 Aitken • 99 Giovinazzi
Other Drivers BuemiCalderónCâmaraDeletrazIlottKubicaR. NissanyMick SchumacherShwartzmanSirotkinTsunodaVandoorneVipsZhou
Cars Alfa Romeo C39AlphaTauri AT01Ferrari SF1000Haas VF-20McLaren MCL35Mercedes W11Racing Point RP20Red Bull RB16Renault R.S.20Williams FW43
Tyres Pirelli
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Tests PirelliBarcelona 1Barcelona 2
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