2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	September 13, 2020
Race Number	1027
Official Name	Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020
Location	Mugello Circuit Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
Distance	59 laps, 309.455 km (192.286 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:15.144
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:18.833 on lap 58
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Valtteri Bottas
Third	Alexander Albon
Lap Leaders
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The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) is the 9th round of the 2020 Formula One season. It was held from September 11th to 13th.

Practice was dominated by Valtteri Bottas, who recorded the fastest time in all three sessions. Teammate Lewis Hamilton was never far away, but finished fourth, second and third in the three sessions, while focusing on finding the proper setup for the race. Q1 was also led by Bottas, ahead of Hamilton by 0.029 seconds, with Max Verstappen in third, 0.586 back. Monza winner Pierre Gasly came in 16th, and failed to advance. Q2 saw Hamilton record the fastest effort for the first time all weekend, leading Bottas by just 0.013 seconds. Verstappen was in third again, 0.162 behind. And in Q3, Hamilton clinched the pole by going 0.059 faster than Bottas, with Verstappen 0.363 back.

Bottas led away from Hamilton at the start, but it was dominated by a series of incidents, the first being a multi-car collision between Kimi Räikkönen, Romain Grosjean, Gasly and Verstappen, who reported a loss of power at the start (Raikkonen and Grosjean continued, but Gasly and Verstappen were left stranded in the gravel trap), and the second a huge accident at the Safety Car restart involving Antonio Giovinazzi, Carlos Sainz Jr., Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi on Lap 5, the latter incident causing a red flag. The race was restarted with Hamilton starting off better than Bottas, and the red flag was shown once again when Lance Stroll crashed heavily on Lap 43. Hamilton retained his lead from the restart and went on to win, with Bottas finishing second and Verstappen's teammate Alexander Albon third, taking his first career podium.

Background

The Mugello Circuit, previously used for testing was announced to be part of the revised race calendar for the 2020 Formula One Season on July 10, 2020, following a series of race cancellations that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks the first time the circuit has hosted a Formula One race.

As the race marks Ferrari's 1000th entry in F1, Ferrari revealed that they are racing a special one-off livery to commemorate the occasion. The Safety Car has subsequently been painted red as well.

Prior to the race of the Italian Grand Prix, it was announced that Renault will be renamed as the Alpine team for 2021.

Racing Point driver Sergio Pérez has announced on Thursday, September 10 that he will be leaving the team by the end of 2020, making way for Sebastian Vettel into the rebranded Aston Martin team for 2021.

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

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2020 Tuscan 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
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

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

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:19.140	10	1:18.039	5	1:18.142	17
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:18.981	8	1:18.698	14	1:18.826	19
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:19.267	13	1:18.498	12	1:18.186	18
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.034	20	1:18.983	18	1:18.062	16
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.219	11	1:18.335	9	1:17.843	14
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:19.224	12	1:19.257	20	1:17.635	10
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:18.676	5	1:18.244	8	1:17.226	5
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:19.840	19	1:18.198	7	1:17.341	6
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:18.186	3	1:18.400	10	1:17.488	7
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:19.836	18	1:18.462	11	1:17.112	4
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:19.551	17	1:19.113	19	1:18.039	15
23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:19.068	9	1:17.971	4	1:17.538	8
26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:18.839	7	1:18.736	15	1:17.627	9
31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:18.805	6	1:18.115	6	1:17.746	11
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:17.927	2	1:17.235	3	1:16.547	2
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:18.409	4	1:17.196	2	1:16.613	3
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1:19.457	15	1:18.651	13	1:17.768	12
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:19.478	16	1:18.843	16	No time	20
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:17.879	1	1:16.989	1	1:16.530	1
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.322	14	1:18.944	17	1:17.812	13
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		2	1:15.778		1	1:15.309		1	1:15.144	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		1	1:15.749		2	1:15.322		2	1:15.203	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda		3	1:16.335		3	1:15.471		3	1:15.509	3
4	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda		4	1:16.527		4	1:15.914		4	1:15.954	4
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		6	1:16.698		8	1:16.324		5	1:16.270	5
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes		5	1:16.596		9	1:16.489		6	1:16.311	7*
7	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes		7	1:16.701		6	1:16.271		7	1:16.356	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault		11	1:16.981		5	1:16.243		8	1:16.543	8
9	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault		12	1:16.993		10	1:16.522		9	1:17.870	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault		8	1:16.825		7	1:16.297		10	No time	10
11	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault		9	1:16.895		11	1:16.640				11
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda		10	1:16.928		12	1:16.854				12
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		13	1:17.059		13	1:16.854				13
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		15	1:17.072		14	1:16.858				14
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		14	1:17.069		15	1:17.254				15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda		16	1:17.125							16
17	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		17	1:17.220							17
18	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:17.232							18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		19	1:17.320							19
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		20	1:17.348							20
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Perez was given a one-place grid penalty for colliding with Raikkonen in FP2.

Grid

Show Grid

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

Race

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	59	2:19:35.060	1	26FL
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	59	+ 4.880	2	18
3	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	59	+ 8.064	4	15
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	59	+ 10.417	8	12
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	59	+ 15.650	6	10
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	59	+ 18.883	11	8
7	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	59	+ 21.756	12	6
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	59	+ 28.345	5	4
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	59	+ 29.770 *	13	2
10	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	59	+ 29.983	14	1
11	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	59	+ 32.404	18
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	59	+ 42.036	15
DNF	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	42	Accident	6
DNF	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	7	Brakes	10
DNF	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	6	Collision	19
DNF	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	5	Collision	20
DNF	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	5	Collision	20
DNF	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	5	Collision	9
DNF	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	0	Collision	3
DNF	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	0	Collision	16
Source:

• * Raikkonen was given a 5-second post-race time penalty for crossing the pit entry line upon entering the pit lane.

Milestones

• First race held on Mugello Circuit.
• First Tuscan Grand Prix held.
• 1,000th race entry for Ferrari.
• Lewis Hamilton's 95th career pole and 69th pole with Mercedes, 90th career win, 17th hat-trick and 222nd points finish.
• Maiden podium finish for Alexander Albon.
  • Albon becomes the first Thai driver to finish on the podium.
• 200th points finish for Sebastian Vettel.
• First F1 retirement for Nicholas Latifi.
• The first race since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to be red-flagged twice, the first since 2011 to have back-to-back red-flagged races and the third race to have three standing starts (the first since the 1990 Belgian Grand Prix).

Standings

World Championship for Drivers Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 190 — 2 Valtteri Bottas 135 — 3 Max Verstappen 110 — 4 Lando Norris 65 ▲1 5 Alex Albon 63 ▲1 6 Lance Stroll 57 ▼2 7 Daniel Ricciardo 53 ▲3 8 Charles Leclerc 49 ▼1 9 Sergio Pérez 44 ▲2 10 Pierre Gasly 43 ▼2 11 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 41 ▼2 12 Esteban Ocon 30 — 13 Sebastian Vettel 17 — 14 Daniil Kyvat 10 ▲1 15 Nico Hulkenberg 6 ▼1 16 Kimi Räikkönen 2 — 17 Antonio Giovinazzi 2 ▼1 18 Kevin Magnussen 1 ▼1

World Championship for Constructors Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Mercedes 325 — 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 173 — 3 McLaren-Renault 106 — 4 Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 92 — 5 Renault 83 — 6 Ferrari 66 — 7 AlphaTauri-Honda 53 — 8 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 4 — 9 Haas-Ferrari 1 —

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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