2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 17[a] in the 2020 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 1 November 2020 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020 | ||||
Location |
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.909 km (3.050 miles) | ||||
Distance | 63 laps, 309.049 km (192.034 miles) | ||||
Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
Attendance | 0[b] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:13.609 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:15.484 on lap 63 (lap record) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Renault | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020) was a Formula One motor race which took place on 1 November 2020 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the first Formula One race held at the Imola circuit since 2006 and the first ever running of a race there under the name of Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race was the thirteenth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship.
The 63 lap race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, with his teammate Valtteri Bottas taking second place, and Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo taking the final podium place. With their drivers finishing first and second in the race respectively, Mercedes secured its seventh consecutive World Constructors' Championship, making them the only team to win the championship in the turbo-hybrid era.
Background
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The opening rounds of the 2020 Formula One World Championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Australia, prompting the FIA to draft a new calendar. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was not expected to feature on the 2020 calendar, but during the summer break, the FIA reworked the calendar in order to maximise the number of races in the season. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was therefore added to the 2020 calendar.[1] This was the first time since the 2006 San Marino Grand Prix that the track has hosted a Formula One Grand Prix.[2] As a result, Kimi Räikkönen is the only driver who competed who had previously raced at the track in Formula One, having done so from the 2001 to the 2006 edition of the San Marino Grand Prix.[3] The race weekend was scheduled to be held over two days rather than the traditional three days, hosting only one practice session of 90 minutes.[4] Initially, 13,000 fans were expected to attend the race.[4] However, due to a surge of cases attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, organisers announced that the Grand Prix would take place behind closed doors.[5]
Entrants
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.[6]
Tyres
Pirelli brought their C2, C3 and C4 compound tyres for teams to use in the race.[7]
Practice
Lewis Hamilton finished the only practice session fastest ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and the other Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.[8]
Qualifying
Valtteri Bottas took pole by 0.097s ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. Pierre Gasly's 4th place was Scuderia AlphaTauri's best qualifying result.[9]
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:14.221 | 1:14.585 | 1:13.609 | 1 |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.229 | 1:14.643 | 1:13.706 | 2 |
3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:15.034 | 1:14.974 | 1:14.176 | 3 |
4 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1:15.183 | 1:14.681 | 1:14.502 | 4 |
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:15.474 | 1:14.953 | 1:14.520 | 5 |
6 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:15.402 | 1:14.745 | 1:14.572 | 6 |
7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:15.123 | 1:15.017 | 1:14.616 | 7 |
8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1:15.412 | 1:15.022 | 1:14.696 | 8 |
9 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1:15.274 | 1:15.051 | 1:14.814 | 9 |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | McLaren-Renault | 1:15.528 | 1:15.027 | 1:14.911 | 10 |
11 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point-BWT Mercedes | 1:15.407 | 1:15.061 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:15.352 | 1:15.201 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 63 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1:15.760 | 1:15.323 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:15.571 | 1:15.385 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point-BWT Mercedes | 1:15.822 | 1:15.494 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:15.918 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:15.939 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:15.953 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:15.987 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:16.208 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
107% time: 1:19.416 | |||||||
Source:[10][11] |
Race
Race classification
- Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.
- ^2 – Romain Grosjean finished 12th on the track, but received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.[12]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw several Grands Prix cancelled or rescheduled. The revised calendar consisted of seventeen races.
- ^ The Grand Prix was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- ^ Racing Point was deducted 15 points after a protest from Renault was upheld regarding the legality of their car.[14]
References
- ^ Morlidge, Matt (25 August 2020). "Nurburgring, Portugal and Imola races added to F1 2020 calendar". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "What is the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix?". Autosport.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Raikkonen 'wondered what the others were doing' during mesmeric start in Portugal". Formula1.com. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ a b Benson, Andrew (1 October 2020). "Formula 1: Imola to allow more than 13,000 fans to attend each day". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rauli, Giacomo (28 October 2020). "F1: il GP dell'Emilia Romagna a Imola si svolgerà a porte chiuse". Motorsport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tyre compound choices and set allocations for last seven Grands Prix of 2020". Pirelli. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "FP1: Hamilton quickest as Verstappen splits the Mercedes in sole Imola practice session". Formula1.com. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bottas beats Hamilton to take pole at Imola as Verstappen survives Q2 scare to take 3rd". Formula1.com. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020 – Starting Grid". Formula1.com. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio dell'Emilia Romagna 2020 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Emilia-Romagna 2020 - Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Racing Point deducted 15 points and fined heavily as Renault protest into car legality upheld". formula1.com. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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