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2020 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 3 of 10[a] in the 2020 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Hungaroring
Layout of the Hungaroring
Race details[1]
Date 19 July 2020
Official name Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 306.630 km (190.531 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy
Attendance 0[b]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:13.447
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:16.627 on lap 70 (lap record)
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Red Bull Racing-Honda
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020) was a Formula One motor race held on 19 July 2020 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary.[1] The race was the 3rd round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship, the 36th running of the Hungarian Grand Prix and the 35th time the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950. Lewis Hamilton was the defending race winner and the eventual winner of this Grand Prix, with this victory being Hamilton’s second successive win of the 2020 season.

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and move to July

See also: 2020 Formula One World Championship § Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary

On the provisional 2020 calendar, published in 2019, the Hungarian Grand Prix was pencilled in for 2 August.[2] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FIA reshuffled the calendar. The Hungarian Grand Prix was moved to 19 July swapping places with the British Grand Prix.[3]

Prior to the race, concerns were raised regarding Hungary's strict coronavirus restrictions, which include the threat of fines and imprisonment for personnel who do not comply.[4] Further to this Scuderia Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto revealed he had spoken about the need to follow the FIA's own COVID-19 safety protocols to both of his drivers after both were found to have breached the rules on separate occasions during the first two race weekends in Austria with the threat of sporting sanctions (including being removed from the event entry list) by race stewards a possibility for further breaches. Binotto stated he expects the drivers to pay closer attention to these rules going forward.[5]

Championship standings before the race

After the second round, the Styrian Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas led the championship by 6 points from his teammate and defending champion Lewis Hamilton, with Lando Norris of McLaren a further 11 points behind in third place. In the Constructors' Championship, defending champions Mercedes led the championship with 80 points, McLaren was in second with 39 points, with Red Bull Racing in third with 27 points. Racing Point was 4th with 22 points, with Scuderia Ferrari in 5th with 19 points following a double retirement for the team at the Styrian Grand Prix.[6]

Entrants

Further information: 2020 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7] Robert Kubica took part in the first practice session for Alfa Romeo Racing in place of Kimi Räikkönen.[8]

Tyre choices

The Hungarian Grand Prix used the C2, C3 and C4 combination of tyres – the same compound selection as was used in the first two races of the season at the Red Bull Ring.[9]

Practice

The first practice session was topped by Lewis Hamilton and then Valtteri Bottas, both of Mercedes, followed by Sergio Pérez and then Lance Stroll, both of Racing Point.[10] Pierre Gasly was unable to set a lap time due to issues with his power unit.[11]

Second practice was run in the wet and ended with Sebastian Vettel fastest for Ferrari ahead of Bottas and McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr., in a session where only 13 drivers set a time.[12] The third practice session ended with Bottas fastest ahead of Hamilton and Pérez.[13]

Qualifying

The start of qualifying was marked by most of the cars immediately exiting the pit lane, as there was a chance of rain (as it happened, the rain was very light, and there was no need for non-slick tyres). Characteristically, the grip on the Hungaroring circuit increased dramatically over the session, especially in Q1. The five drivers knocked out in the session were Kevin Magnussen, Daniil Kvyat, Romain Grosjean, Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen - the latter two both driving for Alfa Romeo and achieving the worst qualifying results this season for the team by locking out the back row of the grid with Giovianzzi qualifying 19th and Raikkonen 20th and last. The former world champion Raikkonen was also knocked out in Q1 for the fourth consecutive race, the first time in his career this had happened. Conversely, both Williams drivers (George Russell and Nicholas Latifi) managed to make it out of Q1, the first time the team had achieved this since the 2018 Italian Grand Prix.

In Q2, the five drivers knocked out were Daniel Ricciardo, Russell, Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon and Latifi - for the latter, the highest grid placement at that time in his career. Albon, in his Red Bull Racing car, struggled with handling difficulties, and failed to reach Q3. Although Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri ran out of power near the end of the session, his time set earlier would be enough to reach Q3, where he would not complete a flying lap.

Lewis Hamilton took pole by over one-tenth of a second from his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, achieving the team's first front-row lockout of the season. Racing Point managed to lock out the second row of the grid for the first time since their debut at the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix; the team was delighted with third for Lance Stroll and fourth for Sergio Perez. Next came the two Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc, with the team's highest qualifying result of the season, and continuing Vettel's record of qualifying fifth or higher at the circuit every year since 2008. Like his teammate, Max Verstappen struggled in his Red Bull, and having been forecast prior to the race to be a possible contender for the win, only managed seventh, ahead of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr, both driving for McLaren with Gasly in tenth.[14][15]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:14.907 1:14.261 1:13.447 1
2 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:15.474 1:14.530 1:13.554 2
3 18 Canada Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:14.895 1:15.176 1:14.377 3
4 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:14.681 1:15.394 1:14.545 4
5 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:15.455 1:15.131 1:14.774 5
6 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.793 1:15.006 1:14.817 6
7 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:15.495 1:14.976 1:14.849 7
8 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1:15.444 1:15.085 1:14.966 8
9 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1:15.281 1:15.267 1:15.027 9
10 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 1:15.767 1:15.508 No time 10
11 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:15.848 1:15.661 N/A 11
12 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:15.585 1:15.698 N/A 12
13 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:15.722 1:15.715 N/A 13
14 31 France Esteban Ocon Renault 1:15.719 1:15.742 N/A 14
15 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:16.105 1:16.544 N/A 15
16 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:16.152 N/A N/A 16
17 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 1:16.204 N/A N/A 17
18 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:16.407 N/A N/A 18
19 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:16.506 N/A N/A 19
20 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:16.614 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:19.908
Source:[16]

Race

Pre-race

Verstappen crashed on the way to the grid, damaging his front wing and suspension. His car was repaired prior to the formation lap and he started from his original grid position.

During the formation lap, both Haas cars entered the pits and swapped from intermediate and wet tyres to slicks.

Post-race

Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean each received a ten-second penalty for a breach of rules regarding formation lap radio messages instructing the drivers to pit and change tires, which, in turn, contravened the rule that the driver "must drive the car alone and unaided". The penalty dropped Magnussen from ninth to tenth, and Grosjean from fifteenth to seventeenth.[17] Alexander Albon was also investigated by the stewards as it was believed that his team was illegally drying the track around his grid spot prior to the race, but was not punished as no evidence for the claims was found.[18] Renault protested the results of the Racing Point team over the legality of their car for the second successive race. The FIA investigation into this matter is ongoing.[19]

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 1:36:12.473 1 261
2 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 70 +8.702 7 18
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 70 +9.452 2 15
42 18 Canada Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 70 +57.579 3 12
5 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 70 +1:18.316 13 10
6 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 69 +1 lap 5 8
72 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 69 +1 lap 4 6
8 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Renault 69 +1 lap 11 4
9 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 69 +1 lap 9 2
10 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 69 +1 lap3 PL3 1
11 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 69 +1 lap 6
12 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri-Honda 69 +1 lap 17
13 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 69 +1 lap 8
14 31 France Esteban Ocon Renault 69 +1 lap 14
15 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 20
16 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 69 +1 lap4 PL4
17 99 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 69 +1 lap 19
18 63 United Kingdom George Russell Williams-Mercedes 69 +1 lap 12
19 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 65 +5 laps 15
Ret 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-Honda 15 Gearbox 10
Fastest lap: United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:16.627 (lap 70)
Source:[20]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.
  • ^2 – The classification of Lance Stroll and Sergio Pérez is provisional, subject to the outcome of any decision concerning a protest over their legality from Renault.[19]
  • ^3 – Kevin Magnussen originally qualified 16th, but his place on the grid was left vacant as he came into the pits during the formation lap. He originally finished 9th, but received a ten-second time penalty for breaching rules regarding radio communications on the formation lap.[17]
  • ^4 – Romain Grosjean originally qualified 18th, but his place on the grid was left vacant as he came into the pits during the formation lap. He originally finished 15th, but received a ten-second time penalty for breaching rules regarding radio communications on the formation lap.[17]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

  1. ^ The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw several Grands Prix cancelled or rescheduled. A revised calendar currently consists of ten races, but the sport's management announced that they expect the final calendar to have as many as eighteen.
  2. ^ The Grand Prix was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.

References

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  2. ^ "F1 Calendar 2020 - Enjoy a Record-breaking 22 Races in the 2020 Season". Formula1.com. 19 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ "F1 confirms first 8 races of revised 2020 calendar, starting with Austria double header". Formula1.com. 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ Noble, Jonathon (11 July 2020). "Prison threat for UK and non-EU F1 personnel that break strict Hungarian GP restrictions". Autosport. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  8. ^ Cooper, Adam (15 July 2020). "Robert Kubica gets second FP1 outing with Alfa Romeo at Hungarian Grand Prix". Autosport.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  9. ^ Cooper, Adam (11 June 2020). "Tyre compounds will switch for second F1 race of Silverstone double-header". Autosport.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  10. ^ Larkam, Lewis (17 July 2020). "Hamilton sets blistering pace in opening Hungarian GP F1 practice". Crash. Retrieved 17 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  12. ^ "FP2: Vettel heads Bottas in wet second Hungarian GP practice session". formula1.com. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.fp3-bottas-leads-hamilton-and-perez-as-verstappen-spins-in-final-practice.4eRTHeO9GkMMYh9vxRnOmc.html
  14. ^ "Hamilton takes pole in Hungary". formula1.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Hungarian GP Qualifying Report". formula1.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "Magnussen and Grosjean demoted one place each after post-race time penalties in Hungary". Formula1.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Red Bull escape penalty after accusation of artificially drying Albon's grid slot". Formula1.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  19. ^ a b https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/racing-point-renault-protest-hungary/4840477/?ic_source=home-page-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-1
  20. ^ "Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020 – Race Result". Formula1.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  21. ^ a b https://www.statsf1.com/en/2020/hongrie/championnat.aspx
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