2020 Tuscan Grand Prix facts for kids

Quick facts for kids 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	13 September 2020
Official name	Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.245 km (3.259 mi)
Distance	59 laps, 309.497 km (192.312 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	1,500
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:15.144
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:18.833 on lap 58 (lap record)
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda
Lap leaders

Sebastian Vettel (left) and Charles Leclerc (right) celebrated Ferrari's 1000th grand prix with special helmets, dark burgundy, and helmets.

The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 September 2020 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy. The race was the ninth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the first race of the season with spectators. As of 2023, this is the only Tuscan Grand Prix to be held and also the only race to be held at the Mugello circuit.

The race was won by Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team, with teammate Valtteri Bottas in second; Mercedes scored their third 1–2 finish of the season. Alexander Albon of Red Bull Racing-Honda scored his first podium in Formula One with a third-place finish, becoming the first Thai driver to do so. Albon also become the first Asian driver outside Japan to achieve a podium finish.

The race was the first since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to have two red flags. Due to the two stoppages, the race had three standing starts.

Background

The race was held as an event celebrating Ferrari's 1000th race in the Formula One World Championship and the safety car used a red livery, instead of its usual silver colour, to mark the occasion. The Mugello Circuit hosted a World Championship Formula One race for the first time. The Ferrari SF1000 sported a special livery: instead of the traditional rosso corsa, the car was painted dark burgundy. Both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc wore special racing overalls, and both had special helmet designs.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2020 championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the originally scheduled Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed, prompting the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to draft a new calendar. While the previous eight events were held behind closed doors, organizers announced that up to 2,880 spectators would be allowed for the Tuscan Grand Prix.

Entrants

Ten teams (each representing a different constructor) each entered two drivers. 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.

Tyres

Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the three hardest compounds available.

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:15.778	1:15.309	1:15.144	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.749	1:15.322	1:15.203	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:16.335	1:15.471	1:15.509	3
4	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:16.527	1:15.914	1:15.954	4
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:16.698	1:16.324	1:16.270	5
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1:16.596	1:16.489	1:16.311	7
7	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1:16.701	1:16.271	1:16.356	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:16.981	1:16.243	1:16.543	8
9	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1:16.993	1:16.522	1:17.870	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:16.825	1:16.297	No time	10
11	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:16.895	1:16.640	N/A	11
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:16.928	1:16.854	N/A	12
13	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari	1:17.059	1:16.854	N/A	13
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:17.072	1:16.858	N/A	14
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.069	1:17.254	N/A	15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	1:17.125	N/A	N/A	16
17	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari	1:17.220	N/A	N/A	17
18	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.232	N/A	N/A	18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.320	N/A	N/A	19
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.348	N/A	N/A	20
107% time: 1:21.051
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• – Sergio Pérez received a one-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kimi Räikkönen during the second practice session.
• – Daniil Kvyat and Kimi Räikkönen set identical times in Q2; Kvyat was classified ahead as he set his lap time before Räikkönen.

Race

The race was marked by several incidents. On the first lap at turn 2, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Kimi Räikkönen, and Romain Grosjean collided, resulting in Gasly and Verstappen retiring from the race and Räikkönen having to change his front wing. Verstappen's car was beached in the gravel trap. A separate incident at the same corner involved Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll, as Sainz spun round and damaged Sebastian Vettel's front wing. These incidents together brought out the safety car. On lap 6 the safety car pulled in, but an accordion effect led the midfield drivers to accelerate up to racing speed before the leaders did and were forced to brake, triggering a collision involving Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi, and Nicholas Latifi. Grosjean blamed the leader, Valtteri Bottas, for causing the accordion effect, and stated "this is the worst thing I've seen ever." All four drivers retired from the race and the red flag was brought out. During the red flag period, Esteban Ocon retired due to a brake failure; George Russell had earlier reported Ocon's brakes being on fire. The second red flag came on lap 45, after Stroll suffered a tyre failure at lap 43 turn 9, and went into the barrier. His Racing Point RP20 caught on fire, making it harder for the marshalls to clear the track.

Lewis Hamilton won the race, his 90th career win. Valtteri Bottas came in second and Alex Albon finished third; his first career podium. By finishing in ninth place, Kimi Räikkönen scored his first points of the season. A poor restart after the second red flag meant George Russell slipped from ninth to twelfth and last. He eventually finished eleventh leaving him out of the points. Twelve drivers were warned by the FIA for their part in the accident at the restart on lap 6. Writing for the BBC, former GP2 Series champion Jolyon Palmer praised the circuit, saying that it "defied all the [Hermann] Tilke design theories and yet provided a great spectacle in the traditional sense."

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	59	2:19:35.060	1	26
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	7	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 Racing-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
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	42	Accident	6
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	7	Brakes	10
Ret	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	6	Collision damage	19
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	5	Collision	20
Ret	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari	5	Collision	17
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	5	Collision	9
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	0	Collision	3
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	0	Collision	16
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:18.833 (lap 58)
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 190 2 Valtteri Bottas 135 3 Max Verstappen 110 1 4 Lando Norris 65 1 5 Alexander Albon 63 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 325 2 Red Bull Racing-Honda 173 3 McLaren-Renault 106 4 Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 92 5 Renault 83 Source:

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

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Gran Premio de la Toscana de 2020 para niños

• 2020 Mugello Formula 2 round
• 2020 Mugello Formula 3 round