Formula 1 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix results

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2020-11-01
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Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton HAM
Valtteri Bottas BOT

The 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.
Despite being on pole position in Italy, Valtteri Bottas could not convert this into a win.

The race in Italy was round 13 of 17 of the 2020 season.

weather conditions

Weather conditions at 1 November 2020 12:10 GMT (raceday).

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64.81°F
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4.48 mph
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results

# driver constructor laps time points
1 63 1:28:32.430 26
2 63 +5.783 18
3 63 +14.320 15
4 63 +15.141 12
5 63 +19.111 10
6 63 +19.652 8
7 63 +20.230 6
8 63 +21.131 4
9 63 +22.224 2
10 63 +26.398 1
11 63 +27.135 0
12 63 +28.453 0
13 63 +29.163 0
14 63 +32.935 0
15 63 +57.284 0
51 Accident 0
50 Puncture 0
47 Illness 0
27 Gearbox 0
8 Water pressure 0

grid

# driver constructor time
1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:13.609
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.097
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.567
4 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +0.893
5 Daniel Ricciardo Renault +0.911
6 Alexander Albon Red Bull +0.963
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +1.007
8 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri +1.087
9 Lando Norris McLaren +1.205
10 Carlos Sainz McLaren +1.302
11 Sergio Pérez Racing Point +1.452
12 Esteban Ocon Renault +1.592
13 George Russell Williams +1.714
14 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +1.776
15 Lance Stroll Racing Point +1.885
16 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team +2.309
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team +2.330
18 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo +2.344
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams +2.378
20 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +2.599

2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

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 28th Formula One race held at the Imola circuit, the first since 2006 and the first-ever running of a race there under the name of Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race was the 13th 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, Mercedes secured the World Constructors' Championship, breaking the record for the most consecutive World Constructors' Championships, with seven.


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Bottas was leading at Imola on lap two when he collected a piece of Sebastian Vettel's endplate, which had broken off after the German collided with Kevin Magnussen at Tosa corner on lap one.
While Bottas had avoided the risk of a puncture by running over the debris straight on, the broken part struck the underside of his Mercedes before getting stuck.
Mercedes telemetry instantly signalled ...

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The Frenchman looked well set for a strong result from fourth on the grid, and he even edged alongside eventual winner Lewis Hamilton on the first lap before being forced to back off.
The AlphaTauri mechanics first spotted a water leak before the start, and they hoped they had been able to fix it after some urgent work on the grid.
Gasly got off the line well and had a look to the right of ...

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Having finished third in the Emilia Romanga GP, Ricciardo decided to undertake the Australian podium gesture of drinking the celebratory champagne from his boot.
Ricciardo was about to take a drink from his right boot when Hamilton volunteered to join in. 
The Australian duly removed his other boot, and having topped it up with champagne, offered it to the world champion.
Hamilton ...

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Lewis Hamilton may have warned on Saturday that Formula 1 faced a "boring" Emilia Romagna Grand Prix upon its return to Imola, but the end product offered plenty of storylines.
Overtaking was indeed tough on F1's first visit to Imola since 2006, yet a handful of incidents managed to spice things up and ultimately swing the race in Hamilton's favour.
A 93rd career win put Hamilton on the ...

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The late stop cost Perez a potential third place and left him rueing a ?painful? outcome that saw him eventually cross the line in sixth.
From 11th on the grid Perez had used good tyre management and a long opening stint on mediums to get up to fourth, before switching to the hard tyres for the run to the flag.
When Max Verstappen?s retirement triggered a late safety car, the team ...

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Williams driver Russell has sat 11th overall prior to a safety car called following a tyre failure for Max Verstappen, with the incident promoting Russell into 10th place.
But before the British driver could have any thoughts about scoring the first point of his F1 career, a mistake while running behind the safety car saw him spin into the wall approaching Acque Minerali and crash out of the ...

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Verstappen was comfortably running in second place before a blowout on his right-rear tyre at the Variante Villeneuve caused him to spin out of the race with 12 laps to go.
It marked a frustrating end of Verstappen?s race after the Dutchman had managed to pass Valtteri Bottas eight laps earlier following a close battle with the Mercedes driver.
Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner explained ...

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Wolff is weighing up a new role within the Mercedes F1 team as he ponders a long-term succession plan, while Hamilton said on Sunday night that there was no guarantee he would race on next year.
Speaking to journalists at Imola about the future of Wolff and what impact his departure would have on the team, Hamilton had said: ?I don't even know if I'm going to be here next year, so it's not ...

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Ricciardo was running in fifth behind the Mexican when Max Verstappen's tyre failure and spin triggered a safety car with 13 laps of the Imola race left to run.
The Racing Point team took the opportunity to pit Perez for new tyres, but Ricciardo stayed out, as did Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon immediately behind him.

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Hamilton scored his 72nd F1 victory for Mercedes in Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, helping the team to clinch its seventh constructors' championship in a row.
Hamilton looks set to clinch his own seventh title in Turkey later this month, enjoying an 85-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas in the drivers' standings.
But Hamilton has regularly said he is in no rush to sit down with ...

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With his current contract at Mercedes expiring at the end of the year, Wolff has been in talks with Daimler for some time about his future as he considers which role he may take up.
Wolff has previously acknowledged that overseeing Mercedes? domination of F1 and run to seven world titles has taken a toll on him, and that he was fearful of creating a talent bottleneck.
Wolff said earlier ...

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The Russian saved the day for the local outfit after his team mate Pierre Gasly retired with an early engine problem while running in fifth place.
Kvyat started from eighth on the grid and was in seventh place when the race resumed after a late safety car period.
Helped by his fresh tyres he jumped Sergio Perez, Alex Albon and Charles Leclerc to finish the first lap after the restart in ...

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Russell had been running on the fringes of the points when the safety car was dispatched after Max Verstappen spun out of second place when his Red Bull suffered a rear tyre failure.
Russell was the first car in the queue behind the safety car and was trying to warm his tyres when he lost control and slammed hard into the wall.
Before alighting from the car he apologised to the team, and ...

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Perez started 11th at Imola, but made a good start before managing to leapfrog six cars with a long first stint on mediums, putting him in fourth place after his pitstop.
The Racing Point driver sat eight seconds clear of Renault's Daniel Ricciardo when third-placed Max Verstappen suffered a tyre failure, forcing him to retire from the race.
Racing Point opted to pit Perez under the safety ...

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Hamilton led home Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for a one-two finish in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, putting the Briton on the brink of a seventh drivers? championship.
But the result was enough to comfortably wrap up the constructors? championship for Mercedes, which required one car finishing in the top four to create an unassailable lead over Red Bull heading into the final four ...

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The Finn had kept the lead from pole position at the start of the race at Imola and appeared comfortable out front early on.
However, on the second lap at the Tosa corner, he struck a broken endplate piece from Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari, which had come off when the German collided with Kevin Magnussen on the first lap.

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Hamilton easily survived a five-lap shootout to the finish following the Red Bull's dramatic spinning retirement, racing away from Bottas, who had led the early stages before losing ground due to floor damage as he ran ahead of Verstappen.
At the start, Bottas comfortably led away on the long run to the Tamburello chicane, but Hamilton, although he reacted well, lost ground to Verstappen as ...

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Mercedes sealed the 2020 constructors' championship with a 1-2 finish, despite a troubled race for poleman Valtteri Bottas.
Bottas led from the start, with Mercedes teammate Hamilton losing second to Max Verstappen's Red Bull on the charge to Turn 1.
Hamilton was unable to pass Verstappen, as Bottas pulled clear out front. Verstappen triggered the pitstop sequence, when he tried to undercut ...

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The run from the Imola grid to the first braking area is one of the longest of the season, but is made trickier by a track that curves to the left and is relatively narrow.
Both McLaren drivers made spectacular progress in the tricky conditions at the start of last weekend?s Portuguese GP, with both men gaining four places on the first lap. At Imola Norris starts from ninth, a place ahead of ...

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Russell has routinely impressed since making his F1 debut in 2019 with Williams, never losing a qualifying head-to-head against a teammate across 34 grands prix.
It has previously led to comparisons between Russell and how two-time F1 world champion Alonso performed during the early part of his career for the backmarker Minardi squad in 2001.
In an interview with Sky Sports ahead of his F1 ...

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F1 is introducing an all-new car concept from 2022, with the ground effect design aimed at allowing cars to follow each closer and hopefully boost overtaking chances.
While Binotto welcomes the new technical rules, he thinks F1?s bosses need to think about other aspects of the sport ? such as track designs ? as well.
?The 2022 technical regulations are very restrictive, and this ...

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The Imola circuit has a single DRS zone on the long run past the pits to the first braking area, but drivers believe it will be hard to follow, and the narrow nature of the track will make it difficult to set up a pass.
All agree that there are no other obvious overtaking opportunities elsewhere on the circuit, and with one stop expected to be the default strategy, there are fears that the ...

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The Frenchman, who is not being retained by Haas for next year, has previously been reluctant to switch to IndyCar because he was not too eager to race on ovals.
However, with the series only featuring four oval races next year ? the Indy 500, the Texas double-header and Gateway ? he says the make-up of the 2021 schedule is attractive to him.
?It is an option,? said Grosjean. ?And ...

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Red Bull is currently seeking a freeze on power unit development in F1 from 2022 so it can take over from current engine partner Honda upon the Japanese manufacturer's exit from the series at the end of next year.
Without putting an end to the development cycles and the high associated costs, Red Bull has ruled out taking on the IP and design of the Honda power units.
It would leave the team ...

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Valtteri Bottas will start the race from pole position, with Lewis Hamilton starting alongside in second in another Mercedes front row lockout.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was again the German manufacturer's closest rival in qualifying in third, ahead of former teammate Pierre Gasly, who won on F1's last visit to Italy in September.
When is the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna ...

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Following the re-introduction of national lockdowns in France and Germany earlier this week, the British government is set to shortly announce that a full lockdown will return next Thursday.
The previous lockdown in the UK began in March, with strict measures staying in place until July in a bid to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, resulting in a drop in both positive cases and ...

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In the only practice session at Imola on Saturday morning, 22 laptimes were deleted at Turn 9, and a further 38 at Turn 15.
After the session and before qualifying the matter was debated in an extra drivers' briefing.
Race director Michael Masi clarified where the limit was judged to be at the two corners, as well as adding Turn 13 to the mix.
Only eight laps were subsequently deleted in ...

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Prior to the  2020 season opener and before the Imola race was confirmed, Gasly and his teammate Daniil Kvyat shared 100kms of running between them with a filming day in the current car.
They also did some extra unrestricted mileage in a 2018 Toro Rosso.
Both men were near the top of the times from the start of the morning practice session on Saturday, and Gasly progressed strongly ...

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Following his collision with Lance Stroll during the second free practice session at the Portimao circuit, Verstappen took to the radio to express his displeasure at the incident.
On the radio to his engineer, Verstappen said "Is this fu***g guy blind? What the f**k is wrong with him? Jesus Christ. What a retard. I have damage. What a mongol. I swear."
Verstappen later conceded on Friday ...

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The world championship leader had led the way after the opening runs in Q3 but did not make as big a gain as Bottas on his final effort. He missed out on the top spot by just 0.097 seconds.
Reflecting on what happened, Hamilton said that he simply failed to hook up things on the final lap, as he praised the effort that Bottas made.
"Valtteri did a great job and it was a pretty piss poor lap ...

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Verstappen reported a loss of power on his Red Bull car during his first run on the medium tyres in Q2, forcing him to return to the pits for repairs.
Red Bull reported that it was a suspected spark plug failure that had caused the loss of power, but the mechanics were able to complete the repairs in time to get Verstappen back out before the end of the session.
Verstappen made it through to ...

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The Finn had been locked in a tight qualifying battle with Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in the final qualifying segment at Imola, having been second overall after their first runs in Q3.
But Bottas managed to find some extra pace on his final run to snatch the top spot by less than one tenth of a second and give him a track position advantage on a track that looks difficult to overtake ...

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For the first time since 2006, teams were unleashed around the classic Italian venue for a qualifying session.
In the top-10 shootout, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) set the bar at 1m13.781s, 0.031s quicker than Bottas, who lost time in the final sector. Hamilton then lowered his time to 1m13.706 on the second run, but Bottas snatched the top spot seconds later with 1m13.609s, which was 0.097s ...

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Both Mercedes drivers and Verstappen will start the race on the medium compound rubber, giving them an expected additional strategy advantage over the rest of the top 10 runners for Sunday's race.
Hamilton had the advantage after the opening runs in Q3 had been completed on the soft rubber, with his 1m13.781s putting him 0.031s clear of Bottas despite the world champion dipping his rear wheels ...

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Wolff admitted earlier this year that his time in helping Mercedes to a run of world championship success since 2014 has taken its toll on him, and he was pondering what he wanted to do in the future.
He is currently in negotiations with Mercedes owner Daimler about a new contract, and identifying what responsibilities he wants to have with the team from next year.
And while he will stay ...

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As part of the revised two-day race weekend format at Imola, drivers were handed a single 90-minute practice session on Saturday morning to dial their cars in ahead of qualifying later today.
In the first official on-track running for F1 at Imola since 2006, Hamilton was able to take top spot ahead of Verstappen and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas.
Verstappen set the initial pace in ...

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The Abu Dhabi test running was originally supposed to feature race drivers in mule cars sampling the new 18-inch tyres.
However after the technical regulation changes were postponed to 2022, the test was switched to a rookie format, and the 2020 sporting regulations adjusted to suit.
The rules clarify the format of the test thus: ?An optional one day test, for the sole purpose of providing ...

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Horner says it has been ?made clear? to the Frenchman why he wasn?t in contention for a seat, should Red Bull decide to replace Alex Albon.
Gasly was recently confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2021, having won the Italian GP and comfortably outperformed teammate Daniil Kvyat this season.
Until recently many observers thought that should Red Bull decide to drop Albon for 2021, Gasly had ...

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