Grand Prix of Styria 2020

 Grand Prix of Styria 2020

Racing data
2nd of 17 races of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Styria 2020
Date:	July 12, 2020
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	307.02 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 19.273 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault
Time:	1: 05.619 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda

The Grand Prix of Styria 2020 (officially: Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Styria 2020 ) took place on July 12th at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the second race of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Austrian Grand Prix , Valtteri Bottas led the drivers' standings by seven points over Charles Leclerc and nine points over Lando Norris . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with eleven points ahead of McLaren and with 18 points ahead of Ferrari .

As part of the Grand Prix of Styria, a second race was held on a track for the first time in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship within one season. A week earlier, the Austrian Grand Prix took place on the same racetrack.

At the Styrian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C2 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C3 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C4 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available. For logistical reasons, all drivers received the same number of sets of tires in the respective degrees of hardness; it was not possible to place different orders. Each driver thus had eight sets of the soft , three sets of the medium and two sets of the hard mix.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Styrian Grand Prix took place under strict safety and hygiene rules. No spectators were allowed, and every person who was in the paddock had to be tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus at least every five days .

Since the Grand Prix of Styria was held for the first time, no former winner entered this Grand Prix. Max Verstappen , Bottas (twice each) and Lewis Hamilton (once) have won the Austrian Grand Prix in the past , which was also held at the Red Bull Ring.

Race stewards were Gerd Ennser (DEU), Felix Holter (DEU), Walter Jobst (AUT) and Emanuele Pirro (ITA).

free training

In the first free practice, Sergio Pérez set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 04.867 minutes, ahead of Verstappen and Bottas.

In the second free practice session, Verstappen set the fastest time in 1: 03.660 minutes ahead of Bottas and Pérez. The training was interrupted for around ten minutes after an accident by Daniel Ricciardo .

The third free practice session was canceled due to heavy rain.

Qualifying

After the track had largely dried out before qualifying, it started raining heavier again a few minutes before the scheduled start. The start of qualifying was therefore postponed by 45 minutes.

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Training was stopped a few seconds before the end after Antonio Giovinazzi parked his vehicle on the side of the track after an accident. Hamilton was fastest. Grosjean did not complete a timed lap due to a problem with the cooling of his energy storage and did not qualify for the race. Besides him, the Alfa Romeo drivers, Nicholas Latifi and Sergio Pérez were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, everyone else had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. Since the qualifying was held in the rain, this obligation was not applicable. Hamilton was again fastest. Kevin Magnussen , Daniil Kwjat , Lance Stroll , George Russell and Leclerc were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton set the best time with a lap time of 1: 19.273 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr. It was the 89th pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Norris was moved back three starting positions for disregarding yellow flags in free practice. Leclerc was also moved three places back because he had hindered Kwjat. Grosjean had to start from the pit lane after his team broke the parc fermé conditions in order to repair his car after qualifying.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Bottas and Verstappen. It was the 85th victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship. The remaining points were placed by Alexander Albon , Norris, Pérez, Stroll, Ricciardo, Sainz and Kwjat. As Sainz set the fastest race lap and finished the race in the top ten, he received an additional point.

Bottas remained in the lead in the drivers' championship, Hamilton was now second ahead of Norris. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes extended its lead over McLaren, with Red Bull Racing now taking third place .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance	Mercedes-AMG F1 M11 EQ Performance	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF1000	Ferrari 065	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB16	Honda RA620H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL35	Renault E-Tech 20	P
	04th	Lando Norris
Renault DP World F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS20	Renault E-Tech 20	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri AT01	Honda RA620H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
BWT Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP20	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C39	Ferrari 065	P
	88	Robert Kubica
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-20	Ferrari 065	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW43	Mercedes-AMG F1 M11 EQ Performance	P
	06th	Nicholas Latifi
	40	Jack Aitken

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Alfa Romeo Racing with the start number 88 was used in the first free practice for Kubica. Giovinazzi then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend with its starting number 99.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the starting number 40 was used in the first free practice for Aitken. Russell then took over the vehicle with his number 63 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 18.188	1: 17.825	1: 19.273	01
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 18.297	1: 17.938	1: 20.489	02
03	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 18.590	1: 18.836	1: 20.671	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 18.791	1: 18.657	1: 20.701	04th
05	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1: 19.687	1: 18.764	1: 20.922	05
06th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 18.504	1: 18.448	1: 20.925	09
07th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 20.882	1: 19.014	1: 21.011	06th
08th	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 20.192	1: 18.744	1: 21.028	07th
09	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 19.662	1: 19.229	1: 21.192	08th
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 20.243	1: 19.545	1: 21.651	10
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 20.871	1: 19.628	-	14th
12	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 20.382	1: 19.636	-	11
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 19.697	1: 19.645	-	12
14th	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 19.824	1: 19.717	-	13
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 21,140	1: 20.211	-	15th
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 21.372	-	-	16
17th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 21.607	-	-	17th
18th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1: 21.759	-	-	18th
19th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 21.831	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 23.661 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 18.188 min)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	no time	-	-	box

Remarks:

1. ↑ Norris was moved back three starting positions for ignoring yellow flags.
2. ↑ Leclerc was moved three places back because he had obstructed Kwjat in qualifying.
3. ↑ Giovinazzi was moved ten starting positions down due to a premature gearbox change.
4. ↑ Grosjean had to start from the pit lane because of violations of the parc fermé conditions .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1	1: 22: 50.683	01	1: 06.719 (68.)
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1	+ 13.719	04th	1: 07,534 (62nd)
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	2	+ 33.698	02	1: 06.145 (70th)
04th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	1	+ 44,400	06th	1: 07.299 (67.)
05	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	71	1	+1: 01.470	09	1: 07.193 (66.)
06th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	71	1	+1: 02.387	17th	1: 07,188 (68.)
07th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	71	1	+1: 02.453	12	1: 07.833 (65th)
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	71	1	+1: 02.591	08th	1: 07.832 (65th)
09	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	03	1: 05.619 (68.)
10	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 08.378 (60th)
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 08.382 (57.)
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 08.009 (69th)
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	box	1: 08.047 (69th)
14th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 08,512 (54th)
15th	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	70	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 07.827 (69th)
16	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	1	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 08.601 (36th)
17th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	69	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 08.806 (68.)
-	Esteban Ocon	Renault	25th	0	DNF	05	1: 09.321 (22.)
-	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	04th	1	DNF	14th	1: 35.379 ( 03rd)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	01	0	DNF	10	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 43 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 37 03  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 26th 04th  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 18th 05  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 16 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 15th 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 13 08th  Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing Honda 12 09  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 6th 10  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 6th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Esteban Ocon Renault 4th 11  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 4th 13  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 14th  Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri Honda 1 15th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 16  Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 0 17th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 0 18th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 0 19th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 80 2  McLaren-Renault 39 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 27 4th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 22nd 5  Ferrari 19th

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 8th 07th  AlphaTauri Honda 7th 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 09  Williams-Mercedes 0 10  Haas-Ferrari 0

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Styria 2020  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Spielberg 2020: Best time in training for Perez and Racing Point. Motorsport-Total.com, July 10, 2020, accessed July 10, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Norman Fischer: F1 Spielberg 2020: Verstappen in front, Vettel only in 16th place. Motorsport-Total.com, July 10, 2020, accessed on July 10, 2020 . 
3. ^ Final Styrian GP practice canceled due to rain. Motorsport.com, July 11, 2020, accessed July 11, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Stefan Ehlen: Haas with rule violation: Why Grosjean is not disqualified. Motorsport-Total.com, July 12, 2020, accessed July 12, 2020 . 
5. ^ Stefan Ehlen: Ferrari bankruptcy exacerbated: Leclerc with starting place penalty. Motorsport-Total.com, July 11, 2020, accessed July 11, 2020 .