Grand Prix of Austria 2020

 Grand Prix of Austria 2020

Racing data
1st of 17 races of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Rolex Grand Prix of Austria 2020
Date:	5th July 2020
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	307.02 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Weather:	sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 02.939 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault
Time:	1: 07.475 min (lap 71)
Podium
First:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Third:	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault

The 2020 Austrian Grand Prix (officially: Formula 1 Rolex 2020 Austrian Grand Prix ) took place on July 5th at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the first race of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

The Austrian Grand Prix was originally planned to be the eleventh of 22 races of the season. After the original season opener in Australia was canceled at short notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic , many other Grands Prix were subsequently canceled or postponed. When a new racing calendar was announced on June 2, 2020, the Austrian Grand Prix was the first race that was not canceled or postponed.

The Austrian Grand Prix thus represented the latest season opener in the history of the Formula 1 World Championship or the Automobile World Championship. The latest season opener up to that point took place in 1951 , when the Swiss Grand Prix was held on May 27th .

As the organizers expected restrictions due to entry restrictions in other countries, the Grand Prix of Styria was added to the racing calendar as the second race of the season . This race took place one week after the Austrian Grand Prix, and the venue was also the Red Bull Ring. For the first time in the history of the racing series, two races were held on the same race track within one season.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Austrian 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 .

At the Austrian 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, Pirelli provided all drivers with the same number of tire sets in the respective degrees of hardness; it was not possible to place different orders. Each driver thus received eight sets of the soft , three sets of the medium and two sets of the hard mix.

Nicholas Latifi ( Williams ) made his Formula 1 World Championship debut at this Grand Prix. Esteban Ocon returned to the championship as a regular driver and contested his first race for Renault .

With Max Verstappen (twice), Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas (once each) three former winners took part in this Grand Prix.

Race commissioners were Gerd Ennser (DEU), Felix Holter (DEU), Walter Jobst (AUT) and Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 04.816 minutes, ahead of Bottas and Verstappen.

In the second free practice session, Hamilton also set the fastest lap time in 1: 04.304 minutes ahead of Bottas and Sergio Pérez .

After the second free practice session, Red Bull Racing officially protested against Mercedes because Bottas and Hamilton had used dual-axis steering during practice . The protest referred to the fact that it was a moving aerodynamic part, which is prohibited by the regulations. In addition, it is a part of the wheel suspension that, according to the regulations, cannot be changed while driving. The protest was dismissed, the stewards viewed the dual-axis steering both physically and functionally as a permissible part of the steering . Although it is not a conventional steering system, it cannot be considered part of the wheel suspension.

In the third free practice session, Hamilton was again fastest with a lap time of 1: 04.129 minutes ahead of Bottas and Verstappen. The training was interrupted for a few minutes after an accident by Latifi.

Qualifying

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. Verstappen was fastest. The Williams and Alfa Romeo pilots and Kevin Magnussen 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. Verstappen achieved his fastest lap time on the medium mixture, the other pilots on the soft mixture. Bottas was the fastest. Romain Grosjean , Ocon, the AlphaTauri pilots and Sebastian Vettel were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Bottas set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 02.939 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. It was the twelfth pole position for Bottas in the Formula 1 World Championship and the fastest lap time ever on this circuit.

Hamilton was moved back three starting positions for disregarding yellow flags.

run

Bottas won the race ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris . It was the eighth victory for Bottas in the Formula 1 World Championship. Norris achieved his first podium finish. The remaining points were placed by Hamilton, Carlos Sainz jr. , Pérez, Pierre Gasly , Ocon, Antonio Giovinazzi and Vettel. Since Norris set the fastest race lap and finished the race in the top ten, he received an additional point.

In the driver standings, the order was identical to the race result. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led McLaren and Ferrari .

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	04th	Lando Norris	McLaren MCL35	Renault E-Tech 20	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Renault DP World F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS20	Renault E-Tech 20	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri AT01	Honda RA620H	P
	26th	Daniil Kvyat
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
	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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 04.111	1: 03.015	1: 02.939	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 04.198	1: 03.096	1: 02.951	05
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 04.024	1: 04,000	1: 03.477	02
04th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 04,606	1: 03.819	1: 03.626	03
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 04.661	1: 03.746	1: 03.868	04th
06th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 04.543	1: 03.860	1: 03.868	06th
07th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 04,500	1: 04.041	1: 03.923	07th
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 04.537	1: 03.971	1: 03.971	08th
09	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 04,309	1: 03.955	1: 04.029	09
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 04.556	1: 04.023	1: 04.239	10
11	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 04.554	1: 04.206	-	11
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 04,603	1: 04,305	-	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 05.031	1: 04.431	-	13
14th	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1: 04.933	1: 04.643	-	14th
15th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 05.094	1: 04.691	-	15th
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 05.164	-	-	16
17th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 05.167	-	-	17th
18th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 05.175	-	-	18th
19th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 05.224	-	-	19th
20th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1: 05.757	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 08.505 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 04.024 min)

Remarks:

1. ↑ Hamilton was moved back three starting positions for ignoring yellow flags.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	2	1: 30: 55.739	01	1: 07.657 (68th)
02	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	3	+ 2.700	07th	1: 07,901 (64th)
03	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	71	3	+ 5.491	03	1: 07.475 (71st)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	2	+ 5.689	05	1: 07.712 (67th)
05	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	71	3	+ 8.903	08th	1: 07.974 (63rd)
06th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	71	2	+ 15.092	06th	1: 08,305 (63rd)
07th	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	71	2	+ 16.682	12	1: 09.025 (64th)
08th	Esteban Ocon	Renault	71	2	+ 17.456	14th	1: 08.932 (64th)
09	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	71	3	+ 21,146	18th	1: 08.796 (70th)
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	3	+ 24.545	11	1: 08.623 (71.)
11	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	71	3	+ 31,650	20th	1: 09.662 (63rd)
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	67	3	DNF	13	1: 09.135 (50th)
13	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	67	3	DNF	04th	1: 08.432 (50th)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	53	2	DNF	19th	1: 09.031 (48th)
-	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	49	1	DNF	17th	1: 09.317 (49.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	49	1	DNF	15th	1: 10.228 (46.)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	24	0	DNF	16	1: 10.720 (23.)
-	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	20th	0	DNF	09	1: 10.326 ( 04th)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	17th	0	DNF	10	1: 10.610 ( 08.)
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	11	0	DNF	02	1: 09.351 ( 05.)

Remarks:

1. ↑ Hamilton received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
2. ↑ Pérez received a five-second time penalty for driving too fast in the pit lane.

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 25th 02  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 18th 03  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 16 04th  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 12 05  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 10 06th  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 8th 07th  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 6th 08th  Esteban Ocon Renault 4th 09  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 10  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 0 12  Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri Honda 0 13  Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing Honda 0 -  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 0 -  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0 -  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 -  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 0 -  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 0 -  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 0 -  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 37 2  McLaren-Renault 26th 3  Ferrari 19th 4th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 8th 5  AlphaTauri Honda 6th

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 4th 07th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 08th  Williams-Mercedes 0 09  Red Bull Racing Honda 0 -  Haas-Ferrari 0

Web links

Commons : Austrian Grand Prix 2020  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Austria: Hamilton depends on Verstappen by 0.6 seconds. Motorsport-Total.com, July 3, 2020, accessed July 3, 2020 . 
2. Jump up ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Austria: Mercedes gain strengthens. Motorsport-Total.com, July 3, 2020, accessed July 3, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Red Bull lodge official protest against Mercedes DAS system. Formula 1, July 3, 2020, accessed on July 3, 2020 (English). 
4. ↑ Heiko Stritzke, Luke Smith: Red Bull protest rejected: Mercedes’s DAS system is legal. Motorsport-Total.com, July 4, 2020, accessed July 4, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Austria 2020: Verstappen is getting closer to Hamilton. Motorsport-Total.com, July 4, 2020, accessed July 4, 2020 . 
6. ↑ BREAKING: Hamilton handed three-place grid penalty for Austrian GP after Red Bull protest. Formula1.com, July 5, 2020, accessed on July 5, 2020 .