2020 Great Britain Grand Prix

 2020 Great Britain Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 17 races in the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2020
Date:	2nd August 2020
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.198 km in 52 laps of 5.891 km
Spectator:	~ none
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 24.303 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Time:	1: 27.097 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Third:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari

The 2020 Great Britain Grand Prix (officially: Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2020 ) took place on August 2nd at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone and was the fourth race of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings by five points over Valtteri Bottas and 30 points over Max Verstappen . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 66 points ahead of Red Bull Racing and with 80 points ahead of McLaren .

At the British Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C1 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C2 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C3 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available. It was the first race of the season in which the hardest mixture C1 was used. 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 Great Britain 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 . After a test by Sergio Pérez before the Grand Prix did not produce a clearly negative result, he was isolated and thus missed the Thursday before the Grand Prix, which was reserved for media activities. On the same evening, the FIA announced that Pérez had tested positive and was therefore canceled for the Grand Prix. The team signed on to replace Nico Hülkenberg , who was to contest his first race in the Formula 1 World Championship since the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .

With Hamilton (six times), Sebastian Vettel (twice) and Kimi Räikkönen (once) three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Paolo Longoni (ITA), Tim Mayer (USA), Emanuele Pirro (ITA) and Steve Stringwell (GBR).

free training

In the first free practice, Verstappen was fastest with a lap time of 1: 27.422 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Lance Stroll . Training had to be interrupted after Antonio Giovinazzi suffered a tire damage while spinning and then lost tire parts on the track.

In the second free practice session, Stroll set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 27.274 minutes ahead of Alexander Albon and Bottas. The training was interrupted for a few minutes after an accident by Albon.

In the third free practice, Bottas was fastest in 1: 25.873 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen.

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. Bottas was the fastest. Nicholas Latifi and the Alfa Romeo and Haas pilots 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. The Mercedes drivers, Charles Leclerc , Stroll and Verstappen posted their fastest lap times on the medium tire compound, all the others on soft . The qualifying section was interrupted because the track was covered with stones after a spin from Hamilton. Bottas was the fastest. George Russell , the AlphaTauri pilots, Hulkenberg and Albon were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 24.303 minutes ahead of Bottas and Verstappen. It was the 91st pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the seventh at the British Grand Prix.

Daniil Kwjat was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change. Russell was moved five positions back for disregarding double-waved yellow flags .

run

Hülkenberg was unable to start on the grid due to a hydraulic problem on his vehicle. The mechanics did not manage to repair the vehicle until the start of the race, so that Hulkenberg could not take part in the race.

At the start, Hamilton remained in the lead ahead of Bottas, Leclerc briefly passed Verstappen, who countered during the first lap. At the end of the first lap, Albon and Kevin Magnussen collided , Magnussen then hit the barrier. The race management sent the safety car out onto the track to rescue the vehicle . Hamilton led before Bottas, Verstappen, Leclerc, Carlos Sainz jr. , Daniel Ricciardo , Lando Norris , Stroll, Esteban Ocon and Vettel. The race stewards punished Albon with a time penalty of five seconds.

The race was reopened at the end of the fifth lap. The positions remained unchanged at the restart. Albon switched to the hard mix at the end of the sixth lap .

On the 12th lap, Kvjat spun and hit the track barrier. The race management sent the safety car out again to rescue the vehicle. Ricciardo, Norris, Ocon, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Gasly, Russell, Raikkonen and Latifi immediately pitted to change tires, one lap later Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen, Leclerc, Sainz and Stroll pitted. Hamilton led ahead of Bottas, Verstappen, Leclerc, Grosjean, Sainz, Ricciardo, Norris, Stroll and Vettel. At this point, Grosjean was the only driver who had not yet been in the pits to change tires. All other pilots had switched to the hard mix at this point .

At the end of the 18th lap, the race was released again. Norris passed Ricciardo at the restart and was now seventh. Ocon passed Vettel again, who had briefly passed him by a faster pit stop. Sainz put Grosjean under pressure, who initially successfully defended his position. The stewards showed him the warning flag because he had changed direction during the defensive maneuver while braking. Sainz passed on lap 22, three laps later Grosjean also had to let Norris pass.

In the 30th lap, Albon switched to medium again , serving his time penalty. Giovinazzi received a five-second time penalty for not slowing down sufficiently behind the safety car. On lap 37 Ricciardo and Stroll passed Grosjean, who then drove into the pits and switched to Hard . Gasly passed Vettel and was now tenth.

Ocon caught up with Stroll and passed him on lap 46. Stroll was also shown the warning flag afterwards, as he had changed direction when braking. Raikkonen lost part of his front wing and then drove into the pits to have it changed. Stroll lost another position to Gasly, Albon overtook Vettel.

Bottas suffered a tire damage on the 50th lap and had to drive back to the pits at a slow pace, while Verstappen passed him. Then Verstappen switched to Soft , but stayed in second place. Bottas also switched to soft and dropped back to twelfth place.

On the 51st lap, Sainz also suffered a tire damage and pitted, dropping back to 14th place. Hamilton also suffered a puncture on the final lap, but managed to save the car at the finish. Verstappen drove the fastest lap of the race on the last lap. Bottas caught up with Vettel and attacked him, but was unable to pass him before the goal.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc. It was Hamilton's 87th victory in the Formula 1 World Championship, including 20 start-to-finish wins. He surpassed Ayrton Senna , with whom he had shared the record with 19 start-to-finish victories. The remaining points were placed by Ricciardo, Norris, Ocon, Gasly, Albon, Stroll and Vettel. With eleventh place for Bottas, for the first time since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a Mercedes outside of the points crossed the finish line. For him it was also the first time that he did not finish a race in a Mercedes in the points. At the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix he was ranked 14th due to the distance covered, but did not see the checkered flag. The point for the fastest race lap went to Verstappen.

In the overall standings, Hamilton extended his lead to Bottas and Verstappen. The first three positions in the team standings also remained unchanged.

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	27	Nico Hulkenberg	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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 25,900	1: 25.347	1: 24.303	01
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 25.801	1: 25.015	1: 24.616	02
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 26.115	1: 26.144	1: 25.325	03
04th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 26.550	1: 26.203	1: 25.427	04th
05	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 26.855	1: 26.420	1: 25.782	05
06th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 26.243	1: 26.501	1: 25.839	06th
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 26.715	1: 26.149	1: 25.965	07th
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 26.677	1: 26.339	1: 26.009	08th
09	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1: 26.396	1: 26.252	1: 26.209	09
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 26.469	1: 26.455	1: 26.339	10
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 26.343	1: 26.501	-	11
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 26.565	1: 26.545	-	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 26.327	1: 26.566	-	13
14th	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 26.774	1: 26.744	-	19th
15th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 26.732	1: 27.092	-	20th
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 27.158	-	-	14th
17th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 27.164	-	-	15th
18th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 27.366	-	-	16
19th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 27.643	-	-	17th
20th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1: 27.705	-	-	18th
107 percent time : 1: 31.807 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 25.801 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Kwjat was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Russell was moved five starting positions back for disregarding yellow flags.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	1	1: 28: 01.283	01	1: 29.238 (45th)
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	52	2	+ 5.856	03	1: 27.097 (52nd)
03	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	52	1	+ 18.474	04th	1: 29.813 (49.)
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	52	1	+ 19,650	08th	1: 29.482 (49.)
05	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+ 22.277	05	1: 30.058 (41st)
06th	Esteban Ocon	Renault	52	1	+ 26.937	09	1: 29,491 (50th)
07th	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	52	1	+ 31.188	11	1: 29.603 (52nd)
08th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	52	2	+ 32.670	12	1: 28.689 (52nd)
09	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	52	1	+ 37.311	06th	1: 30.475 (44th)
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	1	+ 41.857	10	1: 30.537 (44th)
11	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	2	+ 42.167	02	1: 29.265 (41.)
12	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	52	1	+ 52.004	20th	1: 30.862 (41st)
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	52	2	+ 53,370	07th	1: 29.948 (47th)
14th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	52	1	+ 54.205	15th	1: 30.977 (49.)
15th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	52	1	+ 54.549	18th	1: 30.501 (44th)
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	52	1	+ 55.050	17th	1: 29.782 (49.)
17th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	51	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 29.973 (49.)
-	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	11	0	DNF	19th	1: 32.443 (11.)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	0	0	DNF	14th	1: 43.753 ( 01.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	0	0	DNS	13	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Giovinazzi received a time penalty of five seconds for not slowing down sufficiently behind the safety car.

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  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 88 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 58 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 52 04th  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 36 05  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 33 06th  Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing Honda 26th 07th  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 22nd 08th  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 20th 09  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 20th 10  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 15th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Esteban Ocon Renault 12 12  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 12 13  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 10 14th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 15th  Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri Honda 1 16  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1 17th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 0 18th  Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 0 19th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0 20th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 146 2  Red Bull Racing Honda 78 3  McLaren-Renault 51 4th  Ferrari 43 5  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 42

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 32 07th  AlphaTauri Honda 13 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 09  Haas-Ferrari 1 10  Williams-Mercedes 0

Web links

Commons : Great Britain Grand Prix 2020  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: No clear result: Sergio Perez isolated after COVID-19 test. Motorsport-Total.com, July 30, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Confirmed: Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez tested positive for COVID-19! Motorsport-Total.com, July 30, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Oleg Karpov: Comeback fixed: Is this the great opportunity for Nico Hülkenberg? Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Silverstone 2020: Sebastian Vettel missed first free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Silverstone 2020: Is the Mercedes dominance wobbling for the first time? Motorsport-Total.com, July 31, 2020, accessed July 31, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Formula 1 Silverstone 2020: Clear Mercedes best time through Bottas. Motorsport-Total.com, August 1, 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 . 
7. ^ Norman Fischer: Gear change at AlphaTauri: Five starting places penalty for Daniil Kwjat. Motorsport-Total.com, August 1, 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Norman Fischer: Offenses under yellow: starting place penalty and big penalty points for Russell. Motorsport-Total.com, August 1, 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 .