2020 Hungarian Grand Prix

 2020 Hungarian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 17 races of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020
Date:	19th July 2020
Place:	Mogyoród
Course:	Hungaroring
Length:	306.63 km in 70 laps of 4.381 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 13.447 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 16.627 min (lap 70)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes

The Hungarian Grand Prix 2020 (officially: Formula 1 Aramco Magyar Nagydíj 2020 ) took place on July 19 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród and was the third race of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Styrian Grand Prix , Valtteri Bottas led the drivers' standings by six points over Lewis Hamilton and 17 points over Lando Norris . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 41 points ahead of McLaren and with 53 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Hungarian 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 Hungarian 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 . In the run-up to the race, two people who had not been present at the previous races tested positive for the virus and then isolated.

With Hamilton (seven times), Sebastian Vettel (twice), Kimi Räikkönen and Daniel Ricciardo (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Loïc Bacquelaine (BEL), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Lajos Herczeg (HUN) and Derek Warwick (GBR).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 16.003 minutes, ahead of Bottas and Sergio Pérez .

In the second free practice session, which was held on a wet track, Vettel was fastest in 1: 40.464 minutes ahead of Bottas and Carlos Sainz Jr. Only 13 of the 20 drivers drove a timed lap.

In the third free practice session, Bottas was fastest in 1: 15.437 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Pérez.

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. Pérez was fastest. The Alfa Romeo and Haas drivers and Daniil Kwjat 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 and Racing Point pilots set their fastest lap times on the medium tire compound, everyone else on soft . Hamilton was fastest. The Williams and Renault drivers and Alexander Albon were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Pierre Gasly was unable to participate in this segment due to a technical defect. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 13.447 minutes ahead of Bottas and Lance Stroll . It was the 90th pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the seventh at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

run

It was raining before the race, so the track was wet. On the way to the starting grid, Verstappen slipped into the track barrier, damaging the front wing and wheel suspension of his vehicle. Nevertheless, he drove to his starting point, where the mechanics repaired the damage until the start of the race.

Since the track was still wet at the start, the race management gave the drivers a free choice of tires. Kevin Magnussen initially used full wets , all other pilots used intermediates . At the end of the warm-up lap, the two Haas drivers Grosjean and Magnussen drove into the pit lane and switched to dry tires. Hamilton stayed in the lead at the start. The drivers in the straight starting positions started worse because the track was much wetter there. Behind Hamilton were Stroll, Verstappen, Vettel and Leclerc.

After the first lap, more drivers pitted to switch to dry tires. After the tire changes, Hamilton led ahead of Verstappen, Magnussen, Romain Grosjean , Stroll, Charles Leclerc , Bottas, Vettel and Albon. Nicholas Latifi collided with Sainz in the pit lane, where he suffered a puncture. He spun in the first corner and had to slow down to the pits. The race management gave Latifi a five-second time penalty due to an unsafe clearance.

Grosjean couldn't keep up with the pace at the front and had to let Stroll pass, who a few laps later also overtook Magnussen. Bottas overtook Leclerc and Grosjean and then caught up with Magnussen, whom he passed on the 17th lap. Gasly gave up the race in the pit lane due to a technical defect.

Vettel braked himself and came off the track briefly, so that he lost a position to Albon. Albon then shortened the gap to Leclerc, who was the only pilot in the top ten to switch to the soft mix at the pit stop . Albon overtook Leclerc on lap 18 and was now seventh. Leclerc also had to let Vettel pass on the following lap, then on lap 20 he switched to the hard mix.

At the top, Hamilton had meanwhile extended his lead over Verstappen to twelve seconds, Stroll was already 28 seconds behind Hamilton in third place. Albon overtook Grosjean on lap 29 and pulled away from him. Vettel drove into the pits and, like his team-mate, switched to Hard . Pérez was now behind Grosjean and passed him one lap later, and Ricciardo and Sainz did the same shortly afterwards. Bottas pitted for the second time and switched to medium again . Albon switched to Hard one lap later , at the same time the first drivers reported the onset of rain. However, this subsided shortly afterwards.

Stroll switched to the medium mixture on lap 35 and fell behind Bottas, who had set the fastest lap of the race several times in a row. Verstappen switched to Hard , one lap later Hamilton to Medium . Hamilton led ahead of Verstappen, Bottas, Stroll, Ricciardo, Sainz, Vettel, Albon, Magnussen and Pérez.

In the following laps, Bottas shortened the gap to Verstappen. Ricciardo switched to medium again and dropped back to ninth place. After Bottas couldn't get past Verstappen at first, he switched to Hard again . Since his lead over Stroll was big enough, he stayed third. He then drove the fastest lap of the race to date and caught up to two seconds per lap. Stroll also switched to Hard again , he stayed fourth and came back on the track immediately before Vettel and Albon. But then he clearly separated from both of them.

Hamilton switched to the soft mix again on lap 66 , but remained in the lead. Albon passed this after another brake from Vettel and was now fifth. Bottas caught up with Verstappen on the penultimate lap. However, he no longer came within striking distance to launch an attack. Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race on the last lap.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Verstappen and Bottas. It was the 86th victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the eighth at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The remaining points were placed by Stroll, Albon, Vettel, Pérez, Ricciardo, Magnussen and Sainz. Hamilton received one more point for setting the fastest lap and finishing in the top ten.

Grosjean and Magnussen subsequently received a time penalty of ten seconds because their race engineers had instructed them to come to the pits to change tires before the start of the race. This represented an unauthorized driving aid that was not allowed during the introductory lap. As a result, both lost one position each, so that Sainz was rated ninth, Magnussen tenth, Raikkonen as 15th and Grosjean as 16th.

In the overall standings, Hamilton took the lead from Bottas, while Verstappen was third. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was now ahead of Red Bull and McLaren.

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

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Alfa Romeo Racing with the start number 88 was used in the first free practice for Kubica. Räikkönen then took over the vehicle with its number 7 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 14.907	1: 14.261	1: 13.447	01
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 15.474	1: 14.530	1: 13.554	02
03	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 14.895	1: 15.176	1: 14.377	03
04th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 14.681	1: 15.394	1: 14.545	04th
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 15.455	1: 15.131	1: 14.774	05
06th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 15.793	1: 15.006	1: 14.817	06th
07th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 15.495	1: 14.976	1: 14.849	07th
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 15.444	1: 15.085	1: 14.966	08th
09	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 15.281	1: 15.267	1: 15.027	09
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 15.767	1: 15.508	no time	10
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 15.848	1: 15.661	-	11
12	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 15.585	1: 15.698	-	12
13	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 15.722	1: 15.715	-	13
14th	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1: 15.719	1: 15.742	-	13
15th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1: 16.105	1: 16.544	-	15th
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 16,152	-	-	16
17th	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	1: 16.204	-	-	17th
18th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 16.407	-	-	18th
19th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 16.506	-	-	19th
20th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 16.614	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 19.909 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 14.681 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	3	1: 36: 12.473	01	1: 16.627 (70th)
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	70	2	+ 8.702	07th	1: 19,184 (60th)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	70	3	+ 9.452	02	1: 17.665 (66.)
04th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	70	3	+ 57.579	03	1: 18.973 (68.)
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	70	2	+1: 18.316	13	1: 19,440 (68.)
06th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	69	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 20.363 (49.)
07th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	69	2	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 20.090 (39.)
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	69	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 19.532 (46.)
09	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	69	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 19.457 (67.)
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	69	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 20.477 (68.)
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	69	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 20.821 (64th)
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri Honda	69	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 20.946 (51st)
13	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	69	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 19.945 (42nd)
14th	Esteban Ocon	Renault	69	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 20.261 (40.)
15th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	69	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 20.232 (61.)
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	69	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 20.889 (67.)
17th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	69	3	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 20.096 (44th)
18th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	69	3	+ 1 lap	12	1: 19.984 (67.)
19th	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	65	5	+ 5 rounds	15th	1: 21,198 (64th)
-	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri Honda	15th	1	DNF	10	1: 23.939 (10.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Magnussen was subsequently given a ten-second time penalty for using unauthorized driving aids in the introductory lap.
2. ↑ Grosjean subsequently received a time penalty of ten seconds for using unauthorized driving aids in the introductory lap.

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 63 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 58 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 33 04th  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 26th 05  Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing Honda 22nd 06th  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 22nd 07th  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 18th 08th  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 18th 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 15th 10  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 9

Item driver constructor Points 11  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 8th 12  Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri Honda 6th 13  Esteban Ocon Renault 4th 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  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 121 2  Red Bull Racing Honda 55 3  McLaren-Renault 41 4th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 40 5  Ferrari 27

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 12 07th  AlphaTauri Honda 7th 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 2 09  Haas-Ferrari 1 10  Williams-Mercedes 0

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Coronavirus: Formula 1 reports two positive tests for the first time. Motorsport-Total.com, July 17, 2020, accessed July 30, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Hungary 2020: Mercedes dominates first training at will. In: motorsport-total.com. Motorsport-Total, July 17, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer: F1 Hungary 2020: Vettel "fastest" in the rain, Hamilton waived. Motorsport-Total.com, July 17, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: F1 Hungary 2020: Verstappen and Red Bull are in trouble. Motorsport-Total.com, July 18, 2020, accessed July 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Stefan Ehlen, Jonathan Noble: "Unauthorized driving assistance": Why the Haas drivers were punished. Motorsport-Total.com, July 19, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .