2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio Della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) is the 9th round of the 2020 Formula One season. It was held from September 11th to 13th.
Practice was dominated by Valtteri Bottas, who recorded the fastest time in all three sessions. Teammate Lewis Hamilton was never far away, but finished fourth, second and third in the three sessions, while focusing on finding the proper setup for the race. Q1 was also led by Bottas, ahead of Hamilton by 0.029 seconds, with Max Verstappen in third, 0.586 back. Monza winner Pierre Gasly came in 16th, and failed to advance. Q2 saw Hamilton record the fastest effort for the first time all weekend, leading Bottas by just 0.013 seconds. Verstappen was in third again, 0.162 behind. And in Q3, Hamilton clinched the pole by going 0.059 faster than Bottas, with Verstappen 0.363 back.
Bottas led away from Hamilton at the start, but it was dominated by a series of incidents, the first being a multi-car collision between Kimi Räikkönen, Romain Grosjean, Gasly and Verstappen, who reported a loss of power at the start (Raikkonen and Grosjean continued, but Gasly and Verstappen were left stranded in the gravel trap), and the second a huge accident at the Safety Car restart involving Antonio Giovinazzi, Carlos Sainz Jr., Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi on Lap 5, the latter incident causing a red flag. The race was restarted with Hamilton starting off better than Bottas, and the red flag was shown once again when Lance Stroll crashed heavily on Lap 43. Hamilton retained his lead from the restart and went on to win, with Bottas finishing second and Verstappen's teammate Alexander Albon third, taking his first career podium.
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==Background==
The Mugello Circuit, previously used for testing was announced to be part of the revised race calendar for the 2020 Formula One Season on July 10, 2020, following a series of race cancellations that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. This marks the first time the circuit has hosted a Formula One race.
As the race marks 's 1000th entry in F1, Ferrari revealed that they are racing a special one-off livery to commemorate the occasion. The Safety Car has subsequently been painted red as well.
Prior to the race of the Italian Grand Prix, it was announced that Renault will be renamed as the Alpine team for 2021.
 driver Sergio Pérez has announced on Thursday, September 10 that he will be leaving the team by the end of 2020, making way for Sebastian Vettel into the rebranded team for 2021.
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Renault DP World F1 Team 	 	R.S.20 	 	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL35 	 	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF1000 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	Williams Racing 	 	FW43 	 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN 	 	C39 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-20 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 	 	AT01 	 	RA260H 1.6L V6t 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	BWT Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP20 	BWT 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF1000 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	BWT Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP20 	BWT 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-20 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB16 	 	RA260H 1.6L V6t 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda 	 	AT01 	 	RA260H 1.6L V6t 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Renault DP World F1 Team 	 	R.S.20 	 	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB16 	 	RA260H 1.6L V6t 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport 	 	W11 	 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL35 	 	E-Tech 20 1.6L V6t 	
63 	George Russell 	Williams Racing 	 	FW43 	 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport 	 	W11 	 	M11 1.6L V6t 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN 	 	C39 	 	065 1.6L V6t 	
Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
==Practice Overview==
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:19.140	10 	1:18.039	5 	1:18.142	17 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:18.981	8 	1:18.698	14 	1:18.826	19 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:19.267	13 	1:18.498	12 	1:18.186	18 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:20.034	20 	1:18.983	18 	1:18.062	16 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:19.219	11 	1:18.335	9 	1:17.843	14 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:19.224	12 	1:19.257	20 	1:17.635	10 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:18.676	5 	1:18.244	8 	1:17.226	5 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:19.840	19 	1:18.198	7 	1:17.341	6 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:18.186	3 	1:18.400	10 	1:17.488	7 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:19.836	18 	1:18.462	11 	1:17.112	4 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:19.551	17 	1:19.113	19 	1:18.039	15 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:19.068	9 	1:17.971	4 	1:17.538	8 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:18.839	7 	1:18.736	15 	1:17.627	9 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:18.805	6 	1:18.115	6 	1:17.746	11 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:17.927	2 	1:17.235	3 	1:16.547	2 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:18.409	4 	1:17.196	2 	1:16.613	3 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:19.457	15 	1:18.651	13 	1:17.768	12 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:19.478	16 	1:18.843	16 	No time 	20 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:17.879	1 	1:16.989	1 	1:16.530	1 	 	 	 	 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:19.322	14 	1:18.944	17 	1:17.812	13 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:15.778	 	1 	1:15.309	 	1 	1:15.144	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1 	1:15.749	 	2 	1:15.322	 	2 	1:15.203	2
3 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:16.335	 	3 	1:15.471	 	3 	1:15.509	3
4 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	4 	1:16.527	 	4 	1:15.914	 	4 	1:15.954	4
5 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	6 	1:16.698	 	8 	1:16.324	 	5 	1:16.270	5
6 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	5 	1:16.596	 	9 	1:16.489	 	6 	1:16.311	7*
7 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	7 	1:16.701	 	6 	1:16.271	 	7 	1:16.356	6
8 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	11 	1:16.981	 	5 	1:16.243	 	8 	1:16.543	8
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	12 	1:16.993	 	10 	1:16.522	 	9 	1:17.870	9
10 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	8 	1:16.825	 	7 	1:16.297	 	10 	No time 	10
11 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	9 	1:16.895	 	11 	1:16.640	 	 	 	11
12 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	10 	1:16.928	 	12 	1:16.854	 	 	 	12
13 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	13 	1:17.059	 	13 	1:16.854	 	 	 	13
14 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	15 	1:17.072	 	14 	1:16.858	 	 	 	14
15 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	14 	1:17.069	 	15 	1:17.254	 	 	 	15
16 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	16 	1:17.125	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	 	17 	1:17.220	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	18 	1:17.232	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	 	19 	1:17.320	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	20 	1:17.348	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
* * Perez was given a one-place grid penalty for colliding with Raikkonen in FP2.
===Grid===
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==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	59 	2:19:35.060 	1 	26FL
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	59 	+ 4.880 	2 	18
3 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	59 	+ 8.064 	4 	15
4 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	59 	+ 10.417 	8 	12
5 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	59 	+ 15.650 	6 	10
6 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	59 	+ 18.883 	11 	8
7 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	59 	+ 21.756 	12 	6
8 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	59 	+ 28.345 	5 	4
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	59 	+ 29.770 * 	13 	2
10 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	59 	+ 29.983 	14 	1
11 	63 	George Russell 	 	59 	+ 32.404 	18 	
12 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	59 	+ 42.036 	15 	
DNF 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	42 	Accident 	6 	
DNF 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	7 	Brakes 	10 	
DNF 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	6 	Collision 	19 	
DNF 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	5 	Collision 	20 	
DNF 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	5 	Collision 	20 	
DNF 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	5 	Collision 	9 	
DNF 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	0 	Collision 	3 	
DNF 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	0 	Collision 	16 	
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* * Raikkonen was given a 5-second post-race time penalty for crossing the pit entry line upon entering the pit lane.
==Milestones==
* First race held on Mugello Circuit.
* First Tuscan Grand Prix held.
* 1,000th race entry for .
* Lewis Hamilton's 95th career pole and 69th pole with , 90th career win, 17th hat-trick and 222nd points finish.
* Maiden podium finish for Alexander Albon.
** Albon becomes the first Thai driver to finish on the podium.
* 200th points finish for Sebastian Vettel.
* First F1 retirement for Nicholas Latifi.
* The first race since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to be red-flagged twice, the first since 2011 to have back-to-back red-flagged races and the third race to have three standing starts (the first since the 1990 Belgian Grand Prix).
==Standings==
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	190 	
2 	Valtteri Bottas 	135 	
3 	Max Verstappen 	110 	
4 	Lando Norris 	65 	1
5 	Alex Albon 	63 	1
6 	Lance Stroll 	57 	2
7 	Daniel Ricciardo 	53 	3
8 	Charles Leclerc 	49 	1
9 	Sergio Pérez 	44 	2
10 	Pierre Gasly 	43 	2
11 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	41 	2
12 	Esteban Ocon 	30 	
13 	Sebastian Vettel 	17 	
14 	Daniil Kyvat 	10 	1
15 	Nico Hulkenberg 	6 	1
16 	Kimi Räikkönen 	2 	
17 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	2 	1
18 	Kevin Magnussen 	1 	1
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	325 	
2 	 	173 	
3 	 	106 	
4 	 	92 	
5 	 	83 	
6 	 	66 	
7 	 	53 	
8 	 	4 	
9 	 	1 	
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
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