| 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 17[a] in the2020 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 13 September 2020 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1Pirelli Gran Premio della ToscanaFerrari 1000 2020 | ||||
| Location | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Scarperia e San Piero,Tuscany, Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.245 km (3.259 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 59 laps, 309.497 km (192.312 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 1,500[1] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:15.144 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:18.833 on lap 58(lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) was a one-offFormula One motor race held on 13 September 2020 at theAutodromo Internazionale del Mugello inScarperia e San Piero,Tuscany, Italy. The race was the ninth round of the2020 Formula One World Championship and the first race of the season with spectators. As of 2025, this is the onlyTuscan Grand Prix to be held and also the only Formula One race to be held at the Mugello circuit.
The race was won byLewis Hamilton of theMercedes team, with teammateValtteri Bottas in second; Mercedes scored their third 1–2 finish of the season.Alexander Albon ofRed Bull Racing-Honda scored his first podium in Formula One with a third-place finish, becoming the firstThai driver to do so. Albon also become the first Asian driver outside Japan to achieve a podium finish.
The race was the first since the2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to have twored flags.[2] Due to the two stoppages, the race had three standing starts.
The race was held as an event celebrating Ferrari's 1000th race in theFormula One World Championship and the safety car used a red livery, instead of its usual silver colour, to mark the occasion.[3] The Mugello Circuit hosted a World Championship Formula One race for the first time. TheFerrari SF1000 sported a special livery: instead of the traditionalrosso corsa, the car was painted dark burgundy. BothSebastian Vettel andCharles Leclerc wore special racing overalls, and both had special helmet designs.
The2020 championship was heavily affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic. Most of the originally scheduled Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed, prompting theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile to draft a new calendar. While the previous eight events were heldbehind closed doors, organizers announced that up to 2,880 spectators would be allowed for the Tuscan Grand Prix.[4]
Ten teams (each representing a differentconstructor) each entered two drivers. The drivers and teams were the same as those on the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for either the race or practice.[5]
Sole Formula One tyre manufacturerPirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the three hardest compounds available.[6]
The race was marked by several incidents. On the first lap at turn 2,Max Verstappen,Pierre Gasly,Kimi Räikkönen, andRomain Grosjean collided, resulting in Gasly and Verstappen retiring from the race and Räikkönen having to change his front wing. Verstappen's car was beached in the gravel trap.[10] A separate incident at the same corner involvedCarlos Sainz Jr. andLance Stroll, as Sainz spun round and damagedSebastian Vettel's front wing. These incidents together brought out the safety car. On lap 6 the safety car pulled in, but anaccordion effect led the midfield drivers to accelerate up to racing speed before the leaders did and were forced to brake,[11] triggering a collision involving Sainz,Kevin Magnussen,Antonio Giovinazzi, andNicholas Latifi. Grosjean blamed the leader,Valtteri Bottas, for causing theaccordion effect, and stated "this is the worst thing I've seen ever." All four drivers retired from the race and the red flag was brought out. During the red flag period,Esteban Ocon retired due to a brake failure;George Russell had earlier reported Ocon's brakes being on fire. The second red flag came on lap 45,[12] after Stroll suffered a tyre failure at lap 43 turn 9, and went into the barrier.[13] HisRacing Point RP20 caught on fire, making it harder for the marshalls to clear the track.
Lewis Hamilton won the race, his 90th career win.Valtteri Bottas came in second andAlex Albon finished third; his first career podium. By finishing in ninth place, Kimi Räikkönen scored his first points of the season. A poor restart after the second red flag meant George Russell slipped from ninth to twelfth and last. He eventually finished eleventh leaving him out of the points.[14] Twelve drivers were warned by the FIA for their part in the accident at the restart on lap 6.[15] Writing for theBBC, formerGP2 Series championJolyon Palmer praised the circuit, saying that it "defied all the[Hermann] Tilke design theories and yet provided a great spectacle in the traditional sense."[10]
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