2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

The race was held as an event celebrating Ferrari's 1000th race in the Formula One World Championship and the safety car used a red livery, instead of its usual silver colour, to mark the occasion.{{Cite web|date=11 September 2020|title=Safety car uses red livery to commemorate Ferrari's 1000th GP|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.safety-car-sports-special-red-livery-at-mugello-to-celebrate-ferraris-1000th.19R73T2Mxk3fmIGovXYn84.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915101430/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.safety-car-sports-special-red-livery-at-mugello-to-celebrate-ferraris-1000th.19R73T2Mxk3fmIGovXYn84.html|archive-date=15 September 2020|website=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One|language=en-GB}} The Mugello Circuit hosted a World Championship Formula One race for the first time. The Ferrari SF1000 sported a special livery: instead of the traditional rosso corsa, the car was painted dark burgundy. Both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc wore special racing overalls, and both had special helmet designs.

{{See also|2020 Formula One World Championship#Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic in Italy}}

The {{F1|2020}} championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the originally scheduled Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed, prompting the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to draft a new calendar. While the previous eight events were held behind closed doors, organizers announced that up to 2,880 spectators would be allowed for the Tuscan Grand Prix.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Luke|date=30 August 2020|title=Tuscan GP at Mugello to be first F1 race to host fans in 2020|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151772/tuscan-gp-to-be-first-f1-race-to-host-fans-in-2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830105824/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/151772/tuscan-gp-to-be-first-f1-race-to-host-fans-in-2020|archive-date=30 August 2020|website=Autosport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|language=en-GB}}

{{Further|2020 Formula One World Championship#Entries}}

Ten teams (each representing a different constructor) 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-document/2020%20Tuscan%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Entry%20List.pdf|title=2020 Tuscan Grand Prix – Entry List|date=10 September 2020|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|access-date=10 September 2020}}

{{See also|Formula One tyres}}

Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the three hardest compounds available.{{Cite web|date=22 July 2020|title=2020 Tuscan and Russian Grands Prix - Tyre compound choices|url=https://press.pirelli.com/2020-tuscan-and-russian-grands-prix---tyre-compound-choices/|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Pirelli|language=en}}

• {{note|1|1}} – Sergio Pérez received a one-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kimi Räikkönen during the second practice session.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-perez-blames-pit-exit-configuration-as-hes-handed-grid-drop-for.4o05Fsfq539oYzPW9pwa2f.html|title=Perez blames pit exit configuration as he's handed grid drop for Raikkonen collision in FP2|website=Formula1.com|date=11 September 2020|access-date=11 September 2020}}
• {{note|2|2}} – Daniil Kvyat and Kimi Räikkönen set identical times in Q2; Kvyat was classified ahead as he set his lap time before Räikkönen.

The race was marked by several incidents. On the first lap at turn 2, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Kimi Räikkönen, and Romain 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. A separate incident at the same corner involved Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lance Stroll, as Sainz spun round and damaged Sebastian Vettel's front wing. These incidents together brought out the safety car. On lap 6 the safety car pulled in, but an accordion effect led the midfield drivers to accelerate up to racing speed before the leaders did and were forced to brake,{{Cite web|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/what-really-happened-in-tuscan-gps-huge-restart-crash/|title=What really happened in Tuscan GP's huge restart crash|date=14 September 2020|website=The Race|access-date=28 September 2020}} triggering a collision involving Sainz, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi, and Nicholas Latifi. Grosjean blamed the leader, Valtteri Bottas, for causing the accordion 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,{{Cite web|date=13 September 2020|title=Hamilton beats Bottas to win crazy Tuscan GP, as Albon secures maiden podium|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-beats-bottas-to-win-crazy-tuscan-gp-as-albon-secures-maiden-podium.6TqXlnjsxf0fZ5q0tubg18.html|access-date=23 October 2020|website=Formula1.com|language=en}} after Stroll suffered a tyre failure at lap 43 turn 9, and went into the barrier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/lewis-hamilton-tuscan-grand-prix-result-standings-b434400.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010111131/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/formula1/lewis-hamilton-tuscan-grand-prix-result-standings-b434400.html |archive-date=2020-10-10 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Lewis Hamilton wins chaotic Tuscan Grand Prix to extend world championship lead|date=13 September 2020|website=The Independent|access-date=4 October 2020}} His Racing 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 and Alex 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.{{Cite web|url=https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-small-and-unenviable-f1-club-russell-has-joined-for-now/|title=The small and unenviable F1 club Russell has joined, for now|date=18 September 2020|website=The Race|access-date=28 September 2020}} Twelve drivers were warned by the FIA for their part in the accident at the restart on lap 6.{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Luke|date=13 September 2020|title=Twelve F1 drivers given warning over pile-up on Tuscan GP safety car restart|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/152129/twelve-drivers-given-warning-over-tuscan-gp-pileup|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Autosport.com|language=en}} Writing for the BBC, former GP2 Series champion Jolyon Palmer praised the circuit, saying that it "defied all the [Hermann] Tilke design theories and yet provided a great spectacle in the traditional sense."{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/54162170|title=Jolyon Palmer column: Mugello offers lessons to F1 on sanitised circuits|date=15 September 2020|access-date=20 February 2021|work=BBC Sport|last=Palmer|first=Jolyon}}

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• {{note|3|1}} – Includes one point for fastest lap.
• {{note|4|2}} – Kimi Räikkönen finished eighth on the track, but received a five-second time penalty for crossing the pit entry line.

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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

• 2020 Mugello Formula 2 round
• 2020 Mugello Formula 3 round

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