Tuscany F1 GP in Mugello, live broadcast of the race | Departure at 15.10

At Mugello it is the big day of the 1000 Ferrari Formula 1 GP. The Tuscany Ferrari 1000 GP will be held, the ninth round of the 2020 World Championship (59 laps). The Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas take off from pole. The dominant drivers of the championship have the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon behind them. Ferrari has the fifth time with Charles Leclerc, who therefore starts from the third row.

14.55 – Race strategies

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Possible bidding strategies based on calculations provided by Pirelli. The fastest is in two stops (1 stint in soft, 19 laps, 1 stint in the middle, 21 and 1 stint in soft, 19). The second fastest is with two stops (1 stint in soft, 16 laps, 1 stint in the middle, 21 and 1 stint in the middle, 22).

14.50 – Weather conditions

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Ideal weather conditions for racing: sunny, 29 degrees in the air and 44 on the asphalt.

2.45 p.m. – Pit lane open

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Once the pit lane is open, the cars line up.

14.40 – Ferrari, 11th drivers

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There are 18 nationalities of the 110 drivers who have entered at least one Formula 1 GP at the wheel of a Ferrari. Of these 96 managed to compete in a race. The country that has contributed the most drivers to Ferrari is Italy, with 32 representatives (including the two-time world champion Alberto Ascari), followed by Great Britain with 16 (with the 1958 world champions, Mike Hawthorn, and the 1964 world champion, John Surtees), France and the United States with 11 (including 1961 world champion Phil Hill). Five have been the Germans so far, as well as five are the titles won by Michael Schumacher. Sebastian Vettel is still part of the team. There are four Argentines (including the 1956 world champion, Juan Manuel Fangio); the Austrians and the Finns two (with two titles for Niki Lauda, ​​in 1975 and 1977, and one for the Finn Kimi Räikkönen, in 2007). Only one South African competed for Scuderia Ferrari: 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter.

14.27 – Who has already been on tour at Mugello?

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There are currently 7 drivers involved in Formula 1 who have already had the opportunity to turn around at Mugello at the wheel of a Formula 1 car in a test session. This is Kimi Räikkönen, who debuted in 2001; by Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas, Romain Grosjean, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Pérez, who were able to test the track in the collective test organized by Formula 1 in 2012, and by Charles Leclerc, who tested the Tuscan circuit last Tuesday, June 23 in test before the restart of the championship.

2:15 pm – Mugello, crashed track

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Inaugurated in 1974 as a natural evolution of the Road Circuit born in 1914, the Mugello route sits on the hills of the municipality of Scarperia and San Piero a Sieve. For some time one of the most popular facilities for drivers and motorsport throughout the world, the Mugello circuit has been owned by Ferrari since 1988 and is among the few tracks that the FIA ​​has certified as a Level 3 rating. stars. In fact, the plant has passed the environmental test developed by the Federation, thus obtaining recognition for the excellence of the sustainability policies adopted.

14.07 – Mick: “Special emotion”

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Mick Schumacher commented on the laps on the track with the Ferrari F2004 with which his father Michael raced: “It’s fantastic, a special emotion for me, I wanted to revive the sensations and the driving level, it is a very aggressive car. It was a dream for me to drive this car, to be able to do it was wonderful, an honor, I thank Ferrari.

2 pm – Mick with his father’s F2004

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Mick Schumacher brought the Ferrari F2004 to the track with which his father Michael wrote many pages of F1 history. Few laps at Mugello and a lot of emotions for the son of the 7-time world champion, who leads the F.2 championship.

13.57 – Leclerc: “I’ll quit”

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Charles Leclerc, an hour before the GP: “The balance of the car is not bad, I will do my best to keep up with those who should be faster in the race pace.”

13.55 – Hamilton: “Mugello, there are no more tracks like this”

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Hamilton: “I’m happy to start from pole, there was a lot of work to find the right set-up, it was not easy, I flipped the switch at the right time. Mugello is fantastic, there are no such designed tracks today, even the track changes are special and fantastic. It will be exciting in the race. Scared of the road? No, whatever happens, if they pass me at the start I will try to make up for it later in the race, paying attention to the risks for qualifying ”.

13.45 – Elkann: “We are getting stronger for the future”

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President John Elkann spoke to Sky just before the Tuscan GP: “Ferrari is a responsibility of a glorious past, but an equally glorious future. The 1000 GP? It is an incredible number, since we are the only ones who have done them. As a family we entered the 1950s when there was a Mercedes dominance, a coincidence that I hope bodes well for what we have to do in the future. How to explain this difficult moment to the fans? It is a painful moment that makes us suffer, accepting this reality is hard, but it is the only way to go further. The reasons are many, the changes, but they are also excuses that we do not like to have. This is our reality and only by becoming aware of it can we progress. It takes time, it will be two difficult seasons, but in 2022 we can restart on a new basis. Trust the team? If we look at the last decade we can say that we have weakened and strengthened our competitors, with Binotto we are doing the opposite, building on a solid foundation and strengthening it. Leclerc? I think that for him and Sainz Ferrari it is a great opportunity to become champions and build a future with them, it is the right thing for them and for us. Hamilton and his records? He is the greatest of his generation and may become the greatest in F1, there are very few who have that talent and even fewer who translate it into results. We admire him and see him as an encouragement to help a generation like Leclerc’s emerge. 2021? We are now between sixth and fourth place and we have to progress, which means podium, not victory. We must prepare to win in 2022, we must not give hope that we cannot fulfill ”.

1:20 pm – Feast of the 1000 Ferraris in Florence

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Florence’s Piazza della Signoria was the ideal setting for the Saturday of the 1000th Ferrari GP in Formula 1. The Maranello house invited some of the protagonists of the paddock to the most beautiful hall in the Tuscan capital for a special evening, according with procedures. anti Covid-19.

Standards

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Precisely the safety rules to limit the spread of the pandemic made it impossible to repeat last year’s event in Milan’s Piazza Duomo, when the team was embraced by thousands of fans. Guests. The afternoon began at dusk, when the square began to come to life. A spectacular display of Formula 1 world champion single-seaters from various eras such as the F2008, F2002, F1-2000, 1979 312 T4 and 500 F2 dominating the 1952 and 1953 seasons and some road Ferraris await the first guests . from the current range (SF90 Stradale, F8 Tributo Spider, 812 GTS, Portofino and Roma). In the center of the square, an example of the amaranth colored SF1000 that characterizes the single-seaters competing on track this weekend in the Tuscan Grand Prix – Ferrari 1000 at the Mugello circuit. Shortly after 9:00 p.m., the facades of the Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia dei Lanzi, which overlook Piazza della Signoria, came to life, illuminated by some of the most iconic images of Scuderia Ferrari at the 999 Grand Prix held until now.

Summary of emotions

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A succession of emotions, from the first seasons, characterized by the exploits of the great Italian pilots, such as Alberto Ascari, Piero Taruffi and Luigi Musso, to the most successful time of the triad composed of Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt and Ross Brawn and even nowadays, through the other great Ferrari champions, such as John Surtees, Niki Lauda or Jody Scheckter. The images are accompanied by the suggestive notes of the flutist Andrea Griminelli.

Gifts

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Among those present in Florence, in addition to the president of Ferrari John Elkann, the CEO, Louis Camilleri, and the vice president, Piero Ferrari, the president of the International Automobile Federation, Jean Todt, the CEO of Formula 1, Chase Carey, the Formula 1 Motorsport Managing Director Ross Brawn, Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, who announced the handover of the keys to the city to Piero Ferrari, and several former Scuderia drivers and managers such as Eddie Irvine, Jean Alesi, Stefan Johansson, Luca di Montezemolo and Stefano Domenicali.

13.10 – The deployment

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This is the starting grid of the Ferrari 1000 Tuscany GP

First row
1. Hamilton (Mercedes)
2. Bottas (Mercedes)

Second row
3. Verstappen (Red Bull)
4. Albon (Red Bull)

Third row
5. Leclerc (Ferrari)
6. Walk (racing point)

Fourth row
7. Pérez (Racing Point)
8. Ricciardo (Renault)

Fifth row
9. Sainz (McLaren)
10. Ocon (Renault)

Sixth row
11. Norris (McLaren)
12. Kvyat (AlphaTauri)

Seventh row
13. Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
14. Vettel (Ferrari)

Eighth row
15. Grosjean (Haas)
16. Gasly (AlphaTauri)

Ninth row
17. Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
18. Russell (Williams)

10th row
19. Latifi (Williams)
20. Magnussen (Haas)