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Qualifying for the F1 Emilia Romagna GP of Round 13 of the 2020 F1 World Championship took place on Saturday, October 31 at the Imola Circuit in Italy, with Bartelli Bottas (Mercedes) taking pole position.
The Imola Circuit, formerly home to the San Marino F1 GP, has returned to the F1 calendar for the first time in 14 years since 2006 after being revised in the 2020 F1 World Championship for the new Corona Virus. This is the third race in Italy this season.
The Imola circuit, located about 30 km southeast of the old city of Bologna, was opened in 1952. Since then, it has been known as a high-speed, narrow circuit with challenging curves, and both the GP San Marino F1 race like the Italian F1 GP. In 1994, following a major accident in which Ailton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger were killed, the course underwent major renovations and was transformed into a medium speed circuit with many medium and low speed corners.
The regular Grand Prix has three 90-minute practice sessions, two on Friday and one on Saturday, but at this F1 Emilia Romagna GP, after a 90-minute practice on Saturday. Two and a half hours later, the classification was carried out.
At the F1 Emilia Romagna GP, to be held on the second day, only 10 sets of tires will be distributed (usually 13 sets), and Pirelli will have C2 (hard) x 2 sets, C3 (medium) x 2 sets on the circuit of Imola. I bring 6 sets of C4 (soft).
Dry conditions with a temperature of 19 degrees and a road surface temperature of 26 degrees. The qualifying session begins at 2:00 p.m. local time. As seen in the last few races, there are several drivers whose time is erased due to a violation of the track limit. In Q1, the time of Luis Hamilton, who was the best player at one point, and Kimi Raikonen, who seemed to break Q1, were erased.
It was Bartelli Bottas from Mercedes who won pole position. It was a tough start where time was erased in the first attack of Q1, but in the last minute he overtook teammate Lewis Hamilton and clocked 1 minute 13 seconds 609. He won pole position for the fourth time this season and the fifteenth time in total since the 11th round of F1 Eifel GP. With this, Mercedes has won pole position for 14 consecutive races since last year’s F1 GP Abdavi. His teammate Luis Hamilton followed in second place with a difference of 0.097 seconds, and Mercedes monopolized the front row for the third consecutive race.
Red Bull Honda’s Max Felstappen was in third place. The difference from the top is 0.567 seconds. In qualifying Q2, there was a dangerous scene where a misfire occurred due to a plug problem, abandoning the first attack and breaking through at the last minute. The first three cars will start on medium tires. His teammate Alexander Alban is sixth with a difference of 0.396 seconds.
Alpha Tauri Honda’s Pierre Guthrie is in fourth place. He beat Arbon and Daniel Ricardo (Renault). Also, his teammate Danil Kubiat made his first Q3 breakthrough this season and won the eighth grid. The experience of racing the Imola circuit on the day of filming in June this year seems to have been a success. Additionally, for the first time this season, four Honda F1 engines made their way in Q3, placing four in the top eight.
The final of the F1 Emilia Romagna GP will be a training lap starting at 9:10 p.m. (1:10 p.m. local time) on Sunday, November 1.
2020 Round 13 F1 Emilia Romagna GP GP Qualifying Results / Time
Category: F1 / F1 race result / Italian F1 GP
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