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Formula 1 supported the idea of celebrating the 1000th Grand Prix in Ferrari history at the Scuderia Mugello circuit. Runners were delighted with the high-speed track in picturesque Tuscany; This was only possible in the incredible 2020 antivirus calendar, which will later be remembered and cited as an example.
In honor of the holiday, Ferrari changed the color of the cars and the racers ‘overalls – they turned almost cherry, even Mercedes’ safety car was red at the Tuscan Grand Prix. Before the start of the race, Mick Schumacher drove his father’s F2004 on the track.
It was wrong to celebrate the anniversary without guests and fans, the Tuscan Grand Prix became the first of the season in which tickets were sold, only 2880 spectators were allowed per day on the circuit, but the first step was taken, in two weeks they expect to see thirty thousand fans in Sochi.
Mercedes racers dominated the weekend. In the Friday and Saturday training sessions, the protocol was in charge of Valtteri Bottas. The fight in qualifying was close, Hamilton and Bottas shared the front row of the starting field: Lewis was six hundredths ahead of his teammate. Verstappen and Albon started from the second row, Leclair and Stroll from the third row.
Sergio Perez, who was left without a contract for next season this weekend, lost a spot early on because of Friday’s incident with Raikkonen. Daniil Kvyat started the race 12th.
Due to the high load on the tires and the abrasive asphalt, Pirelli chose the strongest rubber. Compositions C1, C2 and C3 were used in the roles of Hard, Medium and Soft.
In Max Verstappen’s car training circle, there were problems with the power plant – he switched to safe mode. The mechanics, along with Honda engineers at the starting field, worked the machine to the end.
In the race, Kvyat, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Russell and Latifi started on Medium, the rest started on Soft.
.jpg "Start of the Grand Prix of Tuscany")
At first Bottas passed Hamilton to lead the race. Verstappen started, but in a straight line the power of the center fell, lost several positions. Gasly collided with Raikkonen and Grosjean, Kimi collided with Max. Cars Verstappen and Gasly got stuck in the gravel, both riders gave up the fight.
Sainz turned around after contact with Stroll, Vettel crashed into him, both drivers continued to fight, Sebastian was replaced by a nose cone. The security car got out.
Top ten in the second round: Bottas – Hamilton – Leclair – Albon – Paseo – Riccardo – Pérez – Norris – Kvyat – Ocon.
On the seventh lap, a restart was announced. Bottas slowed down and warmed up the tires. Behind, Giovinazzi slowed to avoid contact with Latifi, but crashed into Magnussen. Sainz collided with Antonio from behind and Giovinazzi collided with Latifi and Magnussen’s cars. Four horsemen withdrew from the fight.
.jpg "Wrecked cars of Kevin Magnussen and Carlos Sainz")
The safety car started again, and then the race was stopped with red flags; it was necessary to clear the debris at the starting line.
The drivers were able to change tires. Runners Mercedes, Russell and Raikkonen switched to Medium, the rest supplied Soft.
Renault decided to take Okon out of the race due to overheating of the brakes.
Drivers didn’t complete a single full circle in race mode, and seven cars have already pulled out of the fight.
Half an hour later, the race continued with a start.
.jpg "In the second outing, Hamilton beat Bottas to lead the race.")
In the second outing, Hamilton beat Bottas to lead the race. Albon has lost several spots. Raikkonen ahead of Russell, Grosjean – Vettel.
Top ten on lap 10: Hamilton – Bottas – Leclair – Paseo – Pérez – Riccardo – Albon – Norris – Kvyat – Raikkonen.
On lap 12, Russell passed Raikkonen.
On lap 15, Riccardo overtook Pérez for fifth place.
On lap 16, Vettel overtook Raikkonen for 11th place.
On lap 18, Stroll overtook Leclair to move up to third place. Elbon overtook Pérez.
On lap 19, Riccardo edged out Leclerc for fourth place. On lap 20, Albon beat Leclair.
On lap 21, Pérez was ahead of Leclerc: Charles’s tires lost efficiency.
Top ten on lap 21: Hamilton – Bottas – Paseo – Riccardo – Elbon – Pérez – Leclair – Norris – Kvyat – Russell.
On lap 22, Leclair changed the tires.
On lap 26, Leclerc overtook Grosjean in 12th position.
On lap 28, Riccardo and Raikkonen made a pit stop. There was a problem while I was repairing Kimi’s car. Norris edged Perez for fifth place.
On lap 29, Pérez, Vettel and Grosjean changed tires. Day 30: Norris, Kvyat and Russell. Day 31 – Walk. Due to an early pit stop, Riccardo was ahead of Stroll.
On lap 32, Bottas made a pit stop, at 33: Hamilton and Elbon. Lewis retained the lead in the race.
On lap 33, Norris passed Leclair in seventh position.
In the Grosjean-Raikkonen match, contact occurred, but the runners continued to move.
Top ten on lap 35: Hamilton – Bottas – Riccardo – Paseo – Albon – Pérez – Norris – Leclair – Kvyat – Russell.
On lap 38, Leclerc changed tires.
On lap 43, Stroll, due to a high speed puncture, took off at the second corner of Arrabbiata, hitting a barrier.
The security car got out. They all changed their tires. A minute later, the race was stopped for the second time with red flags: it was necessary to restore the barrier. The drivers returned to the pit lane and left the cars.
During the evacuation, Stroll’s wrecked car caught fire, had to be lowered to the ground; the bailiffs used various fire extinguishers.
Top ten after stopping the race: Hamilton – Bottas – Riccardo – Albon – Pérez – Norris – Kvyat – Leclair – Russell – Vettel.
After 25 minutes, the race continued with a stopped start. Raikkonen and Grosjean were allowed to return to the same circle with the leaders.
In the third outing, Hamilton held the lead. Riccardo beat Bottas. Grosjean and Raikkonen beat the Ferrari drivers. Russell backed away.
On lap 48, Bottas overtook Riccardo, returning to second position.
Top ten on lap 49: Hamilton – Bottas – Riccardo – Elbon – Pérez – Norris – Kvyat – Raikkonen – Grosjean – Leclair.
On lap 50, Leclerc passed Grosjean.
On lap 51, Elbon beat Riccardo for third place. Vettel edged out Grosjean.
On lap 52, Russell overtook Grosjean in 11th place and picked up the pace in an attempt to close the gap with Raikkonen to five seconds, which the Finn would lose on a penalty, but Kimi was faster.
.jpg "Lewis Hamilton won the Tuscan Grand Prix with his sixth win of the season and 90 of his career")
Lewis Hamilton won the Tuscan Grand Prix with his sixth win of the season and 90 of his career. Valtteri Bottas finished second: the Mercedes drivers won their third winning double of the season.
In two weeks the fight will continue in Sochi.
Race results
| Pilot | I send | Hour | Speed | Pete |
| 1.L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 2: 19: 35.060 | 133,036 | 5 |
| 2.V. Bottas | Mercedes | +4,880 | 132,959 | 5 |
| 3.A. Elbon | Red Bull | +8,064 | 132,908 | 5 |
| 4. D. Riccardo | Renault | +10,417 | 132,871 | 5 |
| 5.C. Perez | Racing point | +15,650 | 132,788 | 5 |
| 6.L. Norris | Mclaren | +18,883 | 132,737 | 5 |
| 7.D. Kvyat | AlphaTauri | +21,756 | 132,691 | 5 |
| 8. S. Leclair | Ferrari | +28,345 | 132,587 | 5 |
| 9.K. Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | +29,770 | 132,565 | 6 |
| 10.S. Vettel | Ferrari | +29,983 | 132,561 | 6 |
| 11.D. Russell | Williams | +32,404 | 132,523 | 5 |
| 12. R. Grozhan | Haas | +42,036 | 132,372 | 5 |
* added five seconds to Raikkonen’s result for crossing the line entering pit lane
Best circle: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1: 18.833 (58 laps, 239.518 km / h)
Reasons for retirements
| Pilot | I send | A circle | The reason |
| M. Verstappen | Red bull racing | 0 | shock |
| P. Gasley | AlphaTauri | 0 | shock |
| N. Latifi | Williams | 6 | shock |
| K. Magnussen | Haas | 5 | shock |
| A. Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 5 | shock |
| K. Sines | Mclaren | 5 | shock |
| E. Okon | Renault | 7 | brakes |
| L. Walk | Racing point | 42 | shock |
Championship position: Individual
Championship place: Constructors’ Cup
| I send | Motor | Lenses | |
| = | 1. Mercedes AMG Petronas | Mercedes | 325 |
| = | 2. Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | Sling | 173 |
| = | 3. McLaren F1 Team | Renault | 106 |
| = | 4. BWT Racing Point F1 Team | Mercedes | 92 |
| = | 5. Renault DP World F1 Team | Renault | 83 |
| = | 6. Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 66 |
| = | 7. Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | Sling | 53 |
| = | 8. Alfa Romeo Racing | Ferrari | 4 |
| = | 9. Haas F1 Team | Ferrari | one |
