2020 F1 race results, Verstappen wins 70th Anniversary GP

Pole-winner Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton, as hard-tyred starter Verstappen outdragged Nico Hulkenberg for third position, with the latter’s Racing Point teammate Lance Stroll passing Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo for fifth at Turn 2. Under-pressure Sebastian Vettel spun his Ferrari across the track at Turn 1 after taking too much inside kerb, and he fell to the tail of the field.

Bottas just held off Hamilton’s attack at Brooklands on the opening lap, but was being warned of “critical” tyre temperatures as early as lap six. Verstappen caught Hamilton, attacking him by Lap 13 – ignoring his engineer’s pleas to save his tyres.

Bottas pitted on Lap 14, with Hamilton following him in a lap later – promoting Verstappen to the lead. Hamilton had to battle through traffic, dropping well away from Bottas, having fallen to fifth position. Bottas caught second-placed Stroll, who made his first pitstop on Lap 19.

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But even on the hard tyres, the Mercedes cars were suffering blistering both fronts and rears.

Verstappen pitted for medium tyres on Lap 27, but a slow right-rear switch meant he rejoined behind Bottas. Verstappen took no time at all in passing him, diving down the outside at Brooklands and making the move stick around the outside of Luffield.

Verstappen and Bottas pitted for a second time five laps later, Verstappen quickly ditching his mediums – which he needed to run at some point – for the favoured hards. That put Hamilton out in front, but he was complaining of problems with his car as well as the tyres.

Hamilton pitted for a second time with 11 laps remaining, with Verstappen leading Bottas by over 4s. Leclerc was elevated to third, with Hamilton dropping to fourth.

Hamilton charged on his new hard tyres, passing Leclerc for third at Stowe with six laps to go. He then cruised up to Bottas, with both being told they were free to race. Hamilton passed him with two laps to go, but Verstappen was already out of sight.

A late pitstop dropped Hulkenberg from fifth to seventh, promoting Stroll and Alex Albon (Red Bull). Esteban Ocon finished eighth, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri). Ricciardo spun outside the points as McLaren’s Carlos Sainz passed him.

F1 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix race results

Cla	#	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	52	1:19'41.993		2	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	52	1:19'53.319	11.326	2	19
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	52	1:20'01.224	7.905	2	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	52	1:20'11.282	10.058	1	12
5	23	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	52	1:20'21.139	9.857	2	10
6	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	52	1:20'24.531	3.392	2	8
7	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Point	Mercedes	52	1:20'37.944	13.413	3	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	52	1:20'46.766	8.822	1	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	52	1:20'47.537	0.771	2	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1:20'51.662	4.125	2	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1:20'52.635	0.973	2
12	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	52	1:20'55.363	2.728	2
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	52	1:20'56.063	0.700	2
14	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	51	1 lap		3
15	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	51	1 lap		1
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	51	1 lap		2
17	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	51	1 lap		2
18	63	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	51	1 lap		3
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	51	1 lap		3
	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	43			3
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F1 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	43	1'28.451			239.766
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	46	1'29.465	1.014	1.014	237.049
3	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	46	1'29.477	1.026	0.012	237.017
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	44	1'29.765	1.314	0.288	236.256
5	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	48	1'29.950	1.499	0.185	235.770
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Point	Mercedes	52	1'30.087	1.636	0.137	235.412
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1'30.092	1.641	0.005	235.399
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	39	1'30.552	2.101	0.460	234.203
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	49	1'30.556	2.105	0.004	234.193
10	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	50	1'30.575	2.124	0.019	234.144
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	49	1'30.698	2.247	0.123	233.826
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	52	1'30.738	2.287	0.040	233.723
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	49	1'30.785	2.334	0.047	233.602
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	51	1'30.793	2.342	0.008	233.581
15	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	45	1'30.877	2.426	0.084	233.365
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	39	1'31.168	2.717	0.291	232.621
17	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	50	1'31.408	2.957	0.240	232.010
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	30	1'31.756	3.305	0.348	231.130
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	37	1'31.826	3.375	0.070	230.954
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	39	1'31.830	3.379	0.004	230.944
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F1 70^th Anniversary Grand Prix race tyre history

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Honda	H	29	M	6	H	20
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes	M	17	H	27	H	11
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Mercedes	M	16	H	19	H	20
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari	M	21	H	34
5	Alex Albon	Red Bull	Honda	M	9	H	24	H	22
6	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	Mercedes	M	21	H	13	H	21
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Racing Point	Mercedes	M	18	H	15	H	14	S	10
8	Esteban Ocon	Renault	Renault	M	22	H	30
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	Renault	M	15	H	17	H	23
10	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	Honda	H	19	H	16	M	17
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Honda	M	10	H	16	H	29
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari	H	23	H	11	M	22
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	Renault	H	22	M	15	H	18
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	Renault	M	17	M	15	H	9	M	18
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	H	26	M	25
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Ferrari	M	20	H	22	H	13
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	7	H	26	M	18
18	George Russell	Williams	Mercedes	M	8	H	16	H	15	M	17
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Mercedes	M	9	H	17	H	20	M	5
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Ferrari	M	9	H	12	H	23
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