2020 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying results, full grid lineup

For the first time since 2006, teams were unleashed around the classic Italian venue for a qualifying session.

In the top-10 shootout, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) set the bar at 1m13.781s, 0.031s quicker than Bottas, who lost time in the final sector. Hamilton then lowered his time to 1m13.706 on the second run, but Bottas snatched the top spot seconds later with 1m13.609s, which was 0.097s faster.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start third, 0.567s off the fastest time. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly – wearing a fantastic Ayrton Senna tribute helmet – will start fourth.

Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) qualified fifth, ahead of Alex Albon’s Red Bull. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start seventh, ahead of Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) and the McLarens of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz.

In Qualifying 2, Bottas was fastest on the medium tyres with 1m14.585s, 0.058s faster than Hamilton. Meanwhile, there was huge drama at Red Bull, as Verstappen complained of “no power” on his first run, and was forced to pit for electrical repairs, while his teammate Albon suffered a spin at Variante Alta.

Both made the cut on their final runs, Verstappen even doing it on medium tyres after a spark plug change. Knocked out at this point were Sergio Perez (by just 0.1s in his Racing Point), Esteban Ocon (Renault), George Russell (Williams), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari, who had his fastest lap deleted) and Lance Stroll (Racing Point, who was pinged for track limits and ran wide at Rivazza in a scrappy session).

In Qualifying 1, Bottas set the fastest time at 1m14.221s, eight thousandths faster than Hamilton (who had his fastest time deleted after running too wide at Piratella, and used two sets of soft tyres in this session).

Falling at the first hurdle were the Haas duo Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen (who went off on his final flying lap at Rivazza), Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and the second Alfa of Antonio Giovinazzi.

F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying grid results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Time	Gap	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	1'13.609		242.530
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	1'13.706	0.097	242.210
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	1'14.176	0.567	240.676
4	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	1'14.502	0.893	239.623
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	1'14.520	0.911	239.565
6	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	1'14.572	0.963	239.398
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	1'14.616	1.007	239.256
8	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	1'14.696	1.087	239.000
9	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	1'14.814	1.205	238.623
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	1'14.911	1.302	238.314
11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	1'15.061	1.452	237.838
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	1'15.201	1.592	237.395
13	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	1'15.323	1.714	237.011
14	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	1'15.385	1.776	236.816
15	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	1'15.494	1.885	236.474
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	1'15.918	2.309	235.153
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	1'15.939	2.330	235.088
18	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	1'15.953	2.344	235.045
19	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	1'15.987	2.378	234.940
20	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	1'16.208	2.599	234.258
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying Q3 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	6	1'13.609			242.530
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	6	1'13.706	0.097	0.097	242.210
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	6	1'14.176	0.567	0.470	240.676
4	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	6	1'14.502	0.893	0.326	239.623
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	6	1'14.520	0.911	0.018	239.565
6	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	6	1'14.572	0.963	0.052	239.398
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	6	1'14.616	1.007	0.044	239.256
8	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	6	1'14.696	1.087	0.080	239.000
9	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	6	1'14.814	1.205	0.118	238.623
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	6	1'14.911	1.302	0.097	238.314
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying Q2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	6	1'14.585			239.356
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	6	1'14.643	0.058	0.058	239.170
3	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	8	1'14.681	0.096	0.038	239.048
4	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	7	1'14.745	0.160	0.064	238.844
5	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	6	1'14.953	0.368	0.208	238.181
6	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	5	1'14.974	0.389	0.021	238.114
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	9	1'15.017	0.432	0.043	237.978
8	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	10	1'15.022	0.437	0.005	237.962
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	6	1'15.027	0.442	0.005	237.946
10	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	6	1'15.051	0.466	0.024	237.870
11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	6	1'15.061	0.476	0.010	237.838
12	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	6	1'15.201	0.616	0.140	237.395
13	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	8	1'15.323	0.738	0.122	237.011
14	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	10	1'15.385	0.800	0.062	236.816
15	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	6	1'15.494	0.909	0.109	236.474
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying Q1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	10	1'14.221			240.530
2	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	10	1'14.229	0.008	0.008	240.504
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	5	1'15.034	0.813	0.805	237.924
4	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	5	1'15.123	0.902	0.089	237.642
5	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	5	1'15.183	0.962	0.060	237.452
6	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	5	1'15.274	1.053	0.091	237.165
7	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	8	1'15.352	1.131	0.078	236.920
8	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	8	1'15.402	1.181	0.050	236.762
9	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	10	1'15.407	1.186	0.005	236.747
10	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	5	1'15.412	1.191	0.005	236.731
11	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	6	1'15.474	1.253	0.062	236.537
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	7	1'15.528	1.307	0.054	236.367
13	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	10	1'15.571	1.350	0.043	236.233
14	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	10	1'15.760	1.539	0.189	235.644
15	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	10	1'15.822	1.601	0.062	235.451
16	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	10	1'15.918	1.697	0.096	235.153
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	11	1'15.939	1.718	0.021	235.088
18	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	10	1'15.953	1.732	0.014	235.045
19	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	12	1'15.987	1.766	0.034	234.940
20	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	8	1'16.208	1.987	0.221	234.258
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying as it happened