F1 2020: Driver line-up, testing schedule, calendar
All the essential information you need about the 2020 Formula 1 season in one place.
2020 Formula 1 testing dates
Dates | Venue |
19-21 February | |
26-28 February | |
TBA (3 days post-season) |
2020 Formula 1 calendar
Date | Grand Prix | Venue |
---|---|---|
15th March | Melbourne | |
22nd March | Sakhir | |
5th April | Hanoi | |
19th April | Shanghai | |
3rd May | Zandvoort | |
10th May | Barcelona | |
24th May | Monaco | |
7th June | Baku | |
14th June | Montreal | |
28th June | Paul Ricard | |
5th July | Red Bull Ring | |
19th July | Silverstone | |
2nd August | Hungaroring | |
30th August | Spa-Francorchamps | |
6th September | Monza | |
20th September | Singapore | |
27th September | Sochi | |
11th October | Suzuka | |
25th October | Austin | |
1st November | Mexico City | |
15th November | Interlagos | |
29th November | Yas Marina |
What's new
- The Vietnam Grand Prix will be hosted for the first time ever, on a Hermann Tilke-designed temporary street circuit in the nation's capital of Hanoi
- The Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort will return to the calendar after a 35-year-absence
- The German Grand Prix, intermittently held at Hockenheim over the last five years, will not take place
- Pre-season testing has been reduced from eight days to six, and in-season testing has been axed
2020 Formula 1 roster:
Driver | Team | Engine |
---|---|---|
![]() | Mercedes | Mercedes |
![]() | Mercedes | Mercedes |
![]() | Ferrari | Ferrari |
![]() | Ferrari | Ferrari |
Red Bull | Honda | |
![]() | Red Bull | Honda |
![]() | Renault | Renault |
![]() | Renault | Renault |
![]() | Haas | Ferrari |
![]() | Haas | Ferrari |
![]() | McLaren | Renault |
![]() | McLaren | Renault |
![]() | Racing Point | Mercedes |
![]() | Racing Point | Mercedes |
![]() | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari |
![]() | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari |
![]() | Alpha Tauri | Honda |
![]() | Alpha Tauri | Honda |
![]() | Williams | Mercedes |
![]() | Williams | Mercedes |
What's new
- Esteban Ocon will return to full-time Formula 1 racing with Renault, replacing Nico Hulkenberg, who drops off the grid
- Robert Kubica will vacate his seat at Williams, being replaced by Nicholas Latifi
- Alexander Albon is due to contest his first full season for Red Bull, having replaced Pierre Gasly mid-season in 2019
- Red Bull's junior outfit Scuderia Toro Rosso team will be renamed Alpha Tauri
- McLaren will contest its final season as a Renault engine customer ahead of a 2021 switch to Mercedes power

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