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Formula 1 Styrian GP
2020 F1 Styrian Grand Prix race results
Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix, the second round of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season at the Red Bull Ring, as Ferrari suffered the ignominy of its cars colliding on the opening lap.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jul 12, 2020, 2:53 PM
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From pole position, Hamilton led the battling Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and McLaren’s Sainz on the opening lap, as the Ferraris collided at Turn 3, which caused an immediate safety car to allow the marshals to clear the track of debris. Sebastian Vettel toured into the pits with no rear wing, while Charles Leclerc – who initiated the contact by lunging up the inside – needed a fresh front wing. Vettel’s car was retired immediately, while an apologetic Leclerc continued with floor damage but retired a couple of laps later.
At the restart, Hamilton led Verstappen, Sainz, Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Alex Albon (Red Bull). Bottas passed Sainz for third on Lap 6, and Albon also DRS-ed past him two laps later. The Renaults duelled over sixth position, delaying each other and allowing Sainz to pull away, and the Racing Points to catch them. Daniel Ricciardo finally passed Esteban Ocon, at the third attempt, on Lap 20.
Verstappen pitted first to switch from softs to mediums on Lap 24, to protect from being undercut by Bottas, with Hamilton pitting two laps later and Bottas staying out much longer. Bottas stopped on Lap 34, rejoining behind Verstappen – but saving 10 laps on his new mediums.
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Hamilton was untroubled out front, managing a 5s-plus gap over Verstappen, who was suffering some front wing endplate damage, so Max’s attentions turned to keeping Bottas at bay on his fresher tyres. Bottas got into DRS range with six laps remaining, as Verstappen reported “shocking” driveability exiting Turn 3 due to his higher rear tyre wear.
They swapped positions on Lap 67, as Verstappen refused to cede the runner-up spot without a fight, but Bottas sealed the deal a lap later to finish second.
Sainz suffered a poor pitstop due to a left-rear wheel that refused to engage, losing his fifth place to Ricciardo – and two further spots to both Racing Points. Sergio Perez vaulted up the order from 17th on the grid, passing Ricciardo for fifth with 22 laps to go. He then chased Albon, setting a sequence of fastest laps in his chase of the Red Bull, but Albon clung to fourth despite some contact that broke Perez’s front wing.
McLaren switched Sainz and Lando Norris in an attempt to catch the Ricciardo/Stroll battle with 10 laps to go. Stroll snatched sixth from Ricciardo at Turn 3, with Norris also passing Ricciardo. Norris passed Stroll on the final lap, and then grabbed fifth from an ailing Perez at the final corner, with the Mexican finishing just ahead of Stroll and Ricciardo with his damaged car.
Ocon retired from seventh place with a suspected cooling issue that caused his engine to overheat.
F1 Styrian Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap km/h Points 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 71 1:22'50.683 25 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 71 1:23'04.402 13.719 18 3 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 71 1:23'24.381 33.698 15 4 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 71 1:23'35.083 44.400 12 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 71 1:23'52.153 1'01.470 10 6 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 71 1:23'53.070 1'02.387 8 7 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 71 1:23'53.136 1'02.453 6 8 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 71 1:23'53.274 1'02.591 4 9 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 70 1 lap 3 10 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 70 1 lap 1 11 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 70 1 lap 12 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 70 1 lap 13 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 70 1 lap 14 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 70 1 lap 15 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 70 1 lap 16 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 69 2 laps 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 69 2 laps Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 25 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 4 Sebastian Vettel
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F1 Styrian Grand Prix race fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap km/h 1 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 68 1'05.619 236.894 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 70 1'06.145 0.526 235.010 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 68 1'06.719 1.100 232.989 4 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 68 1'07.188 1.569 231.362 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 66 1'07.193 1.574 231.345 6 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 68 1'07.299 1.680 230.981 7 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 62 1'07.534 1.915 230.177 8 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 69 1'07.827 2.208 229.183 9 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 65 1'07.832 2.213 229.166 10 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 65 1'07.833 2.214 229.162 11 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 69 1'08.009 2.390 228.569 12 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 69 1'08.047 2.428 228.442 13 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 60 1'08.378 2.759 227.336 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 57 1'08.382 2.763 227.322 15 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 54 1'08.512 2.893 226.891 16 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 36 1'08.601 2.982 226.597 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 68 1'08.806 3.187 225.922 18 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 22 1'09.321 3.702 224.243 19 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 3 1'35.379 29.760 162.979 View full results
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