2020 Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio Dell'emilia Romagna

[Big Kev]

2020 Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio Dell'emilia Romagna



Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Lap data
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UK Times

Saturday 31st October 2020
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 10:00-11:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix Qualifying: 14:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 1st November 2020
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix: 13:10 (UK time: 12:10)

Videos

Jenson Button 2004


Derek Warwick 1989




Previous Winners
(San Marino GP)
1990 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
1991 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
1992 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
1993 France Alain Prost Williams-Renault
1994 Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford
1995 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault
1996 United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault
1997 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault
1998 United Kingdom David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes
1999 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2000 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Germany Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2004 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
2006 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari


Drivers’ Chosen Tyres


Championship standings

[Big Kev]

Experimental 2 day race weekend.
Only 1 practice session, 90 mins on Saturday and then a break and straight in to qually. Be interesting to see if that mixes things up a bit.

[durbster]

Good job you said that or I'd have been hunting to get the live sessions on the radio tomorrow.

[w00dsy]

One for Norbs

[Big Kev]

And Bottas still wouldn't be faster

[pixelboy]

Oh really?

[w00dsy]

I've actually been impressed with Bottas' speed this year. There's still a bit of improvement needed with his race craft but he's shadowed or beaten Lewis a lot more this year.

[durbster]

I think Lewis just has that trait where his average pace is consistently high through a race and while other drivers might be occasionally faster, their lows are also lower and gradually they fall away. It means they're beatable on single laps when somebody else hooks it up but can always deliver in the race. I always thought of Hakkinen and Alonso as having that too.

[r8response]

Well, that's the race handed to Hamilton on a platter.

[Big Kev]

Yep

Russell

[w00dsy]

That was bigger than expected

[durbster]

The new strategy from Ferrari? Stick bits of their car onto the Mercedes to slow them down.

Hamilton got lucky with the safety car but I think he had already pulled out enough of a gap to pass Bottas so was the likely winner anyway.

That was harsh for Russell. We were just talking about how he looked like scoring points when it cut to him in the wall.

When I saw almost the whole field were around a second apart after 10 laps it looked like being a tedious procession but a few random moments and the last few laps brought it back a bit.

[norbs]

I think Lewis just has that trait where his average pace is consistently high through a race and while other drivers might be occasionally faster, their lows are also lower and gradually they fall away. It means they're beatable on single laps when somebody else hooks it up but can always deliver in the race. I always thought of Hakkinen and Alonso as having that too.

It also helps that he can basically coast a lot more often than other drivers. And that he has a team mate that isnt at the same level as he is. It is a pity Rosberg didnt stick around.

They need to do something about a team having this level of dominance though. The money Merc have spent on 7 world champs would keep some of the mid tier teams going for decades. It isnt good for the sport.

[w00dsy]

There's a budget cap coming in either next year or the year after that should help the smaller teams.

[durbster]

They need to do something about a team having this level of dominance though. The money Merc have spent on 7 world champs would keep some of the mid tier teams going for decades. It isnt good for the sport.

Yeah I agree on that. One team winning several championships in a row leaves me cold, and them winning so easily says to me that the sport is in really poor health. I really hope the budget cap and other rules they're bringing in will address it.