Formula 1 Race Schedule 2020

The pandemic required changes to the format of a race weekend, which included abandoning the drivers' parade and pre-race assembly for the host venue's national anthem. The FIA introduced limits to the number of team personnel who could be on the starting grid to prepare cars and changed the cut-off times for cars to leave pit lane to minimise the amount of time team personnel spent on the grid. Tyre supplier Pirelli was also required to provide an identical allocation of tyre compounds to all teams and drivers. Where Pirelli were previously required to announce compounds for a race several weeks in advance, this window was reduced to two weeks, allowing them to respond to anticipated changes to the calendar.

On 10 July, the Russian Grand Prix was re-added to the calendar on its originally scheduled date, and the first Tuscan Grand Prix was announced at the Mugello Circuit, the first time the circuit would host a Formula One World Championship race. Later in July, the return of the Nürburgring and the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola to the calendar was revealed, along with the debut of the Algarve International Circuit. These races were named the Eifel and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix respectively, with the return of the Portuguese Grand Prix for the first time since the 1996 season.

The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix took place over a shortened two-day weekend, with a single 90 minute practice session taking place on Saturday morning. This marks the first race at the Nürburgring since 2013 and at Imola since 2006, and also the first time that a country hosts three Grands Prix since the 1982 season. Twenty-two Grands Prix were originally scheduled for the 2020 World Championship. However, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in numerous race cancellations and postponements. A rescheduled calendar consisted of seventeen Grands Prix, nine from the original 2020 calendar and eight other Grands Prix, while the other thirteen original 2020 races were cancelled. This also meant that the season started with two races in Austria, and later on in the season there were also two races at Silverstone Circuit along with two races at Bahrain International Circuit.

Each race is the minimum number of laps that exceeds a total distance of 305 km (189.5 mi). Under the sporting regulations, a minimum of eight races must take place for the season to be considered a championship. The inaugural Tuscan Grand Prix, Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix start, resulted in Hamilton's sixth race win of the season, and Mercedes's third 1–2 finish. Bottas overtook Hamilton into turn one before a major collision at turn two caused the retirement of both Verstappen and Gasly.

This brought out the safety car for 8 laps to allow for the debris to be cleared. At the end of the safety car period, a major misunderstanding in the upper midfield led to a large collision down the pit straight, causing the retirement of Nicholas Latifi, Kevin Magnussen, Giovinazzi and Sainz Jr., and a red flag period. At the first restart, Hamilton overtook Bottas and led the race from there onwards. On lap 42, Ricciardo looked poised for his first podium since the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix when Stroll's Racing Point spun off the track due to a puncture, causing the second red flag of the race. This was the first time since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix that there were two red flag periods in one race.

Red Bull's Alexander Albon overtook Ricciardo in the closing laps, earning his first ever podium and the first podium for a Thai driver in Formula One. The Formula 1 race calendar for the rest of 2021 has been confirmed by the FIA on Saturday. The schedule has been altered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the new dates have now been announced. The season is currently headed up by British driver Lewis Hamilton as he aims for yet another championship. The Belgian Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton, who led every lap and won by 8 seconds over teammate Valtteri Bottas who finished second ahead of Max Verstappen.

On lap 11, Antonio Giovinazzi crashed at Campus corner; one of the wheels of his car came loose and hit the front right suspension of George Russell's car, causing both drivers to retire from the race. Renault achieved a finish of P4 and P5, equalling their best result since their return to the sport in 2016. This promoted Verstappen to second, McLaren driver Lando Norris to third, and Alexander Albon to fourth. In an eventful race, featuring three safety car periods and the retirements of nine drivers, Bottas won, ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and Norris. Hamilton crossed the line in second place, but received a five-second time penalty after a collision with Albon, who soon retired; after the penalty was applied, Hamilton finished fourth, ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr., Sergio Pérez and Pierre Gasly. The 22 events originally scheduled for the 2020 F1 season included the new Vietnam Grand Prix, to be held at a street circuit in Hanoi during April, and the Dutch Grand Prix, returning to the schedule following a 35-year absence.

In a statement in late April, Formula One CEO Chase Carey declared the intention to begin the season on 5 July and a target to hold between 15 and 18 races overall. In June, the first eight races of a rescheduled calendar were confirmed, with the season expected to begin on 5 July with the Austrian Grand Prix. This revised calendar included two newly named one-off events — both second races at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone — known as the Styrian and the 70th Anniversary Grands Prix respectively. Ross Brawn announced that the eight-round calendar was expected to grow and that the sport was considering races at venues that were not on the original calendar or using multiple configurations of existing circuits to achieve the goal of fifteen Grands Prix.

In early April, Ross Brawn suggested that a rescheduled calendar of 18 or 19 races would be possible should racing begin in July, and that the opening round "is most likely to be in Europe", potentially without spectators. He also raised the possibility of Grand Prix events being reduced to two days in order to ease pressure on logistical operations. However, Alfa Romeo Racing managing director Frédéric Vasseur cautioned that a condensed calendar could escalate the costs of competing and put smaller teams at risk of financial collapse. ], who pointed out that the race sanctioning fees paid by event organisers contributed to the prize money awarded to all teams at the end of the year.

This money is awarded proportionally based on the teams' World Constructors' Championship positions and forms a significant part of a team's budget for the upcoming year. With fewer races and the prize structure remaining fixed, teams were concerned that they would suffer a significant financial loss. The Chinese Grand Prix in April was the first race to be cancelled, weeks before the scheduled start of the championship.

Pre-season testing went ahead and the teams headed to Melbourne for the opening race of the year, but the Australian Grand Prix was called off on the day practice was due to begin. Hamilton was ruled out of the Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for the coronavirus and was replaced by Williams' George Russell. Russell impressed by taking the lead from new teammate and pole-sitter Bottas and led for 59 laps, before being taken out of contention by first a tyre mix-up by Mercedes and then a late-race puncture, eventually finishing 9th. Despite being dropped to last position through a lap 1 collision with Leclerc and Verstappen, Pérez took his first race victory, followed by Esteban Ocon taking his first podium finish in 2nd and Stroll finishing 3rd. With his win, Pérez took the record for the most race starts before a first victory, with 190 race starts, beating Mark Webber's record of 130 starts before his win at the 2009 German Grand Prix.

They join the rescheduled Bahrain and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix as the final four races of the season, bringing the calendar to seventeen races. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix was expected to go ahead and all teams and drivers arrived at the venue as planned. Three days before the race was due to take place, McLaren announced their withdrawal from the event after a team member tested positive for the virus.

Later that day, it was announced that the Bahrain Grand Prix would be postponed rather than closed to spectators, as would the inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix. Another exciting element of the 2021 F1 season was the debut of Sprint Qualifying. The 100km races determined the starting grid for Sunday's grands prix and awarded championship points to the top three drivers. Channel 4's commentator called the inaugural Saudi GP "an incredible day of confusion," which is an understatement – this will go down as one of the most contentious races of all time. But it delivered on thrills and means a final race of the season with the two leading drivers tied on points, as the incredible 2021 season reaches its conclusion.

Meanwhile Stroll was by the accident ahead and drove into the side of Leclerc. After a safety car, teams were told there would be a standing start from the grid, but just beforehand all the drivers except leader Hamilton dived into the pits for slick tyres, as the track was drying. As Formula 1 celebrated the 1000th World Championship race, Lewis Hamilton led home team mate Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes secured their third one-two in as many races to start the 2019 season. On a day when Ferrari had no answer for the Silver Arrows, Sebastian Vettel completed the podium in third.

Hamilton's win means that Shanghai joins the Hungaroring and the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the list of tracks where Hamilton has secured six victories. Originally scheduled to feature a record 22 races, the F1 season was lopped to just 13, given the coronavirus pandemic's effect on the sports world. Formula 1 has had 15 races either canceled, postponed or pending for the remainder of the year. However the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused extensive disruption to the series' plans. Many races were cancelled, others rescheduled, and some new events added to make up for lost ones. Drivers who participated in free practice sessions were eligible for additional FIA Super Licence points.

Any driver who completed a minimum 100 km during a free practice session received an additional Super Licence point on the condition that they do not commit a driving infraction. Drivers could only accrue ten Super Licence points across a three-season period from free practice sessions. The rules around helmet designs were relaxed with drivers allowed to change their design as many times as they wanted between races, having previously been restricted to a base design and one permitted major design change since 2015. The 2020 F1 calendar was inevitably impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, but nevertheless featured 17 Grands Prix across little more than six months.

It was a season dominated by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, the former matching Michael Schumacher's record seven drivers' titles, the latter taking a record seventh consecutive championship double. Max Verstappen's star continued to rise – he won twice for Red Bull and was on the podium at every race he finished bar one – and there were maiden victories for AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly and Racing Point's Sergio Perez. It was "won" by Max Verstappen, who had qualified on pole, with a delighted George Russell in the Williams finishing behind him after a sensational lap on Saturday.

Hamilton earned the 100th pole position of his career in Barcelona, but duly gave up first position on the first corner of the grand prix, having no option but to sacrifice the spot to an aggressive move by Max Verstappen. A tense, race-long battle then commenced, but it was ultimately Hamilton and Mercedes, making excellent use of a two-stop strategy, who came out on top, overtaking Verstappen with six laps of the race to go for his third win in the season's first four races. The result was controversial and a fitting end to a rollercoaster of a year; one shaken up by the coronavirus pandemic, with races cancelled and replaced due to restrictions, but also easily one of the most exciting and dramatic we've seen in decades. It's more than 40 years since two drivers had entered the final round on equal points, and many believe Verstappen and Hamilton's titanic battle to be one of the all-time great F1 rivalries. Formula 1 usually publishes its provisional calendar well in advance of a new season before confirming it weeks later.

This not only gives teams and drivers the opportunities to get ready to go racing, but for fans to plan which races they can attend in any given season. "We recognize there is significant potential for additional postponements in currently scheduled events, nonetheless we and our partners fully expect the season to start at some point this summer, with a revised calendar of between races. After the coronavirus pandemic forced race cancellations and postponements in 2020, F1 is back to racing a full international season. The Australian Grand Prix, which traditionally is Formula 1's season-opening race, has been postponed until November.

The final race of 2020 is yet to be confirmed, as the original calendar has been changed thanks to the coronavirus. However, the final of the eight races so far confirmed for 2020 is the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sunday 6th September. The original last race was supposed to be the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit, Abu Dhabi, on the 29th November 2020. It will be the first time Mugello has hosted an Formula 1 race, having only been used by F1 teams for testing in the past. In MotoGP, however, it has proved a firm fan and rider favourite for a number of years, with fast, flowing corners and plenty of elevation changes.

If you were hoping for a physically demanding track to join the schedule this year, Mugello is it, although as there is already an Italian Grand Prix at Monza the weekend before the round at Mugello will be known as the Tuscan Grand Prix. It will also be the 1,000th F1 race entered by Ferrari, a happy coincidence given Ferrari owns the track. Imola's round will also see a new format for a Grand Prix weekend, with the whole even compressed into just two days.

AS the Portuguese and Emilia Romagna Grands Prix will run back-to-back and are 1,500 miles apart, F1 has decided to compress the schedule at Imola to give the teams and extra day to make the journey. Details of how this new format will work are yet to be announced, but it is expected that there will be only one free practice session before qualifying. Zandvoort will return on the 2020 F1 calendarAs a result of Hanoi and Zandvoort's new contracts, the original schedule was due feature 22 races, which would the most ever held in a single season.

The only event not retained from the previous year was the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring when the 2022 race schedule was first confirmed. On April 27th Formula 1 announced it intended to make the Austrian Grand Prix, which was originally scheduled as the 11th round of the championship, the new season opener. However it and subsequent races were to be held behind closed doors without fans. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Hamilton claimed his 11th win of the year, followed by Verstappen and Alexander Albon in second and third. The race was marred by a serious accident involving Haas driver Romain Grosjean, who hit a barrier at the start of the race after making contact with the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat. Numerous safety features allowed him to escape the crash with only burns to the hands, though they would prove severe enough to exclude him from the remainder of the season, it would be Grosjean's final race with Haas after over 9 years in Formula One.

Pérez surrendered third place after an engine failure, putting him out of the race, whilst teammate Stroll flipped at the restart after contact with Kvyat. The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 71st running of the Formula One World Championship. It marked the 70th anniversary of the first Formula One World Drivers' Championship.

The championship was recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile , as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively. The second of the back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring saw Verstappen pick up where he left off, delighting the Austrian crowd with pole position and then leading every lap of his team's home grand prix. A huge number of Dutch fans also mad there way to Austria to watch their hero dominate proceedings. The drama dutifully returned on the street circuit of Azerbaijan's capital, with a joint-record four red flags brought out during Saturday's qualifying session.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc managed to grasp pole position for the second race in a row but failed to keep it beyond lap two, when he was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton. After that the Monegasque went backwards down the order but recovered to fourth. The season was suspended, the spring schedule entirely postponed or cancelled, and when racing finally got underway again it was without fans present and with a regimen of testing that rendered an F1 weekend – on the ground at least – almost unrecognisable. Formula One added four more races to this year's calendar on Tuesday and said "a limited number of fans" will be able to attend some of the remaining events in the pandemic-disrupted season.

The following is the full schedule for the races, including dates, session times, and winners of previous races. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in what was a record-breaking 22-race schedule to be drastically altered. The season is now not scheduled to get underway until Sunday, June 14 with the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Even at this stage of the season, the below dates come with the caveat that, due to the global coronavirus pandemic, these locations and dates could change, especially given the UK's quarantine rules and the majority of team staff being based in Great Britain.

There is little space and time to rejig much more, so hopefully this will be the final edition of the calendar. ESPN networks have live and tape-delayed coverage of F1 practices, qualifying and races all season long. ESPN is again teaming with Sky Sports and Formula 1 to bring Sky Sports' award-winning presentation of Formula 1 racing to American viewers. The series also added Imola, Italy, to the schedule on April 18, as Formula 1 continues to hold out hopes for a record 23-race season. Formula 1 originally scheduled 22 races for 2020, but the pandemic cut the final count to 17 races. Due to the ongoing pandemic, China has not been included on the 2022 calendar.

"The 2022 season follows an unprecedented two years for Formula 1 in which the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in revised calendar of 17 races in 2020 and 22 races in 2021 – a huge achievement given the international nature of the sport," F1 said in a statement. The change means that there are currently 18 Grands Prix still to be held in the season, but it is expected that a new calendar, featuring some back-to-back races at European circuits, will be announced in the next few weeks. Currently the Austrian Grand Prix date on July 5th is still set to be the first round of the season, with F1 bosses discussing how to host as many races as possible in 2020. There's been a lot of uncertainty this year, so to know exactly which circuits F1 will visit and when the season will end is good news for fans and teams alike.

Following in the trend of other recent race reveals, this announcement includes a new track for F1 teams to get their heads around. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton returned for the last race of the season after testing negative for the coronavirus. Verstappen took the pole position and his 10th win in Formula One ahead of Bottas and Hamilton, who finished second and third, respectively. This race was the last for Vettel at Ferrari, after six years, and Pérez at Racing Point, after two years at Racing Point and five at their indirect predecessor, Force India.