2020 F1 Emilia Romagna GP race results

Mercedes sealed the 2020 constructors' championship with a 1-2 finish, despite a troubled race for poleman Valtteri Bottas.

Bottas led from the start, with Mercedes teammate Hamilton losing second to Max Verstappen's Red Bull on the charge to Turn 1.

Hamilton was unable to pass Verstappen, as Bottas pulled clear out front. Verstappen triggered the pitstop sequence, when he tried to undercut Bottas for the lead. That bid failed when Bottas pitted a lap later to cover him, but that opened the door to Hamilton overcutting them both.

He reeled off a sequence of fastest laps, and just when lapped traffic could have impacted his bid to extend a sufficient lead, Hamilton struck lucky with a Virtual Safety Car to recover Esteban Ocon's stranded Renault. He was able to pit under the VSC, which ensured him staying out front, rejoining well clear of Bottas – who was suffering floor damage on lap two – and Verstappen.

Bottas ran wide at Rivazza on Lap 42, allowing Verstappen to get a run on him and pass under braking for the first chicane.

With 12 laps to go, Verstappen flew off the road after a right-rear tyre failure approaching the Villeneuve chicane. That caused a safety car, during which George Russell crashed his Williams while warming his tyres on the run to Acqua Minerale.

Hamilton just missed the pit entry under the safety car, but was able to pit and rejoin ahead of Bottas at the second attempt, both now on fresh soft tyres. Sergio Perez gave up a podium place for Racing Point by also pitting for new rubber, allowing Renault's Daniel Ricciardo to grab third.

The safety car period ended with five laps remaining, with Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) and Perez passing Red Bull's Alex Albon, who then spun down to last place. On new tyres, Kvyat also passed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc around the outside at Piratella to grab fourth.

The McLarens of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris finished seventh and eighth, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (who drove a long first stint in his Alfa Romeo) and teammate Antonio Giovinazzi.

F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	63	1:28'32.430		2	26
2	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	63	1:28'38.213	5.783	2	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	63	1:28'46.750	8.537	1	15
4	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	63	1:28'47.571	0.821	2	12
5	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	63	1:28'51.541	3.970	1	10
6	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	63	1:28'52.082	0.541	2	8
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	63	1:28'52.660	0.578	2	6
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	63	1:28'53.561	0.901	2	4
9	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	63	1:28'54.654	1.093	1	2
10	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	63	1:28'58.828	4.174	1	1
11	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	63	1:28'59.565	0.737	1
12	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	63	1:29'00.883	1.318	2
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	63	1:29'01.593	0.710	3
14	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	63	1:29'05.365	3.772	2
15	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	63	1:29'29.714	24.349	2
	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	51			1
	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	50			1
	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	47			2
	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	27			1
	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	8			1
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	63	1'15.484			234.121
2	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	63	1'15.902	0.418	0.418	232.831
3	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	63	1'16.177	0.693	0.275	231.991
4	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	62	1'17.552	2.068	1.375	227.878
5	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	44	1'17.637	2.153	0.085	227.628
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	62	1'17.666	2.182	0.029	227.543
7	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	44	1'17.767	2.283	0.101	227.248
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	63	1'18.069	2.585	0.302	226.368
9	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	49	1'18.084	2.600	0.015	226.325
10	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	63	1'18.088	2.604	0.004	226.313
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	62	1'18.118	2.634	0.030	226.226
12	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	62	1'18.173	2.689	0.055	226.067
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	46	1'18.360	2.876	0.187	225.528
14	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	37	1'18.719	3.235	0.359	224.499
15	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	61	1'18.794	3.310	0.075	224.286
16	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	43	1'18.811	3.327	0.017	224.237
17	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	45	1'18.822	3.338	0.011	224.206
18	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	45	1'19.273	3.789	0.451	222.930
19	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	22	1'19.606	4.122	0.333	221.998
20	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	5	1'20.403	4.919	0.797	219.797
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix tyre history

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	33	H	22	S	14
2	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	22	H	32	S	15
3	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	S	17	H	49
4	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	S	19	H	37	S	15
5	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	S	17	H	50
6	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	M	27	H	24	S	12
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	S	20	M	34	S	14
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	S	16	M	40	S	13
9	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	48	S	15
10	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	S	10	M	53
11	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	M	34	H	29
12	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	M	39	H	12	S	12
13	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	M	1	H	28	M	24	S	11
14	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	M	9	H	41	S	13
15	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	S	17	H	45	S	6
	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	M	11	H	40
	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	M	21	H	32
	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	M	27	H	20
	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	M	13	H	14
	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	S	11
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F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as it happened