2020 Tuscan Grand Prix

The 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020) was a one-off Formula One motor race held on 13 September 2020 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy. The race was the ninth round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the first race of the season with spectators. As of 2023, this is the only Tuscan Grand Prix to be held and also the only Formula One race to be held at the Mugello circuit.

2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
Race 9 of 17 in the 2020 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 13 September 2020
Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 2020
Location Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.245 km (3.259 miles)
Distance 59 laps, 309.497 km (192.312 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 1,500
Pole position
Driver
  • Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Time 1:15.144
Fastest lap
Driver Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:18.833 on lap 58 (lap record)
Podium
First
  • Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Second
  • Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
Third Red Bull Racing-Honda
Lap leaders
Sebastian Vettel (left) and Charles Leclerc (right) celebrated Ferrari's 1000th grand prix with special helmets, and a dark burgundy livery.

The race was won by Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes team, with teammate Valtteri Bottas in second; Mercedes scored their third 1–2 finish of the season. Alexander Albon of Red Bull Racing-Honda scored his first podium in Formula One with a third-place finish, becoming the first Thai driver to do so. Albon also become the first Asian driver outside Japan to achieve a podium finish.

The race was the first since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix to have two red flags. Due to the two stoppages, the race had three standing starts.

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