![]() ![]() "Portuguese GP attendance cut back due to COVID restrictions". ^ "F1 Portuguese GP expect 45,000 fans amid "crazy" ticket sales".^ "Nurburgring, Portugal and Imola races added to F1 2020 calendar".^ "Formula 1 confirms Portuguese Grand Prix will take place on May 2 calendar slot".^2 – Romain Grosjean finished 16th on the track, but received a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.He finished ahead of his teammate Bottas by 25.592s, the second-biggest winning margin of the season, and Verstappen in 3rd position, making his 40th appearance on the podium.įastest lap: Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes) – 1:18.750 (lap 63) Hamilton took his 92nd race win, passing seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher's record for most Grand Prix wins. On lap 18, Stroll tried to pass Norris around the outside of turn 1, but Stroll misjudged the manoeuvre and collided with Norris resulting in a 5-second penalty for Stroll. The opening few laps of the race were chaotic as the drivers who started on the medium tyres (Hamilton, Bottas, and Leclerc) fell behind those who started on the soft tyre, and so after the second lap Sainz was leading the race from seventh on the grid until being passed by the faster cars from lap 6 onwards. Pérez would eventually recover to finish seventh. On the first lap, Pérez and Verstappen made contact, forcing the former to pit and dropping him down the order. The repairs were deemed necessary after a drain cover came loose at the end of the final practice session. The start of qualifying was delayed to allow track repairs to be completed. The session ended with Bottas fastest ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. The third practice session was red flagged in the final minute of the session after Sebastian Vettel ran over a drain cover. Following the collision, Verstappen referred to Stroll as a " mongol" on the team radio to his engineer, a comment which was condemned by the Mongolian government as being offensive. The race stewards investigated the Stroll–Verstappen collision and took no action. The session ended with Bottas fastest ahead of Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris. ![]() The second practice session saw two red flags the first when Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri caught fire, the second when Lance Stroll and Verstappen collided. The first practice session ran without incidents and ended with Valtteri Bottas fastest ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen. Bruno Correia, the Safety Car driver for Formula E and the World Touring Car Cup and a local to Portimão, took his place for the remainder of the weekend. ![]() Other įormer Renault and Caterham driver Vitaly Petrov was given the role of driver steward for the weekend, however was required to depart the role during the weekend following the death of his father. Pirelli also tested the 2021 tyre compounds during the first 30 minutes of the second practice session. Sole Formula One tyre manufacturer Pirelli brought their C1, C2 and C3 compound tyres for teams to use in the race, the three hardest compounds available. ![]()
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