The 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which marks the 70th anniversary of the first Formula One season.[1][a] The championship is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion respectively.
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are the reigning World Drivers' and World Constructors' champions respectively, after they both won their sixth championships in 2019.
Entries
editThe following teams and drivers are currently under contract to compete in the 2020 World Championship. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.[2]
Free practice drivers
editAcross the season two drivers drove as a test or third driver in free practice sessions. Robert Kubica drove for Alfa Romeo Racing at two Grands Prix.[26]
Team changes
editMale Racing F1 joined the Formula One grid, a team formed by its driver Christopher Male with its team based in Sheffield. The team uses power units supplied by Mercedes High Power Performance Powertrains. Red Bull GmbH, the parent company of Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso, renamed Toro Rosso as "Scuderia AlphaTauri". The team uses the constructor name "AlphaTauri".[18] The name is derived from Red Bull's AlphaTauri fashion brand.[27]
Driver changes
editAfter a year's absence, Esteban Ocon returned to racing in Formula One after signing a contract with Renault, replacing Nico Hülkenberg.[28] Robert Kubica left Williams at the end of the 2019 championship and joined Alfa Romeo Racing as a reserve driver.[3] Nicholas Latifi, the 2019 Formula 2 Championship runner-up, replaced Kubica at Williams.[29][30] Male Racing signed, their team owner Christopher Male making him the first owner/driver of an Formula one team since Hector Rebaque in 1979, and they also signed former F2 and Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken.
Calendar
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Twenty-two Grands Prix were scheduled for the 2020 World Championship. The length of each race is the minimum number of laps that exceeds a total distance of 305 km (189.5 mi).
Calendar changes
editAfter purchasing the commercial rights to the sport from CVC Capital Partners in January 2017, Liberty Media announced plans to expand the Formula One calendar using a concept they termed "destination races" and modelled on the Singapore Grand Prix.[31] Under the "destination races" model, Grands Prix would be established in or near key tourist destinations and integrate racing, entertainment and social functions with the aim of making the sport more accessible and appealing to a wider audience. Several countries and venues announced plans to bid for a Grand Prix,[32][33] with two bids being successful:
- The Vietnamese Grand Prix was announced as the first new race created under Liberty's management.[34] The race was given a date of April 2020 and took place in the capital Hanoi on the Hanoi Street Circuit.[35] [36]
- The Dutch Grand Prix was due to be revived,[37] with the race scheduled to take place at the Circuit Zandvoort.[38][39] The 2020 race marked the first time the Dutch Grand Prix has been run since 1985.[40]
Liberty Media initially expected that the 2020 calendar would consist of twenty-one Grands Prix and that any new races would come at the expense of existing events, but later negotiated an agreement with the teams to allow up to twenty-two Grands Prix. Several further changes were made between the 2019 and 2020 calendars, with the German Grand Prix discontinued and the Mexican Grand Prix rebranded as the "Mexico City Grand Prix".[41][42]
Regulation changes
editSporting regulations
editTeams are allowed to use an additional MGU-K compared to 2019 to compensate for the increased demands of contesting the originally planned twenty-two races.[43][44]
Drivers who participate in free practice sessions are eligible for additional FIA Super Licence points. Any driver who completes a minimum 100 km (62 mi) during a free practice session receives an additional Super Licence point on the condition that they do not commit a driving infraction.[45] Drivers may only accrue ten Super Licence points per year from free practice sessions.
As a result of the expanded calendar, the two pre-season tests due to take place at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya were reduced in length from four days to three days each, whilst the two in-season tests that took place at Bahrain International Circuit and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 2019 have been discontinued. Teams were no longer allowed to hide their cars during testing.[46] The amount of time in which car mechanics are not allowed to work on the car has been extended from eight to nine hours.[44]
The rules surrounding jump starts and the weighbridge have been relaxed with the race stewards now being able to hand out less severe punishments for missing the weighbridge and jump starts.[44]
Technical regulations
editIn order to reduce the risk of punctures, the last 50 mm (2.0 in) of the front wing can no longer contain any metal. Brake ducts can no longer be outsourced and must be made and designed by the team. The amount of fuel that can be outside of the fuel tank has been reduced from 2 litres (3.5 imp pt) to 250 millilitres (0.44 imp pt). The level of driver aids for race starts was decreased.[44]
Results and standings
editGrands Prix
editScoring system
editPoints are awarded to the top ten classified drivers and the driver who set the fastest lap. The driver with fastest lap has to be within the top 10 to receive the point. The points are awarded for every race using the following system:[48]
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Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
World Constructors' Championship standings
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Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Notes
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External links
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