Monday, 10 August 2020

2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix Review

Review of the fifth round of the 2020 F1 season at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

Overall the race itself was enjoyable race to watch. Valtteri Bottas on pole for Sunday's race. At the start of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Bottas took the lead ahead of both Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the start, unlike last week Bottas pitted for hard tyres on lap 15 while Verstappen started the race on hard tyres which was the right decision to take the lead till the end of the race to win this seasons 70th Anniversary Grand Prix for Max Verstappen's first race win of the season.



While, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was eleven seconds behind Verstappen at the end.

Meanwhile, Valtteri Bottas finished in third place in the other Mercedes to complete the podium, Bottas was nineteen seconds behind Verstappen at the end of the fifty-two lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (pole, finished third)

Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 4 (finished twelfth)
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished fourth)

Red Bull Racing - 9
Max Verstappen - 10 (race win)
Alexander Albon - 8 (finished fifth)

McLaren - 5
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Lando Norris - 6 (finished ninth)

Renault - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished eighth)

Alpha Tauri: - 6
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished tenth)
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished eleventh)

Racing Point - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished seventh)
Lance Stroll - 7 (finished sixth)

Alfa Romeo - 5
Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)

Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Tyres)

Williams - 5
George Russell - 5 (finished eighteenth, lap down)
Nicholas Latifi - 5 (finished nineteenth, lap down)


Next stop Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona in a weeks time for the Spanish Grand Prix.

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