2020 Alternate Formula One season

2020 Formula One season
Pastor Maldonado entered the season as reigning champion
Season
Races	21 (scheduled 23)
Start date	1 March
Start Event	Template:AUS Australian Grand Prix
End date	29 November
End Event	Chinese Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Diego Álvarez Torrente
Constructor's Champion	Precision-Mercedes
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2019	2021

The 2020 Formula One season was the 71st Formula One season, competed over 21 races. The series returned to the single race format that was used up until 2009 after television and live audiences waned towards the end of the 2010s. Reigning World Driver's Champion Pastor Maldonado remained with reigning World Constructor's Champions Sauber to defend both titles.

Teams and Drivers

All teams used Continental tyres.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Third Driver
Template:SUI British Airways Sauber F1 Team [?]	Sauber-Judd	C39	CFC	1[*]	Pastor Maldonado	1-	Zachary Claman DeMelo
				57	Template:GBR Dean Stoneman	1-
Template:GBR Shougang WilliamsF1 Team [?]	Williams-Ferrari	FW42	Type 01	3	Marvin Kirchhöfer	1-	Pedro Piquet
				55	Santiago Urrutia	1-
Aeroflot BR Mansell Engineering [?]	BR Mansell-Mercedes	MBR2	MH220	6	Artem Markelov	1-	Mikhail Aleshin
				35	Sergey Sirotkin	1-
TABAC Fernando Alonso Speed Team [?]	FAST-Mercedes	FA-02	MH220	7	Charles Leclerc	1-	None
				14	Template:FRA Marcel Agyemang-Badu	1-
Template:GBR Ebro Foods Dawson GP [?]	Dawson-Judd	GD-20	CFC	10	Template:FRA Pierre Gasly	1-	None
				23	Alexander Albon	1-
Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsports [?]	Toyota	Fine-F1	TFCS/F1	11	Template:GBR James James Davies	1-20	Sho Tsuboi
				37	Kazuki Nakajima	1-
				39	Sho Tsuboi	21-
Template:GBR AT&T Caterham F1 Team [?]	Caterham-Judd	CT08	CFC	18	Sebastian Vettel	1-	Pedro de la Rosa
				47	Template:GBR Lando Norris	1-
Prince Theodore Racing Team [?]	Theodore-Ferrari	TY04	Type 01	19	Template:GBR Jordan Davies	1-	Kenshin Takahashi
				98	Template:GBR Bradley Dagnall	1-
TRILUX AMG Precision Motorsport [?]	Precision-Mercedes	KP20	MH220	27	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	1-	Template:FRA Esteban Ocon
				96	Diego Álvarez Torrente	1-6, 8-
					Template:FRA Esteban Ocon	7
Template:AUT Red Bull Racing [?]	Red Bull-Ferrari	RB15	Type 01	28	Template:GBR Harrison Newey	18-23	Template:USA Raven Roth
				73	Daniel Melrose	1-
				99	Mike Rockenfeller	1-6, 8-17
					Template:GBR Harrison Newey	7
Scuderia Ferrari Vodafone [?]	Ferrari	SF20-H	Type 01	33	Salvatore Miccoli	1-	João de Lima Conceição
				64	Template:USA Dave Cassidy	1-
Team Calinetic Zepter [?]	Calinetic-Judd	F1-CAL5	CFC	56	Einar Ármannsson	1-	None
				94	Pascal Wehrlein	1-

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Template:AUS Shell Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	1 March	Template:GBR Lando Norris	Charles Leclerc	Template:GBR Lando Norris	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	Template:USA Dave Cassidy	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
2	Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Orlando Moura	15 March	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Ferrari	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd
3	Gran Premio Shell de la República Argentina	Autódromo Roberto José Mouras	22 March	Marvin Kirchhöfer	Charles Leclerc	Daniel Melrose	Template:AUT Red Bull-Ferrari	Template:AUT Red Bull-Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel
4	Template:USA Globex Grand Prix of Cleveland	Burke Lakefront Airport	5 April	Daniel Melrose	Salvatore Miccoli	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Kazuki Nakajima	Template:GBR Bradley Dagnall
5	KFC Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	19 April	Daniel Melrose	Sebastian Vettel	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Einar Ármannsson	Mike Rockenfeller
6	Template:TUR Panasonic Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	26 April	Sebastian Vettel	Pastor Maldonado	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Mercedes	Calinetic-Judd	Everyone outside of Top 6
7	Cyta Cyprus Grand Prix	Akrotiri Bay International Circuit	3 May	Template:GBR James James Davies	Charles Leclerc	Template:FRA Esteban Ocon	Precision-Mercedes	Template:FRA Esteban Ocon	Ferrari
8	Finlandia Finnish Grand Prix	Streets of Lappeenranta	17 May	Salvatore Miccoli	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Template:GBR Dean Stoneman	Template:FRA Marcel Agyemang-Badu
9	Aral Grote Prijs van Nederland	Circuit Zandvoort	31 May	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Template:GBR Dawson-Judd	Diego Álvarez Torrente
10	Template:FRA Vodafone Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 June	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Daniel Melrose	Template:AUT Red Bull-Ferrari	Template:GBR Bradley Dagnall	Template:FRA Race Stewards
11	Template:GBR Certina British Grand Prix	Donington Park	14 June	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Sebastian Vettel	Santiago Urrutia
12	Benson & Hedges Jordan Grand Prix	Grand Prix Circuit of Zarqa	28 June	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	Pastor Maldonado	Precision-Mercedes
13	Großer Shell Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring	12 July	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Alexander Albon	Pastor Maldonado/ Pascal Wehrlein
14	Vodafone Magyar Nagydíj	Hungaroring	26 July	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Sebastian Vettel	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	Santiago Urrutia
15	Bosch Grand Prix d'Île-de-France	Circuit Charles de Gaulle	9 August	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Sebastian Vettel	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	Template:SUI Sauber-Judd	Precision-Mercedes
16	Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril	6 September	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	Charles Leclerc	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd
17	Gran Premio Siemens d'Italia	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola	13 September	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Pastor Maldonado	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi
18	AMD LIVE! Russian Grand Prix	Irkutsk Speedway	20 September	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Einar Ármannsson	Sebastian Vettel
19	ING Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	4 October	Cancelled
20	Casio Japanese Grand Prix	Okayama International Circuit	18 October	Cancelled
21	Toyota Indian Grand Prix	Buddh International Circuit	1 November	Template:GBR Lando Norris	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Template:FRA Marcel Agyemang-Badu	Template:GBR Lando Norris/ Sebastian Vettel
22	Continental Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	15 November	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Template:FRA Jules Bianchi	Precision-Mercedes	FAST-Mercedes	Diego Álvarez Torrente
23	Toyota Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	29 November	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Diego Álvarez Torrente	Precision-Mercedes	Einar Ármannsson	Mercedes

Championship Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Driver Standings

Pos Driver AUS Template:AUS BRA ARG CLE Template:USA BHR TUR Template:TUR CYP FIN NED FRA Template:FRA‡ GBR Template:GBR JOR GER HUN PAR POR ITA RUS SIN JPN IND ABU CHN Points 1 Diego Álvarez Torrente 18 1 Ret 17† 5 7 EX 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 2 1 1 C C 1 2 1 140 2 Template:FRA Jules Bianchi 2 8 8 1 1 Ret Ret 2 1 14† 1 20† 1 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret C C 16† 1 21† 135 3 Daniel Melrose Ret 10 1 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 4 2 2 6 Ret 7 7 6 C C 3 3 12† 111.5 4 Sebastian Vettel 9 14 Ret 5 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16† 2 1 Ret 1 1 17† 3 Ret C C 9 Ret 2 101 5 Template:GBR Lando Norris 1 3 12 Ret 3 Ret 5 6 Ret 12† 7 19† 12† 2 Ret Ret 5 2 C C 5 6 7 95 6 Template:USA Dave Cassidy 4 2 11 Ret 6 Ret 16† Ret 2 17† 3 9 3 10 Ret Ret 4 5 C C 2 5 8 95 7 Pastor Maldonado Ret 9 9 Ret 16† 9 7 7 Ret 6 6 6 9 5 2 Ret 2 3 C C Ret 10 4 77.5 8 Artem Markelov 7 4 3 Ret 11 1 Ret 3 5 15† 9 4 8 Ret 6 Ret 16† 9 C C 7 13 Ret 77 9 Charles Leclerc 11 Ret 5 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret 4 13† 14 3 Ret 4 10 3 Ret Ret C C Ret 4 3 73 10 Salvatore Miccoli Ret 5 6 2 8 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 8 Ret Ret 19† 7 5 Ret 8 C C 6 8 13 59 11 Template:GBR Dean Stoneman 5 15 Ret 4 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret 11† 11 8 Ret 8 4 6 6 4 C C Ret 11 18 59 12 Sergey Sirotkin 10 11 4 11 7 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 5 11 Ret 7 5 11 8 11 C C 8 7 6 54 13 Template:FRA Marcel Agyemang-Badu 3 7 7 15 14 Ret 12 Ret Ret 18† Ret Ret 11† Ret 3 4 Ret 7 C C 4 9 10 51 14 Marvin Kirchhöfer 8 12 2 8 Ret 2 Ret 8 6 3 17 10 Ret 9 9 12 12 Ret C C Ret Ret 9 50 15 Kazuki Nakajima Ret 19 13 3 13 Ret 2 13 10 10 16 18 5 17 Ret 14 Ret 14 C C 13 16 15 29.5 16 Mike Rockenfeller 13 Ret 10 10 Ret 8 EX 5 Ret 8 10 5 7 11 11 Ret 9 C C 26.5 17 Einar Ármannsson 12 Ret Ret 9 9 3 13 15 11 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 8 9 13 10 C C 15† 14 5 26 18 Alexander Albon 16 16 17 6 Ret 4 Ret 14 7 21 19 15 4 16 16† 13 18 15 C C Ret 21 Ret 25 19 Santiago Urrutia 6 6 18† 12 Ret Ret 8 Ret 13† 5 20 12 Ret Ret 13 10 10 Ret C C Ret 12 11 18 20 Template:GBR James James Davies 14 17 15 Ret 10 5 9 9 9 19† 12 14 6 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret C C 18 21 Template:FRA Esteban Ocon 1 C C 15 22 Pascal Wehrlein 15 13 Ret 14 12 10 10 10 Ret Ret 13 7 Ret 14 12 8 11 13 C C Ret 17 17 10 23 Template:FRA Pierre Gasly Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 Ret Ret 12 8 20† 18 17 10 12 15 16 17 17 C C Ret 20 Ret 4 24 Template:GBR Bradley Dagnall Ret Ret 16 16 17 Ret 14 Ret 12 7 21 16 Ret 18 14 18 15 18 C C 14 22 20 2 25 Template:GBR Jordan Davies 17 18 Ret 13 15 Ret 11 11 Ret 9 22 13 Ret 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 C C 10 19 14 2 26 Sho Tsuboi C C 11 18 19 0 27 Template:GBR Harrison Newey Ret 12 C C 12 15 16 0 † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. ‡ – Half points were awarded at the French Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructor Standings

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS Template:AUS	BRA	ARG	CLE Template:USA	BHR	TUR Template:TUR	CYP	FIN	NED	FRA Template:FRA‡	GBR Template:GBR	JOR	GER	HUN	PAR	POR	ITA	RUS	SIN	JPN	IND	ABU	CHN	Points
1	Precision-Mercedes	27	2	8	8	1	1	Ret	Ret	2	1	14†	1	20†	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	C	C	16†	1	21†	275
		96	18	1	Ret	17†	5	7	1	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	2	1	1	C	C	1	2	1
2	Template:GBR Caterham-Judd	18	9	14	Ret	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16†	2	1	Ret	1	1	17†	3	Ret	C	C	9	Ret	2	196
		47	1	3	12	Ret	3	Ret	5	6	Ret	12†	7	19†	12†	2	Ret	Ret	5	2	C	C	5	6	7
3	Ferrari	33	Ret	5	6	2	8	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	8	Ret	Ret	19†	7	5	Ret	8	C	C	6	8	13	154
		64	4	2	11	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	17†	3	9	3	10	Ret	Ret	4	5	C	C	2	5	8
4	Template:AUT Red Bull-Ferrari	28																		12	C	C	12	15	16	138
		73	Ret	10	1	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	1	4	2	2	6	Ret	7	7	6	C	C	3	3	12†
		99	13	Ret	10	10	Ret	8	Ret	5	Ret	8	10	5	7	11	11	Ret	9		C	C
5	Template:SUI Sauber-Judd	1	Ret	9	9	Ret	16†	9	7	7	Ret	6	6	6	9	5	2	Ret	2	3	C	C	Ret	10	4	136.5
		57	5	15	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	6	4	Ret	11†	11	8	Ret	8	4	6	6	4	C	C	Ret	11	18
6	BR Mansell-Mercedes	6	7	4	3	Ret	11	1	Ret	3	5	15†	9	4	8	Ret	6	Ret	16†	9	C	C	7	13	Ret	131
		35	10	11	4	11	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	5	11	Ret	7	5	11	8	11	C	C	8	7	6
7	FAST-Mercedes	7	11	Ret	5	7	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	4	13†	14	3	Ret	4	10	3	Ret	Ret	C	C	Ret	4	3	124
		14	3	7	7	15	14	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	18†	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	3	4	Ret	7	C	C	4	9	10
8	Template:GBR Williams-Ferrari	3	8	12	2	8	Ret	2	Ret	8	6	3	17	10	Ret	9	9	12	12	Ret	C	C	Ret	Ret	9	68
		55	6	6	18†	12	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	13†	5	20	12	Ret	Ret	13	10	10	Ret	C	C	Ret	12	11
9	Toyota	11	14	17	15	Ret	10	5	9	9	9	19†	12	14	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	C	C				47.5
		37	Ret	19	13	3	13	Ret	2	13	10	10	16	18	5	17	Ret	14	Ret	14	C	C	13	16	15
		39																			C	C	11	18	19
10	Calinetic-Judd	56	12	Ret	Ret	9	9	3	13	15	11	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	8	9	13	10	C	C	15†	14	5	36
		94	15	13	Ret	14	12	10	10	10	Ret	Ret	13	7	Ret	14	12	8	11	13	C	C	Ret	17	17
11	Template:GBR Dawson-Judd	10	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	12	8	20†	18	17	10	12	15	16	17	17	C	C	Ret	20	Ret	29
		23	16	16	17	6	Ret	4	Ret	14	7	21	19	15	4	16	16†	13	18	15	C	C	Ret	21	Ret
12	Theodore-Ferrari	19	17	18	Ret	13	15	Ret	11	11	Ret	9	22	13	Ret	15	Ret	15	Ret	16	C	C	10	19	14	4
		98	Ret	Ret	16	16	17	Ret	14	Ret	12	7	21	16	Ret	18	14	18	15	18	C	C	14	22	20

† – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
‡ – Half points were awarded at the French Grand Prix as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.