![]() ![]() "The public is very important because the revenue goes to the organisers," he said via Sky Italia. The possibility of venues not previously scheduled to host races this year is now feasible after F1 dropped their previous calendar last week and is expected to unveil a revised one soon.Īlthough it was confirmed no talks with Imola have yet taken place because typically all contact would have to go through the Automobile Club D'Italia.Īnd now its president, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, is now suggesting Monza, the traditional Italian GP venue, is also willing to consider a closed-door event. People are already thinking about running football games with closed doors.” "For sure it will be cheaper than a complete organisation. “It’s much easier without spectators, we don’t have to take care of the grandstands, we don’t have to take care of things like VIP hospitality and so on. We can ask the region for some help though we’re not in the situation where we can pay a promoter’s fee. “Of course we’ll offer the track for free, and then talk about costs on our side if possible. ![]() Ferrari open to different weekend formats to hold F1 races in 2020.McLaren suggests old championship points system to boost 2020 races.Italian GP boss: A stop/start 2020 F1 season would be a disaster.“Obviously it depends also on the government rules if they will allow us to run such a race. “This situation is an opportunity for us to be a candidate for a Grand Prix this season," Imola president Uberto Selvatico Estense told Motorsport on Wednesday In Italy, however, Imola has been vocal about its desire to host a first F1 race since 2006 and is now willing to meet the inevitable term that events this year will be limited to just team personnel in attendance. One idea being mooted is to host multiple events at one circuit with the Red Bull Ring in Austria and Silverstone in the UK both offering to do just that. He had pitted later than any of his midfield rivals, but Racing Point chose to pit him again under the Safety Car, dropping him down positions he could not make up in the six laps remaining.Formula 1 could return to the good old days of two races in Italy after Monza and Imola offered to host races without fans.Ĭurrently, the sport is looking at ways of boosting the 2020 calendar which has seen almost half of the races either cancelled or postponed by the coronavirus. Perez will also be frustrated, having usurped Ricciardo for fourth during the race. #IMOLA F1 2020 DRIVERS#There will be many drivers who are ruing missed opportunities after Sunday's race, not least Pierre Gasly, who was fourth on the grid and challenged the front three at the start but lasted less than 10 laps before retiring with a mechanical issue. Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo Gasly, Perez and Russell's big disappointment The last thing he needed with his 2021 seat under threat.ġ0. Watch as Alex Albon has gone spinning at Tosa during the Emilia-Romagna Grand PrixĬharles Leclerc sealed fifth ahead of Sergio Perez, who may have been cost a podium by Racing Point's strategy, while Alex Albon endured almost as painful a finish as team-mate Verstappen.Īlbon, when duelling with Perez following the Safety Car, made an unforced error by spinning his Red Bull off the track, finishing last of the 15 remaining drivers. The Englishman, starting second, lost a place to Verstappen on the start and then was stuck behind Bottas and the Red Bull through the first stint of the race.īut he then ran longer than his two rivals and with Bottas struggling for pace and Verstappen unable to pass him, had built up a big enough gap to overcut his rivals before he was given a further helping hand by a Virtual Safety Car, caused by Esteban Ocon's stoppage. It has been plain sailing for Mercedes in F1 2020, but it certainly wasn't that for Hamilton at Imola despite the familiar finish. Seven-times champs, that's something I'm going to be able to tell my grandchildren one day." Hamilton goes long, Merc crowned champions, Ricciardo takes third "So I'm forever grateful to be a part of it and breaking a record like this. "People watching may feel we're used to this, but it always feels like the first with this team and that's because of the spirit," said Hamilton on Mercedes' achievement. Lewis Hamilton wins the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix as Mercedes clinch the Constructors' Championship for a record seventh year in a row ![]()
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