With Charles Leclerc qualifying ninth and Sebastian Vettel failing to reach Q3, 2020 was the first time in Formula 1’s thirty visits to Catalunya that neither Ferrari driver qualified in the top eight. Spain: The 2020 Belgian Grand Prix was the 1000th Grand Prix to feature a Ferrari-powered car. In the first five races of the 2020 season, Ferrari failed to reach Q3 three times. In the 68 races before the 2020 season, Ferrari failed to reach Q3 three times. That driver was Sebastian Vettel, who made this the first time in fourteen visits to Silverstone that he has failed to reach Q3. This was Ferrari’s 45th top three finish at the Silverstone circuit.ħ0th Anniversary: For the first time since 2014, a Ferrari driver failed to reach Q3 at Silverstone. While Vettel finished sixth, Charles Leclerc finished eleventh and became the first Ferrari driver to finish outside of the points – without retiring – at the Hungarian Grand Prix since Felipe Massa, who finished thirteenth in 2007.īritain: Charles Leclerc recorded his second, and final, podium of the 2020 season at the British Grand Prix. This was the first season in which Ferrari have failed to finish on the podium at the Hungarian Grand Prix since 2016. After qualifying in fifth place, Sebastian Vettel maintained his record of having qualified in the top five at the Hungarian Grand Prix in every season since 2009. Hungary: For the first time in 2020, both Ferrari drivers qualified in the top ten. It was also the team’s fourth double retirement in Austria, with both Ferraris having previously retired in 1971, 19. It was the second time in four races that Ferrari have suffered a double retirement due to their drivers hitting one another. Vettel and Leclerc collided on the first lap of the race and both retired as a result. It was the second time that the Monegasque driver has failed to reach Q3 at Ferrari, having previously been eliminated in Q1 at the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.With Sebastian Vettel out in Q2 at the Austrian Grand Prix and Leclerc out in Q2 at the Styrian Grand Prix, this was the first time only one Ferrari driver has reached Q3 at consecutive races since the 2015 Canadian and Austrian Grands Prix. ![]() Styria: Charles Leclerc was eliminated in Q2 for the first time since the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix. While Ferrari’s lack of pace was immediately obvious, Charles Leclerc managed to finish as runner-up for a second consecutive season at the Austrian Grand Prix. ![]() Average Gap to Ultimate Pace: 1.85% ( 2019: 0.55%, 2018: 0.37%)Īustria: Sebastian Vettel became the first Ferrari driver to be eliminated in Q2 since Kimi Riakkonen at the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix.Worst Qualifying Position: 17th (Vettel, Italy).2021 is likely to be another difficult year for the team. There’s change at the top too, as CEO Louis Camilleri recently announced his immediate retirement. Neither driver qualified in the top three this season, and the pair recorded only six top five qualifications and fourteen Q3 appearances.įerrari head into next season with a new driver line-up, as Sebastian Vettel departs and is replaced by Carlos Sainz. The team recorded no wins this year, and three somewhat unexpected podium finishes – two for Charles Leclerc, and one for Sebastian Vettel. Questions will be asked about Ferrari’s downturn in performance, not least given the FIA’s investigation of the team’s 2019 power unit, and their undisclosed resolution to findings over the engine’s legality. Having had arguably the fastest car in 2019, they slipped to sixth in the Constructors’ Championship in 2020 – their worst result since 1980. ![]() Here are the facts and statistics from Ferrari’s 2020 F1 season.Ģ020 was nothing short of a disaster for Ferrari. Ferrari recorded their 1,000th Grand Prix start in 2020, but it was not a year to remember for the Scuderia, who recorded their worst championship result in 40 years.
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