2020 Styrian Grand Prix

The 2020 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as Formula 1 Pirelli Großer Preis der Steiermark 2020) is a Formula One motor race that is scheduled to be held on 12 July 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race is due to be the second round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship.[1] The race is due to mark the first running of the Styrian Grand Prix.

2020 Styrian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 8[lower-alpha 1] in the 2020 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Race details
Date 12 July 2020
Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Großer Preis der Steiermark 2020
Location Red Bull Ring
Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Scheduled distance 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 mi)

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
See also: 2020 Formula One World Championship § Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Austria

The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Australia, prompting the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile to draft a new calendar. The start of the championship was delayed until 5 July, with the Red Bull Ring hosting the Austrian Grand Prix. Organisers of the race signed a contract with Liberty Media, the sport's commercial rights holder, to host a second round at the circuit on 12 July known as the Styrian Grand Prix.[2] The race was named for Styria, the state of Austria that the Red Bull Ring is located in. The back-to-back Austrian races will mark the first time that a country hosts back-to-back races in the same season since 1995 when Japan hosted the Pacific and Japanese Grands Prix.[lower-alpha 2] This will also mark the first time in the sport's history that the same venue and circuit layout will have hosted back-to-back World Championship races.[3]

Tyres
See also: Formula One tyres

The C2, C3 and C4 tyre compounds will be made available for teams to use by Pirelli, the same compound selections as will be used at the Austrian Grand Prix on the same circuit the week before.[4]

Notes
  1. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw several Grands Prix cancelled or rescheduled. A new calendar was published consisting of eight races, but the sport's management announced that they expected the final calendar to have as many as eighteen.
  2. The 1995 Australian Grand Prix was the last of the 1995 season and the 1996 race was the first race of the 1996 season, which marks the last time a country hosted two consecutive Grands Prix.

References
  1. "F1 confirms first 8 races of revised 2020 calendar, starting with Austria double header". formula1.com. Formula One. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. Bach, Ralf (18 April 2020). "Almost done: F1 season opener with two races in Austria". F1-Insider.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. Haldenby, Nicky (11 June 2020). "Consecutive Formula 1 races held in the same country". Lights Out. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. Cooper, Adam. "Tyre compounds will switch for second F1 race of Silverstone double-header". Autosport.com.
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