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GP RACING MARCH 202039

When Lewis HamidriversGrand Prix’ championship at last year, he was asked what he thought aboutltonsealed his sixth world’s United States

the prospect of equalling Mall-time record of seven. “It is all about how youposition your thought processichael Schumacher,” Hamilton said.’s

“I have always said reaching Mnever a target for me. I am not reaof records and those kinds of things.ichael’s [tally] waslly one to think

Michael was so far-fetched. And I rememberhaving my one [championsh“I definitely thought getting anywhere nearip] for a long period

of timeaway and now it seems so closeaway that I still can, then getting a second one. It was so far’t really even comprehend., yet it is so far

monthsother teams“The challengesthatwe,the next season –that hav e reallybee’ll faceinthesecomingyoulookatnputtingthesein some

astonishing performances inofthe season. Itincredible performanceandworkand allthepeople who are around me and I reall’s goingto ta ke an other load ofthe second halffrom my selfy

don ’t want to have tot hink aboutitr ightnow.”

LewisHamiltonhe’s not interested insays

equalling or beatinghistory, and that

all-time record of sevenMichael Schumacher’s

was never on his radar.world championships

just that. Prodigiouslyon the cusp of doingAnd yet he stands

Michael andtalented drivers both,Lewis enjoy

plenty of similarities– but alsokey

their eventful and oftendifferences, not least in

controto the top...WORDSversial routesANDREW BENSON

SCHUMACHER:HAMILTON VS

THE

PATH

TO

GREATNESS

pre-season testingabout the prospect againAt the time of writing, Hamilton had not been asked, before the start of 2020, but when heis, his

answer witime, the strength of his opposHe wi ll talk about wanting to take one race at all doubtless be a variation of the same.ition, how long the

season isto win the championship again. All of which willbe true. And yet, and how much effort it is go, of course, he starts the seasoning to take

as favourthe hybrid era of F1 sHamilton and Mercedes have so dominatedite to achieve exactlyince 2014 that he hasthat.

been winning an average of 10 races a year. IfHamilton keeps up that scoring rateonly equal Schumacher’s seven titles this year, he will not,

but will become the most successful driver inF1 historyrecord of 91 wins. Lewis starts the year with 84., by also surpassing the German’s

contemplation and reflection. Two men.Two careers. Similar results achieved in a veryThis is monumental stuff, deserving of

different wayremarkable similarities.made their debuts intheBoth made an instant, but with a pattern that containsimpact when theyir early 20s : Schumacher

PICTURE:DAIM by out-qualifying his Jordan team-mate Andrea

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THE PRIZE

WORDS ROBERTO CHINCHERO

Italian media andPermanently under siege from the antsystrugglingto contain tensions

betweenand risingfour-time championstarCharlesLeclercSebastian, Ferrari faces aVettel

challenging seasonahead

ALL THE FORMULA 1 TEAMS,ones, face the chathis season: with the championship thatllenge of engaging on two frontsand especially the top’s about to

begin, and with the massive task that is the 2021 carproject. Ittwo d iscrete work’s likely that in each factory there will being groups as resources arejuggled,

but for the frontrunners there will be nothing lessthan ma[imum effort to secure both the driversconstructors’ titles. Inthe case of Ferrari, a team that¶ and

hasn’t won either championship since 2008to the top is the absolute goalis clear: nothing will be left on the table until, and in 2020 the route, to returnthe last

PICTURES:SIMON G cheTuered flag. It¶s l ikely to become brutal.

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driver-market ‘silly season’ wellbefore the actual racing began

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Everybody is lookingsame thing – everybody wants to winin the same directionI th ink it ’s a very exciting pro, everybody in the team are, everybody wants theject.

winners. You can feel that mentaldefinitely comWhen Max Verstappen spoke these words to us in late Augusting on very strong. ́ity is there. I think the team is,

2019, it seemed like the sort of carefully considered banality youwould expect any contracted Formula 1 driver to say about theircurrent team. At the time, speculation Max would refuse to see out

the final year of hto 0ercedes had Must been Tuashed by Toto :olff9altteri %ottas and farm (steban 2con out to 5enault. 0a[is 5ed %ull contract and make a sensational switch¶s decision to retainwould

be stay ing put after all.Verstappen a h5ed %ull had been on this rodeo beforeighly lucrative contract – understood to have made, of course, offering

“I AM VERY HAPPYAT THE MOMENT WHERE I AM BECAUSE

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GRAND PRIX RACING MARCH 2020 89

SHOWCASEOPEN SEASONAlways eagerly anticipated, F1’s seasonopeners have had their fair share of

shocks, accidents and dodgy PR stunts...

The 1961 Monaco GP wasmemorable and notjustfor eccentric marshalling.

In the first raceof the new1.5 litre engine formulaStirling Moss claimed a

surprise victorywoefully underpowered- and breezy - Clin hisimax-

engined Lotus 18

GP RACING MARCH 2020 3

IGNITION

New season,

new hope anda

new name...

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All the best

images from

wintertesting

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Chinese GP

postponement

F1ANALYST

Ben Edwards on

the making of

Carlos Sainz

UNDER

THEHOOD

Pat Symonds

says gaps will

close this year

SUBSCRIPTION

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FLATCHAT

Stuart Codling on

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CONTENTS

MARCH 2020

SECTOR

SETTINGTHESCENE

What you canexpect from

a challenging new season

HAMILTONANDSCHUMACHER

The similarities and differences

of their routesto F1 stardom

FERRARI:THECHALLENGES

What the Scuderia must doto

have a successful year

ROEBUCKONVETTEL

What Nigel thinks awaits Seb

at Ferrari this season

MAXVERSTAPPEN

The story behind theRed Bull

star’s surprise long-term deal

INCONVERSATIONWITH

Lando Norris: why he’s moved

closerto McLaren’s base

RACINGPOINT

The steps theteam is takingto

move backup the grid

INCONVERSATIONWITH

Daniel Ricciardo: why he’s still

100% committedto Renault

GEORGERUSSELL

Williams’s lead driver intendsto

show what he’s made of in 2020

MOTORSPORTSHOWCASE

There’s one every year so we

take a look at season openers

HAAS:A RETURNTO FORM?

How GuentherSteinerplans on

getting theteam back on track

DUTCHGP

Why the race will succeed and

deserves a place on the calendar

TEAMSANDDRIVERS

All youneed to know about this

season’steams and drivers

SECTOR

SECTOR

F1RACINGPRO

1 ETON STREET, RICHMOND,

LONDON, TW9 1AG, UK

50

WHO WILL

COME OUT

ON TOP AT

FERRARI?

62

IS MAX RIGHT

TO STAY AT

RED BULL

FOR THE

LONG TERM?

MOTORSPORT

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PATHS TO THE

VERY TOP FOR

LEWIS AND

MICHAEL

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GP RACING MARCH 202039

When Lewis HamidriversGrand Prixchampionship at last yearhe was asked what he thought abouttonsealed his sixth worlds United States

the prospect of equalling Mall-time record of seven. “It is all about how youpos tion your thought processchael Schumacher” Hamiton said.s

“I have always said reaching Mnever a target for me. I am not reaof records and those kinds of things.chaels [tally] wasly one to think

Michael was so far-fetched. And I rememberhav ng my one [championsh“I definitely thought getting anywhere nearp] for a long period

of timeaway and now it seems so closeaway that I still canthen gettng a second one. It was so fart really even comprehend.yet t is so far

monthsother teams“The challengesthatwethe next season –that hav e reallybeell faceinthesecomingyoulookatnputtingthesein some

astonishing performances inofthe season. Itincredible performanceandworkand allthepeople who are around me and I realls goingto ta ke an other load ofthe second halffrom my selfy

don t want to have tot hink abouttr ightnow.”

LewisHamiltonhe’s not interested insays

equalling or beatinghistory, and that

all-time record of sevenMichael Schumacher’s

was never on his radar.world championships

just that. Prodigiouslyon the cusp of doingAnd yet he stands

Michael andtalented drivers both,Lewis enjoy

plenty of similarities– but alsokey

differences, not least intheir eventful and often

controto the top...WORDSversial routesANDREW BENSON

SCHUMACHER:HAMILTON VS

THE

PATH

TO

GREATNESS

pre-season testingaboutAt the the prospect againme of writingHami ton had not been askedbefore the start of 2020but when hes his

answer witime the strength of his opposHe wi l talk about wanting to take one race at al doubtless be a variation of the same.tion how long the

season isto win the championship again. All of which willbe true. And yetand how much effort it is goof coursehe starts the seasonng to take

as favourthe hybrid era of F1 sHam lton and Mercedes have so dominatedte to achieve exactlynce 2014 that he hashat.

been winning an average of 10 races a year. IfHami ton keeps up that scoring rateonly equal Schumachers seven titles this yearhe will not

but will become the most successful driver inF1 historyrecord of 91 wins. Lewis starts the year with 84.by also surpassng the Germans

contemplation and reflection. Two men.Two careers. Similar results achieved in a veryThis s monumental stuffdeserving of

different wayremarkable similarities.made their debuts intheBoth made an instantbut with a pattern that containsmpact when theyr early 20sSchumacher

by out-qualifying his Jordan team-mate Andrea

MERCEDES

2020 SEASON PREVIEW

2020 SEASON PREVIEW

50 GP RACING MARCH 2020

EYES ON

GP RACIN G MARCH 202051

THE PRIZE

WORDS ROB RTO CH NCH RO

Italian media andPermanently under siege from the antsystrugglingto contain tensions

betweenand risingfour-time championstarCharlesLeclercSebastian, Ferrari faces aVettel

challenging seasonahead

ALL THE FORMULA 1 TEAMS,ones face the chathis seasonwith the championship thatlenge of engaging on two frontsand especially the tops about to

begin and with the massive task that is the 2021 carproject. Ittwo d screte works likely that in each factory there will beng groups as resources areuggled

but for the frontrunners there will be nothing lessthan ma[imum effort to secure both the driversconstructorst tles. Inhe case of Ferraria team thatand

hasnt won either championship since 2008to the top is the absolute goalis clearnothing will be left on the table untiland n 2020 the routeto returnhe last

cheTuered flag. Its l kely to become brutal.

FERRARI

GPRACING MARCH 20 2063

WORDSBEN ANDERSON ANDRED BULL CONTENT POOL

SIGNED,

SEALED

AND READY

TO DELIVERMaxVerstappenand Red Bull

surprised everyonepen to paper on a lucrative newby committing

contract before any 2020 F1 carsturned a wheel. Here, weget to

grips withtook the sting out of F1’s annualexactly why both parties

driver-market ‘silly season’ wellbefore the actual racing began

PIC URES

Everybody is lookingsame thing – everybody wants to winn the same directionI th nk it s a very exciting proeverybody in the team areeverybody wants theect.

winners. You can feel that mentaldefinitely comWhen Max Verstappen spoke these words to us in late Augustng on very strong. ́ty s there. I thnk the team is

2019 it seemed like the sort of carefully considered banality youwould expect any contracted Formula 1 driver to say about theircurrent team. At the timespeculation Max would refuse to see out

the final year of hto 0ercedes had Must been Tuashed by Toto :olff9altteri %ottas and farm (steban 2con out to 5enault. 0a[s 5ed %ull contract and make a sensational switchs decision to retainwould

be stayVerstappen a h5ed %ull had been on this rodeo beforeng put after all.ghly lucrative contract – understood to have madeof courseoffer ng

“I AM VERY HAPPYAT THE MOMENT WHERE I AM BECAUSE

62 GP RACING MARCH 20 20

GRAND PRIX RACING MARCH 2020 89

SHOWCASEOPEN SEASONAlways eagerly anticipated, F1’s seasonopeners have had their fair share of

shocks, accidents and dodgy PR stunts...

The 1961 Monaco GP wasmemorable and notjustfor eccentric marshalling.

In the first raceof the new1.5 litre engine formulaStirling Moss claimed a

surprise victorywoefully underpowered- and breezy - Cln hismax-

engined Lotus 18

GP RACING MARCH 2020 3

IGNITION

New season,

new hope anda

new name...

PARADES

All the best

images from

wintertesting

F1INSIDER

The fallout from

Chinese GP

postponement

F1ANALYST

Ben Edwards on

the making of

Carlos Sainz

UNDER

THEHOOD

Pat Symonds

says gaps will

close this year

SUBSCRIPTION

Try three issues

ofGP Racing

for just £

PREVIEWS

A look aheadto

the Australian,

Bahrain and

Vietnam GPs

TRAVELGUIDE

Visiting the

Dutch GP

PRODUCTS

Reviews of the

best F1gear

FLATCHAT

Stuart Codling on

whatValtteri

Bottas must do

this season

CONTENTS

MARCH 2020

SECTOR

SETTINGTHESCENE

What you canexpect from

a challenging new season

HAMILTONANDSCHUMACHER

The similarities and differences

of their routesto F1 stardom

FERRARI:THECHALLENGES

What the Scuderia must doto

have a successful year

ROEBUCKONVETTEL

What Nigel thinks awaits Seb

at Ferrari this season

MAXVERSTAPPEN

The story behind theRed Bull

star’s surprise long-term deal

INCONVERSATIONWITH

Lando Norris: why he’s moved

closerto McLaren’s base

RACINGPOINT

The steps theteam is takingto

move backup the grid

INCONVERSATIONWITH

Daniel Ricciardo: why he’s still

100% committedto Renault

GEORGERUSSELL

Williams’s lead driver intendsto

show what he’s made of in 2020

MOTORSPORTSHOWCASE

There’s one every year so we

take a look at season openers

HAAS:A RETURNTO FORM?

How GuentherSteinerplans on

getting theteam back on track

DUTCHGP

Why the race will succeed and

deserves a place on the calendar

TEAMSANDDRIVERS

All youneed to know about this

season’steams and drivers

SECTOR

SECTOR

F1RACINGPRO

1 ETON STREET, RICHMOND,

LONDON, TW9 1AG, UK

50

WHO WILL

COME OUT

ON TOP AT

FERRARI?

62

IS MAX RIGHT

TO STAY AT

RED BULL

FOR THE

LONG TERM?

MOTORSPORT

IMAGES

SHOWCASE:

SEASON

OPENERS

38

COVER STORY:

DIFFERING

PATHS TO THE

VERY TOP FOR

LEWIS AND

MICHAEL

34

38

50

58

62

70

128

134

4

8

18

24

26

136

138

90

126

INSIDE

FORMULA 12020

SEASON PREVIEW

THE INSIDE TRDRIVERS, TEAMSACKONF12&STORY LINES020’S

THE PATH TOGREATNESS

Howthe hard roadLewistookto

threatenincredible recordsSchumi’s

LECLERCAN FERRARICVSVCONTROLETTEL

CIVILF1’SNWAEWR?

WHY RED BULLMOVEDFAST

TO KEEP MAX

NEW SEASON, NEW ERA!Afreshstartforthe

world’sbest-sellingF1magazine

UKED£5MarchTION 99

2020

FREE!FORMULA1DIARYSTICKERS

STRAIGHTTALK

Mark Gallagher on the raft of

contracts dueto end this season

PROFILE

Giorgio Piola, Motorsport

Network’s F1technicalexpert

82

90

98

106

115

72

80

31

32