Valtteri Bottas begins the Eifel Grand Prix from pole place forward of championship rival Lewis Hamilton, however the Mercedes duo are unlikely to have all of it their very own manner as the specter of Max Verstappen looms proper behind them.

An unpredictable afternoon is anticipated on the Nurburgring, with the German monitor internet hosting System One racing for the primary time since 2013 because it returns for the 11th spherical of the disrupted 2020 calendar.

The weekend has already delivered the surprising, with Friday’s operating washed out fully and Saturday’s qualifying seeing Nico Hulkenburg return as soon as once more to exchange the ailing Lance Stroll at Racing Level.

However as soon as the motion obtained underway, the session rapidly performed out right into a battle between Hamilton, Bottas and Verstappen, with the Crimson Bull man initially setting the tempo in closing qualifying within the shootout for pole place. Nevertheless, Hamilton was ready to answer hit the highest of the timesheets, just for Bottas to go a formidable 0.4s sooner and take pole place, recent off the again of his victory in Russia two weeks in the past.

The monitor is simply again on the calendar courtesy of the rejigged schedule following the coronavirus pandemic, with the Nurburgring kicking off a run of 4 unfamiliar tracks for the grid as Portomao, Imola and Istanbul Park comply with.

Right here’s all the things you want to know in regards to the Eifel Grand Prix.

When is the Eifel Grand Prix?

The race is because of happen from Friday 9 October to Sunday 11 October.

What time does it begin?

The race will get underway at 1:10pm BST, an hour sooner than the remainder of the calendar to date this season, because of the fading mild within the afternoon.

Full schedule

FRIDAY

Free follow 1: 10am-11:30am BST

Free follow 2: 2pm-3:30pm BST

SATURDAY

Free follow 3: 11am-12pm BST

Qualifying: 2pm-3pm BST

SUNDAY

Race: 1:10pm-3:10pm BST

How one can watch it

The complete 2020 System One season will likely be proven completely dwell by Sky Sports activities, aside from the British Grand Prix in August which will likely be proven dwell fully on Channel four too.

Should you’re not a Sky buyer you’ll be able to seize a NOWTV Day Go right here to observe and not using a subscription.

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TV schedule

FRIDAY

Free follow 1: 10am-11:50am BST (Sky Sports activities Primary Occasion + Sky Sports activities F1)

Free follow 2: 1:45pm-3:45pm BST (Sky Sports activities F1)

SATURDAY

Free follow 3: 10:15am-12:10pm BST (Sky Sports activities F1)

Qualifying: 1pm-3:35pm BST (Sky Sports activities F1)

SUNDAY

Race: 11:30pm-4pm BST (Sky Sports activities F1)

Beginning grid

1 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1min 25.269secs

2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:25.525

Three Max Verstappen (Ned) Crimson Bull 1:25.562

four Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:26.035

5 Alexander Albon (Tha) Crimson Bull 1:26.047

6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:26.223

7 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Renault 1:26.242

eight Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:26.458

9 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Level 1:26.704

10 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:26.709

11 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:26.738

12 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:26.776

13 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia AlphaTauri 1:26.848

14 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:26.936

15 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:27.125

16 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:27.552

17 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:27.564

18 Nicholas Latifi (Can) Williams 1:27.812

19 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:27.817

20 Nico Hulkenburg (Ger) Racing Level 1:28.021