2020 Astyrian Formula One Championship

2020 FIA Formula One World Championship
Drivers' Champion: Simo Rassinen Constructors' Champion: Sidus
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The 2020 Astyrian Formula One Championship is a motor racing championship marking the 60th Anniversary of Astyrian Formula One. It is the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars by the Astyrian Motorsport Federation (AMF). The season began in February and ended in November, covering 21 grands prix in 19 countries throughout Astyria. Drivers and constructors competed to win the Drivers' Championship and Constructors' Championship, respectively.

Sidus won its 4th Constructors' Championship at the Confederate Grand Prix, being out MacGregor by 3 points. Simo Rassinen secured his 2nd Drivers' Championship at the Aquitaynian Grand Prix, becoming the 2nd Valkean in history to win 2 Drivers' Titles.

Entries

Eleven teams, each with two drivers, competed in the 2020 championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Race Drivers
				No.	Driver name	Rounds
Angelbridge Racing	Angelbridge-Phaeton	AB13	Phaeton T70	8 90	Octavius Clearwater Decius Whitewall	All All
Breuer NidEnergie Racing Team	Breuer	BR8	Breuer BH8-16	14 26	Nicolas Von Siedel Maximilian Frentzen	All All
Delaney Grand Prix Team	Delaney-Sorsa	RD45	Sorsa S20HY	3 31	Devin Acker Nick Hardy	All All
Kappaksturslid F1 Team	Kappaksturslid-Sorsa	KP16	Sorsa S20HY	48 97	Maríón Álfheiður Ólafur Guðestersson	All All
LZS F1 Racing Team	LZS-FMK	F1.20	FMK WW6-12 H-power	2 72	Stefan Lakowski Ivan Jovanović	All All
MacGregor F1 Team	MacGregor-Sidus	MG2020	Sidus 616H-7	1 24	Steven Grey Conway Prescott	All All
Merlin F1 Team	Merlin-Cozworth	WY8	Cozworth CZ2020	59 66	Gianpiero Santoro Dominic Hudnall	All All
Stabulum Phaethonti	Phaeton	SPT71	Phaeton T70	5 7	Tertius DiParadisa Pekka Koivu	All All
Raamaker F1 Team	Raamaker-FMK	RM-25	FMK WW6-12 H-power	13 38	Robert van Grol Bram Dichter	All All
Sevir F1 Team	Sevir-Sorsa	SE-05	Sorsa S20HY	11 89	Phillip Rollins Matthew Martins	All All
Sidus F1 Racing Team	Sidus	FS-220	Sidus 616H-7	22 95	Simo Rassinen Guy Bassett	All All

Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Race date
1	Aswickan Grand Prix	Sherbourne Circuit, Sherbourne	1 March
2	Mizia Grand Prix	Bakunin Circuit, St. Louis	15 March
3	Azmir Grand Prix	Küitan Arika, Tegari	29 March
4	Astyrian Grand Prix	Norris Memorial Circuit, Paisley	12 April
5	Noordenstaat Grand Prix	Schwarzenberg Circuit, Kleynendrecht	26 April
6	Nikolian Grand Prix	Moravia Circuit, Carigrad	10 May
7	Khyragan Grand Prix	Kennedy Circuit, Khasde	24 May
8	Kelonnan Grand Prix	Beobecce Street Circuit, Halynby	14 June
9	ViZion Grand Prix	Hammock Beach Circuitway, Kirkland	28 June
10	Monsa Grand Prix	Circuito Urbano de Monsa, Conquistadores	12 July
11	Caprican Grand Prix	Fair Park Circuit, Dallas	26 July
12	San Joaquin Valley Grand Prix	Autódromo de Républica, Fresno	9 August
13	Hindia Belandan Grand Prix	Tanjong Pagar Circuit, Buitenzorg	23 August
14	Scottopian Grand Prix	Regency Bay Marina Park Circuit, Scottopia City	6 September
15	Nynorsk Ostlijord Grand Prix	Snjór Kappaksturbraut, Magnusson	20 September
16	Valkean Grand Prix	Vestola Circuit, Orava	4 October
17	60th Anniversary Grand Prix	Maarinnat International Circuit, Maarinnat	18 October
18	Nidwaldeser Grand Prix	Saint Moritz Circuit, Saint Moritz	25 October
19	Aquitaynian Grand Prix	Telora International Circuit, Telora	8 November
20	Arimathean Grand Prix	The Sedges (Karekari), Tythim	15 November
21	Confederate Grand Prix	Circus Augusti Angelbridge, Redemption	22 November

Calendar changes

The Sloverti Grand Prix was originally included on the calendar, but was cancelled due to the recent political unrest in the country following Rupert Wilmar's reelection.

Summary

Opening rounds

The season began at the Aswickan Grand Prix. Conway Prescott, who took pole position, led from the start for the first few laps before getting passed by his teammate Steven Grey in the 1st quarter. But Prescott soon retook the lead and won the race for MacGregor, finishing with a dominant 30-second lead over Merlin's Gianpiero Santoro. On the other hand, Grey was just over 2 seconds behind Santoro and finished 3rd. MacGregor built up an early lead, garnering a total of 44 points.

The Mizia Grand Prix was marked with moderate to heavy rain, which proved challenging for the drivers. Despite this, Valkean drivers Simo Rassinen, driving for Sidus, and Pekka Koivu, driving for Phaeton, were able to navigate the circuit well. Rassinen crossed the line in 1st place followed by Koivu and Prescott.

The Azmir Grand Prix began with Prescott leading most of the race until he spun his car and crashed on Lap 66. Phaeton driver Tertius DiParadisa, who had been attempting to overtake Prescott for several laps, subsequently took the victory. His teammate, Koivu, had suffered a slow pit stop on Lap 12 and a spin on Lap 34. LZS driver Stefan Lakowski came 2nd while Santoro followed in 3rd.

The Astyrian Grand Prix saw F1 return to Aswick, this time at the Norris Memorial Circuit. Guy Bassett and DiParadisa fought hard for 2nd behind Prescott, but Bassett prevailed in the end. He would go on to pass Prescott to take the win. Another fight brewed between Steven Grey and Dominic Hudnall for 5th position, which ended with Grey splitting the Merlin drivers.

The Noordenstaat Grand Prix started off poorly for Pekka Koivu, who was forced to pit in the 14th lap due to faster tire wear than usual. Dropping from pole position to 8th place, he fought long and hard to move up the leaderboard, eventually finishing the race in 2nd. Bassett's performance was also hampered due to a hastily-made two-stop strategy. Robert van Grol rose from 16th at the start of the race to the front of the grid upon the halfway point, but dropped places due to a tire change on the 44th lap. On Lap 38, Ivan Jovanović spun out as his engine cut out at Turn 13. This retired him from the race early. Grey passed Van Grol as he was pitting, which gave the Aswickan driver his first win of the season.

The Nikolian Grand Prix saw Devin Acker's car lost grip and went off the track, crashing into the tire barrier. This brought out the safety flag on Lap 10. Bassett and Jovanović constantly traded places throughout the race. Merlin's Gianpiero Santoro would sometimes join in and turn the fight into a three-way duel. However, Stefan Lakowski would eventually barge his way into the podium, finishing 2nd just behind Jovanović and relegating Bassett to 3rd. Santoro on the other hand choked and fell to 7th. His teammate, Hudnall, was able to fend off Frentzen and Koivu for 4th place. LZS finished the race with a 1-2 victory. Due to his 5th place finish, DiParadisa overtook Prescott in the Drivers' Standings.

The Khyragusian began with Matthew Martins overtaking Prescott in the 1st lap. Martins maintained his lead until Lap 26, when a pit stop allowed for Prescott to retake the lead. From there Martins had to fend off the Sidus drivers throughout the rest of the race. Nick Hardy was taken out of the race due to an engine problem on Lap 72. Prescott held a massive lead over the competition, ending the race a full lap ahead of Rassinen. this win meant Prescott retook the lead from DiParadisa in the Drivers' Championship.

Results

Drivers' Championship Standings

Pos.	Driver	ASW	MIZ	AZM	AST	NRD	NIK	KHY	KEL	VIZ	MON	CAP	SJQ	HBL	SCO	NYO	VLK	60A	NID	AQU	ARM	BCO	Points
1	Simo Rassinen	13	1	7	9	5	10	2	1	3	1 P F	4	1	5	4	2	2 P	1 F	18	7	11	8	245
2	Conway Prescott	1 P F	3	DNF P	2	7	8	1 P	15	5 F	3	11	15	9	1 F	3	9	5 P	17	2 F	DNF	2	202
3	Stefan Lakowski	5	4	2	14	9	2	10	4	1	4	2	5	4	6	1	4	4	16	12	7	11	193
4	Steven Grey	3	16	5	5	1 F	6	13	11	9	7	3	3	1 P	2	10	5	3	7	4	10	4	187
5	Pekka Koivu	6	2 P	14	11	2 P	11	12	3	7	17	1 F	6	18	11	6	7	8	15	8	1	1 F	159
6	Tertius DiParadisa	DNF	5 F	1 F	3	3	5	8	7	2	9	12	17	15	15	13	17	7	6	1 P	4	3 P	157
7	Gianpiero Santoro	2	8	3	4	12	7	5	9	19	2	10	2	3	3	4	15	18	3	13	15	6	154
8	Guy Bassett	9	10	6	1 F	8	3 P	6	6 P	18	8	8	19	8	10	12	1 F	2	2	5	8	12	147
9	Ivan Jovanović	8	21	4	10	DNF	1	17	17	4	11	5	4	2	7	DNF	12	9	8	15	5	9	104
10	Bram Dichter	4	12	18	8	6	13	3 F	5	6	6	16	9	10	5 P	18	3	14	4	11	9	10	92
	Robert van Grol	DNF	7	8	19	4	14	11	2 F	8	5	18	7 P	6 F	9	15	6	6	13	3	6 P	14	92
12	Maximilian Frentzen	10	18	10	18	11	9	20	13	11	18	6	13	21	12	20	21	11	1 P F	19	2	17	54
13	Dominic Hudnall	7	11	11	6	10	4	7	12	14	10	7 P	11	11	8	11	19	16	10	14	3 F	13	49
14	Decius Whitewall	12	6	12	7	18	16	16	8	10	12	19	12	DNF	16	7	11	13	9	16	13	5	28
15	Matthew Martins	14	17	15	15	17	15	4	18	16	DNF	9	16	16	14	14	18	10	11	10	19	15	14
16	Octavius Clearwater	15	19	19	21	14	12	15	16	20	15	17	22	17	13	16	10	12	5	18	16	7	13
	Nicolas von Siedel	16	14	9	13 P	15	20 F	14	DNF	13 P	16	22	14	7	20	8 F	20	19	12	9	18	16	13
18	Maríón Álfheiður	17	15	16	22	16	18	19	10	15	19	13	10	13	21	5	14	20	DNF	DNF	17	20	10
19	Phillip Rollins	11	9	17	12	13	17	9	14	17	14	15	8	12	18	17	13	21	14	17	14	19	7
20	Nick Hardy	18	DNF	DNF	17	21	21	DNF	21	12	21	20	20	20	DNF	21	16	22	19	6	DNF	18	6
21	Ólafur Guðestersson	19	13	13	16	20	19	18	19	21	13	14	18	14	17	9	8	15	20	20	12	21	5
22	Devin Acker	DNF	20	20	20	19	DNF	21	20	22	20	21	21 F	19	19	19 P	22	17	21	21	DNF	22	1
Pos.	Driver	ASW	MIZ	AZM	AST	NRD	NIK	KHY	KEL	VIZ	MON	CAP	SJQ	HBL	SCO	NYO	VLK	60A	NID	AQU	ARM	BCO	Points

Constructors' Championship Standings

Pos.	Constructor	ASW	MIZ	AZM	AST	NRD	NIK	KHY	KEL	VIZ	MON	CAP	SJQ	HBL	SCO	NYO	VLK	60A	NID	AQU	ARM	BCO	Points
1	Sidus	9	1	6	1 F	5	3 P	2	1	3	1 P F	4	1	5	4	2	1 F	1 F	2	5	8	8	392
		13	10	7	9	8	10	6	6 P	18	8	8	19	8	10	12	2 P	2	18	7	11	12
2	MacGregor	1 P F	3	5	2	1 F	6	1 P	11	5 F	3	3	3	1 P	1 F	3	5	3	7	2 F	10	2	389
		3	16	DNF P	5	7	8	13	15	9	7	11	15	9	2	10	9	5	17	4	DNF	4
3	Phaeton	6	2 P	1 F	3	2 P	5	8	3	2	9	1 F	6	15	11	6	7	7	6	1 P	1	1 F	316
		DNF	5 F	14	11	3	11	12	7	7	17	12	17	18	15	13	17	8	15	8	4	3 P
4	LZS	5	4	2	10	9	1	10	4	1	4	2	4	2	6	1	4	4	8	12	7	1	297
		8	21	4	14	DNF	2	17	17	4	11	5	5	4	7	DNF	12	9	16	15	8	9
5	Merlin	2	8	3	4	10	4	5	9	19	2	10	2	3	3	4	15	16	3	13	3 F	6	203
		7	11	11	6	12	7	7	12	14	10	7 P	11	11	8	11	19	18	10	14	15	13
6	Raamaker	4	7	8	8	4	13	3 F	2 F	6	5	16	7 P	6 F	5 P	15	3	6	4	3	6 P	10	184
		DNF	12	18	19	6	14	11	5	8	6	18	9	10	9	18	6	14	13	11	9	14
7	Breuer	10	14	9	13 P	11	9	20	13	11	16	10	12	5	12	8 F	7	11	1 P F	9	2	16	67
		16	18	10	18	15	20 F	14	DNF	13 P	18	22	14	7	20	16	20	19	12	19	18	17
8	Angelbridge	12	6	12	7	14	12	15	8	10	12	17	12	17	13	7	10	12	5	16	12	5	41
		15	19	19	21	18	16	16	16	20	15	19	22	DNF	16	16	11	13	9	18	16	7
9	Sevir	11	9	15	12	13	15	4	14	16	14	9	8	12	14	14	13	10	11	10	14	15	21
		14	17	17	15	17	17	9	18	17	DNF	15	16	16	18	17	18	21	14	17	19	19
10	Kappaksturslid	17	13	13	16	16	18	18	10	15	13	13	10	13	17	5	8	15	20	20	12	20	15
		19	15	16	22	20	19	19	19	21	19	14	18	14	21	9	14	20	DNF	DNF	17	21
11	Delaney	18	20	20	17	19	21	21	20	12	20	20	20	19	19	19 P	16	17	19	6	DNF	18	7
		DNF	DNF	DNF	20	21	DNF	DNF	21	22	21	21	21 F	20	DNF	21	22	22	21	21	DNF	22
Pos.	Constructor	ASW	MIZ	AZM	AST	NRD	NIK	KHY	KEL	VIZ	MON	CAP	SJQ	HBL	SCO	NYO	VLK	60A	NID	AQU	ARM	BCO	Points