: Upon its July 2020 release, F1 2020 utilized Denuvo, a robust digital rights management (DRM) system known for being difficult to crack.

As of July 22, 2020, was protected by Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM , which successfully prevented a crack for several months after its release. While many previous titles in the series were eventually cracked, F1 2020 followed a unique timeline where the protection was officially removed by the developer rather than being bypassed by a pirate group during its initial launch window. Crack & Protection Timeline

: Once the Denuvo protection was removed by the publisher, scene groups like PLAZA released cracked versions within 0 days, as the game then only relied on standard Steam DRM.

: In a rare move, Codemasters (the developer) officially removed Denuvo from the game in late September 2021 .