2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 6 December 2020
Winner:	Sergio Perez Racing Point-Mercedes
Pole position:	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Fastest lap:	George Russell Mercedes
Circuit:	Sakhir, 87 laps
Round:	16 of 17

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	87	1hr 31m 15.114s	25
2	+9	Esteban Ocon	Renault	87	+10.518s	18
3	+7	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	87	+11.869s	15
4	+4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	87	+12.580s	12
5	+2	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	87	+13.330s	10
6	+6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	87	+13.842s	8
7	-1	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	87	+14.534s	6
8	-7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	87	+15.389s	4
9	-7	George Russell	Mercedes	87	+18.556s	3 FL
10	+9	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	87	+19.541s	1
11	-2	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	87	+20.527s
12	+1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	87	+22.611s
13	+1	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	87	+24.111s
14	+4	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	87	+26.153s
15		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	87	+32.370s
16	+1	Jack Aitken	Williams-Mercedes	87	+33.674s
17	+3	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas-Ferrari	87	+36.858s
R		Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	52	DNF
R		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	0	DNF
R		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	0:53.377
2		George Russell	Mercedes	0:53.403
3		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	0:53.433
4		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0:53.613
5		Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	0:53.790
6		Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	0:53.906
7		Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	0:53.957
8		Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	0:54.010
9		Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	0:54.154
10		Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	0:54.200
11		Esteban Ocon	Renault	0:53.995
12		Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	0:54.026
13		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	0:54.175
14		Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	0:54.377
15		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	0:54.705
16		Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	0:54.796
17		Jack Aitken	Williams-Mercedes	0:54.892
18		Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	0:54.963
19		Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	0:54.693
20		Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas-Ferrari	0:55.426

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	0:53.377
2	George Russell	Mercedes	0:53.403	0.026
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	0:53.433	0.056
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0:53.613	0.236
5	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	0:53.790	0.413
6	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri-Honda	0:53.906	0.529
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	0:53.957	0.580
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren-Renault	0:54.010	0.633
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Honda	0:54.154	0.777
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	0:54.200	0.823
Q2
11	Esteban Ocon	Renault	0:53.995
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	0:54.026
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	0:54.175
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	0:54.377
15	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	0:54.693
Q1
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	0:54.705
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	0:54.796
18	Jack Aitken	Williams-Mercedes	0:54.892
19	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	0:54.963
20	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas-Ferrari	0:55.426

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 2020

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	332
2	Valtteri Bottas	205
3	Max Verstappen	189
4	Sergio Perez	125
5	Daniel Ricciardo	112
6	Charles Leclerc	98
7	Carlos Sainz	97
8	Alexander Albon	93
9	Lando Norris	87
10	Lance Stroll	74
11	Pierre Gasly	71
12	Esteban Ocon	60
13	Sebastian Vettel	33
14	Daniil Kvyat	32
15	Nico Hulkenberg	10
16	Kimi Raikkonen	4
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	4
18	George Russell	3
19	Romain Grosjean	2
20	Kevin Magnussen	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	540
2	Red Bull-Honda	282
3	Racing Point-Mercedes	194
4	McLaren-Renault	184
5	Renault	172
6	Ferrari	131
7	AlphaTauri-Honda	103
8	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	8
9	Haas-Ferrari	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Jack Aitken (only start), Pietro Fittipaldi

Wins

Driver: 1st for Sergio Perez (110th different winner, 2nd Mexican driver)

Constructor: 1st for Racing Point (37th different winner)

Podiums

Driver: 10th for Sergio Perez, 3rd for Lance Stroll, 1st for Esteban Ocon (214th different podium finisher, 23rd French driver)

Constructor: 103rd for Renault, 3rd & 4th for Racing Point

Poles

Driver: 16th for Valtteri Bottas

Constructor: 126th for Mercedes

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 80th for Mercedes

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st for George Russell (135th different fastest lap setter, 24th British driver)

Constructor: 84th for Mercedes

Front row starts

Driver: 39th for Valtteri Bottas, 1st for George Russell (152nd different front row starter, 25th British driver)

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for George Russell (343rd different point scorer, 61st British driver)

See also

• Sakhir Grand Prix
• Sakhir Circuit
• 2020 World Championship season