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Home / Seasons / 2020 F1 World Championship Season / 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 December 2020
Winner
  • Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Racing Point-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload George Russell
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSakhir, 87 laps
Round16 of 17
Race numbers

The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was the

  • 1,034rd World Championship race
  • 1st and only World Championship Sakhir Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Sakhir
More 2020 season

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes871hr 31m 15.114s25
2+9France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault87+10.518s18
3+7Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes87+11.869s15
4+4Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault87+12.580s12
5+2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault87+13.330s10
6+6Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda87+13.842s8
7-1Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda87+14.534s6
8-7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes87+15.389s4
9-7United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes87+18.556s3 FL
10+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault87+19.541s1
11-2France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda87+20.527s 
12+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari87+22.611s 
13+1Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari87+24.111s 
14+4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari87+26.153s 
15 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari87+32.370s 
16+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack AitkenWilliams-Mercedes87+33.674s 
17+3Brazil flag lazyload Pietro FittipaldiHaas-Ferrari87+36.858s 
R Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes52DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda0DNF 
R Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari0DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
2United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
4Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes
6Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault
9France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
10Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes
11France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault
12Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda
13Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
14Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
16Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack AitkenWilliams-Mercedes
18Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault
20Brazil flag lazyload Pietro FittipaldiHaas-Ferrari

Notes

  • Lando Norris and Pietro Fittipaldi were required to start from the back of the grid due to use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes0:53.377 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes0:53.4030.026
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda0:53.4330.056
4Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari0:53.6130.236
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes0:53.7900.413
6Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda0:53.9060.529
7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault0:53.9570.580
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault0:54.0100.633
9France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda0:54.1540.777
10Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes0:54.2000.823
Q2
11France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault0:53.995 
12Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda0:54.026 
13Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari0:54.175 
14Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari0:54.377 
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault0:54.693 
Q1
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari0:54.705 
17Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes0:54.796 
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack AitkenWilliams-Mercedes0:54.892 
19Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari0:54.963 
20Brazil flag lazyload Pietro FittipaldiHaas-Ferrari0:55.426 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton332
2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas205
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen189
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez125
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo112
6Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc98
7Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz97
8Thailand flag lazyload Alexander Albon93
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris87
10Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll74
11France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly71
12France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon60
13Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel33
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat32
15Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg10
16Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen4
17Italy flag lazyload Antonio Giovinazzi4
18United Kingdom flag lazyload George Russell3
19France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean2
20Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes540
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda282
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Racing Point-Mercedes194
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault184
5France flag lazyload Renault172
6Italy flag lazyload Ferrari131
7Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda103
8Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari8
9USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jack Aitken (only start), Pietro Fittipaldi (first Brazilian driver to start a race since 2017)
Wins
1st for Sergio Perez (110th different winner, 2nd Mexican driver; first Mexican winner since 1970; only win for Racing Point)
1st for Racing Point (37th different winner)
Podiums
10th for Sergio Perez (77th driver to score ten podiums, 1st Mexican driver; last for Racing Point), 3rd for Lance Stroll (last for Racing Point), 1st for Esteban Ocon (214th different podium finisher, 23rd French driver; only podium for Renault)
103rd and last for Renault, 3rd, 4th and last for Racing Point
Poles
16th for Valtteri Bottas
126th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
77th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
1st for George Russell (135th different fastest lap setter, 24th British driver; first for Mercedes)
84th for Mercedes
Front row starts
39th for Valtteri Bottas, 1st for George Russell (152nd different front row starter, 25th British driver)
Points finishes
44th and last for Daniil Kvyat, 1st for George Russell (343rd different point scorer, 61st British driver)

See also

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

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