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2020 Turkish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitIstanbul, 58 laps
Round14 of 17
Race numbers

The 2020 Turkish Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,032nd World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Turkish Grand Prix (first since 2011)
  • 8th World Championship race at Istanbul (first since 2011)
  • 2020 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes581hr 42m 19.313s25
2+1(MEX) Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes58+31.633s18
3+8(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari58+31.960s15
4+8(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari58+33.858s12
5+10(ESP) Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault58+34.363s10
6-4(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda58+44.873s8
7-3(THA) Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda58+46.484s6
8+6(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault58+1m 01.259s5 FL
9-8(CAN) Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes58+1m 12.353s2
10-5(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRenault58+1m 35.460s1
11-4(FRA) Esteban OconRenault57+1 lap 
12+4(RUS) Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda57+1 lap 
13+6(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda57+1 lap 
14-5(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes57+1 lap 
15-7(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57+1 lap 
16PL(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes57+1 lap 
17-4(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari55DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari49DNF 
R (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes39DNF 
R (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari11DNF 

Notes

  • Kevin Magnussen ended lap 55 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (CAN) Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
3 (MEX) Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes
4 (THA) Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda
5 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRenault
6 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
7 (FRA) Esteban OconRenault
8 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
9 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
10 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
11 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
12 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
13 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
14-5(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault
15-3(ESP) Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault
16 (RUS) Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda
17 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
18   
19 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
20   
Started from the pit lane
  (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
 -5(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes

Notes

  • Carlos Sainz received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Perez in qualifying.
  • Lando Norris and George Russell received five-place grid penalties for not respecting yellow flags during qualifying.
  • George Russell was required to start from the back of the grid, despite a five-place grid penalty, for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Pierre Gasly was required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements .
  • Williams drivers Nicholas Latifi and George Russell started from pit lane. Latifi did not leave the garage in time to take up his position on the grid. Russell pitted on the way to the grid to fix damage on his car.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(CAN) Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes1:47.765 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:48.0550.290
3(MEX) Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes1:49.3211.556
4(THA) Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda1:50.4482.683
5(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRenault1:51.5953.830
6(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:52.5604.795
7(FRA) Esteban OconRenault1:52.6224.857
8(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:52.7454.980
9(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:53.2585.493
10(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:57.2269.461
Q2
11(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault1:54.945 
12(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:55.169 
13(ESP) Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault1:55.410 
14(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:56.696 
15(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:58.556 
Q1
16(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari2:08.007 
17(RUS) Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda2:09.070 
18(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes2:10.017 
19(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari2:12.909 
20(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes2:21.611 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton307
2(FIN) Valtteri Bottas197
3(NLD) Max Verstappen170
4(MEX) Sergio Perez100
5(MCO) Charles Leclerc97
6(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo96
7(ESP) Carlos Sainz75
8(GBR) Lando Norris74
9(THA) Alexander Albon70
10(FRA) Pierre Gasly63
11(CAN) Lance Stroll59
12(FRA) Esteban Ocon40
13(DEU) Sebastian Vettel33
14(RUS) Daniil Kvyat26
15(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg10
16(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen4
17(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi4
18(FRA) Romain Grosjean2
19(DNK) Kevin Magnussen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes504
2Red Bull-Honda240
3Racing Point-Mercedes154
4McLaren-Renault149
5Renault136
6Ferrari130
7AlphaTauri-Honda89
8Alfa Romeo-Ferrari8
9Haas-Ferrari3

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
300th for Red Bull (11th constructor to start 300 races)
World Champion
7th title for Lewis Hamilton (2nd driver to win seven championships, 1st British driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Michael Schumacher)
Wins
94th for Lewis Hamilton
114th for Mercedes
Podiums
163rd for Lewis Hamilton
121st for Sebastian Vettel (last for Ferrari)
9th for Sergio Perez (first podium since 2018; first for Racing Point)
773rd for Ferrari
233rd for Mercedes
2nd for Racing Point
Poles
1st for Lance Stroll (101st different polesitter, 3rd Canadian driver; first Canadian polesitter since 1997)
1st and only for Racing Point (40th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
2nd for Lando Norris
158th for McLaren
Front row starts
14th for Max Verstappen
2nd for Lance Stroll (first since 2017; only front row start for Racing Point)