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

2020 Turkish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 November 2020
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Racing Point-Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren
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
More 2020 season
More Turkish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes581hr 42m 19.313s25
2+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes58+31.633s18
3+8Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari58+31.960s15
4+8Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari58+33.858s12
5+10Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault58+34.363s10
6-4Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda58+44.873s8
7-3Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda58+46.484s6
8+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault58+1m 01.259s5 FL
9-8Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes58+1m 12.353s2
10-5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault58+1m 35.460s1
11-4France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault57+1 lap 
12+4Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda57+1 lap 
13+6France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda57+1 lap 
14-5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes57+1 lap 
15-7Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57+1 lap 
16PLUnited Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes57+1 lap 
17-4Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari55DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari49DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes39DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari11DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes
2 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
3 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes
4 Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda
5 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault
6 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
7 France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault
8 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
9 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
10 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
11 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
12 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
13 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
14-5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault
15-3Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault
16 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda
17 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
18   
19 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
20   
Started from the pit lane
  Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
 -5United Kingdom flag lazyload 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
1Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollRacing Point-Mercedes1:47.765 
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:48.0550.290
3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRacing Point-Mercedes1:49.3211.556
4Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonRed Bull-Honda1:50.4482.683
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRenault1:51.5953.830
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:52.5604.795
7France flag lazyload Esteban OconRenault1:52.6224.857
8Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:52.7454.980
9Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:53.2585.493
10Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:57.2269.461
Q2
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault1:54.945 
12Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:55.169 
13Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzMcLaren-Renault1:55.410 
14Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:56.696 
15France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:58.556 
Q1
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari2:08.007 
17Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatAlphaTauri-Honda2:09.070 
18United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes2:10.017 
19France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari2:12.909 
20Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes2:21.611 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton307
2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas197
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen170
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez100
5Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc97
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo96
7Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz75
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris74
9Thailand flag lazyload Alexander Albon70
10France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly63
11Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll59
12France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon40
13Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel33
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat26
15Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg10
16Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen4
17Italy flag lazyload Antonio Giovinazzi4
18France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean2
19Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes504
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda240
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Racing Point-Mercedes154
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault149
5France flag lazyload Renault136
6Italy flag lazyload Ferrari130
7Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda89
8Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari8
9USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari3

Statistics & 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)

See also

  • Turkish Grand Prix
  • Istanbul circuit
  • 2020 World Championship season

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