Round 17 · 2020

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CircuitYas Marina CircuitLocationAbu dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDates11 Dec – 13 Dec 2020Final

Official event name: Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

WinnerVERRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVER

Fastest lap1:40.926Ricciardo · L55

Most laps led54Verstappen

Biggest gain+7Bottas P9→P2

Retirements1of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1	0	55	1:36:28.645	1	25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	9	+7	55	+15.976	1	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	6	+3	55	+18.415	1	15
4	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	2	-2	55	+19.987	1	12
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	5	0	55	+1:00.729	1	10
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	8	+2	55	+1:05.662	1	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	3	-4	55	+1:13.748 FL	1	7
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	13	+5	55	+1:29.718	1	4
9	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	4	-5	55	+1:41.069	1	2
10	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	7	-3	55	+1:42.738	1	1
11	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	11	0	54	+1 lap	1
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	17	+5	54	+1 lap	1
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	12	-1	54	+1 lap	1
14	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	14	0	54	+1 lap	1
15	George Russell RUS	Williams	15	0	54	+1 lap	1
16	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	16	0	54	+1 lap	1
17	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	19	+2	54	+1 lap	2
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	18	0	54	+1 lap	2
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	20	+1	53	+2 laps	3
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	10		9	DNF · L9	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	20
4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	—	—	—	17
5	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	15
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	—	—	—	14
7	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	20
8	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	—	—	—	15
9	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—	—	—	20
10	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	20
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	12
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	9
13	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	12
14	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	12
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	—	—	—	4
16	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	6
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	9
18	George Russell RUS	Williams	—	—	—	8
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	—	—	—	9
20	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	—	—	—	7

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:36.251		16
2	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	1:36.752	+0.501	15
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.877	+0.626	12
4	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.899	+0.648	15
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:36.994	+0.743	13
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:37.012	+0.761	16
7	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:37.030	+0.779	16
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:37.068	+0.817	12
9	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:37.085	+0.834	16
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:37.227	+0.976	13
11	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	1:37.266	+1.015	17
12	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:37.270	+1.019	14
13	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	1:37.371	+1.120	18
14	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:37.728	+1.477	16
15	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:37.886	+1.635	16
16	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:37.900	+1.649	16
17	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:38.269	+2.018	16
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:38.457	+2.206	14
19	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:38.765	+2.514	17
20	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	1:39.159	+2.908	15

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:36.276		28
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:36.479	+0.203	30
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:37.046	+0.770	30
4	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.263	+0.987	33
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:37.438	+1.162	29
6	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	1:37.505	+1.229	30
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:37.506	+1.230	35
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:37.508	+1.232	31
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:37.508	+1.232	29
10	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:37.560	+1.284	29
11	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	1:37.596	+1.320	32
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:37.616	+1.340	31
13	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	1:37.900	+1.624	32
14	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:38.068	+1.792	28
15	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:38.198	+1.922	32
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:38.504	+2.228	35
17	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:38.564	+2.288	31
18	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:38.817	+2.541	24
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	1:39.027	+2.751	25
20	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:39.132	+2.856	31

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	37.378		26
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	37.412	+0.034	32
3	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	38.515	+1.137	34
4	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	38.547	+1.169	25
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	38.744	+1.366	24
6	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	38.831	+1.453	25
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	38.956	+1.578	25
8	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	39.150	+1.772	27
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	39.160	+1.782	30
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	39.199	+1.821	22
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	39.330	+1.952	27
12	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	39.344	+1.966	25
13	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	39.352	+1.974	28
14	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	39.670	+2.292	19
15	Robert Kubica KUB	Alfa Romeo	39.905	+2.527	19
16	George Russell RUS	Williams	40.446	+3.068	24
17	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	41.063	+3.685	27
18	Michael Schumacher SCH	Haas	41.235	+3.857	23
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	44.069	+6.691	24
20	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	—		3

Session schedule

Practice 1Final11 Dec 2020 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final11 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final12 Dec 2020 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal12 Dec 2020 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal13 Dec 2020 13:10 UTC

Championship after round 17

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	347
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	223
3	Max Verstappen VER	214
4	Sergio Pérez PER	125
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	119
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	105	▲1
7	Alexander Albon ALB	105	▲1
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	98	▼2

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Alexander Albon ALB
Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas BOT	—	Lewis Hamilton HAM
McLaren	Lando Norris NOR	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
AlphaTauri	Daniil Kvyat KVY	—	Pierre Gasly GAS
Racing Point	Lance Stroll STR	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Renault (2016–20)	Esteban Ocon OCO	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Alfa Romeo	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Haas	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT
Williams	George Russell RUS	—	Nicholas Latifi LAT

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2019	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2018	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2017	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1
2016	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2015	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2014	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2013	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2012	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4