Round 16 · 2020

Sakhir Grand Prix

CircuitBahrain International Circuit Outer TrackLocationSakhir, BahrainDates4 Dec – 6 Dec 2020Final

WinnerPERRacing Point · from P5

PoleBOT

Fastest lap55.404Russell · L85

Most laps led52Russell

Biggest gain+9Ocon P11→P2

Retirements3of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	5	+4	87	1:31:15.114	2	25
2	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	11	+9	87	+10.518	1	18
3	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	10	+7	87	+11.869	1	15
4	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	8	+4	87	+12.580	2	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	7	+2	87	+13.330	2	10
6	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	12	+6	87	+13.842	2	8
7	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	6	-1	87	+14.534	2	6
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1	-7	87	+15.389	2	4
9	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	2	-7	87	+18.556 FL	4	2
10	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	15	+5	87	+19.541	2	1
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	9	-2	87	+20.527	2
12	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	13	+1	87	+22.611	3
13	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	14	+1	87	+24.111	2
14	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	19	+5	87	+26.153	3
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	16	+1	87	+32.370	2
16	Jack Aitken	Williams	18	+2	87	+33.674	3
17	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	20	+3	87	+36.858	3
—	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	17		52	DNF · L52	1
—	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	4		0	DNF · L0	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	24
2	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	—	—	—	25
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
4	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—	—	—	21
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	—	—	—	17
6	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	26
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	15
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	—	—	—	20
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	28
10	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	—	—	—	19
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	13
12	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
13	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
14	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	14
15	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	—	—	—	15
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	9
17	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	—	—	—	11
18	Jack Aitken	Williams	—	—	—	9
19	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	11
20	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	—	—	—	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	54.064		23
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	54.270	+0.206	20
3	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	54.427	+0.363	24
4	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	54.453	+0.389	21
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	54.606	+0.542	15
6	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	54.629	+0.565	22
7	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	54.664	+0.600	20
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	54.678	+0.614	20
9	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	54.693	+0.629	18
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	54.720	+0.656	16
11	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	54.845	+0.781	20
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	54.850	+0.786	23
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	54.854	+0.790	21
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	54.857	+0.793	15
15	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	54.858	+0.794	17
16	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	55.171	+1.107	20
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	55.347	+1.283	19
18	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	55.493	+1.429	21
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	55.666	+1.602	21
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	55.670	+1.606	23

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	54.713		48
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	54.841	+0.128	43
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	54.866	+0.153	52
4	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	54.940	+0.227	50
5	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	55.036	+0.323	42
6	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	55.068	+0.355	58
7	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	55.104	+0.391	44
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	55.124	+0.411	47
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	55.133	+0.420	48
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	55.258	+0.545	39
11	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	55.321	+0.608	52
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	55.484	+0.771	54
13	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	55.533	+0.820	57
14	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	55.738	+1.025	49
15	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	55.784	+1.071	52
16	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	55.830	+1.117	43
17	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	56.031	+1.318	14
18	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	56.110	+1.397	56
19	Jack Aitken	Williams	56.260	+1.547	58
20	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—		2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	54.546		49
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	54.722	+0.176	29
3	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	54.811	+0.265	18
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	54.868	+0.322	44
5	Daniil Kvyat KVY	AlphaTauri	55.011	+0.465	40
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	AlphaTauri	55.166	+0.620	37
7	Esteban Ocon OCO	Renault (2016–20)	55.273	+0.727	49
8	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	55.281	+0.735	40
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	55.379	+0.833	39
10	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	55.449	+0.903	35
11	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	55.558	+1.012	41
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	55.716	+1.170	33
13	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	55.757	+1.211	41
14	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	55.783	+1.237	32
15	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	55.858	+1.312	35
16	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	56.078	+1.532	47
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	56.130	+1.584	37
18	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	56.764	+2.218	48
19	Pietro Fittipaldi FIT	Haas	57.077	+2.531	24
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	57.187	+2.641	33

Session schedule

Practice 1Final4 Dec 2020 13:30 UTC

Practice 2Final4 Dec 2020 17:30 UTC

Practice 3Final5 Dec 2020 14:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal5 Dec 2020 17:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal6 Dec 2020 17:10 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	332
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	205
3	Max Verstappen VER	189
4	Sergio Pérez PER	125	▲1
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	112	▼1
6	Charles Leclerc LEC	98
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	97	▲1
8	Alexander Albon ALB	93	▲1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2019	Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	3
2018	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1
2017	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3
2016	Bahrain Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2
2015	Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2014	Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2013	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2012	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1