Race · Round 10 of 17 · 27 September 2020

2020 Russian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas won for Mercedes from 3rd on the grid at Sochi Autodrom. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 28 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Sochi AutodromSochi, Russia
Winner: Valtteri BottasMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W11	3	53	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16	2	53	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W11	1	53	Finished	15
4	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP20	4	53	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.20	5	53	Finished	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF1000	10	53	Finished	8
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	R.S.20	7	53	Finished	6
8	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	11	53	Finished	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	9	53	Finished	2
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	RB16	15	53	Finished	1
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C39	17	52	Finished	0
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	18	52	Finished	0
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF1000	14	52	Finished	0
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C39	19	52	Finished	0
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35	8	52	Finished	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43	20	52	Finished	0
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	16	52	Finished	0
18	George Russell	Williams	FW43	13	52	Finished	0
DNF	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL35	6	0	Accident	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP20	12	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout sirius-1 · 5.848 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Valtteri Bottas	3	1	53
Max Verstappen	2	2	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	3	53
Sergio Perez	4	4	53
Daniel Ricciardo	5	5	53
Charles Leclerc	10	6	53
Esteban Ocon	7	7	53
Daniil Kvyat	11	8	53
Pierre Gasly	9	9	53
Alexander Albon	15	10	53
Antonio Giovinazzi	17	11	52
Kevin Magnussen	18	12	52
Sebastian Vettel	14	13	52
Kimi Raikkonen	19	14	52
Lando Norris	8	15	52
Nicholas Latifi	20	16	52
Romain Grosjean	16	17	52
George Russell	13	18	52
Carlos Sainz	6	DNF	0
Lance Stroll	12	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.983	1:32.835	1:31.304	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.630	1:33.157	1:31.867	+0.563	36 m	+0.563
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.656	1:32.405	1:31.956	+0.652	42 m	+0.089
4	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:33.704	1:33.038	1:32.317	+1.013	65 m	+0.361
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:33.650	1:32.218	1:32.364	+1.060	68 m	+0.047
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:33.967	1:32.757	1:32.550	+1.246	80 m	+0.186
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:33.557	1:33.196	1:32.624	+1.320	85 m	+0.074
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:33.804	1:33.081	1:32.847	+1.543	99 m	+0.223
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:33.734	1:33.139	1:33.000	+1.696	109 m	+0.153
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:33.919	1:33.153	1:33.008	+1.704	109 m	+0.008
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.071	1:33.239	—	—	65 m	—
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:33.511	1:33.249	—	—	65 m	—
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:33.852	1:33.364	—	—	73 m	—
14	George Russell	Williams	63	1:34.020	1:33.583	—	—	87 m	—
15	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.134	1:33.609	—	—	88 m	—
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:34.592	—	—	—	122 m	—
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:34.594	—	—	—	122 m	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.681	—	—	—	128 m	—
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:35.066	—	—	—	152 m	—
20	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.267	—	—	—	165 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Valtteri Bottas	1	53	1	26	29.8
Max Verstappen	2	53	1	25	28.7
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	53	1	16	41.4
Sergio Perez	4	53	1	20	29.6
Daniel Ricciardo	5	53	1	15	30.1
Charles Leclerc	6	53	1	28	30.3
Esteban Ocon	7	53	1	18	30.1
Daniil Kvyat	8	53	1	30	29.7
Pierre Gasly	9	53	2	18, 42	29.8, 29.4
Alexander Albon	10	53	2	1, 27	30.2, 30.1
Antonio Giovinazzi	11	52	1	16	29.8
Kevin Magnussen	12	52	1	19	30.2
Sebastian Vettel	13	52	1	30	29.4
Kimi Raikkonen	14	52	1	35	33.3
Lando Norris	15	52	2	1, 47	37.1, 31.4
Nicholas Latifi	16	52	1	17	29.9
Romain Grosjean	17	52	2	17, 42	30.1, 30.0
George Russell	18	52	3	1, 14, 50	30.2, 29.4, 29.7
Carlos Sainz	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Lance Stroll	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	2 · 1	25 · 26	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	1 · 4	26 · 20	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	1 · 2	3 · 2	16 · 25	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	1 · 4	3 · 4	16 · 20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	4 · 5	20 · 15	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Charles Leclerc	5 · 10	5 · 6	15 · 28	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Charles Leclerc	7 · 10	7 · 6	18 · 28	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Charles Leclerc	9 · 10	9 · 6	18 · 28	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 11	6 · 8	28 · 30	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Daniil Kvyat	7 · 11	7 · 8	18 · 30	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Lando Norris	7 · 8	7 · 15	18 · 1	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Daniil Kvyat	9 · 11	9 · 8	18 · 30	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Pierre Gasly	8 · 9	15 · 9	1 · 18	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Alexander Albon	9 · 15	9 · 10	18 · 1	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Alexander Albon	14 · 15	13 · 10	30 · 1	Alexander Albon	Swapped places
Alexander Albon · Antonio Giovinazzi	15 · 17	10 · 11	1 · 16	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Romain Grosjean	15 · 16	10 · 17	1 · 17	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Antonio Giovinazzi	16 · 17	17 · 11	17 · 16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kevin Magnussen	17 · 18	11 · 12	16 · 19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kevin Magnussen	14 · 18	13 · 12	30 · 19	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Kimi Raikkonen	18 · 19	12 · 14	19 · 35	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
George Russell · Sebastian Vettel	13 · 14	18 · 13	1 · 30	George Russell	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	14 · 19	13 · 14	30 · 35	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Kimi Raikkonen	8 · 19	15 · 14	1 · 35	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nicholas Latifi	19 · 20	14 · 16	35 · 17	Nicholas Latifi	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Nicholas Latifi	8 · 20	15 · 16	1 · 17	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Nicholas Latifi	16 · 20	17 · 16	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
George Russell · Romain Grosjean	13 · 16	18 · 17	1 · 17	George Russell	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.923	—	0 m	—	13
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:35.430	+0.507	31 m	+0.507	22
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.577	+0.654	40 m	+0.147	22
4	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:35.796	+0.873	54 m	+0.219	23
5	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:35.965	+1.042	64 m	+0.169	21
6	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:36.061	+1.138	70 m	+0.096	23
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:36.230	+1.307	81 m	+0.169	22
8	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:36.254	+1.331	82 m	+0.024	24
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.323	+1.400	86 m	+0.069	23
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:36.706	+1.783	110 m	+0.383	25
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:36.896	+1.973	122 m	+0.190	23
12	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:36.970	+2.047	126 m	+0.074	8
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:37.110	+2.187	135 m	+0.140	28
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:37.201	+2.278	140 m	+0.091	17
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:37.230	+2.307	142 m	+0.029	23
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.430	+2.507	154 m	+0.200	22
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:37.595	+2.672	165 m	+0.165	24
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.649	+2.726	168 m	+0.054	24
19	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.716	+2.793	172 m	+0.067	18
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:37.784	+2.861	176 m	+0.068	11

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:33.519	—	0 m	—	37
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.786	+0.267	17 m	+0.267	33
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:34.577	+1.058	66 m	+0.791	27
4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:34.723	+1.204	75 m	+0.146	36
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.847	+1.328	83 m	+0.124	33
6	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:34.890	+1.371	86 m	+0.043	35
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.048	+1.529	96 m	+0.158	30
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:35.052	+1.533	96 m	+0.004	35
9	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:35.139	+1.620	101 m	+0.087	28
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.183	+1.664	104 m	+0.044	35
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:35.210	+1.691	106 m	+0.027	35
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:35.242	+1.723	108 m	+0.032	31
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:35.461	+1.942	121 m	+0.219	37
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.516	+1.997	125 m	+0.055	33
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:35.563	+2.044	128 m	+0.047	31
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:35.575	+2.056	129 m	+0.012	30
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:35.627	+2.108	132 m	+0.052	34
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.729	+2.210	138 m	+0.102	32
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:36.053	+2.534	158 m	+0.324	36
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:36.858	+3.339	209 m	+0.805	32

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.279	—	0 m	—	16
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.055	+0.776	49 m	+0.776	19
3	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:34.096	+0.817	51 m	+0.041	17
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:34.239	+0.960	60 m	+0.143	13
5	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:34.252	+0.973	61 m	+0.013	14
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.306	+1.027	64 m	+0.054	11
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.594	+1.315	82 m	+0.288	14
8	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:34.732	+1.453	91 m	+0.138	13
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:34.768	+1.489	93 m	+0.036	14
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:34.787	+1.508	95 m	+0.019	12
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:34.792	+1.513	95 m	+0.005	12
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.806	+1.527	96 m	+0.014	14
13	George Russell	Williams	63	1:34.979	+1.700	107 m	+0.173	16
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.257	+1.978	124 m	+0.278	14
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:35.292	+2.013	126 m	+0.035	14
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.451	+2.172	136 m	+0.159	14
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:35.590	+2.311	145 m	+0.139	15
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.599	+2.320	145 m	+0.009	15
19	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:35.603	+2.324	146 m	+0.004	14
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:35.981	+2.702	169 m	+0.378	17

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2020
Grand Prix: Russian Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Sep 2020
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.