Race · Round 14 of 17 · 15 November 2020

2020 Turkish Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 6th on the grid at Istanbul Park. 3 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 94 championship Grand Prix wins. This round settled the drivers' title for Sir Lewis Hamilton.

Wet · High of 13 °C, 0.4 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Istanbul ParkIstanbul, Turkey
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Lance Stroll
Fastest lap: Lando Norris
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W11	6	58	Finished	25
2	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP20	3	58	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF1000	11	58	Finished	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF1000	12	58	Finished	12
5	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL35	15	58	Finished	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16	2	58	Finished	8
7	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	RB16	4	58	Finished	6
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35	14	58	Finished	5	fastest lap
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP20	1	58	Finished	2
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.20	5	58	Finished	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Renault	R.S.20	7	57	Finished	0
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	16	57	Finished	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	19	57	Finished	0
14	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W11	9	57	Finished	0
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C39	8	57	Finished	0
16	George Russell	Williams	FW43	PL	57	Finished	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	13	55	Withdrew	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	17	49	Collision damage	0
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43	PL	39	Collision damage	0
DNF	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C39	10	11	Gearbox	0

F1DB layout istanbul-1 · 5.338 km · 14 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
Sir Lewis Hamilton	6	1	58
Sergio Perez	3	2	58
Sebastian Vettel	11	3	58
Charles Leclerc	12	4	58
Carlos Sainz	15	5	58
Max Verstappen	2	6	58
Alexander Albon	4	7	58
Lando Norris	14	8	58
Lance Stroll	1	9	58
Daniel Ricciardo	5	10	58
Esteban Ocon	7	11	57
Daniil Kvyat	16	12	57
Pierre Gasly	19	13	57
Valtteri Bottas	9	14	57
Kimi Raikkonen	8	15	57
George Russell	PL	16	57
Kevin Magnussen	13	17	55
Romain Grosjean	17	DNF	49
Nicholas Latifi	PL	DNF	39
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	DNF	11

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	2:07.467	1:53.372	1:47.765	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:57.485	1:50.293	1:48.055	+0.290	14 m	+0.290
3	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	2:07.614	1:54.097	1:49.321	+1.556	77 m	+1.266
4	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:59.431	1:52.282	1:50.448	+2.683	133 m	+1.127
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	2:05.598	1:54.278	1:51.595	+3.830	190 m	+1.147
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	2:07.599	1:52.709	1:52.560	+4.795	238 m	+0.965
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	2:06.115	1:53.657	1:52.622	+4.857	241 m	+0.062
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	2:01.249	1:53.793	1:52.745	+4.980	247 m	+0.123
9	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	2:07.001	1:53.767	1:53.258	+5.493	272 m	+0.513
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	2:07.341	1:53.431	1:57.226	+9.461	469 m	+3.968
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	2:07.167	1:54.945	—	—	225 m	—
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	2:03.356	1:55.169	—	—	236 m	—
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	2:07.489	1:55.410	—	—	248 m	—
14	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	2:04.464	1:56.696	—	—	310 m	—
15	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	2:05.579	1:58.556	—	—	400 m	—
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	2:08.007	—	—	—	478 m	—
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	2:09.070	—	—	—	526 m	—
18	George Russell	Williams	63	2:10.017	—	—	—	569 m	—
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	2:12.909	—	—	—	701 m	—
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	2:21.611	—	—	—	1,096 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. 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)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	58	1	8	23.9
Sergio Perez	2	58	1	10	25.2
Sebastian Vettel	3	58	2	8, 33	24.0, 25.4
Charles Leclerc	4	58	2	6, 30	24.3, 23.7
Carlos Sainz	5	58	2	10, 33	23.9, 23.5
Max Verstappen	6	58	3	11, 18, 43	24.3, 22.5, 22.8
Alexander Albon	7	58	2	12, 34	22.6, 22.5
Lando Norris	8	58	2	9, 36	22.7, 23.7
Lance Stroll	9	58	2	9, 36	23.7, 23.6
Daniel Ricciardo	10	58	2	10, 32	23.5, 23.2
Esteban Ocon	11	57	2	1, 10	25.7, 23.5
Daniil Kvyat	12	57	1	8	23.4
Pierre Gasly	13	57	2	10, 33	23.7, 23.3
Valtteri Bottas	14	57	2	7, 46	23.4, 22.9
Kimi Raikkonen	15	57	3	8, 30, 50	30.8, 31.4, 23.2
George Russell	16	57	2	32, 42	22.7, 22.9
Kevin Magnussen	17	55	2	8, 34	24.6, 154.0
Romain Grosjean	DNF	49	2	8, 36	26.7, 31.4
Nicholas Latifi	DNF	39	2	8, 38	24.7, 36.6
Antonio Giovinazzi	DNF	11	1	8	25.4

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
Sergio Perez · Sir Lewis Hamilton	3 · 6	2 · 1	10 · 8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 6	10 · 1	10 · 8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Esteban Ocon	6 · 7	1 · 11	8 · 1	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez	2 · 3	6 · 2	11 · 10	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 11	2 · 3	10 · 8	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Alexander Albon	3 · 4	2 · 7	10 · 12	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Charles Leclerc	11 · 12	3 · 4	8 · 6	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz	12 · 15	4 · 5	6 · 10	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Kevin Magnussen	12 · 13	4 · 17	6 · 8	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Carlos Sainz	2 · 15	6 · 5	11 · 10	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz	14 · 15	8 · 5	9 · 10	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Daniil Kvyat	15 · 16	5 · 12	10 · 8	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Max Verstappen	1 · 2	9 · 6	9 · 11	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Alexander Albon	2 · 4	6 · 7	11 · 12	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Lando Norris	4 · 14	7 · 8	12 · 9	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	7 · 10	12 · 10	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Lando Norris	1 · 14	9 · 8	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Lando Norris	13 · 14	17 · 8	8 · 9	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Daniel Ricciardo	1 · 5	9 · 10	9 · 10	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Esteban Ocon	5 · 7	10 · 11	10 · 1	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Daniil Kvyat	7 · 16	11 · 12	1 · 8	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 8	11 · 15	1 · 8	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Pierre Gasly	16 · 19	12 · 13	8 · 10	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pierre Gasly	9 · 19	14 · 13	7 · 10	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Valtteri Bottas	8 · 9	15 · 14	8 · 7	Valtteri Bottas	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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.077	—	0 m	—	29
2	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:35.318	+0.241	14 m	+0.241	27
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:35.507	+0.430	24 m	+0.189	26
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:35.543	+0.466	26 m	+0.036	26
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.620	+0.543	30 m	+0.077	29
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:36.738	+1.661	93 m	+1.118	27
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:37.216	+2.139	120 m	+0.478	21
8	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:37.503	+2.426	136 m	+0.287	21
9	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:37.629	+2.552	143 m	+0.126	23
10	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:38.428	+3.351	188 m	+0.799	23
11	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:38.508	+3.431	193 m	+0.080	18
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:38.612	+3.535	198 m	+0.104	22
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:39.484	+4.407	247 m	+0.872	21
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:40.025	+4.948	278 m	+0.541	25
15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:40.225	+5.148	289 m	+0.200	12
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:41.035	+5.958	335 m	+0.810	23
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:41.854	+6.777	380 m	+0.819	21
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:45.156	+10.079	566 m	+3.302	20
19	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:46.462	+11.385	639 m	+1.306	12
20	George Russell	Williams	63	1:49.256	+14.179	796 m	+2.794	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.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:28.330	—	0 m	—	37
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:28.731	+0.401	24 m	+0.401	45
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:28.905	+0.575	35 m	+0.174	43
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:29.180	+0.850	51 m	+0.275	39
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:29.363	+1.033	62 m	+0.183	42
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	1:29.689	+1.359	82 m	+0.326	43
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:29.944	+1.614	98 m	+0.255	43
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:30.022	+1.692	102 m	+0.078	41
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:30.297	+1.967	119 m	+0.275	38
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.735	+2.405	145 m	+0.438	39
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:31.104	+2.774	168 m	+0.369	38
12	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:31.380	+3.050	184 m	+0.276	36
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:31.493	+3.163	191 m	+0.113	39
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:31.498	+3.168	191 m	+0.005	40
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:31.660	+3.330	201 m	+0.162	35
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:31.932	+3.602	218 m	+0.272	43
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:32.302	+3.972	240 m	+0.370	39
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.570	+4.240	256 m	+0.268	33
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.807	+4.477	271 m	+0.237	37
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:33.488	+5.158	312 m	+0.681	40

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:48.485	—	0 m	—	6
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:49.430	+0.945	46 m	+0.945	9
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	1:50.059	+1.574	77 m	+0.629	5
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	1:53.897	+5.412	266 m	+3.838	9
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:53.995	+5.510	271 m	+0.098	7
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:54.490	+6.005	295 m	+0.495	14
7	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:55.577	+7.092	349 m	+1.087	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:55.666	+7.181	353 m	+0.089	4
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:55.878	+7.393	364 m	+0.212	4
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:56.824	+8.339	410 m	+0.946	5
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:58.475	+9.990	492 m	+1.651	6
12	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:59.548	+11.063	544 m	+1.073	7
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	2:02.325	+13.840	681 m	+2.777	10
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	2:02.473	+13.988	688 m	+0.148	7
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	2:04.748	+16.263	800 m	+2.275	5
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	2:06.351	+17.866	879 m	+1.603	13
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	2:09.368	+20.883	1,028 m	+3.017	8
18	George Russell	Williams	63	—	—	—	—	1
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	—	—	—	—	1
20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	—	3

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: 14 of 2020
Grand Prix: Turkish Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Nov 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.