Race · Round 16 of 17 · 6 December 2020

2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

Sergio Perez won for Racing Point from 5th on the grid at Bahrain International Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Sergio Perez and for Racing Point, and the first championship podium for Esteban Ocon.

Dry · High of 26 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Sergio PerezRacing Point
Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: George Russell
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP20	5	87	Finished	25
2	Esteban Ocon	Renault	R.S.20	11	87	Finished	18
3	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP20	10	87	Finished	15
4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL35	8	87	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.20	7	87	Finished	10
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	RB16	12	87	Finished	8
7	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	6	87	Finished	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W11	1	87	Finished	4
9	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W11	2	87	Finished	3	fastest lap
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35	19	87	Finished	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT01	9	87	Finished	0
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF1000	13	87	Finished	0
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C39	14	87	Finished	0
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C39	18	87	Finished	0
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	15	87	Finished	0
16	Jack Aitken	Williams	FW43	17	87	Finished	0
17	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas F1 Team	VF-20	20	87	Finished	0
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43	16	52	Oil leak	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16	3	0	Collision	0
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF1000	4	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout bahrain-3 · 3.543 km · 11 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
Sergio Perez	5	1	87
Esteban Ocon	11	2	87
Lance Stroll	10	3	87
Carlos Sainz	8	4	87
Daniel Ricciardo	7	5	87
Alexander Albon	12	6	87
Daniil Kvyat	6	7	87
Valtteri Bottas	1	8	87
George Russell	2	9	87
Lando Norris	19	10	87
Pierre Gasly	9	11	87
Sebastian Vettel	13	12	87
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	13	87
Kimi Raikkonen	18	14	87
Kevin Magnussen	15	15	87
Jack Aitken	17	16	87
Pietro Fittipaldi	20	17	87
Nicholas Latifi	16	DNF	52
Max Verstappen	3	DNF	0
Charles Leclerc	4	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	53.904	53.803	53.377	—	0 m	—
2	George Russell	Mercedes	63	54.160	53.819	53.403	+0.026	2 m	+0.026
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	54.037	53.647	53.433	+0.056	4 m	+0.030
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	54.249	53.825	53.613	+0.236	16 m	+0.180
5	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	54.236	53.787	53.790	+0.413	27 m	+0.177
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	54.346	53.856	53.906	+0.529	35 m	+0.116
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	54.388	53.871	53.957	+0.580	38 m	+0.051
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	54.450	53.818	54.010	+0.633	42 m	+0.053
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	54.207	53.941	54.154	+0.777	52 m	+0.144
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	54.595	53.840	54.200	+0.823	55 m	+0.046
11	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	54.309	53.995	—	—	23 m	—
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	54.620	54.026	—	—	25 m	—
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	54.301	54.175	—	—	35 m	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	54.523	54.377	—	—	48 m	—
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	54.194	54.693	—	—	69 m	—
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	54.705	—	—	—	53 m	—
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	54.796	—	—	—	59 m	—
18	Jack Aitken	Williams	89	54.892	—	—	—	65 m	—
19	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	54.963	—	—	—	70 m	—
20	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas F1 Team	51	55.426	—	—	—	100 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)
Sergio Perez	1	87	2	1, 47	24.2, 24.5
Esteban Ocon	2	87	1	41	24.4
Lance Stroll	3	87	1	42	24.7
Carlos Sainz	4	87	2	28, 55	24.2, 24.9
Daniel Ricciardo	5	87	2	29, 55	24.5, 24.7
Alexander Albon	6	87	2	47, 62	23.9, 23.6
Daniil Kvyat	7	87	2	27, 53	24.1, 24.2
Valtteri Bottas	8	87	2	49, 62	24.6, 52.9
George Russell	9	87	4	45, 62, 63, 78	24.7, 28.8, 24.7, 24.2
Lando Norris	10	87	2	20, 54	24.9, 24.2
Pierre Gasly	11	87	2	28, 51	25.1, 24.6
Sebastian Vettel	12	87	3	31, 54, 63	26.2, 28.1, 24.8
Antonio Giovinazzi	13	87	2	26, 54	24.8, 24.6
Kimi Raikkonen	14	87	3	23, 54, 62	28.5, 24.4, 24.7
Kevin Magnussen	15	87	2	26, 54	25.5, 25.5
Jack Aitken	16	87	3	31, 54, 59	24.9, 25.7, 40.0
Pietro Fittipaldi	17	87	3	31, 53, 63	27.7, 26.4, 25.8
Nicholas Latifi	DNF	52	1	27	24.3
Max Verstappen	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Charles Leclerc	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
Sergio Perez · Esteban Ocon	5 · 11	1 · 2	1 · 41	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Daniil Kvyat	5 · 6	1 · 7	1 · 27	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Esteban Ocon	10 · 11	3 · 2	42 · 41	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Alexander Albon	11 · 12	2 · 6	41 · 47	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Lance Stroll	8 · 10	4 · 3	28 · 42	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Lance Stroll	9 · 10	11 · 3	28 · 42	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Carlos Sainz	7 · 8	5 · 4	29 · 28	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Pierre Gasly	8 · 9	4 · 11	28 · 28	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	7 · 5	27 · 29	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Alexander Albon	7 · 12	5 · 6	29 · 47	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Alexander Albon	6 · 12	7 · 6	27 · 47	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Alexander Albon · Sebastian Vettel	12 · 13	6 · 12	47 · 31	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Daniil Kvyat	1 · 6	8 · 7	49 · 27	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · George Russell	1 · 2	8 · 9	49 · 45	George Russell	Kept their order
George Russell · Lando Norris	2 · 19	9 · 10	45 · 20	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Lando Norris	9 · 19	11 · 10	28 · 20	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Lando Norris	18 · 19	14 · 10	23 · 20	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Pietro Fittipaldi	19 · 20	10 · 17	20 · 31	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Sebastian Vettel	9 · 13	11 · 12	28 · 31	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Antonio Giovinazzi	13 · 14	12 · 13	31 · 26	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kimi Raikkonen	14 · 18	13 · 14	26 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kevin Magnussen	14 · 15	13 · 15	26 · 26	Same lap	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Kimi Raikkonen	15 · 18	15 · 14	26 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Jack Aitken · Kimi Raikkonen	17 · 18	16 · 14	31 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Jack Aitken	15 · 17	15 · 16	26 · 31	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Jack Aitken · Pietro Fittipaldi	17 · 20	16 · 17	31 · 31	Same lap	Kept their order

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	George Russell	Mercedes	63	54.546	—	0 m	—	49
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	54.722	+0.176	11 m	+0.176	29
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	54.811	+0.265	17 m	+0.089	18
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	54.868	+0.322	21 m	+0.057	44
5	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	55.011	+0.465	30 m	+0.143	40
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	55.166	+0.620	40 m	+0.155	37
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	55.273	+0.727	47 m	+0.107	49
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	55.281	+0.735	48 m	+0.008	40
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	55.379	+0.833	54 m	+0.098	39
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	55.449	+0.903	59 m	+0.070	35
11	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	55.558	+1.012	66 m	+0.109	41
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	55.716	+1.170	76 m	+0.158	33
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	55.757	+1.211	79 m	+0.041	41
14	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	55.783	+1.237	80 m	+0.026	32
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	55.858	+1.312	85 m	+0.075	35
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	56.078	+1.532	100 m	+0.220	47
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	56.130	+1.584	103 m	+0.052	37
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	56.764	+2.218	144 m	+0.634	48
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas F1 Team	51	57.077	+2.531	164 m	+0.313	24
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	89	57.187	+2.641	172 m	+0.110	33

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	George Russell	Mercedes	63	54.713	—	0 m	—	48
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	54.841	+0.128	8 m	+0.128	43
3	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	54.866	+0.153	10 m	+0.025	52
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	54.940	+0.227	15 m	+0.074	50
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	55.036	+0.323	21 m	+0.096	42
6	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	55.068	+0.355	23 m	+0.032	58
7	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	55.104	+0.391	25 m	+0.036	44
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	55.124	+0.411	27 m	+0.020	47
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	55.133	+0.420	27 m	+0.009	48
10	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	55.258	+0.545	35 m	+0.125	39
11	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	55.321	+0.608	39 m	+0.063	52
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	55.484	+0.771	50 m	+0.163	54
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	55.533	+0.820	53 m	+0.049	57
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	55.738	+1.025	66 m	+0.205	49
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	55.784	+1.071	69 m	+0.046	52
16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	55.830	+1.117	72 m	+0.046	43
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	56.031	+1.318	85 m	+0.201	14
18	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas F1 Team	51	56.110	+1.397	90 m	+0.079	56
19	Jack Aitken	Williams	89	56.260	+1.547	100 m	+0.150	58
20	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	—	—	—	—	2

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	54.064	—	0 m	—	23
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	54.270	+0.206	13 m	+0.206	20
3	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	54.427	+0.363	24 m	+0.157	24
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	31	54.453	+0.389	25 m	+0.026	21
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	54.606	+0.542	36 m	+0.153	15
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing	23	54.629	+0.565	37 m	+0.023	22
7	George Russell	Mercedes	63	54.664	+0.600	39 m	+0.035	20
8	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	54.678	+0.614	40 m	+0.014	20
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	54.693	+0.629	41 m	+0.015	18
10	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	54.720	+0.656	43 m	+0.027	16
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	54.845	+0.781	51 m	+0.125	20
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia AlphaTauri	26	54.850	+0.786	52 m	+0.005	23
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	54.854	+0.790	52 m	+0.004	21
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	54.857	+0.793	52 m	+0.003	15
15	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	54.858	+0.794	52 m	+0.001	17
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	55.171	+1.107	73 m	+0.313	20
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	55.347	+1.283	84 m	+0.176	19
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	55.493	+1.429	94 m	+0.146	21
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas F1 Team	51	55.666	+1.602	105 m	+0.173	21
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	89	55.670	+1.606	105 m	+0.004	23

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: 16 of 2020
Grand Prix: Sakhir Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Dec 2020
Layout raced: Outer circuit · 3.543 km · 11 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Racing Point
Entrant: Racing Point-Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.