Sakhir Grand Prix
2020 · Round 16 · Sakhir, Bahrain · Dec 4-6, 2020Race summary
Victory went to Pérez (from 5th on the grid), with a 10.5s margin. Ocon made the biggest gain, from 11th on the grid to 2nd (up 9 places). Bottas had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 8th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-6 and on laps 62-68. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on lap 55 and on lap 61. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 1 (soft → medium), on lap 47 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Albon (Red Bull) on lap 62, with 23.6s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Russell (55.404).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 5 | 87 | 1:31:15.114 | 25 |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 11 | 87 | +10.518 | 18 |
| 3 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 10 | 87 | +11.869 | 15 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 8 | 87 | +12.580 | 12 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 7 | 87 | +13.330 | 10 |
| 6 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 12 | 87 | +13.842 | 8 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 6 | 87 | +14.534 | 6 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | 87 | +15.389 | 4 |
| 9 | George Russell 55.404 | Mercedes | 2 | 87 | +18.556 | 3 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 19 | 87 | +19.541 | 1 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 9 | 87 | +20.527 | 0 |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 13 | 87 | +22.611 | 0 |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 14 | 87 | +24.111 | 0 |
| 14 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 87 | +26.153 | 0 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 87 | +32.370 | 0 |
| 16 | Jack Aitken | Williams | 17 | 87 | +33.674 | 0 |
| 17 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 87 | +36.858 | 0 |
| – | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 16 | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 0 | Collision | 0 |