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2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Bahrain International Circuit.

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton and Bottas dominate opening practice in Bahrain

FP2: Hamilton still on top in FP2 as Albon suffers massive crash

FP3: Verstappen edges Mercedes duo in final practice in Bahrain

Qualifying: Hamilton on pole in Bahrain ahead of Bottas and Verstappen

Race: Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Grosjean escapes inferno

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Bahrain

Gallery: Grosjean fireball horror crash in Bahrain

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.033s		40
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.482s	+ 0.449s	41
3	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.000s	+ 0.967s	31
4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:30.018s	+ 0.985s	31
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.049s	+ 1.016s	34
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.294s	+ 1.261s	18
7	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:30.302s	+ 1.269s	34
8	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:30.384s	+ 1.351s	28
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:30.426s	+ 1.393s	30
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:30.508s	+ 1.475s	30
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.589s	+ 1.556s	29
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.628s	+ 1.595s	24
13	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1:30.732s	+ 1.699s	24
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.832s	+ 1.799s	28
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.854s	+ 1.821s	29
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.896s	+ 1.863s	27
17	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:31.020s	+ 1.987s	37
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.392s	+ 2.359s	27
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:32.472s	+ 3.439s	29
20	Roy Nissany	Williams	1:32.801s	+ 3.768s	27

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.971s		28
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.318s	+ 0.347s	34
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.336s	+ 0.365s	30
4	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.403s	+ 0.432s	32
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.462s	+ 0.491s	27
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:29.551s	+ 0.580s	36
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.841s	+ 0.870s	30
8	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:29.871s	+ 0.900s	32
9	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:29.900s	+ 0.929s	34
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:30.014s	+ 1.043s	17
11	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:30.085s	+ 1.114s	30
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.110s	+ 1.139s	35
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:30.271s	+ 1.300s	33
14	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.407s	+ 1.436s	30
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.627s	+ 1.656s	33
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.849s	+ 1.878s	27
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:30.928s	+ 1.957s	34
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:30.973s	+ 2.002s	32
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.119s	+ 2.148s	28
20	George Russell	Williams	1:31.636s	+ 2.665s	29

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.355s		11
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.618s	+ 0.263s	12
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.721s	+ 0.366s	14
4	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:29.018s	+ 0.663s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:29.455s	+ 1.100s	12
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:29.472s	+ 1.117s	16
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.567s	+ 1.212s	8
8	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:29.585s	+ 1.230s	17
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:29.660s	+ 1.305s	13
10	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.672s	+ 1.317s	12
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.684s	+ 1.329s	9
12	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:29.691s	+ 1.336s	11
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.859s	+ 1.504s	15
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.970s	+ 1.615s	10
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.183s	+ 1.828s	14
16	George Russell	Williams	1:30.559s	+ 2.204s	16
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.652s	+ 2.297s	16
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.759s	+ 2.404s	12
19	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:30.823s	+ 2.468s	16
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:30.917s	+ 2.562s	19

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.343s	1:27.586s	1:27.264s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.767s	1:28.063s	1:27.553s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.885s	1:28.025s	1:27.678s
4	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:28.732s	1:28.749s	1:28.274s
5	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.178s	1:28.894s	1:28.322s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.005s	1:28.648s	1:28.417s
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:29.203s	1:28.937s	1:28.419s
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28.971s	1:29.008s	1:28.448s
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.464s	1:28.877s	1:28.542s
10	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:29.158s	1:28.944s	1:28.618s
11	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.142s	1:29.149s
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.137s	1:29.165s
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:28.679s	1:29.557s
14	George Russell	Williams	1:29.294s	1:31.218s
15	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:28.975s
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:29.491s
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.810s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.111s
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.138s
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:30.182s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57 laps - 1:34:01.829s	3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 1.254s	4
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	+ 8.005s	3
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 11.337s	3
5	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+ 11.787s	3
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 11.942s	2
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+ 19.368s	3
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 19.680s	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Renault	+ 22.803s	3
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	3
11	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	3
12	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	3
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	3
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	3
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	3
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	4
18	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 4 laps	3
19	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	DNF	1
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	0

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