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2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2020 Sakhir 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: Russell on top for Mercedes in Sakhir GP first practice

FP2: Racy Russell remains in charge for Mercedes on Friday

FP3: Verstappen steals Mercedes' thunder in final practice

Qualifying: Bottas and Russell secure Sakhir front row for Mercedes

Race: Perez takes maiden win after Mercedes pit stop disaster

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Sakhir

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Sakhir

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Sakhir

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	54.546s		49
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	54.722s	+ 0.176s	29
3	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	54.811s	+ 0.265s	18
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	54.868s	+ 0.322s	44
5	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	55.011s	+ 0.465s	40
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	55.166s	+ 0.620s	37
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	55.273s	+ 0.727s	49
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	55.281s	+ 0.735s	40
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	55.379s	+ 0.833s	39
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	55.449s	+ 0.903s	35
11	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	55.558s	+ 1.012s	41
12	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	55.716s	+ 1.170s	33
13	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55.757s	+ 1.211s	41
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	55.783s	+ 1.237s	32
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	55.858s	+ 1.312s	35
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	56.078s	+ 1.532s	47
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	56.130s	+ 1.584s	37
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	56.764s	+ 2.218s	48
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	57.077s	+ 2.531s	24
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	57.187s	+ 2.641s	33

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	54.713s		48
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	54.841s	+ 0.128s	43
3	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	54.866s	+ 0.153s	52
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	54.940s	+ 0.227s	50
5	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	55.036s	+ 0.323s	42
6	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	55.068s	+ 0.355s	58
7	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	55.104s	+ 0.391s	44
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	55.124s	+ 0.411s	47
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	55.133s	+ 0.420s	48
10	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55.258s	+ 0.545s	39
11	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	55.321s	+ 0.608s	52
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	55.484s	+ 0.771s	54
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	55.533s	+ 0.820s	57
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	55.738s	+ 1.025s	49
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	55.784s	+ 1.071s	52
16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	55.830s	+ 1.117s	43
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	56.031s	+ 1.318s	14
18	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	56.110s	+ 1.397s	56
19	Jack Aitken	Williams	56.260s	+ 1.547s	58
20	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari			2

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	54.064s		23
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	54.270s	+ 0.206s	20
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	54.427s	+ 0.363s	24
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	54.453s	+ 0.389s	21
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	54.606s	+ 0.542s	15
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	54.629s	+ 0.565s	22
7	George Russell	Mercedes	54.664s	+ 0.600s	20
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	54.678s	+ 0.614s	20
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	54.693s	+ 0.629s	18
10	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	54.720s	+ 0.656s	16
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	54.845s	+ 0.781s	20
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	54.850s	+ 0.786s	23
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	54.854s	+ 0.790s	21
14	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	54.857s	+ 0.793s	15
15	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	54.858s	+ 0.794s	17
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	55.171s	+ 1.107s	20
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	55.347s	+ 1.283s	19
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	55.493s	+ 1.429s	21
19	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	55.666s	+ 1.602s	21
20	Jack Aitken	Williams	55.670s	+ 1.606s	23

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53.904s	53.803s	53.377s
2	George Russell	Mercedes	54.160s	53.819s	53.403s
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	54.037s	53.647s	53.433s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	54.249s	53.825s	53.613s
5	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	54.236s	53.787s	53.790s
6	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	54.346s	53.856s	53.906s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	54.388s	53.871s	53.957s
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	54.450s	53.818s	54.010s
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	54.207s	53.941s	54.154s
10	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	54.595s	53.840s	54.200s
11	Esteban Ocon	Renault	54.309s	53.995s
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	54.620s	54.026s
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	54.301s	54.175s
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	54.523s	54.377s
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	54.194s	54.693s
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	54.705s
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	54.796s
18	Jack Aitken	Williams	54.892s
19	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	54.963s
20	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	55.426s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	87 laps - 1:31:15.114s	2
2	Esteban Ocon	Renault	+ 10.518s	1
3	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 11.869s	1
4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+ 12.580s	2
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+ 13.330s	2
6	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	+ 13.842s	2
7	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	+ 14.534s	2
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 15.389s	2
9	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 18.556s	4
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 19.541s	2
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 20.527s	2
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 22.611s	3
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 24.111s	2
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 26.153s	3
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 32.370s	2
16	Jack Aitken	Williams	+ 33.674s	3
17	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	+ 36.858s	3
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	1
19	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	0
20	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNF	0

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