2020 F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying results, full grid lineup

In the top-10 shootout, Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the bar at 53.591s, just 0.22s ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Bottas struck back with 53.337s, with Russell making it a Mercedes 1-2, 0.142s slower.

On the final runs at the end of the 10-minute session, Bottas failed to improve, while Russell improved but missed pole by just 0.026s. Verstappen was 0.056s off, ahead of Leclerc, who ran out of new tyres and didn’t try again but remained fourth.

Sergio Perez (Racing Point) was fifth, ahead of an impressive Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri), the Renault of Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz (McLaren), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Lance Stroll (Racing Point).

In Qualifying 2, Verstappen was quickest with a lap of 53.647s, 0.14s ahead of Perez and Bottas – who used the medium tyre as opposed to the pair ahead on softs.

Knocked out at this point were Renault’s Esteban Ocon, the Red Bull of Alex Albon, Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) and Lando Norris, who suffered a terribly scruffy qualifying for McLaren.

In Qualifying 1, Bottas set the fastest time at 53.904s, a tenth clear of Verstappen. Russell was third fastest, ahead of Norris and Gasly.

Falling at the first hurdle were the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, Williams duo Nicholas Latifi and Jack Aitken (the debutant getting within a tenth of his teammate), Kimi Raikkonen’s Alfa Romeo and the second Haas of F1 rookie Pietro Fittipaldi, who was set to start last anyway due to grid penalties.

F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying grid results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Time	Gap	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	53.377		238.956
2	George Russell		Mercedes	Mercedes	53.403	0.026	238.840
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	53.433	0.056	238.706
4	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	53.613	0.236	237.904
5	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	53.790	0.413	237.122
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	53.906	0.529	236.611
7	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	53.957	0.580	236.388
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	54.010	0.633	236.156
9	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	54.154	0.777	235.528
10	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	54.200	0.823	235.328
11	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	53.995	0.618	236.221
12	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	54.026	0.649	236.086
13	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	54.175	0.798	235.437
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	54.377	1.000	234.562
15	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	54.693	1.316	233.207
16	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	54.705	1.328	233.156
17	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	54.796	1.419	232.768
18	Jack Aitken		Williams	Mercedes	54.892	1.515	232.361
19	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	54.963	1.586	232.061
20	Pietro Fittipaldi		Haas	Ferrari	55.426	2.049	230.123
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F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying Q3 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	9	53.377			238.956
2	George Russell		Mercedes	Mercedes	9	53.403	0.026	0.026	238.840
3	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	6	53.433	0.056	0.030	238.706
4	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	3	53.613	0.236	0.180	237.904
5	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	6	53.790	0.413	0.177	237.122
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	5	53.906	0.529	0.116	236.611
7	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	6	53.957	0.580	0.051	236.388
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	6	54.010	0.633	0.053	236.156
9	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	9	54.154	0.777	0.144	235.528
10	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	6	54.200	0.823	0.046	235.328
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F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying Q2 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	11	53.647			237.754
2	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	11	53.787	0.140	0.140	237.135
3	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	15	53.803	0.156	0.016	237.064
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	14	53.818	0.171	0.015	236.998
5	George Russell		Mercedes	Mercedes	16	53.819	0.172	0.001	236.994
6	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	18	53.825	0.178	0.006	236.967
7	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	13	53.840	0.193	0.015	236.901
8	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	21	53.856	0.209	0.016	236.831
9	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	9	53.871	0.224	0.015	236.765
10	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	19	53.941	0.294	0.070	236.458
11	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	13	53.995	0.348	0.054	236.221
12	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	12	54.026	0.379	0.031	236.086
13	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	17	54.175	0.528	0.149	235.437
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	14	54.377	0.730	0.202	234.562
15	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	15	54.693	1.046	0.316	233.207
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F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying Q1 results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	8	53.904			236.620
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	3	54.037	0.133	0.133	236.038
3	George Russell		Mercedes	Mercedes	9	54.160	0.256	0.123	235.502
4	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	9	54.194	0.290	0.034	235.354
5	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	10	54.207	0.303	0.013	235.298
6	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	6	54.236	0.332	0.029	235.172
7	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	9	54.249	0.345	0.013	235.115
8	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	9	54.301	0.397	0.052	234.890
9	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	7	54.309	0.405	0.008	234.856
10	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	12	54.346	0.442	0.037	234.696
11	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	3	54.388	0.484	0.042	234.514
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	6	54.450	0.546	0.062	234.247
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	8	54.523	0.619	0.073	233.934
14	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	7	54.595	0.691	0.072	233.625
15	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	6	54.620	0.716	0.025	233.518
16	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	9	54.705	0.801	0.085	233.156
17	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	11	54.796	0.892	0.091	232.768
18	Jack Aitken		Williams	Mercedes	9	54.892	0.988	0.096	232.361
19	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	11	54.963	1.059	0.071	232.061
20	Pietro Fittipaldi		Haas	Ferrari	11	55.426	1.522	0.463	230.123
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F1 Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying as it happened