2020 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix race results

Hamilton led from pole, as fellow front row starter Valtteri Bottas plummeted to sixth, but the race was quickly red flagged when Grosjean’s Haas clipped Daniil Kvyat’s AlphaTauri on the exit of Turn 3 and speared off to the right of the track and hit the Armco, bursting into flames as his car split in two. Thankfully, Grosjean was able to get out of his burning car and was immediately assisted by the fast-reacting medical team. He was flown to hospital with minor burns and a suspected broken rib.

After a long delay, the race was restarted from the grid in the order Hamilton, Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Racing Point’s Sergio Perez – with Bottas promoted to fourth because of where the decision point was to freeze the field.

Starting from the dirty side of the grid, Verstappen just held second from Perez at Turn 1. But the race was soon neutralized again, as Kvyat lunged Lance Stroll and flicked his Racing Point into a slow rollover. Under the safety car, Bottas suffered a puncture, dropping to 16^th and switched to the hard tyres.

The race went green again on lap nine, with Hamilton leading Verstappen, Perez, Alexander Albon (Red Bull) and Lando Norris (McLaren).

Hamilton opted to take the medium tyres again at his first stop, committing to a two-stop strategy, as Verstappen and Perez opted for hards. Hamilton pitted a second time on lap 36 for hards, as Verstappen pitted again for a second set of hards, which briefly promoted Perez to second until he too stopped a second time with 20 laps to go.

Hamilton rattled off his 11^th win of the season, with Verstappen finished second after pitting again for more mediums to get fastest lap. Perez on course to score a distant third but his car began smoking profusely with four laps remaining, which promoted Albon to third.

Perez pulled off the track with the rear of his car on fire. That led to a safety car, under which the race finished.

Norris was best of the rest in fourth on a good day for McLaren in its battle with Racing Point and Renault in the constructors’ championship. His teammate Carlos Sainz ran a long stint on softs, which aided him in his climb from 15^th on the grid to finish fifth, passing AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly with five laps to go.

Daniel Ricciardo finished seventh for Renault, ahead of the luckless Bottas and Esteban Ocon, as last year’s star of the race here, Charles Leclerc scored one point in 10th.

F1 Bahrain Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	57	-		3	25
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	57	1.254	1.254	4	19
3	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	57	8.005	6.751	3	15
4	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	57	11.337	3.332	3	12
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	57	11.787	0.450	3	10
6	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	57	11.942	0.155	2	8
7	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	57	19.368	7.426	3	6
8	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	57	19.680	0.312	4	4
9	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	57	22.803	3.123	3	2
10	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	56	1 lap		3	1
11	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	56	1 lap		3
12	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	56	1 lap		3
13	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	56	1 lap		3
14	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	56	1 lap		3
15	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	56	1 lap		3
16	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	56	1 lap		3
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	56	1 lap		4
18	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	53			3
	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	2			1
	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	0
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F1 Bahrain Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Engine	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	48	1'32.014			211.741
2	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	38	1'32.827	0.813	0.813	209.887
3	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	38	1'32.864	0.850	0.037	209.803
4	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	28	1'33.352	1.338	0.488	208.706
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	46	1'33.411	1.397	0.059	208.575
6	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	43	1'33.573	1.559	0.162	208.213
7	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	53	1'33.588	1.574	0.015	208.180
8	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	44	1'33.625	1.611	0.037	208.098
9	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	40	1'33.629	1.615	0.004	208.089
10	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	41	1'33.684	1.670	0.055	207.967
11	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	41	1'33.861	1.847	0.177	207.575
12	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	35	1'34.141	2.127	0.280	206.957
13	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	37	1'34.354	2.340	0.213	206.490
14	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	22	1'34.536	2.522	0.182	206.092
15	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	39	1'34.591	2.577	0.055	205.973
16	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	48	1'34.817	2.803	0.226	205.482
17	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	47	1'35.042	3.028	0.225	204.995
18	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	29	1'35.241	3.227	0.199	204.567
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F1 Bahrain Grand Prix tyre history

Cla	#	Driver		Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4		5
1	44	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	4	M	22	M	18	H	22
2	33	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	Honda	M	4	M	20	H	14	H	12	M	15
3	23	Alex Albon		Red Bull	Honda	M	4	M	19	M	19	H	23
4	4	Lando Norris		McLaren	Renault	M	4	M	21	M	21	H	19
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	Renault	S	1	S	20	M	18	H	18
6	10	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	Honda	M	4	H	24	H	32
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	Renault	M	4	M	19	H	20	H	21
8	77	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	Mercedes	M	4	M	7	H	21	M	15	M	34
9	31	Esteban Ocon		Renault	Renault	M	4	M	20	M	37	H	23
10	16	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	Ferrari	H	1	M	24	H	17	H	17
11	26	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	Honda	M	4	S	19	H	16	H	23
12	63	George Russell		Williams	Mercedes	M	1	M	19	H	19	M	18
13	5	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	Ferrari	M	3	H	19	M	22	H	17
14	6	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	Mercedes	H	1	M	20	M	16	H	20
15	7	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	1	M	16	H	23	M	17
16	99	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	Ferrari	M	1	M	19	H	33	S	3
17	20	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	Ferrari	M	1	H	2	H	24	H	28	S	3
18	11	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	Mercedes	M	4	M	24	H	16	H	17
	18	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	Mercedes	M	4	M	6
	8	Romain Grosjean		Haas	Ferrari	H	0
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F1 Bahrain Grand Prix as it happened