2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
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Race details[1]
Date	6 December 2020
Official name	Formula 1 Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix 2020
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.543 km (2.202 miles)
Distance	87 laps, 307.995 km (191.379 miles)
Weather	Clear
Attendance	0[b]
Pole position
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time	0:53.377
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell	Mercedes
Time	0:55.404 on lap 80 (lap record)
Podium
First	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
Second	Esteban Ocon	Renault
Third	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix 2020) was a one-off Formula One motor race that took place on 6 December 2020. The race was contested over 87 laps of the 'Outer Circuit' configuration of the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the first, and currently only, Formula One race on this track configuration. The race was the sixteenth and penultimate round in the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the second of two back-to-back races in Bahrain, with the Bahrain Grand Prix having taken place on the 'Grand Prix' configuration of the circuit one week beforehand. The race also marked the first, and thus far only, running of the Sakhir Grand Prix.

The race was won by Sergio Pérez of Racing Point, who took his first Formula One victory and Racing Point's only win as a constructor. Esteban Ocon finished second for the Renault team to claim his maiden podium in Formula One, while Pérez's teammate Lance Stroll finished third, giving Racing Point their only double podium finish as a constructor. Pérez became the first Mexican Formula One driver to win a race since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix. Racing Point became the first British constructor to win a race since Lotus F1 at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Recovering from a first-lap spin, Pérez won having inherited the lead on lap 64 of the race after longtime race leader George Russell fell foul of a pitstop error and a puncture.

This was the first race not to feature Lewis Hamilton, who tested positive for COVID-19 the week prior, since the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, and the first not to feature Romain Grosjean, who had a serious accident in the previous race, since the 2012 Italian Grand Prix. As of 2024^[update], it is the only Formula One Grand Prix appearance of Jack Aitken, and Lance Stroll's podium remains the most recent podium achieved by a Canadian driver.^[2]

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