2020 Russian Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas won the 2020 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom on 27 Sept 2020 for Mercedes, from 3rd on the grid; Max Verstappen was second and Lewis Hamilton third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Bottas took the lead for good on lap 16 of 53, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 1 time in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 6). Bottas stopped once, on lap 26; 13 of 18 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 18. The fastest lap was Valtteri Bottas's, 1:37.030 on lap 51. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 205 points, 44 ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with 7 rounds left.

Date

27 Sept 2020

Circuit

Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia

Round

10 of 17

Winner

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

Tyre compounds

C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:31.304)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 8 drivers: Alexander Albon qualified 10th, started 15th; Charles Leclerc qualified 11th, started 10th; Daniil Kvyat qualified 12th, started 11th; Lance Stroll qualified 13th, started 12th; George Russell qualified 14th, started 13th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 15th, started 14th; Nicholas Latifi qualified 19th, started 20th; Kimi Räikkönen qualified 20th, started 19th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 26), stints of 26, 27 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 25), stints of 25, 28 laps

3rd

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 16), stints of 16, 37 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 13 · 2 stops: 4 · 3 or more: 1

First stops

median lap 18 of 53

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2020 standings