2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit on 9 Aug 2020 for Red Bull, from 4th on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Valtteri Bottas third. Pole position: Valtteri Bottas.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 42 of 52, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 4 times in all. Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 26 and 32; 12 of 19 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 15. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:28.451 on lap 43. 19 of 20 starters were classified; 1 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 107 points, 30 ahead of Max Verstappen, with 12 rounds left.

Date

9 Aug 2020

Circuit

Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, UK

Round

5 of 17

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Valtteri Bottas (1:25.154)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Esteban Ocon qualified 11th, started 14th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 12th, started 11th; Carlos Sainz qualified 13th, started 12th; Romain Grosjean qualified 14th, started 13th. 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

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 26, 32), stints of 26, 6, 20 laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 14, 41), stints of 14, 27, 11 laps

3rd

Valtteri Bottas: 2 stops (laps 13, 32), stints of 13, 19, 20 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 12 · 3 or more: 4

First stops

median lap 15 of 52

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