Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-12-06
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix with a 53.377 lap.
George Russell (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.026s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.823s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Racing Point) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53.904 | 53.803 | 53.377 | 53.377 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 54.160 | 53.819 | 53.403 | +0.026 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 54.037 | 53.647 | 53.433 | +0.056 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 54.249 |
| 53.825 |
| 53.613 |
| +0.236 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Racing Point | 54.236 | 53.787 | 53.790 | +0.413 |
| 6 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 54.346 | 53.856 | 53.906 | +0.529 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 54.388 | 53.871 | 53.957 | +0.580 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 54.450 | 53.818 | 54.010 | +0.633 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 54.207 | 53.941 | 54.154 | +0.777 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 54.595 | 53.840 | 54.200 | +0.823 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 54.309 | 53.995 | — | +0.618 |
| 12 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 54.620 | 54.026 | — | +0.649 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 54.301 | 54.175 | — | +0.798 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 54.523 | 54.377 | — | +1.000 |
| 15 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 54.194 | 54.693 | — | +1.316 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 54.705 | — | — | +1.328 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 54.796 | — | — | +1.419 |
| 18 | 89Jack Aitken | Williams | 54.892 | — | — | +1.515 |
| 19 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 54.963 | — | — | +1.586 |
| 20 | 51Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas F1 Team | 55.426 | — | — | +2.049 |