2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

2020 Sakhir Grand Prix

The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that took place over 87 laps on 6 December 2020. It was the sixteenth and penultimate round in the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the second of two back-to-back races in Bahrain. The race was won by Sergio Pérez, who took his first Formula One win.

About 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix in brief

Summary 2020 Sakhir Grand PrixThe 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that took place over 87 laps on 6 December 2020. It was the sixteenth and penultimate round in the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the second of two back-to-back races in Bahrain. The race was won by Sergio Pérez of Racing Point, who took his first Formula One win and became the first Mexican Formula One driver to win a race since Pedro Rodríguez won the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix. Most of the races originally planned for the 2020 championship were postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FIA drafted a new schedule in order to maximise the number of races on the calendar. In August 2020 the Sakhir Grand Prix was added to the schedule. It is due to be held on 6 December 2020, one week after the Bahrain Grand Prix was held at the same venue. This race used the ‘Outer Circuit’ layout, the first F1 race to beheld on this layout.