Results
Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP
2020 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race results
Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final round of the Formula 1 World Championship, for Red Bull as he stayed out of reach of Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Dec 13, 2020, 3:04 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Hamilton was returning to the sport after missing the previous weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for COVID-19.
From his first pole position of 2020, Verstappen aced the start to lead Bottas – who had a big slide on the exit of the first corner – and Hamilton. Verstappen quickly pulled clear of DRS range, while his teammate Alex Albon hounded Lando Norris’s McLaren for fourth.
Albon moved ahead on Lap 6, but was already 5s shy of third-placed Hamilton. Last weekend’s winner Sergio Perez was the race’s first (and only) retirement with an oil pressure problem within his Racing Point, which caused a virtual safety car under which all of the frontrunners pitted. A full safety car was then required as Perez’s car appeared to be jammed in gear.
Read Also:
Neither Ferrari nor Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) took the opportunity to pit, so Ricciardo – who started on the hard tyres – jumped to fifth but would have to pay with a pitstop with 15 laps to go. That dropped him behind both McLarens of Norris and Carlos Sainz, but just ahead of Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri.
Sainz will be investigated after the race for backing up the pack in the pitlane when McLaren double-stacked its cars under the VSC. Regardless of a likely 5s time penalty, that was enough for McLaren to take third place in the 2020 constructors' championship.
Verstappen stroked to a straightforward victory, well clear of the Mercedes, with Albon fourth ahead of Norris, Sainz, Ricciardo (who took fastest lap) and Gasly. Lance Stroll (Racing Point) lost ninth place to Esteban Ocon (Renault) on the final lap.
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Pits Points 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 55 1 25 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 55 15.976 1 18 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 55 18.415 1 15 4 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 55 19.987 1 12 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 55 1'00.729 1 10 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 55 1'05.662 1 8 7 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 55 1'13.748 1 7 8 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 55 1'29.718 1 4 9 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 55 1'41.069 1 2 10 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 55 1'42.738 1 1 11 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 54 1 lap 1 12 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 54 1 lap 1 13 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 54 1 lap 1 14 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 54 1 lap 1 15 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 54 1 lap 1 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 54 1 lap 1 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 54 1 lap 2 18 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 54 1 lap 2 19 Pietro Fittipaldi
Haas Ferrari 53 2 laps 3 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 8 View full results
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 55 1'40.926 198.109 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 14 1'40.958 0.032 0.032 198.046 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 40 1'41.131 0.205 0.173 197.707 4 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 42 1'41.227 0.301 0.096 197.520 5 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 37 1'41.420 0.494 0.193 197.144 6 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 37 1'41.475 0.549 0.055 197.037 7 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 29 1'41.675 0.749 0.200 196.650 8 Pietro Fittipaldi
Haas Ferrari 50 1'41.707 0.781 0.032 196.588 9 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 41 1'41.866 0.940 0.159 196.281 10 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 24 1'41.908 0.982 0.042 196.200 11 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 48 1'41.947 1.021 0.039 196.125 12 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 53 1'41.964 1.038 0.017 196.092 13 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 50 1'41.999 1.073 0.035 196.025 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 53 1'42.148 1.222 0.149 195.739 15 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 53 1'42.474 1.548 0.326 195.116 16 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 49 1'42.497 1.571 0.023 195.073 17 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 47 1'42.704 1.778 0.207 194.679 18 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 47 1'42.894 1.968 0.190 194.320 19 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 6 1'43.263 2.337 0.369 193.625 20 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 54 1'43.328 2.402 0.065 193.504 View full results
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix tyre history
Cla Driver Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda M 13 H 45 2 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes M 13 H 45 3 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes M 13 H 45 4 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda S 13 H 45 5 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault S 13 H 45 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault M 13 H 45 7 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault H 39 M 16 8 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda S 13 H 45 9 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault M 10 H 45 10 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes S 13 H 45 11 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda S 13 H 44 12 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 10 H 44 13 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari M 25 H 32 14 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari H 35 M 19 15 George Russell
Williams Mercedes M 10 H 44 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 27 H 27 17 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes M 11 H 24 M 19 18 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari H 31 M 16 M 7 19 Pietro Fittipaldi
Haas Ferrari M 10 H 24 M 14 S 8 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes H 8 View full results
F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as it happened
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Abu Dhabi GP: Verstappen cruises to win ahead of Mercedes duo
Next article Hamilton says COVID effects affected him "massively" in race
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Charles Bradley
Mika Hakkinen on his darkest day in F1
Formula 1
Formula 1 1 y
Mika Hakkinen on his darkest day in F1
Dillon: Spotter was “wrong” to shout “wreck him!” before Hamlin clash
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Richmond II
Aug 13, 2024
Dillon: Spotter was “wrong” to shout “wreck him!” before Hamlin clash
Hamlin: NASCAR stripping Dillon of win would be “warranted”
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Richmond II
Aug 12, 2024
Hamlin: NASCAR stripping Dillon of win would be “warranted”
Latest news
‘Lewis suspected a conspiracy’ – Nico Rosberg explains how Lewis Hamilton F1 rivalry went awry at Mercedes
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 34 min
‘Lewis suspected a conspiracy’ – Nico Rosberg explains how Lewis Hamilton F1 rivalry went awry at Mercedes
BMW "proud of what we achieved" after securing runner-up in 2026 WEC
WEC
WEC WEC
Monza
2 h
BMW "proud of what we achieved" after securing runner-up in 2026 WEC
The numbers that reveal how sprint races have turned the MotoGP title fight upside down
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Qatar GP
3 h
The numbers that reveal how sprint races have turned the MotoGP title fight upside down
2027 Formula E drivers and teams: The line-up so far
Formula E
FE Formula E 6 h
2027 Formula E drivers and teams: The line-up so far
Feature
Discover prime content
Top 10 F1 cars of the 1970s
Formula 1
By Kevin Turner
Top 10 F1 cars of the 1970s
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe