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2020 F1 Spanish Grand Prix race results
Lewis Hamilton dominated the Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes at Barcelona, round six of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Aug 16, 2020, 3:17 PM
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Hamilton led from pole, with Verstappen immediately moving up to second, with Lance Stroll barging past the slow-starting Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1, as the Finn’s Mercedes fell from second to fourth – just holding off the second Racing Point of Sergio Perez at Turn 3. It took Bottas until Lap 5 for him to DRS past Stroll on the approach to Turn 1.
Verstappen pitted for medium tyres at the end of Lap 21, after teammate Alex Albon had earlier changed to the hard-compound tyres. Hamilton responded with the same tyre strategy as Verstappen, although a sticky left-rear delayed his exit as Mercedes double-stacked its cars.
Verstappen was 4s behind by this point, but fell back to 9s in arrears by Lap 40. He stopped again with 20 laps to go for more mediums, but was clearly racing Bottas for second rather than Hamilton for the win.
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Bottas switched to the softs for his final stint against Verstappen on mediums, while Hamilton dismissed Merc’s idea of also switching to the softs and took more mediums to the finish. Bottas gave up in his pursuit of Verstappen, and took new mediums near the end to ensure he scored the point for fastest lap.
They were the only three cars to complete the full 66-lap distance, with Hamilton lapping everyone up to third place.
The Racing Points battled hard after their first pitstops, after Perez had to battle past an early-stopping Carlos Sainz (McLaren) for sixth. Perez (who got a 5s penalty for ignoring blue flags) and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel went for ambitious one-stop strategies.
Perez kept the fresher-tyred Stroll at bay by 2s, but the time penalty dropped Perez behind Stroll to fifth, with Sainz sixth. Vettel just clung on to seventh ahead of Albon, Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Lando Norris (McLaren).
F1 Spanish Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Pits Points 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1:31'45.279 2 25 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 66 1:32'09.456 24.177 2 18 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1:32'30.031 44.752 3 16 4 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 65 1 lap 2 12 5 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 65 1 lap 1 10 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 65 1 lap 2 8 7 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 65 1 lap 1 6 8 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 65 1 lap 2 4 9 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 65 1 lap 2 2 10 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 65 1 lap 2 1 11 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 65 1 lap 1 12 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 65 1 lap 2 13 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 65 1 lap 1 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 65 1 lap 2 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 65 1 lap 1 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 65 1 lap 2 17 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 65 1 lap 2 18 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 64 2 laps 2 19 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 64 2 laps 2 dnf Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 38 2 View full results
F1 Spanish Grand Prix fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1'18.183 214.343 2 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 63 1'19.822 1.639 1.639 209.942 3 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 64 1'20.409 2.226 0.587 208.409 4 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 53 1'21.477 3.294 1.068 205.677 5 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 59 1'21.771 3.588 0.294 204.938 6 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 47 1'21.801 3.618 0.030 204.863 7 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 47 1'21.888 3.705 0.087 204.645 8 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 56 1'22.024 3.841 0.136 204.306 9 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 60 1'22.030 3.847 0.006 204.291 10 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 65 1'22.174 3.991 0.144 203.933 11 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 41 1'22.194 4.011 0.020 203.883 12 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 47 1'22.336 4.153 0.142 203.531 13 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 56 1'22.392 4.209 0.056 203.393 14 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 51 1'22.464 4.281 0.072 203.215 15 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 37 1'22.503 4.320 0.039 203.119 16 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 58 1'22.515 4.332 0.012 203.090 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 44 1'22.543 4.360 0.028 203.021 18 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 48 1'22.707 4.524 0.164 202.618 19 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 64 1'23.474 5.291 0.767 200.757 20 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 35 1'23.968 5.785 0.494 199.576 View full results
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Pits Points 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1:31'45.279 2 25 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 66 1:32'09.456 24.177 2 18 3 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1:32'30.031 44.752 3 16 4 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 65 1 lap 2 12 5 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 65 1 lap 1 10 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 65 1 lap 2 8 7 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 65 1 lap 1 6 8 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 65 1 lap 2 4 9 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 65 1 lap 2 2 10 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 65 1 lap 2 1 11 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 65 1 lap 1 12 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 65 1 lap 2 13 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 65 1 lap 1 14 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 65 1 lap 2 15 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 65 1 lap 1 16 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 65 1 lap 2 17 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 65 1 lap 2 18 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 64 2 laps 2 19 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 64 2 laps 2 dnf Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 38 2 View full results
F1 Spanish Grand Prix tyre history
Cla Driver Chassis Engine Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes 66 1'18.183 214.343 2 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes 63 1'19.822 1.639 1.639 209.942 3 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari 64 1'20.409 2.226 0.587 208.409 4 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda 53 1'21.477 3.294 1.068 205.677 5 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault 59 1'21.771 3.588 0.294 204.938 6 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 47 1'21.801 3.618 0.030 204.863 7 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari 47 1'21.888 3.705 0.087 204.645 8 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes 56 1'22.024 3.841 0.136 204.306 9 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes 60 1'22.030 3.847 0.006 204.291 10 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault 65 1'22.174 3.991 0.144 203.933 11 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda 41 1'22.194 4.011 0.020 203.883 12 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda 47 1'22.336 4.153 0.142 203.531 13 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault 56 1'22.392 4.209 0.056 203.393 14 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault 51 1'22.464 4.281 0.072 203.215 15 George Russell
Williams Mercedes 37 1'22.503 4.320 0.039 203.119 16 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes 58 1'22.515 4.332 0.012 203.090 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda 44 1'22.543 4.360 0.028 203.021 18 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari 48 1'22.707 4.524 0.164 202.618 19 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari 64 1'23.474 5.291 0.767 200.757 20 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari 35 1'23.968 5.785 0.494 199.576 View full results
Cla # Driver Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 1 44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes Mercedes S 26 M 27 M 16 2 33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull Honda S 24 M 20 M 25 3 77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes Mercedes S 26 M 25 S 19 M 2 4 18 Lance Stroll
Racing Point Mercedes S 30 M 15 S 26 5 11 Sergio Perez
Racing Point Mercedes S 32 M 36 6 55 Carlos Sainz Jr.
McLaren Renault S 25 S 22 M 24 7 5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari Ferrari M 29 S 39 8 23 Alex Albon
Red Bull Honda S 20 H 22 M 26 9 10 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri Honda S 24 M 21 M 23 10 4 Lando Norris
McLaren Renault S 24 S 26 M 21 11 3 Daniel Ricciardo
Renault Renault M 35 S 30 12 26 Daniil Kvyat
AlphaTauri Honda S 21 M 24 M 20 13 31 Esteban Ocon
Renault Renault M 34 S 31 14 7 Kimi Raikkonen
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 20 M 27 S 21 15 20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari S 31 M 38 16 99 Antonio Giovinazzi
Alfa Romeo Ferrari M 21 M 24 S 20 17 63 George Russell
Williams Mercedes S 19 M 16 M 30 18 6 Nicholas Latifi
Williams Mercedes M 28 M 21 S 15 19 8 Romain Grosjean
Haas Ferrari M 33 S 33 S 2 16 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari Ferrari S 32 M 9 View full results
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