Sakhir,
28
November
2020
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17:41
Europe/Amsterdam

2020 Bahrain Grand Prix – Qualifying

POSSIBLE RACE STRATEGIES

With the abrasive granite surface of Sakhir, and a softer tyre nomination compared to last year, a two-stop strategy looks set to be the quickest way to tackle the 57-lap Bahrain Grand Prix.
The fastest two-stopper involves one stint on the P Zero Yellow medium for 21 laps, (set to be the opening stint for those in the top 10 of the grid) plus two stints on the P Zero Red soft tyre of 18 laps each.
The second-quickest two-stopper instead uses the medium for two 21-lap stints and the soft for 15 laps.
A medium-hard one stopper is slower: this would use the medium for 27 laps and the hard for 30 laps.
Finally, there’s the slowest two-stopper: two stints on the medium of 18 laps with one stint on the White hard of 21 laps (probably the middle stint). There’s no real point in going for a three-stopper, as this costs too much time in the pits.

FREE PRACTICE 3 – TOP 3 TIMES
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Verstappen 1m28.355s SOFT C4 NEW
Hamilton 1m28.618s SOFT C4 NEW
Bottas 1m28.721s SOFT C4 NEW
QUALIFYING TOP 10
DRIVER TIME COMPOUND
Hamilton 1m27.264s SOFT C4 NEW
Bottas 1m27.553s SOFT C4 NEW
Verstappen 1m27.678s SOFT C4 NEW
Albon 1m28.274s SOFT C4 NEW
Perez 1m28.322s SOFT C4 NEW
Ricciardo 1m28.417s SOFT C4 NEW
Ocon 1m28.419s SOFT C4 NEW
Gasly 1m28.448s SOFT C4 NEW
Norris 1m28.542s SOFT C4 NEW
Kvyat 1m28.618s SOFT C4 NEW
BEST TIME BY COMPOUND SO FAR
COMPOUND DRIVER TIME
HARD C2 Albon 1m30.473s
MEDIUM C3 Hamilton 1m27.586s
SOFT C4 Hamilton 1m27.264s