Round 12 · 25 October 2020
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix, round 12 of the championship, held on 25 October 2020 at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (Portugal), starting from position 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Lewis Hamilton (1:18.750).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:29:56.828 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | +25.592 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | +34.508 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | +65.312 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 9 | +1 Lap | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 7 | +1 Lap | 8 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 5 | +1 Lap | 6 | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 11 | +1 Lap | 4 | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 10 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 15 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 6 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 8 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 13 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 12 | — | — | Collision damage |
Tyres and strategy at the Portuguese Grand Prix 2020
Lewis Hamilton won with 1 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-40), hard (laps 41-66). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): soft 18 ± 6, hard 17 ± 3, medium 6 ± 2.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-40), hard (laps 41-66)
- 2. Valtteri Bottas: medium (laps 1-41), hard (laps 42-66)
- 3. Max Verstappen: soft (laps 1-23), medium (laps 24-66)
- 4. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-66)
- 5. Pierre Gasly: soft (laps 1-28), medium (laps 29-66)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.