POS | DRIVER | TIME/RETIRED | PTS |
1 | HAM | 1:42:19.313 | 25 |
2 | PER | +31.633s | 18 |
3 | VET | +31.960s | 15 |
4 | LEC | +33.858s | 12 |
5 | SAI | +34.363s | 10 |
6 | VER | +44.873s | 8 |
7 | ALB | +46.484s | 6 |
8 | NOR | +61.259s | 4 |
9 | STR | +72.353s | 2 |
10 | RIC | +95.460s | 1 |
11 | OCO | +1 lap | 0 |
12 | KVY | +1 lap | 0 |
13 | GAS | +1 lap | 0 |
14 | BOT | +1 lap | 0 |
15 | RAI | +1 lap | 0 |
16 | RUS | +1 lap | 0 |
17 | MAG | DNF | 0 |
NC | GRO | DNF | 0 |
NC | LAT | DNF | 0 |
NC | GIO | DNF | 0 |
Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2020 Formula 1 world title with victory in a wet and wild Turkish Grand Prix over Sergio Perez, while Valtteri Bottas finished 14th after several spins.
Hamilton was running in fifth for much of an eventful race but used all of his experience to make his intermediate tyres last for 50 of the 58 laps to take the chequered flag a staggering 31.6 seconds clear of Sergio Perez, with Sebastian Vettel third and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc fourth.
Valtteri Bottas, the only man who could have prevented Hamilton from wrapping up the title here, endured a miserable afternoon, spinning twice and finishing 14th. Indeed, Hamilton put a lap on his crestfallen team-mate with a dozen laps to go. It was a mesmerising performance that drew parallels with one of his finest afternoons behind the wheel of a Formula One machine, at Silverstone in 2008, when he romped to victory in similarly testing conditions.
Max Verstappen is the obvious heir to Hamilton’s throne, but where the Englishman rarely put a foot wrong on Sunday, the Red Bull man blew his chance of winning when he spun while battling Perez for second. He also had to stop for new tyres three times before crossing the line in sixth.