2020 Turkish Grand Prix facts for kids

The 2020 Turkish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 DHL Turkish Grand Prix 2020) was a motor race for Formula One cars which took place on 15 November 2020 at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey. The race was the 14th round of the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the eighth running of the Turkish Grand Prix since the event was first held in 2005.

The race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ahead of Sergio Pérez in a Racing Point-Mercedes and the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel. With this win Hamilton claimed his seventh World Championship title, equalling the record set by Michael Schumacher. Hamilton's title also marked the seventh consecutive time a Mercedes driver had won the World Drivers' Championship.

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Istanbul Park, where the Grand Prix took place, viewed from the air.
Mercedes were the only team whose drivers could still win the World Drivers' Championship, with their W11 car being the fastest for most of the season.
Lance Stroll (pictured at the 2019 pre-season test) took the first pole position of his Formula One career driving for Racing Point.
Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2018) won the race and in doing so, the World Drivers' Championship.
Sergio Pérez's second-place finish helped Racing Point move from fifth to third in the Constructors' Championship standings.