Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying – Start time, how to watch, channel & more

What time does qualifying for the Sakhir Grand Prix start?

The Sakhir qualifying session will get underway at 8pm local time in Bahrain. The three-part session will last approximately one hour.

• Date: Saturday, December 5, 2020 
• Start time: 8pm local time / 6pm CET / 5pm GMT / 12pm ET / 9am PT / 2am JST (Sunday) / 3am AEST (Sunday) / 10:30pm IST

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

How can I watch qualifying?

Formula 1 is broadcast live in nearly every country around the world. 

Europe: Sky Sports F1 will broadcast the Sakhir GP qualifying in both the UK and Italy. RTL will show qualifying in Germany, Movistar will telecast it in Spain and Canal+ will carry the coverage in France.

North America: Qualifying will be broadcast in the US on ESPN, in Mexico on Tudn and in Canada on TSN/RDS.

Asia: Most of Asia is covered by Fox Sports, including India where qualifying will be broadcast on sister channel Star Sports Select 2. Fuji TV Next will carry live qualifying coverage in Japan. 

Oceanica: Fox Sports 506 will bring live coverage of qualifying to viewers in Australia. Spark Sport will show qualifying in New Zealand.

Can I stream qualifying?

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream qualifying on a device of their choice. Some local broadcasters such as Sky TV (UK) and Movistar (Spain) also offer their own on-demand service. 

Live commentary

Motorsport.com will bring the latest updates from Sakhir throughout the weekend, including live commentary during qualifying on Saturday.

FP1 results:

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Time	Gap
1	George Russell		Mercedes	54.546
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	54.722	0.176
3	Alex Albon		Red Bull	54.811	0.265
4	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	54.868	0.322
5	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	55.011	0.465
6	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	55.166	0.620
7	Esteban Ocon		Renault	55.273	0.727
8	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	55.281	0.735
9	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	55.379	0.833
10	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	55.449	0.903
11	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	55.558	1.012
12	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	55.716	1.170
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	55.757	1.211
14	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	55.783	1.237
15	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	55.858	1.312
16	Lando Norris		McLaren	56.078	1.532
17	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	56.130	1.584
18	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	56.764	2.218
19	Pietro Fittipaldi		Haas	57.077	2.531
20	Jack Aitken		Williams	57.187	2.641
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FP2 results:

Cla	Driver		Chassis	Time	Gap
1	George Russell		Mercedes	54.713
2	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	54.841	0.128
3	Sergio Perez		Racing Point	54.866	0.153
4	Esteban Ocon		Renault	54.940	0.227
5	Alex Albon		Red Bull	55.036	0.323
6	Daniil Kvyat		AlphaTauri	55.068	0.355
7	Lance Stroll		Racing Point	55.104	0.391
8	Daniel Ricciardo		Renault	55.124	0.411
9	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	55.133	0.420
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.		McLaren	55.258	0.545
11	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	55.321	0.608
12	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	55.484	0.771
13	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	55.533	0.820
14	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	55.738	1.025
15	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	55.784	1.071
16	Sebastian Vettel		Ferrari	55.830	1.117
17	Lando Norris		McLaren	56.031	1.318
18	Pietro Fittipaldi		Haas	56.110	1.397
19	Jack Aitken		Williams	56.260	1.547
20	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari
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