Formula 1 stays in Bahrain for the second leg of its triple-header finale of the reshuffled 2020 calendar with the first-ever Sakhir Grand Prix.

In a dramatic and fast-changing few days since the Bahrain Grand Prix, F1 prepares to return to action at the Bahrain International Circuit. Despite remaining in the same venue, both the circuit layout and the grid has a slightly different look to it.
Lewis Hamilton will miss the first F1 race of his career after being ruled out having tested positive for COVID-19, with George Russell called up to the Mercedes squad for the Sakhir GP and Williams naming reserve driver Jack Aitken as his replacement.Meanwhile at Haas, Romain Grosjean will miss at least the Sakhir GP as he recovers from burns suffered in his horrendous opening-lap crash in the Bahrain GP with the team's reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi stepping in for this weekend.

Haas has also confirmed its 2021 F1 driver line-up this week, with Mick Schumacher joining Nikita Mazepin as the replacements for outing duo Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.With no Hamilton on the Sakhir GP grid, F1 will have its first different winner since the Russian GP back in September, which was won by his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, in a race set to generate the latest set of quirky F1 statistics from the unpredictable 2020 campaign.

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Why is F1 racing in Bahrain again?
Due to the redrafted 2020 F1 calendar following the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent cancellation of 13 races, series bosses have scrambled to produce a campaign of a minimum of eight races to meet FIA world championship criteria along with reaching a minimum of 15 races to fulfil the TV broadcasting deal.
As well as hosting double-headers at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, F1 has also visited venues not on the original 2020 calendar, with Istanbul Park having been the fifth of the new destinations last month, following on from Mugello, the Nurburgring, Portimao and Imola.
Bahrain's second race becomes the final new addition to the 2020 F1 calendar, with the season wrapping up next weekend with the Abu Dhabi GP.

What is the Sakhir GP?
The previous 'new' races on the redrawn 2020 F1 calendar were either part of double-headers at the same circuit (Styrian GP at the Red Bull Ring and 70th Anniversary GP at Silverstone) or races taking a new name as the national race title was already used or unavailable.
With different races not allowed the same name in the same F1 world championship season, the Nurburging's F1 race, Mugello's F1 race, Imola's F1 race and the Red Bull Ring's second F1 race were named after the region the circuits are each situated in. The second Silverstone race was named as a way to celebrate the 70th year of the F1 grand prix world championship.
The final unique race name for the unconventional 2020 calendar is the second Bahrain race, which is called the Sakhir GP, which is also named after the region the track is based.