Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Russell ya tsaya a Lewis Hamilton a Mercedes don Babban Kyautar Sakhir na 2020
, sakamakon gwajin cutar coronavirus mai kyau ga Hamilton. Russell ya bayyana a taron manema labarai kafin taron cewa bai ji "babu matsin lamba" ba, bayan da shugaban kungiyar Mercedes Toto Wolff ya yi tsammanin cewa motar za ta gama a cikin manyan biyar. Russell ya cancanci matsayi na biyu a layin farko don fara tseren, ya rasa tazarar zuwa ga abokin aikinsa Valtteri Bottas da milliseconds 26. Russell ya fara sarrafawa daga farkon tseren kuma ya jagoranci mafi yawan tseren, amma tare da 20 laps da suka rage, masu aikin injiniya na Mercedes sun sanya tayoyin gaba na Bottas a kan motar Russell, wanda ya sa ya sake sakewa a zagaye na gaba don gyara kuskuren. Daga nan sai ya sha wahala a hankali a cikin layi goma kafin ya gama kuma an tilasta masa ya sake sakewa. Russell ya gama a matsayi na tara kuma ya sami maki uku na farko na gasar zakarun duniya, maki biyu don tara da ɗaya don zagaye mafi sauri. Russell ya sami yabo daga kafofin watsa labarai da ƙungiyar Mercedes don aikinsa na Sakhir.