Formula 1 Wiki

READ MORE

Formula 1 Wiki
Advertisement


The 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024) was the second race of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Max Verstappen won the race from pole for Red Bull, his ninth Grand Prix win in a row. His teammate Sergio Perez finished second with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari.


Background[]

The race formed the second part of a season-opening double header with the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was won by Max Verstappen who led the Championship going into the weekend.

The Grand Prix unusually took place on the Saturday, moved due to the beginning of Ramadan on the Sunday evening.

Before Free Practice 3, it was announced that Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr had been diagnosed with Appendicitis, requiring surgery that ruled him out of the rest of the weekend. He was replaced by reserve driver Oliver Bearman, who had been due to compete in the supporting Formula 2 races, for which he was fastest in qualifying. The Brit would become the third youngest Grand Prix driver of all time, and the first Englishman to drive for Ferrari since Nigel Mansell in 1990.


Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is outlined below:

Official Entry list of the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB20 Honda RBPT RBPTH002 1.6 V6T P
2 United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Williams Racing Williams FW46 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team RB VCARB 01 Honda RBPT RBPTH002 1.6 V6T P
4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren F1 Team McLaren MCL38 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
10 France Pierre Gasly France BWT Alpine F1 Team Alpine A524 Renault E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6T P
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Austria Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB20 Honda RBPT RBPTH002 1.6 V6T P
14 Spain Fernando Alonso United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team Aston Martin Aramco AMR24 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF-24 Ferrari 066/12 1.6 V6T P
18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team Aston Martin Aramco AMR24 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Haas VF-24 Ferrari 066/10 1.6 V6T P
22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda Italy Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team RB VCARB 01 Honda RBPT RBPTH002 1.6 V6T P
23 Thailand Alexander Albon United Kingdom Williams Racing Williams FW46 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
24 China Guanyu Zhou Switzerland Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber Kick Sauber C44 Ferrari 066/12 1.6 V6T P
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United States MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Haas VF-24 Ferrari 066/10 1.6 V6T P
31 France Esteban Ocon France BWT Alpine F1 Team Alpine A524 Renault E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6T P
38 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF-24 Ferrari 066/10 1.6 V6T P
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Mercedes F1 W15 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF-24 Ferrari 066/12 1.6 V6T P
63 United Kingdom George Russell Germany Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Mercedes F1 W15 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Switzerland Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber Kick Sauber C44 Ferrari 066/12 1.6 V6T P
81 Australia Oscar Piastri United Kingdom McLaren F1 Team McLaren MCL38 Mercedes F1 M15 1.6 V6T P
Source:[1]

Free Practice[]

Free Practice 1[]

Max Verstappen was fastest in the first Free Practice session, two tenths ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso. The running was clean for the most part, with the only incident coming when Alonso's teammate Lance Stroll brushed the barriers at Turn 22, losing a wheel cover but able to return to the pits.

Free Practice 2[]

The beginning of the second session was delayed by ten minutes as track marshalls inspected the drain covers in the pitlane. Alonso impressed by going fastest ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell, with Verstappen third.

Mercedes was fined €15,000 and driver Lewis Hamilton warned after the Brit was found to have impeded Logan Sargeant at Turn 10.

Free Practice 3[]

Verstappen returned to the top of the timesheets in final practice, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and teammate Sergio Perez. Kick Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu crashed heavily at Turn 8, causing a twenty minute red flag. Earlier in the session, Logan Sargeant hit the wall at Turn 22, damaging the track-rod on his Williams, restricting him to only two laps in the session with no time set.

Debutant Oliver Bearman posted the tenth best time, his first session of the weekend standing in for the unwell Carlos Sainz.

Practice Results[]

The full practice results for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are outlined below:

No. Driver Team FP1 FP2 FP3
Time Pos Time Pos Time Pos
1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 1:29.659 1 1:29.158 3 1:28.412 1
2 United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:30.966 14 1:29.934 16 no time -
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy RB-Honda RBPT 1:30.917 12 1:30.088 19 1:29.740 16
4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.231 7 1:29.758 12 1:28.971 5
10 France Pierre Gasly France Alpine-Renault 1:31.046 17 1:29.528 9 1:29.546 12
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 1:29.868 3 1:29.300 5 1:28.906 3
14 Spain Fernando Alonso United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:29.845 2 1:28.827 1 1:29.038 6
16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 1:30.030 5 1:29.180 4 1:28.608 2
18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 1:30.580 9 1:29.336 6 1:29.127 7
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 1:31.577 20 1:29.985 17 1:29.485 11
22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda Italy RB-Honda RBPT 1:31.036 16 1:29.666 11 1:29.572 13
23 Thailand Alexander Albon United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 1:30.747 10 1:29.789 14 1:29.808 17
24 China Guanyu Zhou Switzerland Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.131 18 1:29.777 13 1:30.739 18
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United States Haas-Ferrari 1:31.411 19 1:30.077 18 1:29.675 15
31 France Esteban Ocon France Alpine-Renault 1:30.945 13 1:29.901 15 1:29.675 14
38 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman United Kingdom Ferrari DNP DNP 1:29.306 10
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 1:30.236 8 1:29.504 8 1:29.268 9
55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Italy Ferrari 1:30.164 6 1:29.455 7 DNP
63 United Kingdom George Russell Germany Mercedes 1:29.939 4 1:29.057 2 1:28.964 4
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Switzerland Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:30.783 11 1:30.153 20 1:30.083 18
81 Australia Oscar Piastri United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.977 15 1:29.594 10 1:29.213 8
Source: [2][3]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Report[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos. Time
1 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 2 1:28.171 1 1:28.033 1 1:27.472 1
2 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 4 1:28.318 2 1:28.112 2 1:27.791 2
3 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 5 1:28.638 6 1:28.467 3 1:27.807 3
4 14 Spain Fernando Alonso United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 6 1:28.706 3 1:28.122 4 1:27.846 4
5 81 Australia Oscar Piastri United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 8 1:28.755 4 1:28.343 5 1:28.089 5
6 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 9 1:28.805 7 1:28.479 6 1:28.132 6
7 63 United Kingdom George Russell Germany Mercedes 7 1:28.749 5 1:28.448 7 1:28.316 7
8 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 12 1:28.994 10 1:28.606 8 1:28.460 8
9 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda Italy RB-Honda RBPT 11 1:28.988 8 1:28.564 9 1:28.547 9
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 3 1:28.250 9 1:28.578 10 1:28.572 10
11 38 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Ferrari 10 1:28.984 11 1:28.642 11
12 23 Thailand Alexander Albon United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 16 1:29.107 12 1:28.980 12
13 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 15 1:29.069 13 1:29.020 13
14 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy RB-Honda RBPT 14 1:29.065 14 1:29.025 14
15 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United States Haas-Ferrari 13 1:29.055 15 No time set 15
16 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 16 1:29.179 16
17 31 France Esteban Ocon France Alpine-Renault 17 1:29.475 17
18 10 France Pierre Gasly France Alpine-Renault 18 1:29.479 18
19 2 United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 19 1:29.526 19
20 24 China Guanyu Zhou Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 20 20
107% Time: 1:34.343
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid[]

Show Grid
Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 ______________ 1
2 Netherlands 1. Verstappen
Monaco 16. Leclerc ______________
Row 2 ______________ 3
4 Mexico 11. Pérez
Spain 14. Alonso ______________
Row 3 ______________ 5
6 Australia 81. Piastri
United Kingdom 4. Norris ______________
Row 4 ______________ 7
8 United Kingdom 63. Russell
United Kingdom 44. Hamilton ______________
Row 5 ______________ 9
10 Japan 22. Tsunoda
Canada 18. Stroll ______________
Row 6 ______________ 11
12 United Kingdom 38. Bearman
Thailand 23. Albon ______________
Row 7 ______________ 13
14 Denmark 20. Magnussen
Australia 3. Ricciardo ______________
Row 8 ______________ 15
16 Germany 27. Hülkenberg
Finland 77. Bottas ______________
Row 9 ______________ 17
18 France 31. Ocon
France 10. Gasly ______________
Row 10 ______________ 19
20 United States 2. Sargeant
China 24. Zhou ______________

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

Results[]

The full race results for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 50 1:20:43.273 1 25
2 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 50 +13.6431 3 18
3 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Italy Ferrari 50 +18.639 2 16FL
4 81 Australia Oscar Piastri United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 50 +32.007 5 12
5 14 Spain Fernando Alonso United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 50 +35.759 4 10
6 63 United Kingdom George Russell Germany Mercedes 50 +39.936 7 8
7 38 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Italy Ferrari 50 +42.679 11 6
8 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 50 +45.708 6 4
9 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 50 +47.391 8 2
10 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United States Haas-Ferrari 50 +1:16.996 15 1
11 23 Thailand Alexander Albon United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 50 +1:28.354 12
12 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen United States Haas-Ferrari 50 +1:45.7373 13
13 31 France Esteban Ocon France Alpine-Renault 49 +1 Lap 17
14 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda Italy RB-Honda RBPT 49 +1 Lap 9
15 2 United States Logan Sargeant United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 49 +1 Lap 19
16 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Italy RB-Honda RBPT 49 +1 Lap 14
17 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 49 +1 Lap 16
18 24 China Guanyu Zhou Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 49 +1 Lap 20
Ret 18 Canada Lance Stroll United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 5 Accident 10
Ret 10 France Pierre Gasly France Alpine-Renault 1 Gearbox 18
Source:[5]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts. +/-
1st Netherlands Max Verstappen 51
2nd Mexico Sergio Pérez 36
3rd Monaco Charles Leclerc 28 ▲1
4th United Kingdom George Russell 18 ▲1
5th Australia Oscar Piastri 16 ▲3
6th Spain Carlos Sainz 15 ▼3
7th Spain Fernando Alonso 12 ▲2
8th United Kingdom Lando Norris 12 ▼2
9th United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 8 ▼2
10th United Kingdom Oliver Bearman 6
11th Germany Nico Hülkenberg 1
12th Canada Lance Stroll 1 ▼2

Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts. +/-
1st Austria Red Bull-Honda RBPT 87
2nd Italy Ferrari 49
3rd United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 28 ▲1
4th Germany Mercedes 26 ▼1
5th United Kingdom Aston Martin-Mercedes 13
6th United States Haas-Ferrari 1

Only point-scoring constructors are shown.

References[]

Images and Videos:

References:

  1. 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
  2. 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
  3. 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
  4. 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Final Qualifying Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
  5. 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Final Race Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.

External Links[]

v·d·e Nominate this page for Featured Article
V T E 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship
Teams AlpineAston MartinFerrariHaasMcLarenMercedesRBRed BullSauberWilliams
Engines Ferrari 066/12Mercedes-AMG F1 M15Honda RBPTH002Renault E-Tech RE24
Drivers 1 Verstappen • 2 Sargeant • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Norris • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 20 Magnussen • 22 Tsunoda • 23 Albon • 24 Zhou • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Lawson • 31 Ocon • 43 Colapinto • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 63 Russell • 77 Bottas • 81 Piastri
Team Reports AlpineAston MartinFerrariHaasMcLarenMercedesRBRed BullSauberWilliams
Driver Reports VerstappenSargeantRicciardoNorrisGaslyPérezAlonsoLeclercStrollMagnussenTsunodaAlbonZhouHülkenbergLawsonOconColapintoHamiltonBearmanSainzRussellBottasPiastri
Other Drivers BearmanColapintoDoohanDrugovichFittipaldiHadjarHirakawaLawsonMaloneyO'WardPourchaireSchumacherShwartzmanVandoorneVesti
Cars Alpine A524Aston Martin AMR24Ferrari SF-24Haas VF-24McLaren MCL38Mercedes W15Red Bull RB20Racing Bulls VCARB 01Williams FW46Kick Sauber C44
Tyres Pirelli
Races BahrainSaudi ArabiaAustraliaJapanChinaMiamiEmilia RomagnaMonacoCanadaSpainAustriaUnited KingdomHungaryBelgiumNetherlandsItalyAzerbaijanSingaporeUnited StatesMexico CitySão PauloLas VegasQatarAbu Dhabi
Tests Bahrain
See also 2023 Formula One Season2025 Formula One SeasonCategory
V T E Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Circuits Jeddah Corniche Circuit (2021–present)
Jeddah Street Circuit 2021
Races 2021202220232024


Advertisement