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:
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 | ||||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 1:29.659 | 1 | 1:29.158 | 3 | 1:28.412 | 1 | |||||
2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 1:30.966 | 14 | 1:29.934 | 16 | no time | - | |||||
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:30.917 | 12 | 1:30.088 | 19 | 1:29.740 | 16 | |||||
4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.231 | 7 | 1:29.758 | 12 | 1:28.971 | 5 | |||||
10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:31.046 | 17 | 1:29.528 | 9 | 1:29.546 | 12 | |||||
11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 1:29.868 | 3 | 1:29.300 | 5 | 1:28.906 | 3 | |||||
14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:29.845 | 2 | 1:28.827 | 1 | 1:29.038 | 6 | |||||
16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.030 | 5 | 1:29.180 | 4 | 1:28.608 | 2 | |||||
18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:30.580 | 9 | 1:29.336 | 6 | 1:29.127 | 7 | |||||
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.577 | 20 | 1:29.985 | 17 | 1:29.485 | 11 | |||||
22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:31.036 | 16 | 1:29.666 | 11 | 1:29.572 | 13 | |||||
23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:30.747 | 10 | 1:29.789 | 14 | 1:29.808 | 17 | |||||
24 | Guanyu Zhou | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31.131 | 18 | 1:29.777 | 13 | 1:30.739 | 18 | |||||
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.411 | 19 | 1:30.077 | 18 | 1:29.675 | 15 | |||||
31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:30.945 | 13 | 1:29.901 | 15 | 1:29.675 | 14 | |||||
38 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | DNP | DNP | 1:29.306 | 10 | |||||||
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.236 | 8 | 1:29.504 | 8 | 1:29.268 | 9 | |||||
55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Ferrari | 1:30.164 | 6 | 1:29.455 | 7 | DNP | ||||||
63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:29.939 | 4 | 1:29.057 | 2 | 1:28.964 | 4 | |||||
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:30.783 | 11 | 1:30.153 | 20 | 1:30.083 | 18 | |||||
81 | Oscar Piastri | 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 | ||||||
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Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 2 | 1:28.171 | 1 | 1:28.033 | 1 | 1:27.472 | 1 | |||
2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 1:28.318 | 2 | 1:28.112 | 2 | 1:27.791 | 2 | |||
3 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull-Honda RBPT | 5 | 1:28.638 | 6 | 1:28.467 | 3 | 1:27.807 | 3 | |||
4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 6 | 1:28.706 | 3 | 1:28.122 | 4 | 1:27.846 | 4 | |||
5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 8 | 1:28.755 | 4 | 1:28.343 | 5 | 1:28.089 | 5 | |||
6 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 9 | 1:28.805 | 7 | 1:28.479 | 6 | 1:28.132 | 6 | |||
7 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 7 | 1:28.749 | 5 | 1:28.448 | 7 | 1:28.316 | 7 | |||
8 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 12 | 1:28.994 | 10 | 1:28.606 | 8 | 1:28.460 | 8 | |||
9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 11 | 1:28.988 | 8 | 1:28.564 | 9 | 1:28.547 | 9 | |||
10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 3 | 1:28.250 | 9 | 1:28.578 | 10 | 1:28.572 | 10 | |||
11 | 38 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 10 | 1:28.984 | 11 | 1:28.642 | 11 | |||||
12 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 16 | 1:29.107 | 12 | 1:28.980 | 12 | |||||
13 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 15 | 1:29.069 | 13 | 1:29.020 | 13 | |||||
14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | 14 | 1:29.065 | 14 | 1:29.025 | 14 | |||||
15 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 13 | 1:29.055 | 15 | No time set | 15 | |||||
16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber-Ferrari | 16 | 1:29.179 | 16 | |||||||
17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 17 | 1:29.475 | 17 | |||||||
18 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 18 | 1:29.479 | 18 | |||||||
19 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 19 | 1:29.526 | 19 | |||||||
20 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber-Ferrari | 20 | 20 | ||||||||
107% Time: 1:34.343 | |||||||||||||
Source:[4] |
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | 1. Verstappen | |
16. Leclerc | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | 11. Pérez | |
14. Alonso | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | 81. Piastri | |
4. Norris | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | 63. Russell | |
44. Hamilton | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | 22. Tsunoda | |
18. Stroll | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | 38. Bearman | |
23. Albon | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | 20. Magnussen | |
3. Ricciardo | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | 27. Hülkenberg | |
77. Bottas | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | 31. Ocon | |
10. Gasly | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | 2. Sargeant | |
24. Zhou | ______________ |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Results[]
The full race results for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix are outlined below:
Milestones[]
- 100th podium for Max Verstappen
- Oliver Bearman
- Début race
- First points earned in Formula 1
- 3rd youngest driver to start a grand prix
- 3rd youngest driver to score points in a grand prix
Standings[]
Only point-scoring drivers are shown. |
Only point-scoring constructors are shown. |
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Final Qualifying Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Final Race Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
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