Round 23 of the season · 1 December 2024Official result

Qatar Grand Prix 2024

Lusail International Circuit · Lusail · Night race · Sprint weekend

Relive the race

Lap – / 570:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:00:14	1	Norris overtakes Russell – P1
0:00:17	1	Retirement Ocon
0:00:59	1	Safety Car
0:01:08	1	Retirement Colapinto
0:09:03	4	Safety Car coming in
0:13:32	8	Penalty Stroll: 10 s
0:16:20	10	Retirement Stroll
0:18:27	11	Penalty Lawson: 10 s
0:22:38	14	Penalty Hamilton: 5 s
0:36:53	24	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Hard
0:43:00	28	Pit stop Magnussen: Medium → Hard
0:52:23	35	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Hard
0:52:56	35	Pit stop Sainz: Medium → Hard
0:52:58	35	Safety Car
0:53:39	36	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Hard
0:53:43	36	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Hard
0:53:59	36	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Hard
0:54:47	36	Pit stop Gasly: Medium → Hard
0:54:55	36	Pit stop Russell: Hard → Hard
0:54:57	36	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Hard
0:55:00	36	Pit stop Zhou: Medium → Hard
0:56:24	37	Pit lane drive-through Verstappen
0:56:30	37	Pit lane drive-through Norris
0:56:33	37	Pit lane drive-through Leclerc
0:56:34	37	Pit lane drive-through Piastri
0:57:03	37	Pit lane drive-through Gasly
0:57:12	37	Pit lane drive-through Russell
0:57:14	37	Pit lane drive-through Sainz
0:57:20	37	Pit lane drive-through Zhou
0:57:23	37	Pit lane drive-through Magnussen
0:57:23	37	Pit stop Alonso: Hard → Medium
0:59:11	38	Pit lane drive-through Verstappen
0:59:20	38	Pit lane drive-through Norris
0:59:23	38	Pit lane drive-through Leclerc
0:59:25	38	Pit lane drive-through Piastri
0:59:31	38	Pit lane drive-through Gasly
0:59:35	38	Pit lane drive-through Russell
0:59:37	38	Pit lane drive-through Sainz
0:59:39	38	Pit lane drive-through Zhou
0:59:42	38	Pit lane drive-through Alonso
0:59:43	38	Pit lane drive-through Magnussen
1:03:50	39	Safety Car coming in
1:04:32	40	Retirement Pérez
1:04:50	40	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
1:04:57	40	Retirement Hülkenberg
1:05:10	40	Safety Car
1:10:15	42	Safety Car coming in
1:12:15	44	Penalty Norris: 10 s
1:15:03	46	Pit stop Norris: Hard → Hard
1:26:05	54	Penalty Albon: 10 s
1:31:05		Chequered flag

Lap – / 190:00:00

Events Sprint
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:27:03		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Race analysis2024 Qatar GP: Verstappen wins, penalty costs Norris 2nd place

Schedule · UK time (GMT)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 29 Nov · 13:30
Local time 16:30
✓Sprint QualifyingLive
Fri 29 Nov · 17:30
Local time 20:30
✓SprintLive
Sat 30 Nov · 14:00
Local time 17:00
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 30 Nov · 18:00
Local time 21:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 1 Dec · 16:00
Local time 19:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	8:30 am	5:30 am	Sat 00:30	19:00	16:30
Sprint Qualifying	12:30 pm	9:30 am	Sat 04:30	23:00	20:30
Sprint	9:00 am	6:00 am	Sun 01:00	19:30	17:00
Qualifying	1:00 pm	10:00 am	Sun 05:00	23:30	21:00
Race	11:00 am	8:00 am	Mon 03:00	21:30	19:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	2	57	1:31:05.323	25
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	5	57	+6.031s	18
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	57	+6.819s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1	57	+14.104s	12
5	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	57	+16.782s	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	7	57	+17.476s	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8	57	+19.867s	6
8	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	12	57	+25.360s	4
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	10	57	+32.177s	2
10	Lando NorrisFastest lap	McLaren	3	57	+35.762s	2
11	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	13	57	+50.243s	0
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	57	+56.122s	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	14	57	+61.100s	0
14	Liam Lawson	RB	17	57	+62.656s	0
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	56	+12.969s	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	18	39	Retired	0
17	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	9	38	Retired	0
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	8	Retired	0
19	Franco Colapinto	Williams	19	0	Retired	0
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	20	0	Retired	0

Sprint

Sprint result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	19	27:03.010	8
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	19	+0.136s	7
3	George Russell	Mercedes	2	19	+0.410s	6
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	19	+1.326s	5
5	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	5	19	+5.073s	4
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	19	+5.650s	3
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	9	19	+8.508s	2
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	6	19	+10.368s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	8	19	+14.513s	0
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	15	19	+15.485s	0
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	11	19	+19.204s	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	13	19	+23.351s	0
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	19	+24.421s	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	17	19	+30.379s	0
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	19	+33.062s	0
16	Liam Lawson	RB	10	19	+34.356s	0
17	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	16	19	+35.102s	0
18	Franco Colapinto	Williams	20	19	+35.639s	0
19	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	18	19	+71.436s	0
20	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	19	19	+74.371s	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:21.579	1:20.687	1:20.520
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:21.241	1:21.069	1:20.575
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:21.578	1:20.983	1:20.772
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:21.821	1:21.121	1:20.829
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.278	1:21.000	1:20.852
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.637	1:21.095	1:21.011
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:21.447	1:21.199	1:21.041
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.608	1:21.208	1:21.251
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:21.675	1:21.425	1:21.425
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:21.891	1:21.387	1:21.500
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:21.843	1:21.437	–	Q2
12	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:22.103	1:21.501	–	Q2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:21.927	1:21.731	–	Q2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:22.364	1:21.771	–	Q2
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.011	1:21.911	–	Q2
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:22.390	–	–	Q1
17	Liam Lawson	RB	1:22.411	–	–	Q1
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:22.442	–	–	Q1
19	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:22.594	–	–	Q1
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:22.714	–	–	Q1

Sprint Qualifying

Sprint Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Eliminated in
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:21.356	1:21.231	1:21.012
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:22.021	1:21.488	1:21.075
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:22.218	1:21.548	1:21.171
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:21.838	1:21.809	1:21.281
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.156	1:21.818	1:21.308
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:22.033	1:21.784	1:21.315
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.151	1:21.734	1:21.474
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:22.586	1:22.352	1:21.978
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:22.569	1:22.318	1:22.088
10	Liam Lawson	RB	1:22.705	1:22.393	1:22.577
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:22.499	1:22.433	–	SQ2
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:22.705	1:22.526	–	SQ2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:22.506	1:22.538	–	SQ2
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.522	1:22.599	–	SQ2
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:22.560	1:22.738	–	SQ2
16	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:22.718	–	–	SQ1
17	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:22.722	–	–	SQ1
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:22.906	–	–	SQ1
19	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:22.948	–	–	SQ1
20	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:23.423	–	–	SQ1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.953		30
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:22.378	+0.425s	24
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:22.425	+0.472s	26
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:22.535	+0.582s	30
5	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:23.045	+1.092s	27
6	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:23.064	+1.111s	29
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:23.099	+1.146s	24
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:23.160	+1.207s	27
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:23.161	+1.208s	29
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.188	+1.235s	26
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:23.213	+1.260s	26
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:23.227	+1.274s	24
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:23.245	+1.292s	27
14	Liam Lawson	RB	1:23.562	+1.609s	29
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:23.620	+1.667s	28
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:23.715	+1.762s	27
17	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:23.880	+1.927s	27
18	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:24.039	+2.086s	26
19	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:24.200	+2.247s	29
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:24.280	+2.327s	21

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:20.520)	George Russell (1:20.575)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 310 · 185 km/h · gear 5	braking from 295 · 190 km/h · gear 5
The second corner: fast right-hander	235 km/h · gear 5	240 km/h · gear 6
The third corner: right-left chicane	braking from 280 · 225 km/h · gear 6	braking from 285 · 220 km/h · gear 5
The fourth corner: slight right kink	braking from 255 · 185 km/h · gear 5	braking from 240 · 200 km/h · gear 5
The fifth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 255 · 155 km/h · gear 4	braking from 240 · 155 km/h · gear 4
The sixth corner: right-left chicane	braking from 245 · 160 km/h · gear 4	braking from 260 · 165 km/h · gear 4
The seventh corner: slight left kink	braking from 245 · 230 km/h · gear 5	braking from 260 · 225 km/h · gear 6
The eighth corner: fast right-hander	290 km/h · gear 7	290 km/h · gear 7
The ninth corner: slight right kink	285 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The tenth corner: fast right-hander	280 km/h · gear 7	285 km/h · gear 7
The eleventh corner: fast right-hander	275 km/h · gear 7	275 km/h · gear 7
The twelfth corner: fast left-hander	265 km/h · gear 7	255 km/h · gear 7
The thirteenth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 270 · 170 km/h · gear 4	braking from 275 · 180 km/h · gear 4

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	George Russell
2	Max Verstappen
3	Lando Norris
4	Oscar Piastri
5	Charles Leclerc
6	Lewis Hamilton
7	Carlos Sainz
8	Fernando Alonso
9	Sergio Pérez
10	Kevin Magnussen
11	Pierre Gasly
12	Guanyu Zhou
13	Valtteri Bottas
14	Yuki Tsunoda
15	Lance Stroll
16	Alexander Albon
17	Liam Lawson
18	Nico Hülkenberg
19	Franco Colapinto
20	Esteban Ocon

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
8	Lance Stroll	Time penalty 10 s	CAUSING A COLLISION
11	Liam Lawson	Time penalty 10 s	CAUSING A COLLISION
14	Lewis Hamilton	Time penalty 5 s	FALSE START
44	Lando Norris	Stop-and-go 10 s	FAILING TO SLOW UNDER YELLOW FLAGS
47	Lewis Hamilton	Drive-through penalty	SPEEDING IN THE PIT LANE
54	Alexander Albon	Time penalty 10 s	CAUSING A COLLISION
57	George Russell	Time penalty 5 s	SAFETY CAR INFRINGEMENT

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:20.520

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:22.384

Lando Norris

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car periods

plus 1 × VSC

Weather at the start

19 °C

Air · track 23 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
429 points
Leader
2
Lando NorrisMcLaren
349 points
−80
3
Charles LeclercFerrari
341 points
−88
4
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
291 points
−138
5
Carlos SainzFerrari
272 points
−157
6
George RussellMercedes
235 points
−194
7
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
211 points
−218
8
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
152 points
−277
9
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
68 points
−361
10
Nico HülkenbergHaas F1 Team
37 points
−392

1
McLarenKonstrukteure
640 points
Leader
2
FerrariKonstrukteure
619 points
−21
3
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
581 points
−59
4
MercedesKonstrukteure
446 points
−194
5
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
92 points
−548

Full standings →

Lusail International Circuit

Length

approx. 5.38 km

Lap record

1:22.384

Safety car rate

100 %

Win from pole

75 %

Full throttle

70.5 %

Top speed

327 km/h

A lap of Lusail International Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Qatar Grand Prix 2024?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Qatar Grand Prix 2024.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.