Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
2024 · Round 2 · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Mar 7-9, 2024Race summary
Verstappen won the race from 1st on the grid, 13.6s ahead of Pérez. Hülkenberg was the standout mover, climbing from 15th to 10th. Tsunoda lost the most ground, from 9th on the grid down to 15th (down 6 places). The safety car was deployed on laps 7-9. The winner made one pit stop: on lap 7 (medium → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Hamilton (Mercedes) on lap 36, with 20.1s pit lane time. Leclerc set the fastest lap, in 1:31.632.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 50 | 1:20:43.273 | 25 |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 3 | 50 | +13.643 | 18 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc 1:31.632 | Ferrari | 2 | 50 | +18.639 | 16 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 5 | 50 | +32.007 | 12 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | 50 | +35.759 | 10 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 7 | 50 | +39.936 | 8 |
| 7 | Oliver Bearman | Ferrari | 11 | 50 | +42.679 | 6 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 6 | 50 | +45.708 | 4 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 8 | 50 | +47.391 | 2 |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 50 | +1:16.996 | 1 |
| 11 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 12 | 50 | +1:28.354 | 0 |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 13 | 50 | +1:45.737 | 0 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | 49 | +4.001 | 0 |
| 14 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 19 | 49 | +6.785 | 0 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 9 | 49 | +10.533 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB F1 Team | 14 | 49 | +20.715 | 0 |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 16 | 49 | +23.115 | 0 |
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 20 | 49 | +29.553 | 0 |
| – | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 5 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 18 | 1 | Retired | 0 |