Qatar Grand Prix
2024 · Round 23 · Lusail, Qatar · Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2024Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 2nd on the grid), with a 6.031s margin. Gasly made the biggest gain, from 11th on the grid to 5th (up 6 places). Norris had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 10th. The safety car was deployed on laps 1-4 and on laps 35-42. The winner made 3 pit stops: on lap 35 (medium → hard), on lap 36 (hard → hard), on lap 37 (hard → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Pérez (Red Bull) on lap 35, with 2.2s stationary time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Norris (1:22.384).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 57 | 1:31:05.323 | 25 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 | 57 | +6.031 | 18 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 4 | 57 | +6.819 | 15 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1 | 57 | +14.104 | 12 |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | 57 | +16.782 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 7 | 57 | +17.476 | 8 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 8 | 57 | +19.867 | 6 |
| 8 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 12 | 57 | +25.360 | 4 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 10 | 57 | +32.177 | 2 |
| 10 | Lando Norris 1:22.384 | McLaren | 3 | 57 | +35.762 | 2 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 13 | 57 | +50.243 | 0 |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 6 | 57 | +56.122 | 0 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 14 | 57 | +1:01.100 | 0 |
| 14 | Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 17 | 57 | +1:02.656 | 0 |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 16 | 56 | +12.969 | 0 |
| – | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 39 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 9 | 38 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 15 | 8 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 19 | 0 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 20 | 0 | Retired | 0 |