Qatar 2024: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:21.579	1:20.687	1:20.520
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:21.241	1:21.069	1:20.575	+0.055
3	Norris	McLaren	1:21.578	1:20.983	1:20.772	+0.252
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:21.821	1:21.121	1:20.829	+0.309
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.278	1:21.000	1:20.852	+0.332
6	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.637	1:21.095	1:21.011	+0.491
7	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:21.447	1:21.199	1:21.041	+0.521
8	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.608	1:21.208	1:21.251	+0.731
9	Pérez	Red Bull	1:21.675	1:21.425	1:21.425	+0.905
10	Magnussen	Haas	1:21.891	1:21.387	1:21.500	+0.980
11	Gasly	Alpine	1:21.843	1:21.437		+0.750
12	Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:22.103	1:21.501		+0.814
13	Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:21.927	1:21.731		+1.044
14	Tsunoda	RB	1:22.364	1:21.771		+1.084
15	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.011	1:21.911		+1.224
16	Albon	Williams	1:22.390			+1.149
17	Lawson	RB	1:22.411			+1.170
18	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:22.442			+1.201
19	Colapinto	Williams	1:22.594			+1.353
20	Ocon	Alpine	1:22.714			+1.473

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:21.356	1:21.231	1:21.012
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:22.021	1:21.488	1:21.075	+0.063
3	Piastri	McLaren	1:22.218	1:21.548	1:21.171	+0.159
4	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:21.838	1:21.809	1:21.281	+0.269
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:22.156	1:21.818	1:21.308	+0.296
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:22.033	1:21.784	1:21.315	+0.303
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.151	1:21.734	1:21.474	+0.462
8	Gasly	Alpine	1:22.586	1:22.352	1:21.978	+0.966
9	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:22.569	1:22.318	1:22.088	+1.076
10	Lawson	RB	1:22.705	1:22.393	1:22.577	+1.565
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:22.499	1:22.433		+1.202
12	Albon	Williams	1:22.705	1:22.526		+1.295
13	Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:22.506	1:22.538		+1.307
14	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:22.522	1:22.599		+1.368
15	Magnussen	Haas	1:22.560	1:22.738		+1.507
16	Pérez	Red Bull	1:22.718			+1.362
17	Tsunoda	RB	1:22.722			+1.366
18	Ocon	Alpine	1:22.906			+1.550
19	Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:22.948			+1.592
20	Colapinto	Williams	1:23.423			+2.067

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Piastri	McLaren	3	27:03.010	8
2	Norris	McLaren	1	+0.136	7
3	Russell	Mercedes	2	+0.410	6
4	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	4	+1.326	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	5	+5.073	4
6	Hamilton	Mercedes	7	+5.650	3
7	Hülkenberg	Haas	9	+8.508	2
8	Verstappen	Red Bull	6	+10.368	1
9	Gasly	Alpine	8	+14.513
10	Magnussen	Haas	15	+15.485
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	11	+19.204
12	Bottas	Kick Sauber	13	+23.351
13	Stroll	Aston Martin	14	+24.421
14	Ocon	Alpine	17	+30.379
15	Albon	Williams	12	+33.062
16	Lawson	RB	10	+34.356
17	Tsunoda	RB	16	+35.102
18	Colapinto	Williams	PL	+35.639
19	Zhou	Kick Sauber	18	+1:11.436
20	Pérez	Red Bull	PL	+1:14.371

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	57	1:31:05.323	3	Honda RBPT
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	5	57	+6.031	3	Ferrari
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	57	+6.819	3	Mercedes
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1	57	+14.104	4	Mercedes
5	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	11	57	+16.782	3	Renault
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	7	57	+17.476	3	Ferrari
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8	57	+19.867	3	Mercedes
8	Guanyu ZhouDriver of the Day	Kick Sauber	12	57	+25.360	3	Ferrari
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	10	57	+32.177	3	Ferrari
10	Lando NorrisFastest lap	McLaren	3	57	+35.762	4	Mercedes
11	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	13	57	+50.243	3	Ferrari
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	57	+56.122	4	Mercedes
13	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	14	57	+1:01.100	4	Honda RBPT
14	Liam Lawson	RB	17	57	+1:02.656	4	Honda RBPT
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	56	+1 lap	4	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	18	39	Spun off	4	Ferrari
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	9	38	Clutch	3	Honda RBPT
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	8	Collision damage	2	Mercedes
DNF	Franco Colapinto	Williams	19	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	20	0	Collision	0	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Verstappen Qualified 1, started 2 · 1-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Gasly11→5+6
Zhou12→8+4
Leclerc5→2+3
Lawson17→14+3
Bottas13→11+2
Verstappen2→1+1
Piastri4→3+1
Sainz Jr.7→6+1
Alonso8→7+1
Magnussen10→9+1
Tsunoda14→13+1
Albon16→15+1
Russell1→4-3
Hamilton6→12-6
Norris3→10-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Magnussen22.696R36
2Verstappen22.703R37
3Pérez22.705R36
4Hamilton22.705R47
5Albon22.710R36
6Tsunoda22.714R36
7Gasly22.717R36
8Lawson22.737R36
9Russell22.763R36
10Sainz Jr.22.776R36

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen3511203 stops
Leclerc3511203 stops
Piastri3421203 stops
Russell231211204 stops
Gasly3511203 stops
Sainz Jr.3421203 stops
Alonso3511203 stops
Zhou3511203 stops
Magnussen2791203 stops
Norris35118124 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

HülkenbergSpun offHaas
PérezClutchRed Bull
StrollCollision damageAston Martin
ColapintoCollisionWilliams
OconCollisionAlpine

This race in history

2 races here since 2021Won from pole: 2 of 2

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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