2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

The (officially the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix ) 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.
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==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 is outlined below:
Official Entry list of the 
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Max Verstappen 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB20 	 	RBPTH002 1.6 V6T 	
2 	Logan Sargeant 	Williams Racing 	 	FW46 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team 	 	VCARB 01 	 	RBPTH002 1.6 V6T 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL38 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A524 	 	E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6T 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB20 	 	RBPTH002 1.6 V6T 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team 	Aramco 	AMR24 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF-24 	 	066/12 1.6 V6T 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team 	Aramco 	AMR24 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-24 	 	066/10 1.6 V6T 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team 	 	VCARB 01 	 	RBPTH002 1.6 V6T 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Williams Racing 	 	FW46 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 	 	C44 	 	066/12 1.6 V6T 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-24 	 	066/10 1.6 V6T 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A524 	 	E-Tech RE24 1.6 V6T 	
38 	Oliver Bearman 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF-24 	 	066/10 1.6 V6T 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team 	 	F1 W15 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF-24 	 	066/12 1.6 V6T 	
63 	George Russell 	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team 	 	F1 W15 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 	 	C44 	 	066/12 1.6 V6T 	
81 	Oscar Piastri 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL38 	 	F1 M15 1.6 V6T 	
Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source:%20-%20Revised%20Entry%20List.pdf - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
==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 are outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	FP1 	FP2 	FP2 	FP3 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	
No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:29.659 	1 	1:29.158 	3 	1:28.412 	1 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	1:30.966 	14 	1:29.934 	16 	no time 	- 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:30.917 	12 	1:30.088 	19 	1:29.740 	16 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:30.231 	7 	1:29.758 	12 	1:28.971 	5 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:31.046 	17 	1:29.528 	9 	1:29.546 	12 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:29.868 	3 	1:29.300 	5 	1:28.906 	3 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:29.845 	2 	1:28.827 	1 	1:29.038 	6 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:30.030 	5 	1:29.180 	4 	1:28.608 	2 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:30.580 	9 	1:29.336 	6 	1:29.127 	7 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:31.577 	20 	1:29.985 	17 	1:29.485 	11 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:31.036 	16 	1:29.666 	11 	1:29.572 	13 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:30.747 	10 	1:29.789 	14 	1:29.808 	17 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:31.131 	18 	1:29.777 	13 	1:30.739 	18 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:31.411 	19 	1:30.077 	18 	1:29.675 	15 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:30.945 	13 	1:29.901 	15 	1:29.675 	14 	 	 	 	 	
38 	Oliver Bearman 	 	 	 	 	 	1:29.306 	10 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:30.236 	8 	1:29.504 	8 	1:29.268 	9 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:30.164 	6 	1:29.455 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:29.939 	4 	1:29.057 	2 	1:28.964 	4 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:30.783 	11 	1:30.153 	20 	1:30.083 	18 	 	 	 	 	
81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	1:30.977 	15 	1:29.594 	10 	1:29.213 	8 	 	 	 	 	
Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.	Source: %20-%20P1%20Classification%20(Updated).pdf - FP1 Classification (Updated) (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.%20-%20P2%20Classification.pdf - FP2 Classification (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Report===
====Q1====
====Q2====
====Q3====
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	2 	1:28.171 	 	1 	1:28.033 	 	1 	1:27.472 	1
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	4 	1:28.318 	 	2 	1:28.112 	 	2 	1:27.791 	2
3 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	5 	1:28.638 	 	6 	1:28.467 	 	3 	1:27.807 	3
4 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	6 	1:28.706 	 	3 	1:28.122 	 	4 	1:27.846 	4
5 	81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	 	8 	1:28.755 	 	4 	1:28.343 	 	5 	1:28.089 	5
6 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	9 	1:28.805 	 	7 	1:28.479 	 	6 	1:28.132 	6
7 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	7 	1:28.749 	 	5 	1:28.448 	 	7 	1:28.316 	7
8 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	12 	1:28.994 	 	10 	1:28.606 	 	8 	1:28.460 	8
9 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	 	11 	1:28.988 	 	8 	1:28.564 	 	9 	1:28.547 	9
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	3 	1:28.250 	 	9 	1:28.578 	 	10 	1:28.572 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	38 	Oliver Bearman 	 	 	10 	1:28.984 	 	11 	1:28.642 	 	 	 	11
12 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	16 	1:29.107 	 	12 	1:28.980 	 	 	 	12
13 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	15 	1:29.069 	 	13 	1:29.020 	 	 	 	13
14 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	14 	1:29.065 	 	14 	1:29.025 	 	 	 	14
15 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	13 	1:29.055 	 	15 	No time set 	 	 	 	15
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	16 	1:29.179 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	17 	1:29.475 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	18 	1:29.479 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	 	19 	1:29.526 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	 	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
===Grid===
Show Grid
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
===Results===
The full race results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	50 	1:20:43.273 	1 	25
2 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	50 	+13.6431 	3 	18
3 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	50 	+18.639 	2 	16
4 	81 	Oscar Piastri 	 	50 	+32.007 	5 	12
5 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	50 	+35.759 	4 	10
6 	63 	George Russell 	 	50 	+39.936 	7 	8
7 	38 	Oliver Bearman 	 	50 	+42.679 	11 	6
8 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	50 	+45.708 	6 	4
9 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	50 	+47.391 	8 	2
10 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	50 	+1:16.996 	15 	1
11 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	50 	+1:28.354 	12 	
12 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	50 	+1:45.7373 	13 	
13 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	17 	
14 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	9 	
15 	2 	Logan Sargeant 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	19 	
16 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	14 	
17 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	16 	
18 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	49 	+1 Lap 	20 	
 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	5 	Accident 	10 	
 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1 	Gearbox 	18 	
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==Milestones==
*100 podium for Max Verstappen
*Oliver Bearman
**Début race
**First points earned in Formula 1
**3 youngest driver to start a grand prix
**3 youngest driver to score points in a grand prix
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
 	Max Verstappen 	51 	
 	Sergio Pérez 	36 	
 	Charles Leclerc 	28 	1
4th 	George Russell 	18 	1
5th 	Oscar Piastri 	16 	3
6th 	Carlos Sainz 	15 	3
7th 	Fernando Alonso 	12 	2
8th 	Lando Norris 	12 	2
9th 	Lewis Hamilton 	8 	2
10th 	Oliver Bearman 	6 	
11th 	Nico Hülkenberg 	1 	
12th 	Lance Stroll 	1 	2
Only point-scoring drivers are shown.
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
 	 	87 	
 	 	49 	
 	 	28 	1
4th 	 	26 	1
5th 	 	13 	
6th 	 	1 	
Only point-scoring constructors are shown.
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