George Russell has taken pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.
| Row 1 | 1. (63) George Russell 1’20.575 Mercedes W15 |
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| 2. (1) Max Verstappen 1’20.520 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| Row 2 | 3. (4) Lando Norris 1’20.772 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| 4. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’20.829 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| Row 3 | 5. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’20.852 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| 6. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’21.011 Mercedes W15 |
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| Row 4 | 7. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’21.041 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| 8. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’21.251 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| Row 5 | 9. (11) Sergio Perez 1’21.425 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| 10. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’21.500 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| Row 6 | 11. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’21.437 Alpine-Renault A524 |
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| 12. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’21.501 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| Row 7 | 13. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’21.731 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| 14. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’21.771 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| Row 8 | 15. (18) Lance Stroll 1’21.911 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| 16. (23) Alexander Albon 1’22.390 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
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| Row 9 | 17. (30) Liam Lawson 1’22.411 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| 18. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’22.442 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| Row 10 | 19. (43) Franco Colapinto 1’22.594 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
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| 20. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’22.714 Alpine-Renault A524 |
| P. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 (v Q1) | Q3 (v Q2) |
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| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’21.579 | 1’20.687 (-0.892s) | 1’20.520 (-0.167s) |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’21.241 | 1’21.069 (-0.172s) | 1’20.575 (-0.494s) |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1’21.578 | 1’20.983 (-0.595s) | 1’20.772 (-0.211s) |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1’21.821 | 1’21.121 (-0.700s) | 1’20.829 (-0.292s) |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’21.278 | 1’21.000 (-0.278s) | 1’20.852 (-0.148s) |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’21.637 | 1’21.095 (-0.542s) | 1’21.011 (-0.084s) |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 1’21.447 | 1’21.199 (-0.248s) | 1’21.041 (-0.158s) |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1’21.608 | 1’21.208 (-0.400s) | 1’21.251 (+0.043s) |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1’21.675 | 1’21.425 (-0.250s) | 1’21.425 (+0.000s) |
| 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1’21.891 | 1’21.387 (-0.504s) | 1’21.500 (+0.113s) |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1’21.843 | 1’21.437 (-0.406s) | Missed by 0.012s |
| 12 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 1’22.103 | 1’21.501 (-0.602s) | Missed by 0.076s |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1’21.927 | 1’21.731 (-0.196s) | Missed by 0.306s |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1’22.364 | 1’21.771 (-0.593s) | Missed by 0.346s |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1’22.011 | 1’21.911 (-0.100s) | Missed by 0.486s |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1’22.390 | Missed by 0.026s | |
| 17 | Liam Lawson | RB | 1’22.411 | Missed by 0.047s | |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1’22.442 | Missed by 0.078s | |
| 19 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 1’22.594 | Missed by 0.230s | |
| 20 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1’22.714 | Missed by 0.350s |
Penalties
Verstappen: One-place grid drop for driving unnecessarily slowly in qualifying
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Illusive (@illusive)
30th November 2024, 19:16
Wow, that was unexpected.
Jere (@jerejj)
30th November 2024, 19:21
Checo finally reached Q3 for a change, but what a qualifying by Max.
Ocon clearly lacks pace & he’ll probably be the outright slowest on average in the race as well.
With Hulkenberg, on the other hand, something must’ve been wrong with the car, especially considering that KMag reached Q3.
Alonso also had a decent qualifying for a change.
Alonslow
30th November 2024, 19:27
A big improvement from Red Bull, they’re weren’t close to that time yesterday and even today in the sprint the car was nothing impressive.
Yes (@come-on-kubica)
30th November 2024, 19:32
Red Bull from fourth quickest to the quickest car – it’s almost like they aren’t maximising the fastest package throughout the season.
Edvaldo
30th November 2024, 19:46
And this happened sometimes before. That’s probably their biggest issue throughout the year, as Max wasn’t happy with it all of a sudden while leading races, like in Miami and Imola, as if the car just went out of its optimal operating window mid race.
Even Perez didn’t look too embarrassing this session.
pcxmac (@pcxmac)
1st December 2024, 7:57
at least they got rid of the bazookas.
Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
1st December 2024, 9:38
@come-on-kubica Worth pointing out that this is a sprint weekend rather than a standard weekend, so usually they’d have more time before any competitive session to get the setup right. I also don’t think setup issues are unique to Redbull. I think the ground effect cars have a notoriously small operating window and allow the teams have struggled to find the right setup to a greater or lesser extent.