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2024 Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and George Russell at Sakhir.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
Classified
Top 20
Round
1
Circuit
Sakhir
Qualifying date
March 1, 2024

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Charles Leclerc secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with George Russell third for Mercedes.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and George Russell. P4 through P20 were Carlos Sainz Jr., Sergio Pérez, Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hülkenberg, Yuki Tsunoda, Lance Stroll, Alexander Albon, Daniel Ricciardo, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou, Logan Sargeant, Esteban Ocon, and Pierre Gasly.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, RB placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Mar 2, 2024.

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