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2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez at Jeddah.

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
2
Circuit
Jeddah
Qualifying date
March 8, 2024

The front of the grid

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

How the classification lined up

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

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 10, 2024.

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