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2024 Qatar Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris at Lusail.

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 George Russell
Classified
Top 20
Round
23
Circuit
Lusail
Qualifying date
November 30, 2024

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. George Russell secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

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

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 Dec 8, 2024.

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