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2024 Chinese Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso at Shanghai.

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 Sergio Pérez
Classified
Top 20
Round
5
Circuit
Shanghai
Qualifying date
April 20, 2024

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Sergio Pérez secured the other front-row place for Red Bull, with Fernando Alonso third for Aston Martin.

How the classification lined up

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

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 May 16, 2025.

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