The career of Qatar GP 2024 which will take place this Sunday will begin with Max Verstappen from the first position. The Dutchman took pole position, even though he is already world champion. The Red Bull driver achieved his 41st pole at the Losail circuit, beating George Russell, who was second. Both will occupy the front row of the starting grid for the Qatar Formula 1 GP, in which Carlos Sainz was seventh and Fernando Alonso eighth.
Qualifying for the race came after a sprint race in which the four-time world champion finished eighth, and one might have predicted he would not achieve pole position. THE McLaren They then dominated by signing a double, but they were not up to the task in the quality, where they signed the third and fourth positions in the race, with Norris And Piastri, respectively. For his part, Leclerc finished fifth, while the one who will be his teammate next year, Hamilton, sixth. The two Spaniards appear from behind, with Pérez And Magnussen signing the last two places of the third quarter.
Nothing seems to stop one Verstappen trying to regain ground Red Bull at the Manufacturers’ World Cup, where they finished third. This pole will allow him to start in first position on the grid and, therefore, to be one of the favorites for Sunday’s race in Qatar. Even if he will have to defend himself against the Mercedes of Russell and of McLaren, who will follow him and will not hesitate to attack him in search of victory.
There were not many surprises in a Q1 where the mark was given by Aston Martin, eliminating Alonso with this set of new soft tires so that he ended up aborting the return by qualifying too far and where the eliminated were Alex Albon, Liam Lawson, Nico Hulkenberg, Franco Colapinto And Esteban Ocon. Sainz also moved seamlessly into third, making it clear that McLaren was not going to be alone for pole with both Ferrari in front of Norris.
In the second trimester, everything indicated Fernando Alonso He was going out, but he managed to resist, he pushed, he took risks and ended up getting into the top 10 with a great lap. They were excluded from the third qualifying round Pierre Gasly, Guanyu Zhou, Valtteri Bottas Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll. The Canadian was once again far behind his teammate, who started this Q3 alongside the favorites.
Already in the last round, Alonso He managed to stay ahead of the Red Bull of Pérez, who is once again far from the times of his teammates, but also of Magnussen and his Haas. The Asturian thus finished in an honorable eighth place, which will allow him to fight for points in the race.
This is what the Formula 1 Qatar GP grid looks like
- Max Verstappen
- George Russell
- Lando Norris
- Oscar Piastri
- Charles Leclerc
- Lewis Hamilton
- Carlos Sainz
- Fernando Alonso
- Sergio Perez
- Kevin Magnussen
- Pierre Gasly
- Zhou Guanyu
- Valtteri Bottas
- Yuki Tsunoda
- Lance’s Walk
- Alexandre Albon
- Liam Lawson
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Franco Colapinto
- Esteban Ocon
