Find out who is starting on the front row for the first Sprint Race of the 2024 season!
The drivers took to the track for the first sprint qualifying of the 2024 season! Find out who excelled and who struggled in Shanghai:
Within the first few minutes of SQ1, there were reports of rain as the weather was rapidly changing Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon both didn't make it into SQ2 with Gasly qualifying in 16th and Ocon finishing the session in 17th Yuki Tsunoda had a disappointing qualifying, only being able to put his car in 19th Both of the Williams were eliminated in SQ1 SQ2 was delayed because the grass at Turn 5 caught on fire again The rain came during the last three minutes of SQ2 George Russell had to abort his flying lap, putting him in 11th on the grid for the sprint race Both of the Haas drivers didn't make it into SQ3 Zhou and Bottas made it into SQ3 for a very triumphant qualifying session Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari into the wall as the track was much more slippery than the drivers and teams anticipated All of the drivers struggled on the track with Max Verstappen losing two lap times due to track limits Hamilton, Alonso, Verstappen and Norris were all in a very tight fight for pole After a deleted track time, Lando Norris's time was reinstated and he will start in P1 for the sprint race
Chinese Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying Results "
Position
Driver Name
Team
Time
1
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:57.940
2
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:59.201
3
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:59.915
4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
2:00.028
5
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
2:00.214
6
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing
2:00.375
7
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
2:00.566
8
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
2:00.990
9
Valtteri Bottas
Stake F1 Team
2:01.044
10
Guanyu Zhou
Stake F1 Team
2:03.537
11
George Russell
Mercedes
1:36.345
12
Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team
1:36.473
13
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 Team
1:36.478
14
Daniel Ricciardo
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1:36.553
15
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:36.632
16
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:37.632
17
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:37.720
18
Alexander Albon
Williams
1:37.812
19
Yuki Tsunoda
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1:37.892
20
Logan Sargeant
Williams
1:37.923
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