Round 2 · 2024

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · 9 Mar 2024

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 13.643s ahead of Sergio Perez.

The Safety Car came out once.
Nico Hulkenberg was the big mover, climbing from P15 to P10.
Charles Leclerc set the fastest lap: 1:31.632 on lap 50.
19 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped once.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard.
2 drivers didn't finish: Pierre Gasly and Lance Stroll.
A dry race, with the track around 32°C.
108 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:20:43.273	25
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	3 ▲1	+13.643s	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2 ▼1	+18.639s	16
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5 ▲1	+32.007s	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	4 ▼1	+35.759s	10
6	George Russell	Mercedes	7 ▲1	+39.936s	8
7	Oliver Bearman	Ferrari	11 ▲4	+42.679s	6
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	6 ▼2	+45.708s	4
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8 ▼1	+47.391s	2
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	15 ▲5	+76.996s	1
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	12 ▲1	+88.354s	0
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	13 ▲1	+105.737s	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	17 ▲4	+1 LAP	0
14	Logan Sargeant	Williams	19 ▲5	+1 LAP	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	9 ▼6	+1 LAP	0
16	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	14 ▼2	+1 LAP	0
17	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	16 ▼1	+1 LAP	0
18	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	20 ▲2	+1 LAP	0
–	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	18	DNF	0
–	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	10	DNF	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.