2024 Spanish Grand Prix

2024 Spanish Grand Prix
2024 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 10 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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	Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain
Race details
Date	23 June 2024
Official name	Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2024
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.657 km (2.894 miles)
Distance	66 laps, 307.236 km (190.908 miles)
Weather	Clear
Attendance	297,368
Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris;
Time	1:11.383
Fastest lap
Driver	Lando Norris
Time	1:17.115 on lap 51
Podium
First	Max Verstappen;
Second	Lando Norris;
Third	Lewis Hamilton;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2024 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 June 2024, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the tenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing took victory ahead of polesitter Lando Norris of McLaren, who was closing in on Verstappen during the final stages of the race. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes took third, his first podium of the season. This would be Verstappen's last win until the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix, 11 races later, marking his longest winless streak since 2020.^[3]

Background

The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló for the 34th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 21–23 June.^[4] The Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 54th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.^[5]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 194 points, 56 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in second, and 63 ahead of Lando Norris in third. Red Bull Racing, with 301 points, led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 252 and 212 points, respectively.^[6]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[7] Oliver Bearman drove in the first free practice session for Haas, in place of Nico Hülkenberg.^[8]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.^[9]

Penalties

Sergio Pérez of Red Bull Racing carried a three-place grid penalty for failing to leave the track with serious mechanical difficulties after significantly damaging the rear wing at the preceding Canadian Grand Prix.^[10]

Track changes

The DRS zone leading in to turn 1 was shortened by 100 metres (330 ft).^[11]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 21 June 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC+2), and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari.^[12] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead of Sainz and Norris.^[13] The third free practice session was held on 22 June 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Sainz ahead of Norris and Sainz's teammate Charles Leclerc.^[14] During the session, Leclerc and Lance Stroll of Aston Martin impeded in separate incidents Norris and Hamilton. Both Leclerc and Stroll cut across Norris and Hamilton, respectively, with contact occurring in both cases. Leclerc and Stroll were both reprimanded for "erratic driving".^[15]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 22 June 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).^[1]

Qualifying report

Logan Sargeant impeded Lance Stroll during the first segment of qualifying (Q1), with the former receiving a three-place grid penalty as a result.^[16] Oscar Piastri's lap of 1:12.542 during the third segment of qualifying (Q3) was deleted for exceeding track limits at turn 10.^[17]^[18] In Q3 McLaren's Lando Norris beat championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing to pole position by 0.020 seconds.^[19]

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final grid
1	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.386	1:11.872	1:11.383	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:12.306	1:11.653	1:11.403	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.143	1:11.792	1:11.701	3
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:12.456	1:11.812	1:11.703	4
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:12.257	1:12.038	1:11.731	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:12.403	1:11.874	1:11.736	6
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:12.651	1:12.079	1:11.857	7
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:12.477	1:12.054	1:12.061	11¹
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:12.691	1:12.109	1:12.125	8
10	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.460	1:12.011	No time	9
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:12.505	1:12.128	N/A	10
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:12.758	1:12.227	N/A	12
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:12.708	1:12.310	N/A	13
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:12.881	1:12.372	N/A	14
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:12.880	1:12.738	N/A	15
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:12.937	N/A	N/A	16
17	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	1:12.985	N/A	N/A	17
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	1:13.075	N/A	N/A	18
19	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.153	N/A	N/A	PL²
20	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.509	N/A	N/A	19³
107% time: 1:17.193
Source:^[20]^[21]

Notes

^1 – Sergio Pérez received a three-place grid penalty for failing to leave the track with serious mechanical difficulties after significantly damaging the rear wing at the previous round.^[10]
^2 – Alexander Albon qualified 19th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane due to power unit changes made during parc fermé.^[21]
^3 – Logan Sargeant received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lance Stroll in Q1. He gained a position as Alexander Albon started the race from the pit lane.^[21]^[22]

Race

The race was held on 23 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 66 laps.^[1]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	66	1:28:20.227	2	25
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+2.219	1	19¹
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	66	+17.790	3	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	66	+22.320	4	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	66	+22.709	5	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	66	+31.028	6	8
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+33.760	9	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	66	+59.524	11	4
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	66	+1:02.025	7	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	66	+1:11.889	8	1
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	66	+1:19.215²	13
12	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	10
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	65	+1 lap	15
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	14
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB-Honda RBPT	65	+1 lap	18
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	65	+1 lap	12
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	65	+1 lap	16
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	65	+1 lap	PL
19	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB-Honda RBPT	65	+1 lap²	17
20	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	64	+2 laps	19
Fastest lap: Lando Norris (McLaren-Mercedes) – 1:17.115 (lap 51)
Source:^[21]^[23]^[24]^[25]