2024 Qatar Grand Prix

2024 Qatar Grand Prix
Race 23 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Lusail International Circuit
Race details[1]
Date	1 December 2024 (2024-12-01)
Official name	Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2024
Location	Lusail International Circuit Lusail, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Distance	57 laps, 308.611 km (191.762 miles)
Weather	Clear
Attendance	154,973[2]
Pole position
Driver	George Russell[a]	Mercedes
Time	1:20.575
Fastest lap
Driver	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:22.384 on lap 56 (lap record)
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Third	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2024 Qatar Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 December 2024 at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar. It was the twenty-third and penultimate round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the sixth and final Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format.

Lando Norris of McLaren took pole position for the sprint event, and then ceded position to his teammate Oscar Piastri in the closing lap of the sprint. Piastri won his second sprint race ahead of Norris and George Russell of Mercedes; the latter took pole position for the main race after Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was demoted a position due to driving slowly during qualifying. Despite the penalty, Verstappen went on to win the race ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Piastri.

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