Max Verstappen and the Red Bull they took pole position in Chinese Grand Prixafter having also dominated the Sprint Race of the morning. The Dutchman, absolute dominator of this beginning of 2024 F1 World Championship, is his fifth pole in five races and number 37 of his career. Red Bull was once again the fastest car, with Verstappen leading the way Perez by 3 tenths and the first opposing car, theFernando Alonso's Aston Martin, of 488 thousandths. However, they are late Ferrariwho start in sixth position with Charles Leclerc and in the seventh with Carlos Sainz. The future Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton he even starts from the back, despite his second place in the Sprint Race
Qualifying results F1 China 2024 pole position STARTING GRID
| POS | # | PILOT | STABLE | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 1:33.660 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 1:33.982 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:34.148 |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.165 |
| 5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.273 |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.289 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:34.297 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:34.433 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 1:34.604 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 1:34.665 |
| 11 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:34.838 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB Honda RBPT | 1:34.934 |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:35.223 |
| 14 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 1:35.241 |
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 1:35.463 |
| 16 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 1:35.505 |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:35.516 |
| 18 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.573 |
| 19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 1:35.746 |
| 20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams Mercedes | 1:36.358 |
China Formula 1 pole position qualifying
Max Verstappen continued his strong run of performances by taking a dominant pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, leading Red Bull to the 100th pole position in their history. The Dutch driver set the pace throughout the session at the Shanghai International Circuit and improved further in Q3, setting an unbeaten time of 1'33″660.
The only one who tried to keep up with him was teammate Sergio Perez, with Fernando Alonso taking the third fastest time and starting on the second row of the starting grid.
Before qualifying, the Shanghai track hosted the Sprint Race which was also dominated by Max Verstappen, ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez.
Carlos Sainz he recovered from a accident previous in Q2 where he ended up against the barriers, causing the red flag which temporarily interrupted qualifying. THE Ferrari mechanics in record time they resettled the SF-24, allowing the pilot to return to the track for Q3.
F1 2023 CHINA GP TIMES SKY, NOW and TV8
Sunday 21 April 2024 (RACE)
09.00: Race (live on Sky, Now and postponed to 2.00 pm on TV8)
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