Starting grid for F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: How today's race will begin
Max Verstappen is on pole position at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Here is the starting grid for the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
| 2024 F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 6 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 7 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 11 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 12 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 17 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 19 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
| 20 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
Max Verstappen has again claimed pole position for the second race of the 2024 season, and is the man to beat.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc is ahead of Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in second.
Fernando Alonso is ahead of the McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
The Mercedes pair, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, are only seventh and eighth respectively.
Oliver Bearman, the Ferrari driver replacing the ill Carlos Sainz, qualified in a very impressive P11 on his race debut.
The F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is on Saturday.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
