Starting grid for F1 2024 Qatar Grand Prix Sprint

How the F1 2024 Qatar Grand Prix sprint race will begin.

Lando Norris heads the field for the Qatar sprint race
Lando Norris heads the field for the Qatar sprint race

This is the starting grid for the F1 2024 Qatar Grand Prix sprint race.

2024 F1 Qatar Grand Prix Sprint - Starting grid
PosDriverNat.Team
1Lando NorrisGBRMcLaren F1 Team
2George RussellGBRMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
3Oscar PiastriAUSMcLaren F1 Team
4Carlos SainzESPScuderia Ferrari
5Charles LeclercMONScuderia Ferrari
6Max VerstappenNEDOracle Red Bull Racing
7Lewis HamiltonGBRMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
8Pierre GaslyFRABWT Alpine F1 Team
9Nico HulkenbergGERMoneyGram Haas F1 Team
10Liam LawsonNZLVisa Cash App RB F1 Team
11Fernando AlonsoESPAston Martin Aramco F1 Team
12Alex AlbonTHAWilliams Racing
13Valtteri BottasFINStake F1 Team Kick Sauber
14Lance StrollCANAston Martin Aramco F1 Team
15Kevin MagnussenDENMoneyGram Haas F1 Team
16Yuki TsunodaJPNVisa Cash App RB F1 Team
17Esteban OconFRABWT Alpine F1 Team
18Zhou GuanyuCHNStake F1 Team Kick Sauber
PitsSergio PerezMEXOracle Red Bull Racing
PitsFranco ColapintoARGWilliams Racing

Sergio Perez and Franco Colapinto will start from the pit lane after making set-up changes to their cars

Lando Norris topped all three qualifying sessions to claim pole position for the Qatar sprint. 

He will be joined on the front row of the grid by Mercedes' George Russell, who fell just 0.063s shy of beating his fellow Briton. 

Oscar Piastri goes from third in the other McLaren, ahead of the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.

Four-time world champion Max Verstappen starts sixth ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. 

The rest of the top-10 is made up of Alpine's Pierre Gasly, Haas' Nico Hulkenberg and RB's Liam Lawson. 

After suffering another torrid qualifying, the under-pressure Sergio Perez will line up from 16th after an SQ1 elimination. 

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