| 2024 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 10 of 24 in the2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 23 June 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 AramcoGran 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[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:11.383 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:17.115 on lap 51 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2024 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Aramco Gran Premio de España 2024) was aFormula One motor race held on 23 June 2024, at theCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya inMontmeló,Spain. It was the tenth round of the2024 Formula One World Championship.Max Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing took victory ahead of polesitterLando Norris ofMcLaren, who was closing in on Verstappen during the final stages of the race.Lewis Hamilton ofMercedes took third, his first podium of the season. This would be Verstappen's last win until theSão Paulo Grand Prix, 11 races later, marking his longest winless streak since 2020.[3]
The event was held at theCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya inMontmeló 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 the2024 Formula One World Championship and the 54th running of theSpanish Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[5]
Going into the weekend,Max Verstappen led theDrivers' Championship with 194 points, 56 points ahead ofCharles Leclerc in second, and 63 ahead ofLando Norris in third.Red Bull Racing, with 301 points, led theConstructors' Championship fromFerrari andMcLaren, who are second and third with 252 and 212 points, respectively.[6]
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 forHaas, in place ofNico Hülkenberg.[8]
Tyre supplierPirelli 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]
Sergio Pérez ofRed Bull Racing carried a three-placegrid penalty for failing to leave the track with serious mechanical difficulties after significantly damaging the rear wing at the precedingCanadian Grand Prix.[10]
TheDRS zone leading in to turn 1 was shortened by 100 metres (330 ft).[11]
Threefree 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 byLando Norris ofMcLaren ahead ofMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing andCarlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari.[12] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped byLewis Hamilton ofMercedes 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 teammateCharles Leclerc.[14] During the session, Leclerc andLance Stroll ofAston Martin impeded Norris and Hamilton in separate incidents. 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 was held on 22 June 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC+2).[1]
Logan Sargeant impededLance 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 Q3McLaren'sLando Norris beat championship leaderMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing to pole position by 0.020 seconds.[19]
Notes
The race was held on 23 June 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2), and was run for 66 laps.[1]
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Pole-sitterLando Norris almost pushed second-placedMax Verstappen at the start, allowing fourth-placedGeorge Russell, who had a great start, gained the lead onto the first turn. At the back,Fernando Alonso almost ran into the back ofOscar Piastri, which caused Alonso to leave the track and in the run-off area. Verstappen overtook Russell for the lead with DRS on lap 3. On the same lap, the Ferraris collided with each other, scrapingCharles Leclerc's wing endplate, with home heroCarlos Sainz Jr. up to fifth, despite overtaking Leclerc off-track. No further action was taken. 2 laps later,Kevin Magnussen andYuki Tsunoda battled for position, with Magnussen initially taking the position before Tsunoda took the place back, a few laps then later. Tsunoda, heading to turn 1, was forced off-track by Magnussen, no other further action was taken as well.[23]
On lap 19,Lewis Hamilton and Sainz made minor contact, the third time that no further action was taken due to the battle. Norris, now in 3rd on lap 35, overtook Russell, and in the closing laps, the Ferraris swapped positions, with Leclerc in fifth and Sainz in sixth. The race was won by Verstappen, in which was his seventh victory of the season, second would be pole-sitter Norris,[23] with Hamilton taking the final podium place, with his 198th podium.[24] This would be Verstappen's and Red Bull's last win until theSão Paulo Grand Prix, 11 races later, marking his longest winless streak since2020.[25]
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