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2024 Qatar Grand Prix

29 November 2024 — Lusail, Qatar — Won by Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)

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The story in three sentences

Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) won the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix ahead of Charles LECLERC by +6.031s. The winning car also had the fastest median race pace on clean laps at 1:24.800 per lap.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	0
2	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	6.031
3	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	6.819
4	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	14.104
5	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	16.782
6	Carlos SAINZ	Ferrari	17.476
7	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	19.867
8	ZHOU Guanyu	Kick Sauber	25.36
9	Kevin MAGNUSSEN	Haas F1 Team	32.177
10	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	35.762

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1:24.800	—
2	NOR	McLaren	1:24.938	+0.137s
3	LEC	Ferrari	1:25.036	+0.236s
4	PIA	McLaren	1:25.129	+0.329s
5	SAI	Ferrari	1:25.257	+0.457s

"Median pace" filters out outlaps, in-laps, and slow laps (over 7% above the field median). It's the single best indicator of true race pace.

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