With 4 rounds to go, the combat for sixth place within the constructors’ championship regarded set.
Haas, on 46 factors, eyed the menace from RB, 10 factors behind them. They gave little thought to Williams in eight place, a lot much less ninth-placed Alpine, 32 factors behind.
Then got here Brazil, the place a windfall consequence for Alpine greater than tripled their factors haul at a stroke, lifting them to sixth within the standings.
Haas hit again instantly. Nico Hulkenberg’s eighth place in Las Vegas, whereas Alpine failed to attain, restored them to sixth place. His seventh place within the dash race in Losail nudged Haas’s lead as much as three factors.
Come the grand prix, the combat for sixth place within the championship was fought out between Kevin Magnussen and Pierre Gasly. The Haas and Alpine drivers held the underside two factors positions after passing Yuki Tsunoda’s RB.
Cautious that Alpine may pull Gasly in for an early pit cease and get him on to contemporary tyres sooner, Haas summoned Magnussen in on after 27 laps for a set of laborious tyres. However even with a helpful pocked of clear air behind Liam Lawson, Magnussen wasn’t fairly in a position to match Gasly’s instances on his tougher tyres. It was going to be shut.
However then a wing mirror fell of Alexander Albon’s Williams and landed on the run to the primary nook. Race management prevented deploying the Security Automotive to start with, however then Valtteri Bottas smashed it into items and two drivers sustained punctures, which compelled their hand.
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With the Security Automotive deployed, each driver who hadn’t modified tyres but headed for the pits. Magnussen was amongst those that suffered probably the most: In addition to shedding his probability to get again forward of Gasly, he additionally fell behind Fernando Alonso and Zhou Guanyu. Though he impressively out-ran the recovering Lando Norris, ninth place to Gasly’s fifth put Alpine forward once more by 5 factors heading into the ultimate spherical.
“I’m tremendous gutted with the Security Automotive popping out,” mentioned Magnussen afterwards, “it fully ruined the day for me. It was going effectively and we had a superb starting to the race, however I simply want that Security Automotive hadn’t come out as a result of it actually screwed us. There’s nonetheless one race to go and we’ll go into it giving all the things.”
Haas introduced Magnussen in lengthy earlier than a Security Automotive regarded like an imminent menace. However McLaren’s choice to tug Oscar Piastri in on lap 34, lengthy after the particles had been noticed, appears to be like like a poor name.
It additionally had implications for the constructors’ title combat. Piastri efficiently handed Charles Leclerc early within the race, placing each McLarens forward of the Ferraris, which was very important for his or her hopes of successful the title. The early pit cease dropped him again behind Leclerc and helped Ferrari maintain their title hopes alive.
2024 Qatar Grand Prix lap chart
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2024 Qatar Grand Prix race chart
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2024 Qatar Grand Prix lap instances
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2024 Qatar Grand Prix quickest laps
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2024 Qatar Grand Prix tyre methods
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2024 Qatar Grand Prix pit cease instances
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
| Rank | # | Driver | Workforce | Full cease time (s) | Hole to greatest (s) | Cease no. | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 27.818 | 1 | 34 | |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 27.87 | 0.052 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 28.024 | 0.206 | 1 | 35 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Purple Bull | 28.088 | 0.27 | 1 | 35 |
| 5 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Purple Bull | 28.303 | 0.485 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 28.343 | 0.525 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 28.46 | 0.642 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 28.543 | 0.725 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 28.592 | 0.774 | 2 | 36 |
| 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 28.628 | 0.81 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 28.792 | 0.974 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 28.968 | 1.15 | 2 | 35 |
| 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 29.024 | 1.206 | 1 | 35 |
| 14 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 29.034 | 1.216 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 29.085 | 1.267 | 1 | 35 |
| 16 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 29.179 | 1.361 | 1 | 35 |
| 17 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 29.271 | 1.453 | 2 | 40 |
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 29.783 | 1.965 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 32.309 | 4.491 | 1 | 23 |
| 20 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 32.957 | 5.139 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB | 34.655 | 6.837 | 2 | 40 |
| 22 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 36.143 | 8.325 | 1 | 34 |
| 23 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 37.915 | 10.097 | 1 | 34 |
| 24 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 39.687 | 11.869 | 2 | 55 |
| 25 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 41.674 | 13.856 | 2 | 7 |
| 26 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB | 45.049 | 17.231 | 1 | 35 |
