Round 02 · 2024

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia7–9 Mar

Practice 1
Thu 13:30
Data published
track 40° ·air 27° ·58% hum ·17.3 km/h wind
Practice 2
Thu 17:10
Data published
track 31° ·air 25° ·60% hum ·8.6 km/h wind
Practice 3
Fri 13:30
Data published
track 39° ·air 26° ·60% hum ·14.8 km/h wind
Qualifying
Fri 17:00
Data published
track 31° ·air 25° ·56% hum ·5.4 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sat 17:00
Data published
track 32° ·air 26° ·62% hum ·4.3 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	1:20:43.273	25
2	PER	Red Bull Racing	3	1	+13.643	18
3	LEC	Ferrari	2	1	+18.639	16
4	PIA	McLaren	5	1	+32.006	12
5	ALO	Aston Martin	4	1	+35.759	10
6	RUS	Mercedes	7	1	+39.936	8
7	BEA	Haas F1 Team	11	4	+42.679	6
8	NOR	McLaren	6	2	+45.708	4
9	HAM	Mercedes	8	1	+47.391	2
10	HUL	Haas F1 Team	15	5	+76.996	1
11	ALB	Williams	12	1	+88.354
12	MAG	Haas F1 Team	13	1	+105.737
13	OCO	Alpine	17	4	+4.001
14	SAR	Williams	19	5	+6.785
15	TSU	RB	9	6	+10.533
16	RIC	RB	14	2	+20.715
17	BOT	Kick Sauber	16	1	+23.115
18	ZHO	Kick Sauber	20	2	+29.553
19	STR	Aston Martin	10	9	Retired
20	GAS	Alpine	18	2	Retired

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:28.171	1:28.033	1:27.472
2	LEC	1:28.318	1:28.112	1:27.791	+0.319
3	PER	1:28.638	1:28.467	1:27.807	+0.335
4	ALO	1:28.706	1:28.122	1:27.846	+0.374
5	PIA	1:28.755	1:28.343	1:28.089	+0.617
6	NOR	1:28.805	1:28.479	1:28.132	+0.660
7	RUS	1:28.749	1:28.448	1:28.316	+0.844
8	HAM	1:28.994	1:28.606	1:28.460	+0.988
9	TSU	1:28.988	1:28.564	1:28.547	+1.075
10	STR	1:28.250	1:28.578	1:28.572	+1.100
11	BEA	1:28.984	1:28.642	—	+1.170
12	ALB	1:29.107	1:28.980	—	+1.508
13	MAG	1:29.069	1:29.020	—	+1.548
14	RIC	1:29.065	1:29.025	—	+1.553
15	HUL	1:29.055	—	—	+1.583
16	BOT	1:29.179	—	—	+1.707
17	OCO	1:29.475	—	—	+2.003
18	GAS	1:29.479	—	—	+2.007
19	SAR	1:29.526	—	—	+2.054
20	ZHO	—	—	—

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:29.659run 1:35.231

Practice 21:28.827−0.832run 1:35.538

Practice 31:28.412−0.415run 1:33.324

Qualifying1:27.472−0.940

Grand Prix1:31.632+4.160run 1:34.953

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Jeddah in earlier seasons

20241:28.412run 1:35.336

20231:28.485+0.073run 1:35.774

20221:29.735+1.323run 1:36.706

20211:28.100−0.312run 1:35.587

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Thu 7 Mar, 13:30 UTCFastestVER1:29.659

Single-lap pace

VER1:29.659—24 laps

ALO1:29.845+0.18624 laps

PER1:29.868+0.20923 laps

RUS1:29.939+0.28023 laps

LEC1:30.030+0.37124 laps

SAI1:30.164+0.50524 laps

NOR1:30.231+0.57226 laps

HAM1:30.236+0.57721 laps

STR1:30.580+0.92118 laps

ALB1:30.747+1.08826 laps

BOT1:30.783+1.12426 laps

RIC1:30.917+1.25825 laps

OCO1:30.945+1.28627 laps

SAR1:30.966+1.30727 laps

PIA1:30.977+1.31822 laps

TSU1:31.036+1.37725 laps

GAS1:31.046+1.38725 laps

ZHO1:31.131+1.47224 laps

HUL1:31.411+1.75219 laps

MAG1:31.577+1.91818 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
TSU	H	6*	1:33.147	—	±1.109	—
ZHO	H	5*	1:33.672	+0.525	±1.177	—
VER	H	6*	1:34.828	+1.681	±0.286	—
ALB	M	5*	1:34.961	+1.814	±0.224	—
NOR	S	6*	1:35.008	+1.861	±0.547	—
SAR	H	7*	1:35.454	+2.307	±0.237	—
HUL	M	5*	1:35.733	+2.586	±0.476	—
BOT	S	5*	1:35.757	+2.610	±0.193	—
GAS	M	6*	1:36.262	+3.115	±0.379	—
OCO	M	6*	1:36.397	+3.250	±0.440	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	32.615	28.428	28.616	1:29.659	1:29.659	0.000
RUS	32.687	28.387	28.696	1:29.770	1:29.939	0.169
ALO	32.656	28.497	28.692	1:29.845	1:29.845	0.000
PER	32.880	28.464	28.524	1:29.868	1:29.868	0.000
LEC	32.862	28.444	28.724	1:30.030	1:30.030	0.000
NOR	32.638	28.646	28.843	1:30.127	1:30.231	0.104
HAM	32.859	28.411	28.893	1:30.163	1:30.236	0.073
SAI	32.813	28.640	28.711	1:30.164	1:30.164	0.000
STR	32.717	28.789	28.900	1:30.406	1:30.580	0.174
ALB	33.056	28.753	28.913	1:30.722	1:30.747	0.025
BOT	33.190	28.668	28.925	1:30.783	1:30.783	0.000
RIC	33.045	28.872	28.924	1:30.841	1:30.917	0.076
SAR	33.169	28.809	28.895	1:30.873	1:30.966	0.093
PIA	32.934	28.809	29.135	1:30.878	1:30.977	0.099
OCO	32.981	28.847	29.056	1:30.884	1:30.945	0.061
GAS	33.057	28.776	29.126	1:30.959	1:31.046	0.087
TSU	33.250	28.862	28.924	1:31.036	1:31.036	0.000
ZHO	33.291	28.651	29.189	1:31.131	1:31.131	0.000
MAG	33.416	28.880	29.083	1:31.379	1:31.577	0.198
HUL	33.415	28.786	29.210	1:31.411	1:31.411	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.923(5 drivers ran both)H+1.000(10 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.209

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.735

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.297

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.134

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.746

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+0.219

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+0.348

RBRICahead of TSU+0.119

AlpineOCOahead of GAS+0.101

Haas F1 TeamHULahead of MAG+0.166

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER8610

ALO888

PER65336

RUS10337

LEC8277

SAI91347

NOR7784

HAM63336

STR576

ALB989

BOT7568

RIC12544

OCO3789

SAR9810

PIA7663

TSU1213

GAS889

ZHO10536

HUL5338

MAG657

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Practice 2

Thu 7 Mar, 17:10 UTCFastestALO1:28.827

Single-lap pace

ALO1:28.827—28 laps

RUS1:29.057+0.23024 laps

VER1:29.158+0.33127 laps

LEC1:29.180+0.35325 laps

PER1:29.300+0.47327 laps

STR1:29.336+0.50927 laps

SAI1:29.455+0.62826 laps

HAM1:29.504+0.67722 laps

GAS1:29.528+0.70129 laps

PIA1:29.594+0.76727 laps

TSU1:29.666+0.83928 laps

NOR1:29.758+0.93123 laps

ZHO1:29.777+0.95027 laps

ALB1:29.789+0.96228 laps

OCO1:29.901+1.07427 laps

SAR1:29.934+1.10727 laps

MAG1:29.985+1.15824 laps

HUL1:30.077+1.25026 laps

RIC1:30.088+1.26129 laps

BOT1:30.153+1.32627 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
VER	M	9	1:34.305	—	±0.159	+0.018s
LEC	S	8	1:34.719	+0.414	±0.297	−0.068s
NOR	H	5*	1:34.773	+0.468	±0.252	—
SAI	M	6*	1:34.891	+0.586	±0.315	—
PER	M	15	1:34.956	+0.651	±0.453	+0.049s
ALO	M	11	1:35.188	+0.883	±0.530	+0.134s
ALB	H	11	1:35.232	+0.927	±0.224	+0.013s
PIA	M	7*	1:35.336	+1.031	±0.699	—
ZHO	M	10	1:35.534	+1.229	±0.481	+0.121s
GAS	M	9	1:35.541	+1.236	±0.338	+0.074s
STR	M	9	1:35.567	+1.262	±0.579	+0.180s
RIC	S	10	1:35.614	+1.309	±0.635	+0.187s
OCO	M	9	1:35.689	+1.384	±0.408	+0.079s
HUL	H	8	1:35.719	+1.414	±0.250	+0.059s
MAG	S	11	1:35.738	+1.433	±0.257	−0.024s
SAR	M	9	1:35.891	+1.586	±0.346	+0.058s
TSU	S	12	1:35.971	+1.666	±0.283	−0.021s
BOT	H	7*	1:36.337	+2.032	±0.750	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
ALO	32.260	28.222	28.345	1:28.827	1:28.827	0.000
RUS	32.569	28.116	28.372	1:29.057	1:29.057	0.000
VER	32.427	28.340	28.391	1:29.158	1:29.158	0.000
LEC	32.465	28.327	28.388	1:29.180	1:29.180	0.000
PER	32.540	28.330	28.430	1:29.300	1:29.300	0.000
STR	32.378	28.354	28.604	1:29.336	1:29.336	0.000
SAI	32.688	28.370	28.387	1:29.445	1:29.455	0.010
HAM	32.748	28.328	28.428	1:29.504	1:29.504	0.000
GAS	32.661	28.302	28.565	1:29.528	1:29.528	0.000
PIA	32.588	28.347	28.607	1:29.542	1:29.594	0.052
ALB	32.574	28.428	28.592	1:29.594	1:29.789	0.195
TSU	32.604	28.492	28.570	1:29.666	1:29.666	0.000
ZHO	32.808	28.328	28.530	1:29.666	1:29.777	0.111
NOR	32.607	28.434	28.691	1:29.732	1:29.758	0.026
OCO	32.597	28.501	28.698	1:29.796	1:29.901	0.105
MAG	33.025	28.343	28.516	1:29.884	1:29.985	0.101
SAR	32.896	28.462	28.576	1:29.934	1:29.934	0.000
RIC	32.928	28.428	28.644	1:30.000	1:30.088	0.088
HUL	32.919	28.535	28.623	1:30.077	1:30.077	0.000
BOT	33.021	28.457	28.672	1:30.150	1:30.153	0.003

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.789(14 drivers ran both)H+1.216(4 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.509

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.447

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.142

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.275

AlpineGASahead of OCO+0.373

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+0.164

RBTSUahead of RIC+0.422

Kick SauberZHOahead of BOT+0.376

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+0.145

Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of HUL+0.092

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

ALO7615

RUS26736

VER35613

LEC732103

PER33318

STR76113

SAI74510

HAM8563

GAS8813

PIA44793

TSU8515

NOR53528

ZHO7713

ALB75115

OCO7812

SAR76113

MAG5514

HUL83114

RIC10613

BOT67113

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Practice 3

Fri 8 Mar, 13:30 UTCFastestVER1:28.412

Single-lap pace

VER1:28.412—13 laps

LEC1:28.608+0.19616 laps

PER1:28.906+0.49413 laps

RUS1:28.964+0.55217 laps

NOR1:28.971+0.55911 laps

ALO1:29.038+0.62614 laps

STR1:29.127+0.71514 laps

PIA1:29.213+0.80111 laps

HAM1:29.268+0.85619 laps

BEA1:29.306+0.89422 laps

MAG1:29.485+1.07312 laps

GAS1:29.546+1.13413 laps

TSU1:29.572+1.16018 laps

OCO1:29.575+1.16313 laps

HUL1:29.675+1.26311 laps

RIC1:29.740+1.32815 laps

ALB1:29.808+1.39613 laps

BOT1:30.083+1.67121 laps

ZHO1:30.739+2.32712 laps

SAR2:27.994+59.5822 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
HAM	S	6*	1:32.836	—	±0.258	—
BEA	M	7*	1:33.324	+0.488	±0.334	—
BOT	M	5*	1:34.560	+1.724	±0.259	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	31.992	28.006	28.236	1:28.234	1:28.412	0.178
LEC	32.141	28.090	28.377	1:28.608	1:28.608	0.000
PER	32.235	28.217	28.438	1:28.890	1:28.906	0.016
RUS	32.454	27.996	28.514	1:28.964	1:28.964	0.000
NOR	32.198	28.209	28.564	1:28.971	1:28.971	0.000
ALO	32.256	28.020	28.716	1:28.992	1:29.038	0.046
STR	32.237	28.175	28.715	1:29.127	1:29.127	0.000
PIA	32.398	28.223	28.592	1:29.213	1:29.213	0.000
HAM	32.499	28.241	28.528	1:29.268	1:29.268	0.000
BEA	32.609	28.261	28.436	1:29.306	1:29.306	0.000
MAG	32.656	28.346	28.473	1:29.475	1:29.485	0.010
GAS	32.607	28.379	28.560	1:29.546	1:29.546	0.000
TSU	32.619	28.386	28.567	1:29.572	1:29.572	0.000
OCO	32.608	28.314	28.653	1:29.575	1:29.575	0.000
HUL	32.626	28.359	28.690	1:29.675	1:29.675	0.000
ALB	32.655	28.405	28.678	1:29.738	1:29.808	0.070
RIC	32.777	28.332	28.631	1:29.740	1:29.740	0.000
BOT	32.907	28.461	28.715	1:30.083	1:30.083	0.000
ZHO	33.127	28.619	28.896	1:30.642	1:30.739	0.097

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.813(8 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.494

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.304

McLarenNORahead of PIA+0.242

Aston MartinALOahead of STR+0.089

Haas F1 TeamBEAahead of MAG+0.179

AlpineGASahead of OCO+0.029

RBTSUahead of RIC+0.168

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+58.186

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+0.656

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER94

LEC3355

PER94

RUS665

NOR164

ALO1175

STR1175

PIA164

HAM3385

BEA7195

MAG615

GAS535

TSU9135

OCO535

HUL515

RIC6315

ALB634

BOT7725

ZHO912

SAR2

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