2024 Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying Results: Full starting grid for the race

The qualifying session of the 2024 F1 Spanish Grand Prix came to an end as McLaren's Lando Norris topped the charts to claim pole position ahead of Max Verstappen. This is Norris' second pole position in F1.

A largely evolving asphalt at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya made the qualifying session extremely competitive for the top teams. The top five drivers were split by a little over 0.3 seconds. The gap between P1 and P9 was under a second. This close competition gave drivers a very small margin for error.

However, it was Lando Norris at the end who was able to dethrone Max Verstappen from the top of the charts and claim the pole position. His fastest lap was at 1:11.383.

Here are the complete results of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session:

Position	Driver	Team
1	Lando Norris	McLaren
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	George Russell	Mercedes
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
8	Sergio Perez*	Red Bull
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
15	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
17	Yuki Tsunoda	RB
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB
19	Alex Albon	Williams
20	Logan Sargeant**	Williams

(* Sergio Perez has a three-place grid penalty for unsafe driving in Canada)

(** Logan Sargeant has a three-place grid penalty for impeding)

Note - These are the results of the qualifying session. The actual starting grid will see Perez starting from P11.

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Lando Norris reflects on his "perfect" pole lap at the 2024 F1 Spanish Grand Prix

The 24-year-old's pole position during the Spanish Grand Prix was unlikely, but the performance that McLaren had been delivering all weekend long did not make it impossible. Their car is arguably the fastest on the grid currently, and Lando Norris knew just how to take it to pole position.

As mentioned previously, the margin of error for the drivers was very small, as even the tiniest of mistakes would have sent the drivers down on the grid. Norris' review of his final hotlap was pretty much the same, as he claimed it to be the "perfect" one. He told the media after qualifying:

"It was pretty much a perfect lap. You know when you’re on a good lap when you’re getting excited, but the whole thing went perfectly in the end."

"So close, still, but super, super happy, one of… I think my best pole position. I’ve not had many, but out of the ones I’ve had, [this is] the best. We’ve been close all weekend, but really this was just about a perfect lap, and that’s what I did today," he added.

Norris has been racing competitively this year. Earlier, he won his maiden F1 race at the Miami Grand Prix. Now leading the grid at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix will also give him a good chance to repeat the victorious triumph.