Qualifying Highlights | 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

so work going on down in the saber

garage they are trying to get Joe guu

into this contest he is attempting to

join having hit the barrier on the exit

of turn eight a couple of hours

ago and rotating around that final

Corner Daniel Ricardo leaving a little

bit of room vapen has gone fast as of

anyone Perez has gone into third but

we're looking at the drop zone and that

is an improvement from 15th to 11th for

Daniel Ricardo stroll needs a quick lap

he's got one in the middle sector so

improves to ninth position botas back to

the Drop Zone along with gazley Sergeant

Aon and we go on board with the Canadian

driver who is currently on the brink of

the elimination Zone botas has not

improved in that first sector stroll has

though can he book his place in the next

part of qualifying the answer is yes

with the second fastest time and Joe guu

did not get out in time he is out so is

estan oon so is Pierre gazley as alpines

really tough start to the season

continues and botas is going to join his

teammate in the first part of qualifying

he will be

eliminated unbelievable box box yeah

yeah you were 11 topping yourself they

are going to be in trouble for that if

that was botas on a flying lap and

improving that's a slam dunk I think it

is two alpines two salvas and Logan

Sergeant who fall at the first herdle a

valiant effort from salba to repair Joe

gu's car but they just ran out of

time of power lot of power something's

wrong as Russell goes to the top of the

page by 700s of a second piastri goes

third but hulkenberg looks like he'll

play no further part he's at the side of

the road having reported that problem

it's brought him to a halt one of the

stars of the qualifying hour one week

ago this is what it sounded like on

board he reported the problem very

quickly let's listen

in there you

go Oliver bman is in Touching distance

of making the top 10 he is the danger

man for Yuki sonoda who's on the brink

of elimination and he's only 1,000 of a

second away Coda is improving as well

and Hamilton's not right out of this

either he's only half a tenth up on

sonoda's time so if they both find a bit

then Lewis Hamilton could yet be

shuffled out a clean lap required for

everyone to get into the top 10 shoot

out over the line goes Ricardo he won't

be part of it he's out along with Kevin

Magnuson and Nico hulkenberg Alban is

eliminated as well can bman find

something absolutely magic at the end

bman trying to eliminate leis Hamilton

and he misses out by 3 hunds of a second

across the line that was a great effort

Ferrari know it on debut less than an

hour of track time charlot Clair has

gone into second place 89,000 of a

second separating the top

three three hundreds of a second away

from knocking out a stime champion of

the world but it is a great performance

under the circumstances from formula 1's

newest

driver Hamilton to go across the line

288 alono has the fastest first sector

of anyone who has journeyed through

there at the moment that includes uh

Sergio Perez but it's just been beaten

by Max fappen as we look to see our

first times on the board Russell from

pastry from Hamilton at the moment Perez

has gone over the line and he is fastest

by half a second ahead of George Russell

for stappen looking good though Alonso

goes behind Perez but he's still in the

vicinity is vapen about to blow them all

away fastest in sector one sector 2 he

goes to the top of the page by 3/10 of a

second it's a

274

72 it is a Red Bull one two and a

dominant one at the moment for a front

row lockout can he beat Alonzo the

answer is no on run number one charlot

Clair is in fourth

position I look at Alonso getting a huge

slipstream to start his lap he's going

to time it nicely Hamilton over the line

only seventh with both McLaren improving

as it stands that's a useful toe if

you're Fernando Alonzo and you're trying

to hang on to third place Lando Norris

has his designs over that P3 on the grid

can he get there as he comes across the

line and he's just behind in fourth

position 30 seconds remain this is Oscar

piastri the man from Melbourne about to

cut the beam where does he go he goes

ahead of his teammate at this racetrack

for the second year in a row in Formula

1 qualifying Perez is improving his lap

time but he's still 2/10 of a second

behind Max aaen very good first seor for

Alonso with that slip stream from

Hamilton he's the closest anyone's been

to vapen in the first sector still a

10th down but quicker than Perez sonena

knows he'll be the lead RB on the grid

he goes ahead of Lance stroll stroll

will have a chance to respond he is on

for a personal best Perez to the line no

improvement for him and now Alonzo's in

the mix Alonzo is finding a special lap

here he's only one tenth of a second

away the man who has not been on PO

position in Formula 1 since 2012 as

charl Clair finds a time to go up to

second position but Alonzo is going to

be threatening that and Ferrari know it

as it stands seven front rows in a row

for charl Clair could we see a magical

moment from Fernando Alonzo across the

line it's fourth place he gave it

everything he improved his time he's

only 310 of a second away where does

stroll go he stays in 10th Place Alonzo

in fourth he was only a tenth of a

second away in the middle part of the

lap but he dropped behind llaa and Perez

so y nice job mate that's po position

310 to Charles yeah that was a very

lovely qualifying car on Rails really

good well done

everyone it's the same story at the

front of the field once again Max V

stappen takes his 34th pole position in

Formula 1 and in truth he's taken it at

a caner he's beaten the field by 3/10 of

a second he will be joined once again by

Charla Clair on the front

row