The 2024 Formula 1 season began this Friday with qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Three-time world champion Max Verstappen took the 33rd pole position of his career.
Monegasque Charles Leclerc took second place at the wheel of his Ferrari. The Top 3 is completed by Mercedes driver, George Russell. The first two races of the season will take place on Saturday, with the traditional Sunday race moved to Saturday to adapt to Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting which begins on March 11.