Race outcomes inevitably stand out most vividly in motorsport historical past books however qualifying stays key to constructing them in System 1, with the 2024 season no totally different.
A glance again by the numbers from the marketing campaign simply gone reveals a number of fascinating statistics to notice for the driving pack – for those who did nicely and others that struggled.
Inevitably, automobile efficiency performs an enormous function in qualifying outcomes given it is the primary likelihood every weekend (albeit with two classes for dash occasions) to see pure tempo, with no gasoline or engine mode caveats, though how a driver will get one of the best out of the tough Pirelli rubber can add in a key further issue too.
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For all of those stats introduced right here, we have solely checked out GP qualifying classes, slightly than the SQ1-SQ2-SQ3 dash classes.
Topping the record are the drivers that made probably the most Q3 appearances all yr, which have been Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen, McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Mercedes racer George Russell – with every making it by to the pole-setting qualifying phase 23 instances.
To make a cut up, Q2 appearances change into related and right here Verstappen comes up on high as his solely non-Q3 outcome from each 2024 GP qualifying session was when he was knocked out in Q2 on the Brazilian race.
For Norris, Piastri and Russell, all of them had a single Q1 exit that due to this fact drops them behind the world champion – for Norris in Baku, Piastri in Mexico and Russell in Hungary – they usually make up the one drivers by no means to be knocked out in Q2 in all 2024 GP qualifying classes.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
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Becoming a member of Verstappen in making no Q1 exits this yr have been Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz – with each parts of the Ferrari pair being knocked out 3 times in Q2 classes.
Just one full-time driver in 2024 by no means had a single Q3 expertise, which was Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, though dropped Williams driver Logan Sargeant and common substitute Oliver Bearman didn’t both of their 17 and three entries this yr respectively.
The drivers that missed Q3 probably the most from the highest 4 groups have been Sergio Perez (9 absences cut up into three Q2 outcomes and 6 in Q1) and Lewis Hamilton (six from two in Q2 and 4 in Q1).
Two drivers made it by to Q3 simply as soon as – extra part-timers in Liam Lawson and Franco Colapinto (in Brazil and in Baku respectively after they turned out for RB and Williams) – whereas the opposite Sauber driver, Valtteri Bottas, solely acquired by to the ultimate phase on two events to focus on how poor the C44 was total.
The drivers with probably the most Q2 appearances in 2024 have been Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and now former Haas racer Kevin Magnussen (12 every), with Williams driver Alex Albon and (for many of the season) Alpine pair Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon all on 10 every.
Virtually inevitably given his earlier point out, Zhou had probably the most 2024 Q1 exits, though Bottas was subsequent up on 14.
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Alex Kalinauckas
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