Starting grid for F1 Spanish Grand Prix: How today's race will begin after three penalties s
This is how the F1 grid will line up for the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix in B🐲arcelona.

2024 F1 Spanish Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
1 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
2 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
4 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
5 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
6 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
7 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
8 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
9 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
10 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
*11 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
12 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
13 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
14 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
15 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
16 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
17 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
18 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
19** | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
PL*** | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
* Sergio Perez has a three-place grid penalty for driving his Red Bull in an unsafe condition after crashing in the Canadian Grand Prix.
** Logan Sargeant was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Lance Stroll in Q1.
*** Alex Albon will start from the pit lane after breaching parc ferme rules with a change of power unit.
Logan𓃲 Sargeant was also hit with a three-place grid penalty for impeding Lando Norris in qu🍸alifying. But Sargeant qualified 20th so can't drop any lower.
Lando Norris will start from pole position for just the second time in his F1 career, with Red♉ Bull's Ma🤪x Verstappen joining him on the front row of the Barcelona grid.
Lewis Hamilton goes from third, with Mercedes teammate George Russell alongs🍨ide him on the second row of the grid.
Charles Leclerc starts fifth ahead of Fer🌸rari teammate Carlos Sainz.
Alpine teammates Pierre Gasly and 🧸Esteban Ocon will share row🅠 four, while Oscar Piastri and Fernando Alonso will complete the top-10 starters with Sergio Perez dropping down to P11 due to his grid drop.

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