After Charles Leclerc topped the only practice session, it is time to see if he can repeat the trick for sprint qualifying in Qatar.

You can follow all the live action from the penultimate round of the F1 2024 season, the Qatar Grand Prix, here on PlanetF1.com.

Look back at the how Lando Norris took pole for Saturdays Sprint and watch the best video from the opening day of track action at the Qatar Grand Prix.

The action starts today (Friday, November 29) with FP1 at 4:30pm local time (AST), which will be the one and only practice session of the weekend. Sprint Qualifying will follow at 8:30pm on Friday to set the grid for Saturday's race which gets underway at 5:00pm.

Formula One statistics for the Qatar Grand Prix, penultimate round of the 24-race season which also features the sixth and last Saturday sprint of 2024: Lap distance: 5.419km. Total distance: 308.611km (57 laps) 2023 sprint winner: Oscar Piastri (Australia) McLaren 2023 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull One minute 23.

Attention now turns to the Qatar Grand Prix on a penultimate race weekend that is shaping up to have a major impact on the Constructors’ standings, with McLaren currently leading Ferrari by only 24 points.

Belgian-Dutch driver Max Verstappen has now claimed his third Formula One world championship in the sprint race at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.Read More: Max Verstappen Grabs Pole Position at the

A Formula 1 star has made a surprising announcement ahead of this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix. The upcoming race at the Lusail International Circuit is the penultimate event of what has been a thrilling 2024 season so far.