The McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the front row, their first since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

[8] The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of Verstappen and Sainz.

[9] The third free practice session was held on 20 July 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Verstappen.

George Russell, in the Mercedes, was caught out and was eliminated from qualifying, alongside Pérez, Zhou Guanyu and the two Alpine cars of Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.

Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Alexander Albon, Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen were eliminated from this segment.

Oscar Piastri qualified second, which meant that McLaren secured a front-row lockout, their first since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.

[10] Pierre Gasly had changes made to his power unit during parc fermé, facilitating a pit lane start.

Sergio Pérez, who ended qualifying early after damaging his car, was able to recover to the points, eventually finishing seventh.

Throughout the closing stages of the race, McLaren invoked team orders asking Norris, who had gained the lead via an undercut, to swap positions with Piastri.

Verstappen finished in fifth after losing fourth to Charles Leclerc due to the collision with Hamilton earlier.

Norris later stated that he always intended to swap positions and that he thought it was fair to give Piastri the win.