- The latest Qatar Grand Prix marks 23 rounds of the 2024 Method 1 World Championship
- Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen was named the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship on the Las Vegas spherical
- McLaren nonetheless leads the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship with spherical to go
The twenty third spherical of the 2024 Method 1 World Championship received underway on Sunday with the Qatar Grand Prix, held underneath lights on the Losail Worldwide Circuit.
Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen received the race, which was his ninth victory of the season. It exhibits his efficiency hasn’t let up, regardless of him already claiming the 2024 Drivers’ Championship title on the earlier Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen on the 2024 Method 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix – Photograph through Getty Photos
The title is the fourth consecutive for Verstappen, and means he has joined an elite group of drivers with 4 or extra championships underneath their belts. Others embody Alain Prost (4), Sebastian Vettel (4), Juan Manuel Fangio (5), Lewis Hamilton (seven), and Michael Schumacher (seven).
There may be now only one race left within the file 24-race season, and McLaren’s Lando Norris is now in a battle for second with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. His factors lead over Leclerc stands at simply eight factors.
Oscar Piastri (left) and Lando Norris
Norris’ McLaren group seems set to take dwelling the Constructors’ Championship, due to the robust efficiency of each Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri this season, coupled with the poor efficiency of Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez. Norris has three wins underneath his belt, whereas Piastri has two. In distinction, Perez has struggled all season, which has led to Purple Bull sit at third within the Constructors’ Championship behind McLaren and Ferrari, even with Verstappen taking dwelling 9 wins so far.
The 2024 season has additionally been marked by a whole lot of driver swaps. U.S. driver Logan Sargeant was changed at Williams by Franco Colapinto, who made his F1 debut seven rounds in the past in Italy and already scored some factors. Colapinto does not have a seat at Williams subsequent yr, although. The group has already confirmed present driver Alexander Albon will be part of Carlos Sainz on the squad subsequent yr. Sainz at the moment drives for Ferrari however might be changed subsequent season by Lewis Hamilton, whose seat at Mercedes might be stuffed by the quick however inexperienced Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Beforehand dominant Mercedes has had a combined efficiency this season. Hamilton and teammate Russell have completed strongly in some rounds, ending their efficiency drought of the beginning of the present season and prior to now few seasons, although each have had lower than spectacular tempo prior to now few rounds.
A standout driver this season and potential future nice is Oliver Bearman, a Ferrari reserve driver who managed six factors in his debut on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and one other level on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He stuffed in for Sainz at Ferrari on the Saudi spherical and Kevin Magnussen at Haas in Azerbaijan, and his spectacular efficiency has received him a seat with Haas in 2025.
Oliver Bearman
Bearman might be joined on the American squad by Esteban Ocon, who leaves Alpine on the finish of the present season, along with his former seat getting stuffed by Jack Doohan. Doohan will already exchange Ocon on the ultimate race of 2024 in Abu Dhabi this coming weekend, Alpine has confirmed. Bearman and Ocon will exchange Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg. Magnussen is at the moment with out a seat for subsequent season, whereas Hülkenberg is set to hitch Sauber, which is able to change into Audi in 2026.
Hülkenberg might be joined at Sauber by newcomer Gabriel Bortoleto. They’ll exchange Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, each of whom are with out seats subsequent season. Neither driver has scored any factors to this point in 2024, nor has Sauber.
Gabriel Bortoleto – Photograph through Sauber
One other driver who might be out subsequent season is RB’s Daniel Ricciardo. The F1 veteran was the final of the finishers on the Singapore race, and was changed by Liam Lawson for the rest of the season. Lawson already participated in 5 F1 races in 2023, when he sat in for an injured Ricciardo at AlphaTauri, the group that was rebranded RB in 2024. He raced for the primary time underneath the RB banner a couple of rounds in the past at the USA Grand Prix in Austin, the place he received his first factors of the season. He additionally bagged some factors on the Las Vegas race.
Waiting for the following season, Purple Bull will not be the quickest group anymore. Purple Bull’s tempo has already declined for the reason that center of the season, and the group subsequent season additionally loses star aerodynamicist Adrian Newey to Aston Martin. Hamilton driving for Ferrari can be a wild card.
2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings
1) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing – 429 factors
2) Lando Norris, McLaren – 349 factors
3) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 341 factors
4) Oscar Piastri, McLaren – 291 factors
5) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 272 factors
6) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 235 factors
7) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 211 factors
8) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing – 152 factors
9) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – 68 factors
10) Nico Hülkenberg, Haas – 37 factors
11) Pierre Gasly, Alpine – 36 factors
12) Yuki Tsunoda, RB – 30 factors
13) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 24 factors
14) Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 23 factors
15) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 16 factors
16) Alexander Albon, Williams – 12 factors
17) Daniel Ricciardo, RB – 12 factors
18) Oliver Bearman, Ferrari – 7 factors
19) Franco Colapinto, Williams – 5 factors
20) Liam Lawson, RB – 4 factors
21) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber – 4 factors
22) Logan Sargeant, Williams – 0 factors
23) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber – 0 factors
2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings
1) McLaren – 640 factors
2) Ferrari – 619 factors
3) Purple Bull Racing – 581 factors
4) Mercedes-Benz AMG – 446 factors
5) Aston Martin – 92 factors
6) Alpine – 59 factors
7) Haas – 54 factors
8) RB – 46 factors
9) Williams – 17 factors
10) Sauber – 4 factors
2024 F1 season race winners
Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Australian Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Japanese Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Chinese language Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Miami Grand Prix – Lando Norris, McLaren
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Monaco Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Canadian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Spanish Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Austrian Grand Prix – George Russell, Meredes-Benz AMG
British Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG
Hungarian Grand Prix – Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Belgian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG
Dutch Grand Prix – Lando Norris, McLaren
Italian Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Singapore Grand Prix – Lando Norris, McLaren
United States Grand Prix (Austin) – Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Mexican Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Brazilian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Las Vegas Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Qatar Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBA
