- The current Brazilian Grand Prix marks 21 rounds of the 2024 Components 1 World Championship
- Max Verstappen leads the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship
- McLaren leads the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship
The twenty first spherical of the 2024 Components 1 World Championship obtained underway on Sunday with the Brazilian Grand Prix, held at a rain-soaked Autódromo José Carlos Tempo in São Paulo.
The win went to Crimson Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, who recovered from seventeenth on the grid, because of a mix of spectacular driving and sheer luck. It was the reigning champion’s first win for the reason that Spanish Grand Prix in June.
2024 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix – Photograph through Getty Pictures
McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed pole in Brazil however after a chaotic race, marred by a number of crashes and security automotive intervals, he solely managed sixth. He was on the entrance early on however was held again by a security automotive interval, permitting Verstappen to maneuver forward.
Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship, and whereas Norris has been catching up rapidly, with there being solely three races left within the 2024 season and the hole standing at 62 factors, the McLaren driver will want some miracles to return out on prime after the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi.
Oscar Piastri (left) and Lando Norris
McLaren nonetheless appears set to take dwelling the Constructors’ Championship, because of the sturdy efficiency of each Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri this season. Norris has three wins below his belt, whereas Piastri has two. In distinction, Crimson Bull’s Sergio Perez continues to wrestle, which has led to Crimson Bull dropping to 3rd within the Constructors’ Championship behind McLaren and Ferrari after the earlier race in Mexico.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is third within the Drivers’ standings with three wins below his belt, however Ferrari’s blended efficiency means he is additionally not possible to meet up with Verstappen. Sainz, who’s out of competition for the title, joins Williams subsequent season, as he’s being changed at Ferrari by Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton. Filling Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes will probably be Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
U.S. driver Logan Sargeant has additionally been changed at Williams for the rest of the season by Franco Colapinto, who made his F1 debut 5 rounds in the past in Italy and already scored some factors. Colapinto does not have a seat at Williams subsequent yr, although. The staff has already confirmed present driver Alexander Albon will be a part of Sainz on the squad subsequent yr.
Beforehand dominant Mercedes has additionally had a blended efficiency this season. Hamilton and teammate George 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.
Oliver Bearman
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 scored one other level in Azerbaijan. He crammed 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. He will probably be joined on the American squad by Esteban Ocon, who leaves Alpine on the finish of the present season. They exchange Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg. Magnussen is at present and not using a seat for subsequent season, whereas Hülkenberg is set to hitch Sauber, which can change into Audi in 2026.
One other driver who will probably be out subsequent season is RB’s Daniel Ricciardo. The F1 veteran was the final of the finishers on the Singapore spherical, 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 staff that was rebranded RB in 2024. He raced for the primary time below the RB banner a few rounds in the past at america Grand Prix in Austin, the place he already managed to attain some factors.
Liam Lawson – Photograph through RB
2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings
1) Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing – 393 factors
2) Lando Norris, McLaren – 331 factors
3) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 307 factors
4) Oscar Piastri, McLaren – 262 factors
5) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 244 factors
6) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 192 factors
7) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 190 factors
8) Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing – 151 factors
9) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – 62 factors
10) Nico Hülkenberg, Haas – 31 factors
11) Yuki Tsunoda, RB – 28 factors
12) Pierre Gasly, Alpine – 26 factors
13) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 24 factors
14) Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 23 factors
15) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 14 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 – 2 factors
21) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber – 0 factors
22) Logan Sargeant, Williams – 0 factors
23) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber – 0 factors
2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings
1) McLaren – 593 factors
2) Ferrari – 557 factors
3) Crimson Bull Racing – 544 factors
4) Mercedes-Benz AMG – 382 factors
5) Aston Martin – 86 factors
6) Alpine – 49 factors
7) Haas – 46 factors
8) RB – 44 factors
9) Williams – 17 factors
10) Sauber – 0 factors
2024 F1 season race winners
Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Australian Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Japanese Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Chinese language Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Miami Grand Prix – Lando Norris, McLaren
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Monaco Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Canadian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson Bull Racing
Spanish Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Crimson 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, Crimson Bull Racing
Las Vegas Grand Prix – TBA
Qatar Grand Prix – TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBA
