- The current Brazilian Grand Prix marks 21 rounds of the 2024 Method 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 Method 1 World Championship received underway on Sunday with the Brazilian Grand Prix, held at a rain-soaked Autódromo José Carlos Tempo in São Paulo.
The win went to Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, who recovered from seventeenth on the grid, because of a mixture 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 by way of Getty Pictures
McLaren’s Lando Norris claimed pole in Brazil however after a chaotic race, marred by a number of crashes and security automobile durations, he solely managed sixth. He was on the entrance early on however was held again by a security automobile interval, permitting Verstappen to maneuver forward.
Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship, and whereas Norris has been catching up shortly, 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 high after the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi.
Oscar Piastri (left) and Lando Norris
McLaren nonetheless seems set to take residence the Constructors’ Championship, because of the robust efficiency of each Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri this season. Norris has three wins underneath his belt, whereas Piastri has two. In distinction, Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez continues to wrestle, which has led to Purple 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 underneath his belt, however Ferrari’s blended efficiency means he is additionally not possible to meet up with Verstappen. Sainz, who’s out of rivalry 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 shall be Italian teen 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 would not have a seat at Williams subsequent 12 months, although. The crew has already confirmed present driver Alexander Albon will be part of Sainz on the squad subsequent 12 months.
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 stuffed in for Sainz at Ferrari on the Saudi spherical and Kevin Magnussen at Haas in Azerbaijan, and his spectacular efficiency has gained him a seat with Haas in 2025. He shall be joined on the American squad by Esteban Ocon, who leaves Alpine on the finish of the present season. They change Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg. Magnussen is at present and not using a seat for subsequent season, whereas Hülkenberg is set to affix Sauber, which is able to turn out to be Audi in 2026.
One other driver who shall 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 crew that was rebranded RB in 2024. He raced for the primary time underneath the RB banner a few rounds in the past at the USA Grand Prix in Austin, the place he already managed to attain some factors.
Liam Lawson – Photograph by way of RB
2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings
1) Max Verstappen, Purple 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, Purple 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) Purple 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, 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 – TBA
Qatar Grand Prix – TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBA