2024 F1 Season
24 races · Red Bull RB20
The 2024 season proved that a great driver can make the difference even when his car is no longer the best. Verstappen started out dominant, but as the year went on Red Bull faded and McLaren, with the MCL38, became the car to beat.
Lando Norris emerged as the Dutchman's most serious rival and took his first win in Miami, launching a fightback that came to worry Red Bull. Verstappen, however, wrung every point out of the period when his car was still competitive and held on with relentless consistency.
The Dutchman sealed his fourth consecutive world title before the end of the season, joining a very select club. Even so, McLaren claimed a historic reward: the constructors' championship, the Woking team's first in more than a quarter of a century.
Drivers’ Champion
Max Verstappen
Red Bull RB20
Constructors’ Champion
McLaren
24 races
Ver en españolKey moment
«Las Vegas: Norris wins but it is not enough, and Verstappen secures the fourth title by 63 points.»
The 2024 grid, car by car
The 10 teams that raced in 2024, ordered by how good we rate the car. It is our own judgement, not an official figure: what it is worth is that the same yardstick is applied to every season since 1988, so you can compare eras.
| # | Team | Our rating | Drivers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 95 | Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez |
| 2 | McLaren | 94 | Lando Norris · Oscar Piastri |
| 3 | Ferrari | 93 | Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz |
| 4 | Mercedes | 89 | Lewis Hamilton · George Russell |
| 5 | Aston Martin | 78 | Fernando Alonso · Lance Stroll |
| 6 | Haas | 73 | Nico Hulkenberg · Kevin Magnussen |
| 7 | RB | 73 | Daniel Ricciardo · Yuki Tsunoda |
| 8 | Alpine | 71 | Esteban Ocon · Pierre Gasly |
| 9 | Williams | 68 | Alexander Albon · Logan Sargeant |
| 10 | Sauber | 67 | Valtteri Bottas · Zhou Guanyu |
How 2024 actually ended
The official final standings, from the Bahrain Grand Prix to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This is the real result; the simulation is further down.
| Driver | Points | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Max VerstappenRed Bull | 437 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
| 2Lando NorrisMcLaren | 374 | 4 | 13 | 8 |
| 3Charles LeclercFerrari | 356 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 4Oscar PiastriMcLaren | 292 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 5Carlos SainzFerrari | 290 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 6George RussellMercedes | 245 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 7Lewis HamiltonMercedes | 223 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 8Sergio PérezRed Bull | 152 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Verstappen took it by 63 points with 9 wins and 8 poles across 24 races. 7 different drivers won that season, and the last Grand Prix went to Lando Norris.
Official FIA standings via Jolpica (formerly Ergast).
2024, race by race
All 24 races: who started first, who won and from where, and how many cars reached the flag.
7different drivers won: Verstappen 9 · Norris 4 · Leclerc 3 · Hamilton 2 · Piastri 2 · Russell 2 · Sainz 2.
4different teams won: Red Bull 9 · McLaren 6 · Ferrari 5 · Mercedes 4.
5different drivers took pole: Verstappen 8 · Norris 8 · Russell 4 · Leclerc 3 · Sainz 1.
10different drivers stood on the podium.
7one-twos for a single team: Red Bull 3 · Ferrari 2 · McLaren 1 · Mercedes 1.
11 of 24races were won from pole position.
2first-ever wins: Lando Norris (Miami Grand Prix), Oscar Piastri (Hungarian Grand Prix).
From 17ththe win from furthest back: Max Verstappen, São Paulo Grand Prix.
23 years, 106 daysthe youngest winner of the year: Oscar Piastri, Hungarian Grand Prix.
89%of starts reached the flag (425 of 476).
15 of 20cars finished the Canadian Grand Prix, the race with fewest survivors.
3hat tricks (pole, win and fastest lap). Most fastest laps: Norris 6 · Leclerc 3 · Verstappen 3.
| # | Grand Prix | Winner | Started |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 1st |
| 2 | Saudi Arabian Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 1st |
| 3 | Australian Grand Prix | Carlos SainzFerrari | 2nd |
| 4 | Japanese Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 1st |
| 5 | Chinese Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 1st |
| 6 | Miami Grand Prix | Lando NorrisMcLaren | 5th |
| 7 | Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 1st |
| 8 | Monaco Grand Prix | Charles LeclercFerrari | 1st |
| 9 | Canadian Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 2nd |
| 10 | Spanish Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 2nd |
| 11 | Austrian Grand Prix | George RussellMercedes | 3rd |
| 12 | British Grand Prix | Lewis HamiltonMercedes | 2nd |
| 13 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Oscar PiastriMcLaren | 2nd |
| 14 | Belgian Grand Prix | Lewis HamiltonMercedes | 3rd |
| 15 | Dutch Grand Prix | Lando NorrisMcLaren | 1st |
| 16 | Italian Grand Prix | Charles LeclercFerrari | 4th |
| 17 | Azerbaijan Grand Prix | Oscar PiastriMcLaren | 2nd |
| 18 | Singapore Grand Prix | Lando NorrisMcLaren | 1st |
| 19 | United States Grand Prix | Charles LeclercFerrari | 4th |
| 20 | Mexico City Grand Prix | Carlos SainzFerrari | 1st |
| 21 | São Paulo Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 17th |
| 22 | Las Vegas Grand Prix | George RussellMercedes | 1st |
| 23 | Qatar Grand Prix | Max VerstappenRed Bull | 2nd |
| 24 | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Lando NorrisMcLaren | 1st |
Pole goes to whoever started first, after penalties. «Finished» counts classified cars that took the flag. Fastest lap is the race fastest lap.
What if 2024 had been raced 100 times?
We took the real 2024 grid (every car with its performance and reliability, every driver with his rating) and re-ran the full 22-race championship 100 times.
| Driver | Avg. finish | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappenreal championRed Bull | P1 | 100% |
| Lando NorrisMcLaren | P2.7 | 0% |
| Charles LeclercFerrari | P2.9 | 0% |
| Oscar PiastriMcLaren | P3.7 | 0% |
| Carlos SainzFerrari | P5.1 | 0% |
| Sergio PerezRed Bull | P6 | 0% |
Max Verstappen wins 100% of the simulated championships. Runner-up Lando Norris manages 0%: with that machinery, the real result was very nearly the only one available.
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