The ninth spherical of the 2024 Method 1 World Championship received underway on Sunday with the Canadian Grand Prix, held on a really moist Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
The race lastly noticed Mercedes-Benz AMG ship because of the efforts of George Russell who began on the pole place however quickly fell to second behind McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell finally ceded one other spot to Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen within the ultimate phases and the reigning champion went on to document the win.
Ferrari is the group that has to date put up the very best battle in opposition to main group Purple Bull, although each of its drivers failed to complete in Canada. McLaren is one other group that has constantly challenged Purple Bull. Along with Norris ending in second place in Canada, fellow McLaren driver Oscar Piastri additionally made it into the highest 5.
Verstappen remains to be the favourite to take house the title this season, which shall be his fourth, although his efficiency hole with rivals is not as large because it was, as witnessed in Canada. Fellow Purple Bull driver Sergio Perez continues to ship a combined efficiency and consequently stays effectively off the tempo of his teammate. His frequent troubles in qualifying resurfaced in Canada the place he did not move the primary qualifying interval but once more. He additionally crashed right into a barrier, leading to his retirement from the race.
Mercedes, like Perez, has struggled all through a lot of the season, although the tide began to show within the Canadian race. Nonetheless, any change is simply too late to retain star driver Lewis Hamilton who switches to Ferrari subsequent yr.
There’s nonetheless loads of time for groups to make adjustments and for drivers to additional meet up with present chief Verstappen, as there are nonetheless 15 races to go on this season.
Beneath are the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings:
1) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing – 194 factors
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 138 factors
3) Lando Norris, McLaren – 131 factors
4) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 108 factors
5) Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing – 107 factors
6) Oscar Piastri, McLaren – 81 factors
7) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 69 factors
8) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 55 factors
9) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – 41 factors
10) Yuki Tsunoda, RB – 19 factors
11) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 17 factors
12) Daniel Ricciardo, RB – 9 factors
13) Oliver Bearman, Ferrari – 6 factors
14) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas – 6 factors
15) Pierre Gasly, Alpine – 3 factors
16) Alexander Albon, Williams – 2 factors
17) Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 2 factors
18) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 1 level
19) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber – 0 factors
20) Logan Sargeant, Williams – 0 factors
21) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber – 0 factors
Beneath are the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings:
1) Purple Bull Racing – 301 factors
2) Ferrari – 252 factors
3) McLaren – 212 factors
4) Mercedes-Benz AMG – 124 factors
5) Aston Martin – 58 factors
6) RB – 28 factors
7) Haas – 7 factors
8) Alpine – 5 factors
9) Williams – 2 factors
10) Sauber – 0 factors
Beneath are the 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 – TBA
Austrian Grand Prix – TBA
British Grand Prix – TBA
Hungarian Grand Prix – TBA
Belgian Grand Prix – TBA
Dutch Grand Prix – TBA
Italian Grand Prix – TBA
Azerbaijan Grand Prix – TBA
Singapore Grand Prix – TBA
United States Grand Prix (Austin) – TBA
Mexican Grand Prix – TBA
Brazilian Grand Prix – TBA
Las Vegas Grand Prix – TBA
Qatar Grand Prix – TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBA
