- The recent United States Grand Prix marks 19 rounds of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship
- Max Verstappen leads the 2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings
- McLaren leads the 2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings
The 19th round of the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship got underway on Sunday with the United States Grand Prix, held at Austin’s Circuit of the America.
The round included a standalone Sprint race that was won by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen. The reigning champion went on to start the main race at the front of the grid together with McLaren’s Lando Norris on pole. However, the expected epic fight for the lead was shortlived when Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were both able to move ahead at the first corner. The two Ferrari men went on to claim a one-two finish, led by Leclerc.
Verstappen still leads the Drivers’ Championship, and while Norris has been catching up quickly, with there being only five races left and the gap standing at 57 points, the McLaren driver will need a few miracles to come out on top by the end of the season. However, McLaren still looks set to take home the Constructors’ Championship, thanks to the strong performance of both Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri this season. Norris has three wins under his belt, while Piastri has two. In contrast, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez continues to deliver a mixed performance and as a result remains well off the pace of his teammate.
Leclerc is third in the standings with three wins under his belt, but his team’s mixed performance means he’s also unlikely to catch up with Verstappen. Fellow Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has one win. He joins Williams next season, as he is being replaced at the Prancing Horse by Mercedes-Benz AMG’s Lewis Hamilton. Filling Hamilton’s seat at Mercedes will be Italian youngster Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
U.S. driver Logan Sargeant has also been replaced at Williams for the remainder of the season by Franco Colapinto, who made hits F1 debut three rounds ago in Italy and already scored some points. Colapinto doesn’t have a seat at Williams next year, though. The team has already confirmed current driver Alex Albon will join Sainz at the squad next year.
The Mercedes team has also had a mixed performance this season. Hamilton and teammate George Russell have finished strongly in some rounds, ending their performance drought of the start of the current season and in the past few seasons, though both have had less than spectacular pace in the past few rounds.
A standout driver this season and potential future great is Oliver Bearman, a Ferrari reserve driver who managed six points in his debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and scored another point in Azerbaijan. He filled in for Sainz at Ferrari at the Saudi round and Kevin Magnussen at Haas in Azerbaijan, and his impressive performance has won him a seat with Haas in 2025. He will be joined at the American squad by Esteban Ocon, who leaves Alpine at the end of the current season. They replace Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg. Magnussen is currently without a seat for next season, while Hülkenberg is set to join Sauber, which will become Audi in 2026.
Another driver who will be out next season is RB’s Daniel Ricciardo. The F1 veteran was the last of the finishers at the previous round in Singapore, and was replaced by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the season. Lawson already participated in five F1 races in 2023, when he sat in for an injured Ricciardo at AlphaTauri, the team that was rebranded RB in 2024. He raced for the first time under the RB banner this past weekend in Austin and managed to score some points.
2024 F1 Drivers’ Championship standings
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing – 354 points
2) Lando Norris, McLaren – 297 points
3) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari – 275 points
4) Oscar Piastri, McLaren – 247 points
5) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari – 215 points
6) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 177 points
7) George Russell, Mercedes-Benz AMG – 167 points
8) Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing – 150 points
9) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin – 62 points
10) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas – 29 points
11) Lance Stroll, Aston Martin – 24 points
12) Yuki Tsunoda, RB – 22 points
13) Alexander Albon, Williams – 12 points
14) Daniel Ricciardo, RB – 12 points
15) Pierre Gasly, Alpine – 8 points
16) Kevin Magnussen, Haas – 8 points
17) Oliver Bearman, Ferrari – 7 points
18) Esteban Ocon, Alpine – 5 points
19) Franco Colapinto, Williams – 5 points
20) Liam Lawson, RB – 2 points
21) Zhou Guanyu, Sauber – 0 points
22) Logan Sargeant, Williams – 0 points
23) Valtteri Bottas, Sauber – 0 points
2024 F1 Constructors’ Championship standings
1) McLaren – 544 points
2) Red Bull Racing – 504 points
3) Ferrari – 496 points
4) Mercedes-Benz AMG – 344 points
5) Aston Martin – 86 points
6) Haas – 38 points
7) RB – 34 points
8) Williams – 17 points
9) Alpine – 13 points
10) Sauber – 0 points
2024 F1 season race winners
Bahrain Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Australian Grand Prix – Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Japanese Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Chinese Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Miami Grand Prix – Lando Norris, McLaren
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Monaco Grand Prix – Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Canadian Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
Spanish Grand Prix – Max Verstappen, Red 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 – TBA
Brazilian Grand Prix – TBA
Las Vegas Grand Prix – TBA
Qatar Grand Prix – TBA
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – TBA