It may seem that the World Championship will not have any kind of story because of what was seen in the first two races of the season with a ruthless Verstappen. however, The third event of the year in Australia rounded out Carlos Sainz’s exhibition championship and the abandonment of the Dutch.
After missing the last Grand Prix due to his appendicitis surgery, Sainz is losing ground on the leaders. However, he only needed one race to catch up with the top ones again at his exhibition in Australia. 25 points took him to fourth place, 11 points behind Verstappen.
Max’s first retirement since Imola 2022 does not prevent the Dutchman from remaining at the top of the classification. However, Leclerc took the opportunity to close the gap until he was only four points behind and Pérez third on five points.
As for Fernando Alonso, The Asturian goes from seventh to sixth overall thanks to Russell’s abandonment and he now has 20 points in three races. The two McLarens are ahead.
Classification of the F1 World Championship 2024 after the Australian GP
- Max Verstappen 51 points
- Charles Leclerc 47 points
- Sergio Perez 46 points
- Carlos Sainz 40 points
- Oscar Piastri 28 points
- Lando Norris 27 points
- Fernando Alonso 20 points
- George Russell 18 points
- Lewis Hamilton 8 points
- Lance Stroll 7 points
- Oliver Bearman 6 points
- Yuki Tsunoda 4 points
- Nico Hülkenberg 3 points
- Kevin Magnussen 1 point
- Alexander Albon 0 points
- Zhou Guanyu 0 points
- Daniel Ricciardo 0 points
- Esteban Ocon 0 points
- Pierre Gasly 0 points
- Valtteri Bottas 0 points
- Logan Sargeant 0 points
Source: La Verdad
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