Although Max Verstappen lost his last accident with Lando Norris, in which both punctured, the Dutchman managed to continue his race and thus increased his lead in the 2024 F1 World Championship classification after the Austrian. F1 GP by 10 points after the Briton’s abandonment.
In this way, Max leads the 2024 F1 World Championship classification after the Austrian F1 GP by 81 points over Lando Norris, who is 2nd. In fact, Lando can see how Carlos Sainz is getting closer to the fight for second place, in a battle that also includes Leclerc, who this time did not score due to a contact with Piastri at the start.
Sainz consolidated his 4th place in the 2024 F1 World Championship classification after the Austrian F1 GP ahead of ‘Checo’ Pérez, a Mexican who got into a damaged car from lap 1, also due to contact to Piastri. Sainz now leads Pérez by 17 points and is just 15 points behind Leclerc with less to race, as Sainz did not compete in Jeddah after undergoing surgery for appendicitis.
Sainz is now 21 points behind Norris’ runner-up finish. At the turn, Piastri, who was 2nd, continued to improve and was 6 points behind Pérez with a very fast McLaren.
The 2024 F1 World Championship classification after the Austrian F1 GP:
- Max Verstappen (Ned/Red Bull) 237 points
- Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren) 156 points
- Charles Leclerc (Mon/Ferrari) 150 points
- Carlos Sainz (Esp/Ferrari) 135 points
- Sergio Pérez (Mex/Red Bull) 118 points
- Oscar Piastri (Aus/McLaren) 112 points
- George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) 111 points
- Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 85 points
- Fernando Alonso (Esp/Aston Martin) 41 points
- Yuki Tsunoda (Jap/RB) 19 points
- Lance Stroll (Can/Aston Martin) 17 points
- Nico Hülkenberg (Ale/Haas) 14 points
- Daniel Ricciardo (Aus/RB) 11 points
- Oliver Bearman (GBR/Ferrari) 6 points
- Pierre Gasly (Fra/Alpine) 6 points
- Kevin Magnussen (Din/Haas) 5 points
- Esteban Ocon (Fra/Alpine) 3 points
- Alexander Albon (Tai/Williams) 2 points
- Guanyu Zhou (Chn/Kick Sauber) 0 points
- Valtteri Bottas (Fin/Kick Sauber) 0 points
- Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams) 0 points
Source: La Verdad
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