Who will win the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship at the end of the 2024 season? The previous two years, the question did not arise because a man, Max Verstappen monopolized the first place on the podium. In 2022, he had already won the prize following his 32nd victory in the discipline, at Suzuka in Japan. Just like in Qatar last year.
But this year, nothing is decided. The Dutch driver is struggling to win. His last victory dates back to June 23, in Barcelona, Spain, which means thathe remains in 8 Grands Prix without a victory. How to explain this? First there is “this story between Christian Horner and one of its employees which agitated Red Bull at the start of the season”, indicates the journalist Jean-Louis Moncet. The boss of the Austrian team would have had inappropriate behavior with her.
Also, “there was a lot of excitement around the departure ofAdrian Neweydesigner. There was still u“The team that was building the car was, I think, a little destabilized.” he adds.
And the Dutch driver currently remains at the top of the basket, the gap with the second, Lando Norris and his McLaren team remain weak: only 52 point. Distrust also on the side of Charles Leclerc et Oscar Piastri which, with 245 and 237 points respectively, pcan still hope, mathematically, to be crowned world champions.
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