New Delhi: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024 kicked off with a bang, with emotions running high in poddocks and a rather unfortunate start for Red Bull Racing that saw the legendary driver, Sergio Perez taking a nasty bump from Kick Sauber’s Valterri Bottas, that saw him getting disqualified in the opening lap of the race. It certainly was a heartbreaking moment for all the Red Bull fans and the Christian Honer, as Perez’s final race of his career came to an early end. However, Lando Norris made a strong start to the race as he was unaffected by the Melee behind the back seat.
Another clash saw Max Verstappen tripping Oscar Piastri off the track, but he managed to stay there despite playing it dirty and later on, the Dutch was given a 10 second penalty. “Move from a world champion,” was what the Aussie had to say after being tripped on to the side of the track. Meanwhile, it was a rather shaky start for the champion, but soon the skilled driver made his way back into the race coming back into the points.
McLAREN CLINCH THEIR FIRST CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE 21ST CENTURY! 🏆
What an achievement, what a season! 🧡#F1 #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/e9Yyd6pcXo
— Formula 1 (@F1) December 8, 2024
Pierre Gastly shocked everyone with his start to the race, as this was the first time he was maintaining the top three in a while. However, he couldn’t maintain that position soon the big guns started to fire in with Lando Norris mintaining the lead. Colapinto and and Williams went out early, with Lawson also losing his track from the race. However, Lewis Hamilton ended his legendary stint at Mercedes, with a P4 finish, which was more than decent if you consider it to be his last ever drive for the British automobiles.
This was McLaren’s first win since the 1998 success where David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen managed to lead their team to glory. Norris was deservedly a part of this historic triumph, where McLaren became the first team to break the decade long rivalry of Red Bull Racing and Mercedes, who have a total of 14 championships in between them since 2010, with Red Bull winning six of them while Mercedes dominating the decade with eight championship wins.
The final standings of drivers in 2024
POSITION
DRIVER
TEAM
POINTS
1
MAX VERSTAPPEN
Red Bull Racing
437
2
LANDO NORRIS
McLaren Mercedes
374
3
CHARLES LECLERC
Ferrari
356
4
OSCAR PIASTRI
McLaren Mercedes
292
5
CARLOS SAINZ
Ferrari
290
6
GEORGE RUSSELL
Mercedes
245
7
LEWIS HAMILTON
Mercedes
223
8
SERGIO PEREZ
Red Bull Racing
152
9
FERNANDO ALONSO
Aston Martin
70
10
PIERRE GASLY
Alpine Renault
42
11
NICO HULKENBERG
HAAS Ferrari
41
12
YUKI TSUNODA
RB Honda
30
13
LANCE STROLL
Aston Martin
24
14
ESTEBAN OCON
Alpine Renault
23
15
KEVIN MAGNUSSEN
HAAS Ferrari
16
16
ALEXANDER ALBON
Williams Mercedes
12
17
DANIEL RICCIARDIO
RB Honda
12
18
OLIVER BEARMAN
HAAS Ferrari
7
19
FRANCO COLAPINTO
Williams Mercedes
5
20
ZHOU GUANYU
Kick Sauber
4
21
LIAM LAWSON
RB Honda
4
22
VALTTERI BOTTAS
Kick Sauber
0
23
LOGAN SARGEANT
Williams Mercedes
0
24
JACK DOOHAN
Alpine Renault
0
The final standings of teams in 2024
Pos
Team
Pts
1
McLaren Mercedes
666
2
Ferrari
652
3
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
589
4
Mercedes
468
5
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
94
6
Alpine Renault
65
7
Haas Ferrari
58
8
RB Honda RBPT
46
9
Williams Mercedes
17
10
Kick Sauber Ferrari
4
After Abu Dhabi GP, and Lando Norris’ dominant win, here’s how the final standings of both the drivers’ and Constructo’s championship looks like Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
