The orange tide did indeed take place at Zandvoort but for once, it wasn’t Max Verstappen who surfed on it… but Lando Norris! The Briton won the Dutch GP, his second victory of the season after his first success in Miami. A victory that allows him to get closer to the Drivers’ Championship: thanks to his victory and the point for the fastest lap, the McLaren driver is back to 70 points behind the leader Max Verstappen, who limited the damage with a 2nd place at home.
Lando Norris also breaks away from the other drivers in 2nd place in the championship: Charles Leclerc, third at Zandvoort, is now relegated to 33 points behind the Briton. Behind, Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz, respectively 4th and 5th in the Dutch GP, are also 4th and 5th in the championship with 179 and 172 points. The only change in the standings: thanks to his 9th place, Pierre Gasly moves up to 14th position with 8 points.
On the constructors’ side, the noose is tightening for Red Bull (434 points), which sees its lead melt away to just 30 points ahead of McLaren (404 points). With Charles Leclerc’s podium, Ferrari (370 points) also remains within reasonable distance of the two leading teams. Disappointing at Zandvoort with the 7th and 8th places of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes (276 points) is now 94 points behind the Italian team. With the two points collected by Pierre Gasly, Alpine increases its total to 13 points and takes a little air ahead of Williams.
F1 2024 Rankings – Drivers
1) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 295 points
2) Lando Norris (McLaren) – 225 points
3) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 192 points
4) Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 179 points
5) Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – 172 points
6) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 154 points
7) Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) – 139 points
8) George Russell (Mercedes) – 122 points
9) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 50 points
10) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 24 points
11) Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) – 22 points
12) Yuki Tsunoda (RB) – 22 points
13) Daniel Ricciardo (RB) – 12 points
14) Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 8 points
15) Ollie Bearman (Ferrari) – 6 points
16) Kevin Magnussen (Haas) – 5 points
17) Esteban Ocon (Alpine) – 5 points
18) Alexander Albon (Williams) – 4 points
19) Guanyu Zhou (Sauber) – 0 point
20) Logan Sargeant (Williams) – 0 point
21) Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) – 0 point
F1 2024 Standings – Constructors
1) Red Bull – 434 points
2) McLaren – 404 points
3) Ferrari – 370 points
4) Mercedes – 276 points
5) Aston Martin – 74 points
6) RB – 34 points
7) Haas – 27 points
8) Alpine – 13 points
9) Williams – 4 points
10) Sauber – 0 point
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