The 2024 F1 season marked the twelfth time that the drivers’ champion didn’t drive for the title-winning constructor. F1Technical’s lead journalist Balazs Szabo delivers his newest evaluation.
Though McLaren began the 2024 F1 season barely off the tempo, struggling to match the efficiency of the field-leading Purple Bull, a big improve package deal launched on the Miami Grand Prix noticed the staff shut in on reigning champion staff pace-wise. Lando Norris scored his maiden F1 victory in Florida, whereas his team-mate Oscar Piastri took his first F1 triumph on the Hungarian Grand Prix.
A mid-season improve launched for the Dutch Grand Prix additional improved efficiency, with Lando Norris successful by over 27 seconds forward of second-placed Verstappen.
Oscar Piastri’s triumph on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix moved McLaren as much as first within the World Constructors’ Championship. This was the primary time since 2014 that McLaren had led the WCC. McLaren then went on to safe the World Constructors’ Championship in Abu Dhabi, with Lando Norris ending in first to earn McLaren their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998.
That marked the twelfth time that the drivers’ champion didn’t drive for the title-winning constructor. Components One launched the Constructors’ Championship in 1958, eight years after the game was known as into life.
The primary yr by which the groups competed for the title noticed Vanwall clinch the trophy, but it surely was Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn to win his first and solely drivers’ title. In 1973, Lotus turned the staff champion, however Jackie Stewart received the drivers’ title with Tyrell.
The 1976 F1 season led to the titanic battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt. With the Austrian having compelled to overlook two races attributable to his horrific crash sustained on the German Grand Prix, Hunt got here out on high with a single level lead, however the Scuderia clinched the groups’ title.
The Eighties introduced the very best variety of years by which the drivers’ champion didn’t drive for the title-winning constructor. In 1981 and 1986, Williams received the groups’ title, however Nelson Piquet and Alain Prost claimed the drivers’ title in these seasons respectively.
In 1982 and 1983, Ferrari got here out on high of the constructors’ battle, however Keke Rosberg scored his solely title in ’82 earlier than Piquet clinched his second title within the following season.
Williams beat their rivals in 1994, however that season noticed Michael Schumacher safe his first of seven titles with Benetton. In 1999, Mika Hakkinen clinched his second title with McLaren, however Ferrari received the groups’ trophy.
The 2008 F1 season noticed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton rating his first of seven titles, but it surely was Ferrari to attain the groups’ title courtesy of Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa.
The hard-fought 2021 F1 season noticed Mercedes come out on high courtesy of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, however Max Verstappen fractionally beat the British driver in a titanic battle between the 2 nice drivers.
