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Max Verstappen had a huge advantage over Sergio Perez in their race head-to-head in 2023.

The first rule of Formula 1 is simple: Always beat your team-mate. And in F1 2024, that’s no different for everyone on the grid.

It could be argued that Formula 1 is the most selfish team sport in the world, with drivers working in the interests of their team but, ultimately, looking to further their own interests first and foremost. And with the only true barometer of individual performance on the other side of the garage, race head-to-head records are a crucial way in which drivers are measured against each other alongside the points they score come the end of the season. Let’s take a look.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Red Bull

Max Verstappen 5-1 Sergio Perez
Sprint: Max Verstappen 2-0 Sergio Perez

Given that Max Verstappen won 19 of the 22 races last season, for Sergio Perez to have registered a win against him in this category he would almost certainly have had to have stood on the top step of the podium.

He did so twice in the first four races of 2023, but Verstappen finished ahead at all of the others, making a 20-2 head-to-head record. Perez above all others will want to address that in 2024.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton 1-5 George Russell*
Sprint: Lewis Hamilton 1-1 George Russell

While Lewis Hamilton and George Russell held the closest qualifying record of any driver pairing in 2023, their one-lap record ending 11-11 last time around, it was Hamilton who held the upper hand on Sundays with a 15-6 record, which would’ve been 16-6 had he not been disqualified from second place in Austin.

Hamilton will be looking to head to Ferrari showing he is still Mercedes’ top driver, while Russell is looking to prove he is worthy of the mantle of the Silver Arrows’ next team leader.

*Russell crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix on lap 57, but was a classified finisher in 17th place so his result stands.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Ferrari

Carlos Sainz 3-2 Charles Leclerc
Sprint: Carlos Sainz 0-2 Charles Leclerc

Oliver Bearman 0-1 Charles Leclerc

While Charles Leclerc often held the upper hand in qualifying over Carlos Sainz last season, in races it was often a different story. Leclerc held a 15-7 record in qualifying in 2023, but in races, he was only 11-9 ahead (with Qatar and Austin excluded after a Sainz DNS and Leclerc DSQ respectively).

This Ferrari pairing has been very evenly-matched in their time together overall, with Leclerc 2-1 ahead in terms of who has come out on top in the Drivers’ Championship – finishing just six points ahead of Sainz last season.

Sainz was replaced by Ferrari reserve Oliver Bearman for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after being ruled out through illness.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: McLaren

Lando Norris 5-1 Oscar Piastri
Sprint: Lando Norris 1-1 Oscar Piastri

Having made a remarkable recovery mid-season with their huge upgrade package, McLaren became a force to be reckoned with in the middle of 2023.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were no small reason behind that with their driving capabilities, and Norris had a 17-5 record over his rookie team-mate last season, though a Sprint win in Qatar for the Australian will have been a big boost for him as this battle heats up.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso 5-1 Lance Stroll
Sprint: Fernando Alonso 1-1 Lance Stroll

Fernando Alonso out-qualified Lance Stroll 19-3 last season, and in race trim the picture was pretty similar, scoring much more than his team-mate and finishing ahead 17-4 come season’s end, with Stroll missing the Singapore Grand Prix following a qualifying crash.

Stroll admitted he needs to close that gap to his team-mate in 2024, but with Alonso being a two-time World Champion and widely considered one of the greatest to ever grace the sport, doing so would be no mean feat on the Canadian’s part.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Alpine

Esteban Ocon 5-1 Pierre Gasly
Sprint: Esteban Ocon 1-1 Pierre Gasly

While Pierre Gasly was 14-8 ahead in qualifying trim last season and finished in front in the World Championship, it was in fact Esteban Ocon who crossed the line ahead more times in 2023, with a 10-9 positive record against his team-mate (three double retirements making up the shortfall).

One of the tightest in-team battles on the grid and both drivers with a point to prove, expect more close fights in 2024.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Williams

Alex Albon 4-1 Logan Sargeant*
Sprint: Alex Albon 1-1 Logan Sargeant

With Alex Albon having firmly placed himself as Williams’ team leader, evidenced further by his 22-0 whitewash in qualifying last season, Logan Sargeant worked hard over the 2023 winter break to gain muscle to bring the fight to the F1 grid this season.

Albon scored the lion’s share of Williams’ points last time around and earned an 18-3 head-to-head race record last year (with a double retirement at Suzuka), and he will be hoping for a repeat in 2024.

*Sargeant did not start the Australian Grand Prix.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: RB

Daniel Ricciardo 1-4* Yuki Tsunoda
Sprint: Daniel Ricciardo 2-0 Yuki Tsunoda

Yuki Tsunoda had three team-mates to contend with in races last season, and it was only in four races with Liam Lawson that he came out with a negative record – Lawson finishing ahead three times out of four in their time together.

Overall, Tsunoda took a 13-8 head-to-head victory in race form last season, but in a rejuvenated Daniel Ricciardo at the newly-rebranded RB this season, he has a lot to contend with.

*Neither driver finished the Chinese Grand Prix.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Kick Sauber

Valtteri Bottas 3-3 Zhou Guanyu
Sprint: Valtteri Bottas 0-2 Zhou Guanyu

While Valtteri Bottas was comfortably ahead of Zhou Guanyu in qualifying trim with a 15-6 record last season, their race form was quite a bit tighter, with Bottas winning out 12-9 in 2023.

Zhou and Bottas both enter the final year of their current contracts with their team this season, so will look to stand out above their team-mate in F1 2024.

F1 2024 head-to-head race record: Haas

Kevin Magnussen 1-5 Nico Hulkenberg
Sprint: Kevin Magnussen 1-1 Nico Hulkenberg

Nico Hulkenberg earned a 15-7 qualifying head-to-head win between himself and Kevin Magnussen last season, and the Dane pegged it back somewhat in races to a closer 13-9 margin come the end of the season.

Another tight battle is predicted between the experienced Haas duo, with both drivers looking to the future beyond the end of 2024.

Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso side by side.

The current crop of F1 drivers on the grid rank amongst the highest-ever F1 points scorers in the entire history of the sport, in part due to the way points are given out in their present form, and in part because of the success of some of the drivers.

Three of the World Champions currently racing in Formula 1 rank amongst the top five highest-ever F1 points scorers, while the other two are recent retirees from the sport.

With the F1 points scoring system having been revised entirely for 2010, increasing the points awarded for a win from 10 up to 25, it’s not surprising that there is a huge amount of recency bias with the current crop of drivers achieving high places on the list on all-time points scorers.

Further aiding the modern glut of drivers is the points system rewarding all who finish in the top 10, a point for the fastest lap, points for Sprint races, a far more reliable field due to stable regulations, and an increased focus on sustainability, as well as far more races.

For example, the F1 field in the 17-race 2000 championship could only fight for points by finishing in the top six on Sunday, while racing highly-strung V10-engined monsters that gave little consideration to such paltry concerns like fuel consumption or reliability – meaning it was far more difficult for drivers to score points than it is now..

With that in mind, let’s run through where each driver on the current grid ranks in the F1 points all-time ranking list, as well as the outright top 10…

188. Zhou Guanyu – 12

98. Yuki Tsunoda – 75

72. Oscar Piastri – 138

59. Kevin Magnussen – 187

52. Alex Albon – 228

40. Lance Stroll – 277

28. Pierre Gasly – 394

25. Esteban Ocon – 423

22. George Russell – 506

20. Nico Hulkenberg – 536

17. Lando Norris – 716

14. Carlos Sainz – 1065.5

12. Charles Leclerc – 1172

And the overall top 10…

10. Daniel Ricciardo – 1322

Moving into the top 10 all-time F1 points scorers, and we start with Daniel Ricciardo.

Having returned to Red Bull as their reserve driver ahead of the F1 2023 campaign, a poor 10-race spell for Nyck de Vries at Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri opened the door for Ricciardo to return to the grid in his place, as of the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo was actually ninth on the list until the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix but was overtaken by Sergio Perez after the Mexican’s fourth-place finish at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

9. Michael Schumacher – 1566

The seven-time World Champion is regarded as one of the sport’s all-time greats, if not the greatest ever, but Schumacher is the driver who is probably represented the least fairly by the fact he raced for almost the entirety of his career using the old points system.

Only his Mercedes years saw him enjoy the higher weighting, and his resulting points total has him further down the top 10 list than he deserves, particularly as even that top 10 position becomes precarious.

Schumacher still scored a gargantuan 1566 points during his career but, had he enjoyed the same ease of scoring modern-day drivers do throughout his years in the sport, he’d have wound up with 4,660.2. This would place him in second place, bested only by Lewis Hamilton’s career total if he had used the same system for his whole career.

8. Sergio Perez – 1589

Perez has been racing in F1 for more than a decade uninterrupted, having made his debut a year after the revised higher points system was introduced.

He moved ahead of Schumacher with a strong start to the 2024 season, and should make further inroads into the top 10 with a solid year ahead.

7. Nico Rosberg – 1594.5

Having driven almost three-quarters of his career with the higher-points system, with three of those years at the wheel of the dominant Mercedes juggernaut, it’s not surprising the long-retired Nico Rosberg still makes it comfortably into the top 10.

Rosberg finished his career 28.5 points clear of what compatriot Michael Schumacher wound up with, a total of 1594.5 points, despite the huge amounts of success Schumacher encountered during his career – shedding further light on the difference the points change in 2010 really made.

But, considering Rosberg retired at the very peak of his career, and could likely have even been driving for Mercedes today had he chosen to do so, the German could have been competing near the very top of this list by now…

6. Valtteri Bottas – 1797

Bottas replaced Rosberg at Mercedes in 2017, with the more placid Finn settling into a supporting role to Lewis Hamilton as the British driver set off on a four-year streak of titles that was only ended by Max Verstappen in 2021.

After struggling to add too much to his total since his move to Alfa Romeo, now Stake F1 for 2024, the Finn will be looking for better fortunes as he looks to close down one of his compatriots in the top five.

5. Kimi Raikkonen – 1873

The now-retired Kimi Raikkonen ended his career with 1873 points, having split his time in F1 almost exactly in half with the first half in the old points system, and the latter half with the new.

Making a name for himself at McLaren as Mika Hakkinen’s replacement, Raikkonen almost pulled off the 2003 and 2005 World Championships but was let down by Mercedes reliability, before finally winning the title in 2007 with Ferrari.

Ousted from Ferrari at the end of ’09, he returned with Lotus in 2012 and enjoyed a career resurgence (and a huge points bonus cheque!) before seeing out his twilight years at Ferrari and Alfa Romeo.

Had he raced entirely on the newer points system, he’d have ended his career with 3,043 points.

4. Fernando Alonso – 2300

Having made his F1 debut at the same time as Raikkonen, Alonso has had his career similarly divided in half, although is enjoying a longer career in which his competitive Aston Martin is allowing him to add ever more points to his tally.

Alonso isn’t far behind third-place on the all-time list, but is unlikely to close that gap, given that it’s Max Verstappen up next…

3. Max Verstappen – 2722.5

The Dutch driver overtook Alonso for third place on the all-time list courtesy of his win (appropriately, over Alonso!) at the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix.

Verstappen has raced his entire career under the new points system, with Red Bull also becoming dominant at the point where extra points started to be handed out for fastest laps and for sprint events.

Verstappen is climbing the stats lists in every category, and is already amongst the highest-ever points scorers in Formula 1 history.

2. Sebastian Vettel – 3098

The four-time World Champion’s titles came in the first four years of the new points system, with his dominance meaning Vettel quickly shot up the all-time points standings even before he joined Ferrari in 2015.

While titles evaded him and the Scuderia, Vettel remained a regular winner and podium finisher up until his form took a severe dip in 2020. Two years at Aston Martin in the midfield didn’t yield much more success, but a few points finishes and podiums moved Vettel up to 3098 points outright.

Had his career been run entirely under the new system, he’d have 3,409.6 points.

While Vettel has retired from F1, he’s made it clear that he isn’t sure whether the non-racing life will sit right with him. There’s still a chance his points score could still rise in the future…

1. Lewis Hamilton – 4666.5

Unsurprisingly, Lewis Hamilton tops the list of all-time F1 points scorers. Hamilton has had an uninterrupted career since making his debut in the front-running McLaren in 2007, with the majority of his career thus coming in the higher-points system.

With a front-running car for most of the years of his career, Hamilton’s relentless consistency and ability to maximise results have resulted in some truly frightening dominance when he’s ended up with the best car.

Hamilton rarely fails to achieve the very best result his car is capable of and, combined with a lack of self-inflicted mistakes, the British driver is the highest points scorer in F1 history.

Max Verstappen was all smiles as Lando Norris won the Miami GP

Max Verstappen isn’t willing to debate whether or not the Safety Car gave Lando Norris the win in Miami, after all, “it’s always if, if, if”.

Norris became only the second non-Red Bull driver to have won a Grand Prix since 2022 when he held off Verstappen after a Safety Car restart to win in Miami.

Max Verstappen: ‘I mean, it’s always if, if, if, right?’

It was an outcome that has pundits debating whether Norris would have won were it not for the Safety Car. That question has been answered by our resident data cruncher Pablo Hidalgo.

As his rivals’ pit stops cycled through (Carlos Sainz the last of the contenders in) Norris was leading the race and gained a free stop when Kevin Magnussen punted Logan Sargeant into retirement.

In from P1, and out he came still in P1.

Taking the restart ahead of Verstappen, the World Champion tried to attack into Turn 1 but that move failed and from there Norris scampered off into the distance to win by seven seconds.

Asked if the free pit stop helped Norris to the win, Verstappen replied: “I mean, it’s always if, if, if, right? If my mum had balls, she would be my dad.

“So, yeah. I mean, it’s how it goes to racing. Sometimes it works out for you, sometimes it doesn’t.”

Max Verstappen reveals ‘diffuser scratch’ after Perez incident

Verstappen’s attempt to overtake at Turn 1 on the restart wasn’t the Red Bull driver’s only Turn 1 moment as he also clashed with Sergio Perez at that same corner at the start of the race.

Lining up on pole position with his team-mate P4, Perez came flying up behind and narrowly avoided wiping out his team-mate in the braking zone.

Verstappen says they were “lucky” he only had a mark on his diffuser as it could’ve ended in disaster.

“I was very aware. I mean, I turned in and I saw him lock up,” he said of his team-mate’s presence at the start.

“I looked after the race, there was like a scratch on my diffuser. So something must have hit. But yeah, it was very close. Could have ended in a disaster, of course, for the team as well. So yeah, lucky.”

Luck continued to shine on the 26-year-old as he later had an incident of his own, taking out a bollard at Turn 15.

“I didn’t like it, so I decided to take it out and test the durability of the front wing as well,” he joked. “So that’s a crash test done.

“Yeah, there was no damage. The cone was out of the way for everyone, so it was basically a free-for-all after that.”

Verstappen finished the race in second to extend his lead in the Drivers’ Championship to 33 points over Perez with Charles Leclerc a further five off the pace.

Toto Wolff continues to publicly court Max Verstappen

Toto Wolff has warned Red Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff against claiming Max Verstappen will “1,000 per cent” be a Red Bull driver next season as life only goes to “100 per cent”.

Although Verstappen has a Red Bull contract that runs through to the end of the 2028 season, and has said several times he doesn’t see a reason to change teams, Wolff continues to publicly court the reigning World Champion.

Toto Wolff doubles down with ‘see where Max’s thinking goes’ comment

That hasn’t gone down well with Mintzlaff who recently told the Austrian to focus on Mercedes’ problems, as they have “enough of those”, and to leave his driver alone.

Wolff was asked about his comments in the wake of the Miami Grand Prix, but revealed he knew nothing of it.

“I don’t know what the guy is commented on,” he told the media in his post-race debrief. “There’s no relevance to me.”

But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have one eye on Red Bull’s Verstappen.

“I think we want to take our time,” he said of deciding his 2025 line-up, “see where Max’s thinking goes and at the same time monitor the other drivers. We’re a little bit on observation mode at the moment.”

Asked if Verstappen was key, he replied: “I think for all of the teams here he is. As I’ve said before, I don’t think he should leave in 2025.

“He is the top driver at the moment and has to make a decision. Perhaps there is not even a decision to make and things will stay as they are. But that is no guide for us.”

He though, denied there was a Monday appointment with the Dutchman, saying: “I can’t comment too much. I’m just what I can say is, there is no meeting on Monday.”

He also wouldn’t answer when asked if a meeting was taking place ‘on any other day of the week’.

That, though, wasn’t the Red Bull chief’s only comment about Verstappen of late as Sky Deutschland reported to Wolff that Mintzlaff said Verstappen would “1,000 per cent” be a Red Bull driver next season.

Wolff replied to that: “1,000 per cent? I wouldn’t make such a statement. Because in life there is only 100 per cent. There is no more. It is redundant.”

Mintzlaff’s “1,000 per cent” comment came in the wake of an interview he gave Bild where he told Wolff to leave Verstappen alone.

“I understand the pressure Toto Wolff, and perhaps other teams, are under after years of being behind,” said the CEO.

“But I think Wolff should focus on his own problems. He has enough of those. And it also has something to do with respect when you keep talking about other teams’ personnel. That’s not appropriate.”

He added: “As I said before, Max wants the fastest car and we have it. Max wants to be World Champion and, with us, he has the best chance.

“Max is a loyal guy. He knows that Christian and Helmut have always given him their trust. He appreciates that. Moreover, Red Bull is just a great brand with which he can identify excellently.

“So there are many reasons for him to stay.”

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen.

Sky F1 commentator David Croft joked suffering some form of medical situation seems to be the only way a driver can rise to topple Max Verstappen.

While not enjoying his usual level of dominance in Miami, it appeared as though Verstappen had just enough pace to avoid being challenged and claim a fifth win of the season. However, all of that changed when the Safety Car was deployed following a shunt involving Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant.

‘Some operation or injury’ the way to beat Max Verstappen?

With Norris yet to pit at that point, he was able to box and come out still in the lead, pulling away from Verstappen upon the restart and becoming a Grand Prix winner for the first time.

Norris – who suffered a glass-inflicted wound on his nose ahead of the Miami Grand Prix – becomes the second driver to defeat Verstappen in F1 2024, following Carlos Sainz’s triumph in Australia in his sensational return after undergoing appendix surgery. So, is “some sort of injury or operation” they key to stopping F1’s dominant Dutchman?

“We realise now the secret to beating Max Verstappen, remove an appendix, do an injury to your nose, some sort of operation or injury is the way now to beat Max Verstappen in Formula 1,” said Croft with a smile.

“There’s going to be drivers going, ‘Oh, I’ve got a bit of a sore arm, I’m limping a little bit’, it’s back in the days of Nigel Mansell.”

The Miami GP also featured a rare error from Verstappen, who dislodged a bollard after getting the Turn 14/15 chicane all wrong, with Croft’s co-commentator Martin Brundle saying this showed how hard Verstappen was having to push with Norris, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and earlier in the race Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri applying the pressure.

“Interesting that Max Verstappen made the mistake in the chicane, isn’t it?” Brundle pointed out. “He hit the bollard.

“Because it shows you how hard he was pushing, because McLaren had the pace and Ferrari weren’t too far behind either.”

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It would appear that Norris and McLaren may have been given a helping hand via floor damage for Verstappen inflicted by that chicane error, though Croft does not believe that fully accounted for Norris’ pace advantage in his race win-securing final stint.

“Speaking to Red Bull, I think Max did pick up a bit of damage to the floor when he went over that bollard, a couple of tenths a lap,” said Croft.

“But, I still think McLaren had more pace than that towards the end.

“And speaking to [McLaren team principal] Andrea Stella about the the overall strategy for McLaren, even without the Safety Car, they believe that Lando’s lap times were good enough so that he would be in the game right at the end of the race.

“He did it on fresher tyres and it wasn’t just the Safety Car that earned him that victory.”

Norris’ Miami triumph marked McLaren’s first Grand Prix win since the 2021 Italian GP.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton does not see the importance of defining where Mercedes are in the pecking order after George Russell referred to them as the “fourth-fastest team”.

Mercedes wanted to be leading the charge to reel in the dominant Red Bull team in F1 2024, but that ambition is yet to be realised with the eight-time Constructors’ champions sitting a comfortable fourth in the standings and yet to score a podium.

Lewis Hamilton sees ‘no point, no reason’ to Mercedes fourth-fastest claim

Red Bull suffered a rare defeat in Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix as McLaren’s Lando Norris raced to victory for the first time in his F1 career, while for Mercedes, Hamilton’s P6 finish and Russell’s P8 was the best they could manage.

That had Russell claiming that Mercedes are “the fourth-fastest team at the moment”, as Hamilton was then asked for his response on that assessment, one which he did not want to entertain.

Asked by media after the Miami GP whether he agreed with Russell’s claim, Hamilton replied: “I don’t know. I don’t really see the point, the reason, the importance of that.

“You’ve seen where we qualified, you’ve seen where we are in the championships. So make your assumptions from that.”

Mercedes were not exactly out of the conversation in Miami though, Hamilton having fallen less than two-tenths short of denying Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz P5, with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez only a couple of seconds up the road.

And so that ability to keep these rivals in his sights was a “great feeling” for the seven-time World Champion.

“I had a good race today,” Hamilton confirmed, “I didn’t have the pace of the guys ahead of me, but I was just able to hold on with DRS.

“But, if it wasn’t for the DRS, they probably would have…they did start to pull away towards the end.

“But still, to keep them in distance is a really great feeling. But also, I was on an offset tyre [strategy], but not to Checo though, so I was actually on the same tyre as him.”

Hamilton is very familiar with the Miami GP race-winning team McLaren, having begun his Formula 1 career there in a stint which lasted from 2007-12, Hamilton winning his first World Championship with McLaren in 2008.

So to see his former team back on the top step of the podium went down very well with Hamilton.

“I had my first win with McLaren, so really happy to see McLaren back up there,” said Hamilton. “The whole team has done an amazing job.

“I was with them from 13 years old. So you know, so happy, it’s still a big part of my heart there. So really happy to see them get back at the top and also dethrone the Bulls.

“And then Lando, I know Lando quite well, we’ve got a peaceful relationship. I know what it’s like to get that first Grand Prix win and how special it is. So, I couldn’t be happier for him.”

Hamilton has not tasted victory since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

How would the Drivers’ standings look without Max Verstappen? We’ve run the numbers.

Yes, we know it’s early to make it look like the season is a foregone conclusion, but given how comfortably Max Verstappen won the title last year and how he has cantered to victory four times out of six, it doesn’t hurt to look at the alternatives.

With Verstappen having won 19 of the 22 races last season, our calculations last season led to a world in which a thrilling title fight would have taken place elsewhere.

Calculating the World Championship standings without Max Verstappen

Calculating these standings is simple, in that any result Verstappen achieves is taken out of the equation and wherever he finished, every driver below moves up a place, and in the cases where he earned a point for fastest lap, the point gets redistributed to the next-fastest driver on the list.

As this applied at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc clocked the second-quickest lap of the race, so an extra point went to him in this instance. He didn’t need any help for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix however, taking the fastest lap bonus point all on his own merit on the final lap of the race.

In Japan, it was Carlos Sainz who inherited the fastest lap point with his 1:33.841 a tenth down on Verstappen’s 1:33.706.

Given the seven-point difference between first and second (where Verstappen finished almost every time), the differences gained by the drivers behind led to changes in the World Championship standings that, had both Red Bull drivers not been involved last season, Lewis Hamilton would have edged away from Fernando Alonso as a hypothetical World Champion.

Of course, this is all just for fun, so you don’t have to take it too seriously, but we thought it might be interesting to take a look at an alternative universe nonetheless!

With the Red Bull RB20 looking imperious at the start of the season, particularly with Verstappen behind the wheel, you get the feeling that this might become slightly more pertinent as the F1 2024 season progresses.

Alternative 2024 Drivers’ Championship standings without Max Verstappen

[Correct as of 2024 Miami Grand Prix]

1: Sergio Perez – 132
2: Charles Leclerc – 113
3: Lando Norris – 97
4: Carlos Sainz – 96
5: Oscar Piastri – 52
6: George Russell – 48
7: Fernando Alonso – 43
8: Lewis Hamilton – 38
9: Yuki Tsunoda – 18
10: Nico Hulkenberg – 11
11: Lance Stroll – 10
12: Oliver Bearman – 8
13: Daniel Ricciardo – 6
14: Esteban Ocon – 3
15: Zhou Guanyu – 2
16: Alex Albon – 1
17: Kevin Magnussen – 1
18: Pierre Gasly – 1
19: Valtteri Bottas – 0
20: Logan Sargeant – 0

Lewis Hamilton interrupted a Lando Norris interview to congratulate the McLaren driver

Arguably the most popular winner in recent times, Lewis Hamilton was caught on camera interrupting a Lando Norris interview to congratulate the McLaren driver after his Miami triumph.

110 races into his Formula 1 career, and after 15 podiums and an unwanted record, Lando Norris finally achieved the one he wanted at the Miami Grand Prix when he beat Max Verstappen to the chequered flag.

Lewis Hamilton joined the list of drivers congratulating Lando Norris

Winning a straight fight to the flag after a Safety Car restart, Norris held off at Turn 1 attack from Verstappen before pulling clear of the Red Bull driver to win by seven seconds.

It was, fair to say, one of the most hotly-anticipated victories in Formula 1 with just about everyone on hand to congratulate the Briton.

While Hamilton initially gave him a round of applause as they headed back to the pits on their cooldown lap, the seven-time World Champion later approached his compatriot to wish him well.

Hamilton’s smile was as big as Norris’.

This post-race moment between Lando and Lewis 🥰

The Mercedes driver told the media he was “really happy” for the 24-year-old.

“Such a special moment to win your first grand prix and obviously I started at McLaren, so really happy to see them back at the top. It’s been a long time.”

Lando Norris’ dad received text from Lewis Hamilton’s father

Speaking to Sky Sports after the Miami GP, Norris’ father Adam revealed Hamilton’s father Anthony had sent him a message of congratulations.

“The cider’s flowing in Somerset! A big celebration,” Adam Norris told Sky Sports. “It’s beautiful.

“I think the other dads, I just had Lewis’ dad give me a text, and we’ve been through a lot, and it’s interesting knowing as a parent, how many hours you’ve put in, supporting them.

“I counted about 350 weekends away, and all the races on different weekends, it’s a lot of time.

“But just brilliant, I love it, so happy for him.”

Norris’ victory elevated him to P4 in the Drivers’ Championship on 83 with the Briton the first non-Red Bull or Ferrari driver to win a race since 2022.

Max Verstappen and Logan Sargeant: two drivers at opposite ends of the F1 field

Footage from F1’s cooldown room has revealed the hilarious moment Max Verstappen made a quip about Williams’ spare chassis woes after the Miami Grand Prix.

Williams have endured a troubled start to the F1 2024 season,with the Grove-based outfit one of two teams yet to score a point so far this year.

Max Verstappen’s hilarious Williams spare chassis quip

The team’s woes slumped to a low point at the Australian Grand Prix, where Alex Albon’s crash in opening practice forced Williams – without a spare chassis across the opening series of flyaway races – to run just a single car for the remainder of the weekend.

That resulted in the controversial call by Williams team principal James Vowles to withdraw Logan Sargeant, allowing Albon to take over the American driver’s car in Melbourne to enhance the team’s hopes of scoring points.

Albon just missed out on scoring at Albert Park, coming home 11th, with Williams having a spare chassis on site for the first time in F1 2024 in Miami last weekend.

And the memories of Australia were clearly not far from Verstappen’s mind in the cooldown room in Florida, where the screen behind the top-three finishers played highlights of the race – including the moment Sargeant was punted into retirement by Haas driver Kevin Magnussen.

As Sargeant’s car makes contact with the wall, destroying his rear wing, Verstappen is heard quipping: “At least they have a spare chassis now, right?”

Verstappen’s remark went down a storm among F1 fans, who reacted to the moment on Twitter.

One fan commented: “Max is a savage.”

Another remarked: “He’s so funny and real.”

Albon welcomed the arrival of a spare chassis in Miami, claiming Williams will now be able to prioritise improving performance in the weeks ahead.

He said: “It’s been a lot of effort from the team, it feels like we’ve been playing catch up for most of the year, now with the chassis things are becoming a little bit more settled.

“Hopefully we can really start focusing more on updates and general developments of the car.”

Albon rejected the notion that the spare chassis has come as a relief, reiterating his view that he could not allow the absence of a safety net to influence his driving in the early weeks of the new season.

He added: “It sounds bad of me to say but I don’t [see it as a relief]. I don’t think about it.

“I think I’ve said it before but if you start thinking about it you’re already kind of at a loss. You can’t let it [impact] your weekend.”

A few days ago, Becks’ second son Romeo had a debut that was considered quite successful for the Brenford reserve team.

Former midfielder David Beckham also came to the field to cheer for his only son to continue his football career.

In addition to his famous father, the young man’s supporter in pursuing his passion is his girlfriend Mia Regan.

Mia is the same age as Romeo, born in 2002. The beauty’s father is the supervisor of the Wiltshire air ambulance charity fund.

Thanks to her impressive figure and height of up to 1.78 m, she soon became a photo model.

Mia was discovered and signed by modeling agency Storm Management at the age of 12.

Gradually, the 20-year-old beauty had opportunities to cooperate with many big brands such as The Perfume Shop, Gucci Beauty, Baum Und Pferdgarten, British Vogue, Balmain…

In October 2019, the British pink figure appeared on the fashion catwalk of the PrettyLittleThing brand, highly appreciated by experts for her appearance and charisma. In August 2020, Mia Regan became the new representative model for Victoria Beckham.

Mia’s personal page currently has more than 600,000 followers. She often shares pictures of herself and shows off her unique fashion sense on social networks. She and her boyfriend Romeo also often interact and express their affection online.

Romeo and Mia started dating in May 2019, but four months later they announced their relationship, making fans very surprised. During their relationship, the young couple were considered talented and beautiful and were not afraid to show their affection for each other. Mia is also popular with the Becks family as she often travels together and appears at her boyfriend’s family events.

After more than 3 years of passion, in July 2022, the couple broke up due to geographical distance. Romeo was then playing for Inter Miami in the US while Mia still lived in London to work as an artist. Long distance love and not being able to arrange time made the two go their separate ways in regret.

By November 2022, the British couple officially returned and continued to travel together. When they reunited, Romeo shared a photo of his girlfriend but hid her face. However, many viewers still noticed that it was Mia. Up to now, the couple does not hesitate to share their happy moments together on social networks.