George Russell’s disqualification from the Belgian Grand Prix has had a major impact on the battle for the 2024 Formula One World Championship, helping McLaren gain extra points over Red Bull.
Mercedes had a 1-2 finish on the road and had closed the gap on Ferrari, but they are now a distant fourth.
As F1 heads into its mid-season summer break, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen extended his lead in the drivers’ championship over McLaren’s Lando Norris, despite a 10-place grid penalty at Spa dropping him from fifth to fourth.
Norris’ mistake at the first corner proved costly, not only preventing Verstappen from taking advantage of his penalty on the day, but actually letting his title rival fall behind.
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Perhaps most importantly, Red Bull has still lost points to all three of its closest rivals in the past two races after Russell’s disqualification, and has closed the points gap to McLaren to 42 points in the most recent race.
2024 F1 driver standings updated
CL Driver Points Grand Prix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Max Verstappen 277 26 25 – 26 33 26 25 8 25 25 18 18 10 12 2 Lando Norris 199 8 4 15 10 21 25 18 12 8 19 6 15 18 10 3 Charles Leclerc 177 12 16 19 12 17 22 15 25 – 10 2 – 12 15 4 Oscar Piastri 167 4 12 12 4 6 3 12 18 10 6 25 12 25 18 5 Carlos Sainz 162 15 – 25 15 14 14 10 15 – 8 19 11 8 8 6 Lewis Hamilton 150 6 2 – 2 9 8 8 7 13 15 15 25 15 25 7 Sergio Pérez 131 18 18 10 18 21 18 4 – – 4 7 – 6 7 8 George Russell 116 10 8 – 6 9 4 7 10 15 12 30 – 5 – 9 Fernando Alonso 49 2 10 4 8 7 2 – – 8 – – 4 – 4 10 Lance Stroll 24 1 – 8 – – – 2 – 6 – – 6 1 – 11 Nico Hulkenberg 22 – 1 2 – 1 2 – – – – 8 8 – – 12 Yuki Tsunoda 22 – – 6 1 – 7 1 4 – – – 1 2 – 13 Daniel Ricciardo 12 – – – – – 5 – – 4 – 2 – – 1 14 Oliver Bearman 6 6 15 Pierre Gasly 6 – – – – – – – 1 2 2 1 – – – 16 Kevin Magnussen 5 – – 1 – – – – – – – 4 – – – 17 Esteban Ocon 5 – – – – – 1 – – 1 1 – – – 2 18 Alexander Albon 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – 2 – – 19 Zhou Guanyu 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 Logan Sargent 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 21 Valtteri Bottas 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Belgian GP’s impact on 2024 F1 driver points
At Spa-Francorchamps, Russell scored 25 points, overtaking Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez to move into seventh place, just two points behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
However, due to being disqualified from the result, Russell remained in eighth place and Lewis took the victory, leaving him 34 points behind Hamilton.
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Verstappen is now two points behind leader Norris, extending his lead to 78 points with 10 races remaining.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who made the podium in Belgium, held on to third place ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, but Piastri is F1’s in-form driver, having scored 80 points in the past four races, and is now 10 points behind Leclerc.
Piastri overtook Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for fourth place in the points, with Sainz now just 12 points behind Hamilton.
Sergio Perez finished seventh in Belgium after dropping down from the front row, so is now 146 points behind team-mate Verstappen.
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Updated 2024 F1 constructors standings
Cla Constructor Points Grand Prix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Red Bull/Honda RBPT 408 44 43 10 44 54 44 29 8 25 29 25 18 16 19 2 McLaren/Mercedes 366 12 16 27 14 27 28 30 30 28 25 31 27 43 28 3 Ferrari 345 27 22 44 27 31 36 25 40 – 18 21 11 20 23 4 Mercedes 266 16 10 – 8 18 12 15 17 28 27 45 25 20 25 5 Aston Martin/Mercedes 73 3 10 12 8 7 2 2 – 14 – – 10 1 4 6 RB/Honda RBPT 34 – – 6 1 – 12 1 4 4 – 2 1 2 1 7 Haas/Ferrari 27 – 1 3 – 1 2 – – – – 12 8 – – 8 Alpine/Renault 11 – – – – – 1 – 1 3 3 1 – – 2 9 Williams/Mercedes 4 – – – – – – – 2 – – – 2 – – 10 Sauber/Ferrari 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Belgian GP’s impact on constructors’ 2024 F1 standings
In the constructors’ championship, Red Bull has lost its 42-point advantage over McLaren after not winning any of the last three Grands Prix – for comparison, Red Bull had a 93-point advantage over McLaren after last month’s Spanish Grand Prix.
At Spa, Mercedes’ one-two finish gave them 43 points, McLaren 23, Ferrari 18 and Red Bull 15. However, with Russell’s disqualification, Mercedes now have 19 points, McLaren 28, Ferrari 23 and Red Bull 19.
Ferrari remains third in the championship, 79 points behind Mercedes, which had narrowed to 56 points before Russell’s disqualification.
Aston Martin is best of the rest with 73 points, 193 points behind Mercedes.
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