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Variety of positions gained by Verstappen and Charles Leclerc on their respective restoration drives in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. With it being heralded by many as one of many standout performances of the 12 months – and of his profession – Verstappen’s Sao Paulo masterclass maybe wants little introduction, the Dutchman having climbed his means up from P16 to P1 amid treacherous climate situations. However Leclerc additionally caught the attention by carving his means by means of the sphere in Abu Dhabi, ending the race on the rostrum in a powerful P3 after beginning down in P19.
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What number of years McLaren waited to win the constructors’ championship once more. Given the robust type of Verstappen and Pink Bull initially of the marketing campaign, this achievement would more than likely not have been predicted when the season acquired below means – however the Woking outfit constructed on their development in 2023 to go even additional this time round, claiming a complete of six wins and 666 factors to clinch the constructors’ title for the primary time since 1998. To place that into perspective, each Norris and Piastri had not even been born then…
THE STRATEGIST: Might Norris have crushed Verstappen to the title had he maximised each race in 2024?
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The variety of days since F1’s final similar pole place lap time was set. This very uncommon feat occurred once more throughout a super-close qualifying on the Canadian Grand Prix, with George Russell and Verstappen extremely each setting a quickest time of 1m 12.000s in Q3.
On condition that Russell had put his effort in first, the Mercedes man began from pole. So uncommon is that this incidence that it final occurred again in October 1997, when Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all posted similar instances in qualifying at Jerez.
