As we reach the electrifying halfway point of the Formula 1 Grand Prix 2024, the tension is palpable, and the excitement is soaring to unprecedented heights. The roar of the engines, the thrill of the chase, and the sheer unpredictability of each race have left us all on the edge of our seats. Today, we embark on a rollercoaster ride through the most unforgettable highlights, jaw-dropping overtakes, and heart-stopping finishes, and uncover the latest updates and off-track controversies that have everyone talking!
This season has been Formula 1’s true return after a rather predictable 2023 season. Since our previous round-up of the Formula 1 on-track and off-track drama, new tales have unravelled, and the unprecedented has happened. We can’t wait to get into it with you, so let’s dig into the highlights of what’s been a heart-attack-inducing season!
Australian Grand Prix
It’s safe to say that the Australian Grand Prix was full of twists no one saw coming. It was Carlos Sainz Jr.’s first race after recovering from appendix surgery, and we admit that our expectations were low. Up until this point, we fully expected another year of Red Bull domination, but (thankfully) we couldn’t have been more wrong.
Let us paint you the glorious picture: On lap four, Max Verstappen, the race leader for the first three laps, is overtaken by the Ferrari driver. Suddenly, black smoke came out from the Red Bull; one of Verstappen’s wheels caught on fire, and he was forced to retire the car early on in the race. The crowd goes wild as Sainz cements his spot as race leader—a light presents itself at the end of Red Bull’s dominance.
We’re sure everyone can agree that it was a nice change of pace to see the Ferrari cruising in the front of the race instead of Max. And for Sainz to do it, no less! With Sainz having been replaced by Hamilton in Ferrari, and signing with Williams (who are not a dominating team on the grid), seeing Sainz do what every F1 fan was hoping and praying for is absolutely glorious. But more on his new team later! For now, we just loved seeing Sainz in his villain era, eating up Verstappen in the race, and proving what a talented driver he is!
Chinese Grand Prix
Let’s fast-forward to the Chinese Grand Prix—historic in its own right, as it was the first Grand Prix held in China since 2019. It was also the first time Zhou Guanyu competed in a home race, adding an extra layer of excitement and anticipation for the local fans.
The Australian Grand Prix, sadly, didn’t signify the complete end of Red Bull’s domination. The Chinese Grand Prix saw Lando Norris stuck in a Red Bull sandwich between race winner Verstappen and Sergio Perez in third place. But the real drama unfolded in the bottom half of the grid.
On lap 26, Lance Stroll collided with the rear of VCARB driver Daniel Ricciardo’s car, forcing Ricciardo to retire from the race due to the resulting damage. The drama escalated during the post-race interviews when Stroll blamed Ricciardo for the contact. In response, a visibly furious Ricciardo remarked, “That pisses me off.”
Any F1 fan knows that it’s rare to see the grid’s resident sunshine so angry – and it didn’t help that, up until the Chinese Grand Prix, some fans were questioning the VCARB driver’s abilities and skills. To add to the pressure, Ricciardo was also forced out of the Japanese Grand Prix – the race before this – after an incident with Alex Albon. With each subsequent race, the pressure mounts as he strives to prove himself.
It appears there is no lingering animosity between the Aston Martin and VCARB drivers. In the high-stakes world of F1, collisions are inevitable, and drivers have to quickly move on from such incidents. After all, it’s all part of the thrilling and unpredictable nature of racing.
Miami Grand Prix
Unlike the 2023 F1 season, this year’s races have been won by a plethora of different drivers. We’ve seen Mercedes and Ferrari drivers take home the gold. Of course, history was made at the Miami Grand Prix when a certain McLaren driver crossed the finish line to take home his first-ever win.
After 109 races, Lando Norris finally clinched a Grand Prix win. Before this, Norris’ lack of wins had been a running joke among fans and drivers on the grid. Even his teammate, rookie Oscar Piastri, won the 2023 Qatar sprint race before Norris did. But all that changed in Miami, and his maiden victory resonated with every F1 fan worldwide.
Support for Norris poured in as soon as the race was over. It was incredibly heartwarming to see everyone congratulate the McLaren driver – including Verstappen, who finished second. Since then, Norris has consistently shown that he has the potential to achieve great success in his F1 career. With more experience and years ahead, he’s poised to rack up many more wins.
That being said, Norris has come close to winning several times after Miami but has always fallen short. Many are keen to see if Norris has fully broken his curse or if Miami was just a stroke of luck. It’s also worth noting that as he continues to lead races, interactions between Verstappen and Norris on the track have intensified – some ending more dramatically than others, but that’s a tale for another Grand Prix.
Monaco Grand Prix
From one historic win to another, we’ve arrived at the Monaco Grand Prix, the home race for Monégasque driver Charles Leclerc. The Monaco Grand Prix is dubbed the crown jewel of Formula 1 – winning in Monaco earns a driver bragging rights and a profound sense of accomplishment. This year, we saw Leclerc start from pole position and emerge victorious – the Monégasque’s first home win.
The track is notoriously ruthless with its sharp hairpins and narrow roads, making overtaking nearly impossible. However, there’s plenty of room for accidents. This year’s Grand Prix saw a nasty crash involving both Haas drivers and Perez’s Red Bull, as well as a collision between Alpine teammates Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon – all on the first lap. When we said ruthless, we truly meant it – the first lap alone was a testament to the track’s unforgiving nature.
Haas drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen started the race at the back of the grid after being disqualified from Monaco qualifying. As former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner noted, there was no way the two drivers would’ve made it to the points starting last in Monaco, which made Magnussen’s aggression towards Perez—who was in 16th place—very unnecessary.
The Haas drivers must have had a harsh talking-to because they’ve been outperforming themselves in every race since Monaco. We’re not used to seeing the Haas logo on the side of our screen in the points, but we would never complain about the underdogs thriving.
The same cannot be said about Perez, who hasn’t been performing well despite driving one of the best cars on the grid. He often falls short of the points, which is curious considering he drives the same car as Verstappen, who always finishes on the podium.
It’s a known fact that Ocon is not an easy teammate to work with. Everyone knows he’s brushed shoulders with all his previous teammates, and Gasly is no different. Although they were good friends on the karting circuit, their relationship started to sour after the 2008 national championship when Gasly overtook Ocon in the last lap. Gasly was later disqualified for this, but the tension continued to grow.
Surely, the collision in Monaco set them back decades. Gasly wasn’t shy in expressing his anger towards Ocon on the team radio, saying (or shouting), “Why did he try to attack me?”. Following this incident, Ocon made a post addressing the “amount of abuse and negativity” he’s received online. The driver clarified that he takes full responsibility for the incident but noted, “There is no reward without risk in Formula One.”
A few days after the post was made, both Alpine and Ocon made a statement saying that Ocon would no longer be driving for the team in 2025. We don’t know whether the driver’s exit from the team has anything to do with the incident in Monaco, but it definitely didn’t help Ocon’s case. Ocon now joins the list of seatless drivers in 2025, so F1’s silly season might throw us all for a loop, but we can’t wait to see how it plays out.
Canadian Grand Prix
While Leclerc came off the high of his historic win at the Monaco Grand Prix, it seems the odds were ever so against him in the next stop of the season. We may have seen a predictable win here (Max Verstappen, which earned us another listen to the Dutch national anthem). Still, some incredible battles and overtakes throughout the race made this Grand Prix an absolute heart-racer – ladies and gentlemen, the Canadian Grand Prix.
With the dark clouds taking over the sky and a heavy downpour hitting the circuit, it felt like a foreshadowing of how the race would go, with the deployment of two safety cars and five DNFs, which included both Ferrari drivers, who, just the race before had claimed the podium.
While Russell started in P1, thanks to a great qualifying, he managed to hold the position for 21 laps before losing it to Norris and Verstappen, who beautifully overtook him with a smooth double overtake, leaving him in P3. With Norris holding P1, a pit stop in lap 48 was all it took for three-time-world champion Verstappen to claim a spot rightfully his. With Russell and Hamilton battling it out wheel-to-wheel in the final lap, only for Russell to pass, we saw our top three emerge and zoom past the checkered flag.
At the back of the grid, though, the drama never ceased. Haas’ Magnussen blew us away with his incredible seven-place gain in just the first lap, thanks to a smart tyre choice of wets ahead of the race. He then overtook Hamilton in lap 2, only for a supremely slow pit stop to undo all the magic he unleashed on the circuit. We just hope no one got too mad in the post-race briefing for that unfortunate pit stop!
But this was the race where we saw one of the best overtakes of the season by Williams’ Alex Albon! In a clean and smooth overtake, his magnificent manoeuvre through narrow spaces yet avoiding any contact got him to zoom past Ricciardo and Ocon! Alas, his glory didn’t last long when his race ended in a DNF due to a crash with Sainz on the wet track. Nonetheless, Ricciardo finished 8th, receiving his first points of the season!
But it was only after the race that some flabbergasting news hit the world of Formula 1 – an email claiming sabotage to Hamilton’s car was sent to the Mercedes team, including Toto Wolff, Team Principal. It alleged that the team was compromising Hamilton’s car following his decision to move to Ferrari in 2025. The police were involved, who then declared that no criminal offence had been committed, but this made for an infuriated Wolff, and rightfully so. Both parties want to end this long relationship on a high, and all this only makes that goal tougher to achieve.
A dramatic grand prix with shocking losses but predictable victories – this season brings back the thrill of motorsport that we craved the taste for in 2023. But the drama just never stops.
Austrian Grand Prix
This race was, dare I say, extremely unpredictable! The first 52 laps were relatively uneventful, but the final 19 echoed the number one rule of watching Formula 1—never stop watching mid-way, no matter how boring you think it is! One pit stop was all it took to turn the whole race around. That was the insanity of the Austrian Grand Prix!
Immediately, the race started with another bout of bad luck for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who took the trophy in his home race but has suffered horrible luck in every race since. After a collision with Piastri, Leclerc suffered a painfully long pit stop where he had to change out his damaged car nose, kissing the podium goodbye. We also saw Alonso gain a 10-second penalty in a collision with Zhou. Naughty, naughty Alonso!
We also saw some Alpine drama again with the two frenemies, Gasly and Ocon, going wheel-to-wheel multiple times, being the only entertainment in the race’s first half. Their on-track display of rivalry left Alonso, who’d been overtaken by the duo and was watching from behind, spellbound by their duel with a “wow” over the team radio.
But on lap 52, a dreadfully slow 6.5-second pit stop by then-race leader Verstappen was all it took to change the race’s trajectory. When Verstappen exited the pit, Norris’s 7-second gap between him and the driver behind him was reduced to merely 1.7 seconds. With that, the battle began!
Throughout the following laps, Norris snatched every opportunity he could to take that pole position from Verstappen, leading us to exhilarating duels which brought the Grand Prix to life. But in lap 64, the whole race flipped upside down.
With tensions overflowing from endless battles between the two, we saw Norris and Verstappen making contact in lap 64! Both cars experienced punctures. Verstappen slowed down and fell to P2 before limping back to the pits for new tyres as Norris attempted to rise through the ranks and take that P1 he’d been fighting for. But just like the commentator exclaimed, “But what condition is the car in?” raising goosebumps on everyone watching.
As Norris crawled to the pits and was forced to retire from the race, Toto came on Mercedes’ team radio to Russell, telling him, “George, you can win this. You can win this, George!” only to earn a heated response back, “Just let me f****** drive!”, which became another meme brought to us by the meme king of the grid. With that, as Verstappen lagged behind and Norris was out of the race, Russell closed the 15-second gap between him and the now-compromised race leaders and zoomed past the checkered flag, earning his second-ever Formula 1 victory!
George Russell won the Austrian Grand Prix in a jaw-dropping turn of events, while Norris earned a DNF and Verstappen P5, with a ten-second penalty for the collision (and he still beat his teammate, Perez). Finishing the race in second and third were McLaren’s Piastri and Ferrari’s Sainz, making Austria’s podium-holders the second drivers of their respective teams! What a beautiful moment!
But the post-race interviews with Verstappen and Norris were nothing short of tense. You could cut the tension with a knife with the responses we heard from Norris about Verstappen’s approach to racing, whatever unfolded on the track, and their friendship off-track. This season has birthed new rivalries and brewed fresh drama—what else can we ask for?
As for Russell’s victory, was it a mere fluke or a reflection of reflexes in a race that depends on reaction times and seizing opportunities? Surely, Russell supplied the internet with more than one meme that day, all while taking his second Grand Prix victory and adding yet another name to the list of winners this season. This season just promises more and more every race!
British Grand Prix
Undeniably the most iconic race of the season, ladies and gentlemen, Silverstone never disappoints! We saw the most emotional victory of the season, a win that was way too overdue. We finally saw the GOAT take pole position for the first time in 945 days, that too at his very own home race. As the commentator so eloquently said in a goosebump-raising commentary, “Eight times we’ve said it before, here’s a ninth for ya: Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix!”
Nothing else that transpired on that track that day beats this moment. It was the moment many motorsport fans screamed with happiness and teared up as they watched this man pass the checkered flag first amidst the stands that had seen him through this exact moment eight times before. This would’ve been his final home race in Mercedes, and, oh my, what a way to end this relationship that brought him to that podium 14 times before. This victory was nothing short of record-breaking, proving to the world exactly why Lewis Hamilton is the greatest of all time.
But this wasn’t an easy victory. Oh, no. Hamilton fought tooth and nail, exhibited phenomenal skill and agility, and battled hard for that pole position. We saw literally breathtaking duels between the top five qualifiers that led us to Hamilton’s win – in order, we had Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Verstappen, and Piastri – making this one of the most nail-biting races we’ve seen this year.
Where are the Ferrari drivers, you ask? Lady Luck seems to have abandoned their side since the Monaco Grand Prix as Sainz finished P5 and Leclerc finished P14 (yet, it’s funny how Leclerc will be teamed up with the race winner, Lewis Hamilton).
Endless overtakes held our breath throughout the race, but lap 34 was both a heartbreaking moment and a light at the end of the tunnel for Mercedes fans—Russell having to retire his car. While this was painful to stomach, considering he started in pole position for his home race and had just won a Grand Prix the week before, this meant that all of Mercedes’ energy and strategy would be geared towards Hamilton for a win we all knew he needed and deserved.
With a pit stop in the final laps changing the game for Norris (who’d been leading) and Hamilton (in P2), the strategy worked out in Mercedes’ favour. With a final push, Hamilton did what he does best and won, for the ninth time, the British Grand Prix! Lewis Hamilton, you are and always will be the greatest of all time. Get in there, Lewis!
Hungarian Grand Prix
The Hungarian Grand Prix was one of those races that spiked our blood pressure the most. In this race, we saw an uglier side of some of our favourite drivers, a fresh dose of the newly-bred rivalry between Verstappen and Norris, as well as a re-run of some Hamilton-Verstappen duelling, as if we were right back in 2021. But most crucially, we saw our favourite rookie on the grid take pole position for the first time ever, bringing back a maiden Grand Prix victory here in Hungary – Oscar Piastri; you are a Formula 1 Grand Prix winner!
Ah, this has to be one of the most controversial races of the season. Watching this live meant that your heart was surely thumping, but your anger issues may have also threatened to slip past the veil.
But first, let’s dive back into one of the most iconic Formula 1 rivalries in recent history that saw the light of day once again at the Hungarian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. We saw some battles from them earlier on in the race, in which Hamilton blocked Verstappen with his master defence. But an early pit stop from Hamilton, which turned out to be a great strategy of the game and the wits on Mercedes’ end, was the beginning of the end of Verstappen’s pursuit of the podium in Hungary.
We all know that Verstappen can be a pretty emotionally fuelled driver, so when Hamilton’s undercut spelt doom for his own race, his recklessness while trying to overtake Hamilton in lap 63 resulted in contact that looks pretty similar to Monza in 2021. History doesn’t always repeat itself, but it does rhyme. With that, Verstappen finished fifth, and Hamilton took third, making this his 200th podium in Formula 1 and breaking yet another record.
But while all this was happening, we saw an ugly battle between teammates Norris and Piastri (mostly ugly from Norris’ end). Despite Piastri leading, Norris was called for an early pit stop in a fight to cover Hamilton and preserve the top two podium spots for McLaren, which meant that at the end of the pit stops, Norris became the new race leader, and Piastri was second. While Piastri was told the team would deal with it, we came face-to-face with a stubborn Norris who saw the light to a potential championship win now that he was in first place.
From lap 48, he was told to re-establish the earlier order, but up till lap 68, Norris never complied. In fact, he was heard arguing with the race engineer over team radio, even saying, “You should’ve boxed (Piastri) first then, surely, no?”. For 20 laps, we heard lots of parenting-style orders coming through team radio for Norris, only for him to let Piastri through merely two laps ahead of the checkered flag. Everyone has different perspectives, but Norris’s lack of sportsmanship was disappointing to watch. Infuriating, even.
While Piastri did take the victory that everyone was awaiting with bated breath, it was upsetting that his first Grand Prix win wasn’t nearly as widely celebrated as Norris’ was. The atmosphere was a little solemn. The awkwardness was surely there. And this iciness in the air followed the top three into the cooldown room, where a conversation between Hamilton and Norris had everyone irked at the latter’s behaviour.
While Hamilton attempted to break the ice in the room with a fun comment, “Hoo, you guys are fast!” Norris replied with lots of unwarranted sass: “You had a fast car seven years ago”. The little heated interaction had all of us thanking the heavens we weren’t in the room with them because the hormones were up there!
We wish Piastri’s win was under better circumstances, but we simply cannot stop screaming and shouting, “Oscar Piastri is a Formula 1 winner!” He’s only two seasons in and has shown incredible promise, and we can’t wait for more. This is just the beginning. The season isn’t over yet.
Belgian Grand Prix
Ah, the return of true Formula 1. What a rollercoaster of emotions the Belgian Grand Prix was! With constant battles for pole position, ever-changing race leaders, brilliant strategy calls, and even down to post-race drama with a game-changing disqualification, this race was the epitome of peak Formula 1!
We saw breathtaking duels throughout this race, which constantly changed our potential podium holders and final race standings. Neither our commentary nor the official race highlights can do justice to the adrenaline that took hold when each of these battles transpired on the track. So let’s place our sights on the highlight of the race – our beloved Mercedes drivers who held our breath till the very end.
Very early in the race, Hamilton did the (not) unthinkable and grabbed pole position. With swift pit stops and incredible speed, he stayed there and dominated the race. Only for his teammate to make a strategy call that none of us believed would see the race through—running the race on one pit stop instead of the usual two.
Making pit stops costs time and affects your final rank once all the drivers have pulled their stops. While Hamilton and other racers pulled their second stop, Russell had clinched P1. He said that the car and tyres felt good, so he decided to stick to them for the remainder of the race, which was 34 out of 44 laps! Was that crazy, or was it genius?
After all other leading drivers completed their pit stops, Hamilton was in P2, more than seven seconds behind Russell. But who are we kidding? This is Lewis Hamilton, ladies and gentlemen. He closed the gap and went from being seven to a mere 0.5 seconds behind Russell. In the final two laps, he tried to overtake Russell countless times but to no avail. As viewers, we didn’t know who’d win the Belgian Grand Prix right down to the last millisecond!
But through the checkered flag emerged Russell, with Hamilton and Piastri close behind! So close that this became the closest non-safety car finish between the top three since 2016, with just a 1.173-second gap between the podium holders. It was an absolutely brilliant drive from Russell! Driving 34 laps on hard tyres and emerging first, even managing to hold off on Hamilton’s overtake attempts? One of his best performances ever! Our jaw was on the ground, seeing he’d done the somewhat impossible!
With a 1-2 podium for Mercedes, we saw Russell jubilant, yet Toto Wolff rather stoic. Strange, huh? Oh, my dearest readers, this was just the beginning of the end of Russell’s pole position in Belgium.
Word came out less than an hour after the race that Russell faced a potential disqualification due to the car being underweight post-race once the fuel had been drained. This could have provided Russell with an unfair advantage. According to British commentator, Jolyon Palmer, this could have provided Russell with up to 2 seconds off the overall race time. And remember, the gap between the podium holders was just 1.173 seconds.
The report was submitted to the stewards for investigation, and very soon, it became official. George Russell was disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix, which caused all other drivers to move up the classification. This meant that Lewis Hamilton inherited the victory, with Piastri in P2 and Leclerc in P3 (finally!).
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff spoke up and said, “We have to take our disqualification on the chin. We have clearly made a mistake and need to ensure we learn from it.”. Nonetheless, we see Hamilton taking his second and well-deserved win of the season, making him the only driver other than Verstappen to have won more than one race this season. We also saw an incredible drive from Russell, one that echoes his potential and his skill in the sport. Chin up, Russell! And congratulations to Hamilton, Piastri and especially Leclerc for the podium!
A Look Beyond
Silly season is finally here, and every little thing that has happened in the first half of the season is going to add up. God knows how quickly the next 10 races will zoom past, so let’s discuss a few key things you have to know going into the final half of the 2024 F1 season.
Perez’s Red Bull seat is at risk
If you’ve kept track of the driver’s standings after each race, you’ll find that Red Bull’s secondary driver, Perez, is not faring well. In fact, fans have been quick to call the driver out for his poor results in recent races.
This isn’t the first time it’s happened. In 2023, Perez placed well in the first few races of the season and subsequently started underperforming. His 2024 career tells the same tale. Up until the Chinese Grand Prix, Perez had made himself at home on the podium—but he has fallen faster and lower this time, often finishing out of the points.
Red Bull recently extended Perez’s contract with the team until 2026, but this was before his performance took a hit. This resulted in a flurry of rumours that he could be axed from Red Bull. Helmut Marko, the team’s advisor, confirmed the rumours. Since then, the clause that will dictate Perez’s seat has been revealed.
By the F1 summer break—after the Belgian Grand Prix on 28 July — Perez cannot be more than 100 points behind Verstappen. Unfortunately, Perez is a whopping 146 points behind his teammate. What’s even more gutting is that this gap has only been widening rather than decreasing. After the British Grand Prix on 7 July, Perez was merely 31 points behind.
The clause also states that Perez must stay P5 or better in the Drivers’ Championship. But even his P5 spot is at risk as he sits in a Mercedes sandwich in the final standings. After an incredible show of talent by Russell and Hamilton in recent races, Perez stands at P7, with Sainz sitting cosily in his current P5.
Although he’s come out to say that he’s “had enough of the speculation”, we can’t deny that the stakes are through the roof for Perez, and he’s at risk of losing his seat to Liam Lawson, who has already done test drives. There are rumours that Ricciardo might also be one of Red Bull’s top choices for replacing Perez. Will he see to the end of the season, or will a mid-season switch blow us away? We can’t wait to find out.
Oliver Bearman Promoted to F1 with Haas for 2025
At just 19 years of age, Oliver Bearman shocked F1 fans with his incredible skills at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He stood in for Sainz, who was away due to appendix surgery. Bearman finished that race in the points, placing seventh.
The current F2 driver has signed with Haas and agreed to a multi-year deal with the team in 2025, promoting from Formula 2 to the main stage: Formula 1. Currently, McLaren driver Piastri is the youngest driver on the grid at just 23 years old. But with Bearman joining in 2025, not only will he be the newest driver, but he’ll also be the youngest.
Don’t let the name fool you. Haas has been on an upward trajectory this year, and we’re all for it. We can’t wait to see what the future holds for Bearman as he makes his way to the big leagues in 2025.
The introduction of Bearman into the 2025 roster leaves one less seat for a current driver on the grid. We wouldn’t be too worried about it right now because there are six empty spots, and the grid is a mess – all we can do is sit back and watch how everything unfolds.
Carlos Sainz Jr. signs with Williams for 2025
Oh, but we’re saving best for last. This is the most shocking, jaw-dropping, earth-shattering news to hit the paddock since Hamilton’s sensational move to Ferrari, arguably the most significant driver move in F1 history. The mystery of Sainz’s next team, after the said move took his spot at Ferrari, is now finally solved. Ladies and gentlemen, Carlos Sainz Jr. has signed with Williams and will be racing for Williams in 2025 and 2026.
While Williams is a promising team, it isn’t dominant. Their cars are nowhere as speedy as those of the current leaders of the Constructors’ Championship — Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Hence, seeing him go from McLaren and Ferrari to Williams was no less than bomb-dropping, especially since Mercedes still has one seat left unclaimed.
Sainz is one of the most promising drivers on the grid. Need we remind you that he was the only non-Red-Bull driver to win a race last year (that too, in a tough circuit like Singapore’s)? Fresh out of appendix surgery, Sainz won the Australian Grand Prix and now sits at P5 in the Driver’s Championship, above Hamilton, Perez, and Russell.
To see him move to a car that might not be able to live up to his potential is a little terrifying, but we trust that this decision did not come lightly. Williams and Sainz, as a dynamic duo, could bring back Williams’ glory days in 2025! And with Albon, another supremely promising driver? This might just be the driver duo that spells out flying colours for Williams. They are, after all, the first appendix-less driver line-up in F1 history! All hail the appendix!
Jokes aside, we wish Sainz all the very best for the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming chapter of his already-amazing and will-continue-to-be-amazing racing career.
As we look back on the electrifying first half of the Formula 1 Grand Prix 2024, the anticipation for what lies ahead is nothing short of exhilarating. With the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024 just around the corner from 20 to 22 September, the home of the Formula 1 night race promises to add another layer of drama to this already unforgettable season! But there are so many questions left unanswered.
Could we see Hamilton clinch more victories as the season progresses? Will the fierce rivalry between Verstappen and Hamilton bring more fireworks? With whispers of switches and moves, the paddock is abuzz with speculation. Who will secure the coveted remaining spot in Mercedes? Will the underperforming Perez see to the season’s end in Red Bull? Who will emerge as the world champion in the final rankings? Will this be Verstappen’s fourth championship win, or could he lose the streak to a rival hot on his tail, Norris?
We’ve already had one hell of a season, but the road to the championship is far from over, and every race brings us closer to answers. We’ve now entered the F1 Summer Break, with the next race being the Netherlands Grand Prix from 23 to 25 August. As our drivers rest (so do our hearts after an insane first half of the season), may our questions be answered and the competition get spicier. Stay tuned, our comrades, because the best is yet to come!
Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024
🗓️Dates: 20 to 22 September 2024
💲Prices of available tickets*:
Hospitality Packages:
| Hospitality Packages: | 3-Day Pass | Friday (20 September) | Saturday (21 September) | Sunday (22 September) |
| Sky Suite | S$9,832 | – | – | – |
| Twenty3 | S$8,633 | S$2,017 | S$3,357 | – |
| The Vista Suite | S$5,559 | – | – | – |
| Torque Lounge | S$3,924 | – | – | – |
*Hospitality refers to all-in-one package experiences that include unobstructed views and dining. Grandstands provide prime vantage points to see the racers. Walkabouts allow free roaming around the circuit map zone, with designated viewing points available.
Grandstands:
| Grandstand | 3-Day Pass | Friday (20 September) | Saturday (21 September) | Sunday (22 September) |
| Pit Grandstand | – | S$298 | S$688 | – |
| Pit Exit Grandstand | – | S$298 | S$688 | – |
| Chicane @ Turn 2 Grandstand | – | S$298 | S$688 | – |
| Bayfront Grandstand | – | S$258 | S$588 | – |
| Republic Grandstand | – | S$198 | – | – |
| Padang Grandstand | – | S$138 | S$298 | – |
| Stamford Grandstand | – | S$138 | – | – |
Walkabouts:
| Walkabout | 3-Day Pass | Friday (20 September) | Saturday (21 September) | Sunday (22 September) |
| Premier Walkabout | – | S$188 | S$298 | S$428 |
| Zone 4 Walkabout | – | S$128 | S$198 | S$268 |
*All tickets listed are available and priced accurately as of the time of writing.
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