Mercedes’ 1-2 result in the Belgian Grand Prix closed the gap on its rival leading constructors in the 2024 F1 World Championship chase – but it remains fourth in points.
As F1 enters its mid-season summer break, Max Verstappen extended his drivers’ championship lead for Red Bull over McLaren’s Lando Norris – despite his 10-place grid penalty in Spa that restricted Max to fifth place.
Norris’s first corner slip-up proved costly, on a day when he not only failed to capitalize on Verstappen’s penalty but actually lost ground to his title rival.
Perhaps most significantly, Red Bull has been outscored by all its three nearest rivals in the past two races, and its points lead has been slashed in recent races to 43 over McLaren.
2024 F1 World Championship standings for drivers
How the Belgian GP impacted 2024 F1 drivers’ points
Russell scored 25 points at Spa-Francorchamps but remains seventh in the championship – now just two behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen gained two points on Norris at the head of the standings, extending his lead to 78 with 10 races remaining.
Although he didn’t feature on the podium in Spa, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc retains third from Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – but Piastri is F1’s form man having scored 77 points over the last four events. He is now 10 points behind Leclerc.
Piastri has overtaken Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for fourth in points, with the Spaniard now only 17 points clear of Hamilton and 19 ahead of Russell.
Sergio Perez’s slump from the front row to finish eighth in Belgium sees him lose seventh place to Russell, and he’s now 146 behind team-mate Verstappen.
2024 F1 World Championship standings for constructors
| Cla | Constructor | Points | Grands Prix | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| 1 | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 404 | 44 | 43 | 10 | 44 | 54 | 44 | 29 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| 2 | McLaren/Mercedes | 361 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 27 | 43 | 23 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 340 | 27 | 22 | 44 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 40 | – | 18 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 18 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 284 | 16 | 10 | – | 8 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 27 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 43 |
| 5 | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 71 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | 14 | – | – | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | RB/Honda RBPT | 33 | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 7 | Haas/Ferrari | 27 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 8 | – | – |
| 8 | Alpine/Renault | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| 9 | Williams/Mercedes | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 10 | Sauber/Ferrari | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
How the Belgian GP impacted 2024 F1 standings for constructors
In the constructors’ championship, Red Bull’s advantage over McLaren is down to 43 – having failed to win a race over the last three grands prix. To put that into perspective, its advantage over McLaren was 93 after last month’s Spanish GP.
Mercedes’ 1-2 produced 43 points, compared to McLaren’s 23, Ferrari’s 18 and Red Bull’s 15 in Spa.
Ferrari remains third in the championship, 56 clear of Mercedes.
Aston Martin is best of the rest with 71 points – already over 200 behind Mercedes.
