P1racenews AI automatic summary:
We are now six races into the 2024 Formula One season and that means we are already at one-fourth of the year. Time to take stock and compare how the teams stand compared to 2023.
In 2023, Red Bull Racing easily leads the constructors’ championship, ahead of Ferrari and McLaren, unlike last year when they were trailing Aston Martin and Mercedes. Williams and Stake F1 are yet to score any points after six races unlike every team did in 2023. It’s worth noting that this year there have already been two sprint races, whereas in 2023, there was just one in the first six races. Ferrari has significantly improved this season with six podium finishes and is only 52 points behind Red Bull. McLaren has also shown remarkable progress with more than seven times the points they had at this point last year. RB team, formerly AlphaTauri, struggled initially in 2023, but Yuki Tsunoda, now with Daniel Ricciardo, has outperformed and accumulated 14 points compared to the team’s total of two points last year. Mercedes, on the other hand, has not been able to maintain last year’s momentum despite George Russell’s 10 points in Bahrain and Lewis Hamilton’s second place in the sprint race in China.
