Well thats a wrap on the 2024 season with the last race of the season done here is not onlt the post race points theory but the year end results. Reminder as this is the end, this was running two methods; First to see with the Points to 12th as proposed by the FIA, and Secondly with Points to 20th (20 for 1st, 1 for 20th).

This race was definetly way less hectic then Qatar and Lando was undoutaably in control all weekend. But the fact that from turn 1 Max/Oscar, Checo/Bottas, and all the other chaos that followed which lead to 5 drivers not finishing the race was still crazy as a finisher. With a nice recovery from Oscar to get back into 10th, solid ending for Lewis to overtake and finish 4th, and the likes of Zhou / Yuki / Alex all jockeying for the last points.

With points to 12th we can see that; Max finishes the 2024 season 60 pts ahead for the Championship. Zhou finished 1 pt behind Liam (RBR is banking on some magic). Max securing the championship while 2-4th are held by the drivers from the top two teams on the Constructors is crazy talented.

I want to start off by saying contragulations to Max for getting his 4th Championship and tying Seb for the redbull conscutive record. There was a lot of us that assumed from day 1 testing in Bahrain that the season was over, but the fact that it dragged out to the 22nd race of the season with the top 6 all winning multiple races and multiple 1-2s is mind blowing as a newer F1 fan.

Further on a weekend where Mercedes came alive out of nowhere, huge props to ferrari to keep the constructors battle going, and pushing mclaren even closer to the breaking point this year.

As for the rest of the drivers standings, Yuki did good to qualify in the points and not fall off during the race; Alpine has a horrid weekend after such a strong Brazil, and poor peirre blowing out part of his side pod from the sheer power of the tow from Yuki on the strip straight. Further sucky weekend for Williams after the chaos that was Brazil and potentially not having a car for Vegas, and then Alex having to retire the car....making this the 4th race he hasnt finished since Franco joined the team.

In this Points to 12th model Zhou was close to gaining another point with a strong 13th place finish for him in the Flame Sauber. Everyone else just solidified their postions more.

2024 definitely has proven to be what F1 could be, and anyone who left during 2023 Max dominance is missing out. The on track battles we have been able to witness all year at the front of the field have been amazing. With that, Mexico showed us just like with Austin the lengths Max will go to ensure that his publicity rival will not get in his way; though I'll be curious what that looks like now as only Carlos is safe from that due to mathematically being eliminated from getting 1st by the end. It was another strong point grab for Haas, helping them shot closer to Aston and be a hard lock for 6th, performing the way it was assumed VCARB would, with them taking as much of the RB19 as legal. Aston, Alpine, Sauber, Williams, VCARB, are all kinds of middling still and as we ramp down in the year I am sure they are all in the teams anyway focused more on 2025. Franco and Liam have been bright spots for their respective teams, slotting in on short notice and doing what the drivers they are replacing couldn't.

Most drivers just continued to solidify their point totals, but Kevin made a big jump and could see himself being close to Nico before the year is over. Ferrari officially knocked RB to 3rd.

Hello MOLLY Max Verstappen, love him or hate him that was a MEGA MEGA performance around interlagos last time around. He started in the back, took the lead by force, and ran away with it....all while managing the weather perfectly. That is going to go down as one of his all time drives. Also huge props to Alpine its strategy like this that solidifes your position and earns you the extra money you need to keep going forward.

This three week break has been killer and I am exicited for F1 to be back even if its only a few weeks until we cap off the 2024 season.

There were some big winners and a lot of point solidfing that came out of Brazil.

Top10 stayed the same, Yuki gained 1, Pierre gained 4, Esteban gained 3, and Ollie got 1 more point while losing his 2024 rookie status. In the custroctors Alpine gained 1 and is super close to Haas now, and Mclaren continued to pull away with first (but can they keep it)

Holy nail-biter this season has become, and just can't stop being flabbergasted at how good It's turning up compared to what EVERYONE though in January pre-season. The race is on for Lando, Charles, and Oscar to see if they can take any more chunks out of the raining champion of the paddock. Carlo and Lewis are definitely capable of clinching 2nd depending on how things turn out, and unless some ungodly act of nature comes over Aston…Sergio has secured 7th or 8th for 2024 (which he hasn't finished that low since joining Red Bull). 10th on is all a toss up right now, these mid-field and back marker teams are fighting tooth and nail for every single point, and they are scrapping their way up, though Yuki's string of unfortunate luck has allowed Nico to pull away, but maybe that will turn around with the last 6 races.

Y'all have heard enough yapping out of everyone about how good Lando did in Singapore and all the talking points out of that, so I won't bore you through all of those details again.

Points to 12th shows us a closer picture to overall performance and team ability.