As the fight for F1 Championship 2024 goes down the wire McLaren driver Lando Norris has credited the team for doing a better job than F1 rivals Red Bull. Lando Norris recently won the Singapore Grand Prix 2024 overhauling Max Verstappen who is currently leading the chart. The win also helped Lando narrow the F1 Drivers standing gap. He also achieved the pole position in Singapore. Oscar Piastri won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024. This is the first time since McLaren achieved back-to-back victories since 2012. Max Verstappen was second and Oscar took third in Singapore as McLaren increased Constructors' Championship lead over Red Bull.
"We are doing a better job as a team right now because my car, our car, is quicker than theirs [Red Bull].But that's just credit to the team for doing an amazing job, for being smarter and doing cooler things, creating mini-DRS flaps and stuff. I'm working my heart out, I'm working my butt off, to try and make sure that happens [winning the drivers' championship]," the three-time grand prix winner said. He's [Verstappen] trying to make sure it doesn't happen. So, we'll have to wait and find out," the 24-year-old told media.
Norris praises Mclaren
Norris stated McLaren is "smarter" and "doing cooler things" than rival teams. He stated with the context of innovation it has brought to the MCL38. McLaren has developed its car into one of the best this year and the British driver acknowledged the team is "doing a better job" than others. The upgradation and innovation can be seen in the performance, McLaren now leads the charts when it comes to the constructors' standings with 516 points to their name. Red Bull is 41 points behind the leaders with 475 points. Ferrari (441) is firmly placed third.
Constructors World Championship standings
McLaren – 516 points
Red Bull – 475 points
Ferrari – 441 points
Mercedes – 329 points
Aston Martin – 86 points
RB – 34 points
Haas – 31 points
Williams – 16 points
Alpine – 13 points
Sauber – 0 points
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Drivers World Championship standings
Max Verstappen - 331 points
Lando Norris - 279 points
Charles Leclerc - 245 points
Oscar Piastri - 237 points
Carlos Sainz - 191 points
Lewis Hamilton - 174 points
Sergio Perez - 144 points
George Russell - 140 points
Fernando Alonso - 62 points
Lance Stroll - 24 points
Nico Hulkenberg - 24 points
Yuki Tsunoda - 22 points
Alex Albon - 12 points
Daniel Ricciardo - 12 points
Pierre Gasly - 8 points
Oliver Bearman - 7 points
Kevin Magnussen - 6 points
Esteban Ocon - 5 points
Franco Colapinto - 4 points
Zhou Guanyu - 0 points
Logan Sargeant - 0 points
Valtteri Bottas - 0 points
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