Who Will Win the 2024 Championships?

[TrapezeArtist]

I was just musing a little on the prospects for McLaren and Lando Norris after the Dutch GP.

McLaren gained 12 points on Red Bull and Lando gained 8 points on Max. On recent form that doesn't look like a freakish result, so what if it is repeated in the remaining 9 races?

Currently (pre-Monza), RB lead McLaren by 30 points. 9 x 12 = 108, so it looks entirely feasible that McLaren could win the Constructor's Championship if they can keep scoring even modestly more than RB.

Max has a 70 point lead over Lando. 9 x 8 = 72, so a continuous repeat of Zandvoort would see Lando win the Driver's Championship at the last round. It's pretty inconceivable to think that Max won't win any more races this year though. On the other hand he could have one or two bad results too. Personally I think Max will win it, but it could possibly be by a smaller margin than the 7 points that Lando conceded in Hungary. In that case Andrea Stella will have enough egg on his face to make a giant omelette and two of Max's four championships will be seriously tarnished by the gifts he has been given by Michael Massi and Team Papaya.