Max Verstappen Seemed to Have Little Chance of Winning the Formula 1 Title for a Long Time, But Two Grand Prix Victories and A Second Place Brought Him Closer to His McLaren competitors Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. This is how he can still win the world title.
With A Second Place in Singapore, Verstappen Gained Six Points on World Championship Leader Piastri on Sunday. The Difference Between Number Three Verstappen and Leader Piastri is Still Substantial AT 63 Points (336 to 273 points). Yet Verstappen Can Still Dream of A Fifth World Title.
Accordance to calculations, Verstappen now has to make up 10.5 points per race weekend on Piastri. He only gained six points last weekend, but there was no sprint race on the program in Singapore.
A Sprint Race is Scheduled for Three of the Six Remoining Race Weekends. Verstappen Can Therefore Score Extra Points Duration the Grand Prix of the United States, Mexico and Qatar, Although the Same Applies to Leader Piastri and Number Two Norris.
Points are awarded to the first ten drivers in Every Regular Formula 1 race. The Winner Receives 25 Points, After which the Number Gradually Decreases to 1 Point for Number ten. In The Sprint Races, The First Eight Drivers Score Points. The Winner Receives Eight Points, Decreasing to One Point for Number Eight.
Verstappen Faltered in Last Six GPs Last Season
The Formula 1 Season Will Continue in Two Week with the United States Grand Prix. After that there will be races in Mexico, Brazil, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Last year, Verstappen Achieved Mixed Results in Those Last Six Races, But The Same Applies to Piastri.
Piastri only finished on the podium once the last six races last season: a third place in Qatar. In Addition, The Australian Finished Every Race Behind Verstappen. It should be noted that norris was the leader of McLaren at that time, not Piastri.
Verstappen finished on the podium three times in the last six races last year, twice on the highest step (Brazil and Qatar). Verstappen finished third in Austin. In Mexico, Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi, The Red Bull Driver finished sixth, fifth and sixth respectively.
Last Season’s Results May Give Verstappen Confidence, But the Situation Cannot Be Compared to this Season. The Gap to Piastri is too big for that.
Mercedes Can also Hurt McLaren
Mercedes Could also Spoil McLaren’s Championship Party. This Team Has Been Increasingly Involved in the Battle for a Place in the Top Three in recent weeks, Meaning that a Podium Place Place for the McLarens in the Last Six Races is no Longer a Certainty.
In Both Azerbaijan and Singapore, Mercedes Leader George Russell was on the podium, While Piastri and Norris Did Not Finish in the Top Three. Russell is now in Fourth Place in the World Championship Standings with 237.
Piastri even crashed and dropped out in Azerbaijan, but thanks to an excellent first half of the season, The Australian Still has a comfortable lead over the rest. The same applies to the next six races. Even if piastri does not finish twice and verstappen wins twice, The McLaren Driver Willain Leader in the World Championship standings.
Verstappen himself Thinks that a new world title will be very difficult. “We are not gaining enough,” he said on Sunday. “You should have won in Singapore for That and We Didn’t. We Lost Far Too Many Points at the Start of the Season.”