Thoughts on the 2024 Formula One Season After Two Races (Part One)

After the first two races of the season people are wondering who is looking good and who looks like they have some problems to fix.

Red Bull yet again looks to be leading the field by a lot. Verstappen seems to be ahead by quite a bit. He has won both races this season by over a twelve second gap to Perez (second place) both races. It appears that Perez has stepped up his game from last season, with two second places in the two first races. Last time Perez got second before this season was the 2023 Italian Grand Prix. Perez has had a good start to the season, but the big question is can he keep up the good work.

Ferrari looks to be Red Bull’s closest competitor but is still not very close to them. They are the only team aside from Red Bull to have finished on the podium. We have only got to see Sainz race once as he couldn’t compete in Saudi Arabia due to appendicitis. Though he did look pretty good in Bahrain finishing third ahead of his teammate Leclerc. Leclerc finished third in Saudi Arabia and is also looking pretty fast but he doesn’t look as fast as Sainz.

Third in the pack is probably Mclaren who has had a decent season so far, at least it is much better than last year’s start. Mclaren was probably wishing for a little more this year since they were consistently scoring podiums after their upgrades last year. Though it’ll be interesting to see if their updates are as good as they seemed to be last season.

Mercedes has had a disappointing start to the season to say the least. After the season ended last year they thought that might have found a way to make their car faster but it hasn’t seemed to work. Mercedes said they were going to try some new stuff in Australia, if it will help though I’m not sure. Another hot topic around Mercedes is Hamilton going to Ferrari at the end of the season. The big questions are who will be Russel’s teammate in 2025 and can Mercedes solve their problem with the W15?

Aston Martin is doing okay but was probably hoping for a little better after how well they started the 2023 season. Stroll needs to pick up the pace and close the gap to Alonso. Though Stroll probably isn’t going anywhere due to his dad owning the team, he still needs to up his game. Aston Martin could definitely have a chance to pass Mercedes in the standings if Stroll starts performing better. Alonso is doing great at Aston Martin and in the car.