Red Bull have reportedly conceded defeat to McLaren in the F1 2024 Constructors’ Championship, with a senior figure quoted as saying a fourth title for Max Verstappen is “all that counts now.”
Having produced the most dominant season in history in 2023, winning 21 out of a possible 22 races as Verstappen eased to a third consecutive World Championship, Red Bull had been expected to crush the opposition once again in F1 2024.
Red Bull concede defeat to McLaren with focus on Max Verstappen?
Yet despite starting the season with four victories from the first five races – including three one-two finishes for Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Japan – Red Bull have faded dramatically over recent months.
Verstappen is without a win for the last six races, his longest drought since the 2020 season, with his most recent victory occurring at the Spanish Grand Prix on June 23.
With eight races remaining, Verstappen’s lead over Lando Norris has been cut to 62 points, with Red Bull now just eight ahead of McLaren in the Constructors’ Championship.
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Next weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix could see Red Bull lose the lead of the Constructors’ standings for the first time since May 2022.
Red Bull’s woes continued at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where Verstappen finished a distant sixth – 37.9 seconds behind race winner Charles Leclerc – at the circuit where he secured a record-breaking 10th consecutive victory in F1 2023.
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