Why Haas is a crunch barometer of F1's biggest improvers in 2024
PAT SYMONDS analyses which teams had done well up to the summer break and those that need to improve in the second half of the season
August’s break was probably particularly welcomed by the teams. The first part of this record-length season was hectic to say the least – but, as they assembled in Zandvoort, how might they have assessed their performance over the previous months? The answer will vary from the delight of McLaren through the concern of Red Bull to the possible despair of Sauber.
The season opener in Bahrain suggested a degree of inevitability with Max Verstappen on pole by nearly a quarter of a second, but at the same time the field was extremely close: the gap from first to last in Q1 was only 1.15%, or just over one second.
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