How Max Verstappen Stacked Up The Points In 2024

Our championship begins here in front of a sellout crowd at Bahrain International. Guess who's P1? The new season is underway. Good reaction time for Max Verstappen. Verstappen 20 seconds in the lead. That is a gauntlet laid down. Max Verstappen still the driver to beat. Eat, sleep, win, repeat. Verstappen takes the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Good reaction time for Carlos Sainz but he's parted blocks by Max Verstappen who has the lead. Max Verstappen has an issue. And it's downhill to victory for the reigning world champion. It's the top step once again. Max Verstappen wins the opening sprint of the year. He's going to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Max Verstappen crosses the line to take victory. The car was basically on rails and I could do whatever I wanted to with it. Here we go across the line with Max Verstappen who wins the sprint race. The Miami Grand Prix is underway. Max Verstappen leads. The full safety car is out. Lando Norris is going to get the benefit. It's wide open for the win. Lando Norris wins for the first time in Formula 1. In a bad day in C2, I take it, right? Max Verstappen has not been under this sort of pressure at the end of a Grand Prix for a very, very long time. Norris is catching him. Norris chasing Verstappen all the way to the chequered flag. Max Verstappen will take back the top step. The man who's been on pole position for every single Grand Prix this year is sick. With George Russell chopping across Max Verstappen. George Russell is over the chicane. Verstappen's gone by. Max Verstappen takes the win. That was a lot of fun. Those kind of races, you need them once in a while. The battle in Barcelona is underway. What a launch off the line from the world championship leader. Oh, my word, around the outside, George Russell. Max Verstappen tried to rear around the outside and we have a new leader. He's been pushed all the way. Max Verstappen wins once again. That was hard work. Max Verstappen wins the sprint once again. Perfect reaction time for Max Verstappen. He's got what he needed off the line. Tenders for the world championship come together at Turn 3. Oh, my God. Verstappen will come home in fifth. This was the Verstappen of old. Ruthless. Lewis has driven the wheels off it today. Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix. Oh, I love Max. Verstappen trying to go the long way round. Piastri takes the lead of the race. You guys give me this strategy, OK? I'm trying to rescue myself. Verstappen and Hamilton come together, battling for the final place on the podium. Formula One is underway for the Belgian Grand Prix. Outside line to the inside line. It's a poor start for Lando Norris and Max Verstappen takes the lead. Lando Norris trying to take the lead from the home favourite. He's got such tremendous pace right now. Lando Norris wins with a crushing performance. We got what we thought we would today, so head down. The Tifosi are roaring here at home. Charles Leclerc is the winner of the Italian Grand Prix. George Russell diving to the inside and Russell gets ahead. This is a strange place for Max Verstappen to be in. A doll and a drive complete. Lando Norris takes the chequered flag. Max Verstappen will come home in second place. He's been in damage limitation mode. Say goodbye to that. Norris going through. I'm tipping outside the track. Lando Norris has a penalty. Well done mate, you drove half of that. This is brave from Lando Norris. Max Verstappen verges his rival off the road. Verstappen throwing it to the inside. They're both off. Extraordinary. This guy is dangerous. Verstappen with a combined penalty count now at 20 seconds. For the first time in Formula 1, Lando Norris wins a sprint race to make it a McLaren 1-2. Welcome back. He bathed in the rain. Max Verstappen, five place grid penalty dropping down to 17th. The São Paulo Grand Prix is underway. And through the spray, having a go at Loris Hamilton, the man on the charge. And Verstappen comfortably takes ninth position. Max Verstappen in another lead right now. He's going past all of them. Verstappen goes from 17th on the grid to the lead in Brazil. The Dutchman has delivered a defining drive to put one hand on the championship trophy. Max Verstappen is a four-time Formula 1 world champion. Amazing. Well done. Thank you.