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Top 10 drivers in the 2024 F1 championship

Daily Tens #68 · Saturday, September 19, 2026 · Ranked by final world drivers’ championship classification

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About this ranking

The 2024 Formula 1 puzzle uses the final World Drivers’ Championship classification. It compares season points after the official results and countback rules have been applied. It does not rank a driver’s career, qualifying speed or number of race wins in isolation. The numerical chart below uses the same points preserved in the source-checked archive snapshot.

The answers

  1. 1 Max Verstappen
  2. 2 Lando Norris
  3. 3 Charles Leclerc
  4. 4 Oscar Piastri
  5. 5 Carlos Sainz
  6. 6 George Russell
  7. 7 Lewis Hamilton
  8. 8 Sergio Perez
  9. 9 Fernando Alonso
  10. 10 Pierre Gasly

2024 championship points

Points · Linear scale starting at zero

  1. Max Verstappen 437
  2. Lando Norris 374
  3. Charles Leclerc 356
  4. Oscar Piastri 292
  5. Carlos Sainz 290
  6. George Russell 245
  7. Lewis Hamilton 223
  8. Sergio Perez 152
  9. Fernando Alonso 70
  10. Pierre Gasly 42

Final 2024 totals. Values match the September 6, 2026 source review and the official final table; these are not current-season points.

Data: Formula 1: 2024 final standings. Chart by Daily Tens.

A season total combines many results

Drivers earn points across the championship’s eligible scoring events. A season classification therefore reflects the accumulation of results rather than one decisive lap or one race. A driver can finish ahead of another despite winning fewer Grands Prix if their broader results produce more points. The source’s final table is the authoritative order for this question; reconstructing it from selected memorable races would leave out part of the scoring record.

What the point gaps show

Verstappen’s 437 points and Norris’ 374 leave a 63-point difference at the top. Piastri’s 292 and Sainz’s 290 are separated by only two points despite occupying adjacent positions just like the first pair. That contrast explains why ordinal rank hides useful information. The bars use actual season points, a zero baseline and a linear scale, so their lengths represent points rather than decorative emphasis. They compare the season totals directly; they do not measure how close each individual race was.

Drivers and team results

Two drivers can compete for the same constructor while keeping separate personal totals. Adding them for a team comparison would create a constructors’ dataset instead. Official countback settles equal scores where needed, but the ten displayed totals here are distinct. The cutoff is the final 2024 season classification, not the date this trivia puzzle was published. Formula 1’s results page also contains drivers below tenth; Gasly’s appearance at the boundary should not be interpreted as a claim that only ten drivers participated. Later seasons and later driver transfers do not change these historical points.

Sources & further reading

Explanation updated . The puzzle’s original data date is listed below.

Sources & methodology

Metric
Final World Drivers’ Championship classification
Data through
2024 final standings
Source
Formula 1 — Official Results
Notes
The final season classification, after official countback for equal points. Grand Prix wins or qualifying results alone do not determine this order.

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