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CHAMPIONSHIP NO.9

  ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2024 Photo Credit: mclaren.com THE 2024 SEASON COMES TO AN END!!! McLaren clinch up their 9th Constructor's World Championship after 26 years, first one to add to the closet after 1998,a well deserved one which now ties them with Williams for second place on number of constructor's championship since inception of F1. They won the championship via a dominating win by Lando Norris who was in the lead of the race from start to end and looked like the clear winner through and through. The last championship won by McLaren was before Oscar and Lando had even been born. At the start of the race, Oscar was tagged on the rear by Max when he made an opportunistic move on him to get into P2 but it did not pan out the way it did putting Oscar right at the back of the field and Max also way down. This put the Constructor's title also a big task to get from an easy smooth sailing one as now all the pressure was laid on Lando and he sure as hell delivered with a sup...

THE CHAMPION STRIKES AGAIN!!

  QATAR GRAND PRIX 2024 Photo Credit: formula1.com The Qatar Grand Prix is done and dusted and it was a rollercoaster of emotions to say the least. The 4 time world champion Max took the win in the desert, his first after becoming a 4 time world champion. Although he took the lead from George into turn 1, the win wasn't as easy as it would seem as Lando Norris was right on his tail till the closing stages of the race until he was given a 10 second stop go penalty for not slowing down under the yellow flag, which is seemed to be a very harsh penalty as it is felt by the F1 community and the whole paddock. The penalty was mostly given due to Max prompting his race engineer about the yellow flag infringement which might have otherwise gone unnoticed. A cheeky move by Max to gain an advantage over his rival. Overall there were 3 safety cars and a whole lot of incidents. The stewards and the race director are being criticized for some errors they made like not putting a VSC or a yellow ...