Following the conclusion of the 2024 Formula 1 season this past weekend, it's clear that this year will go down as one of the most memorable in the sport's history.
After years of Red Bull's dominance and Mercedes' reign in the decade prior, fans were eager for a shake-up. Enter the 2024 season, where seven different drivers claimed race victories and all but eight of the 22 drivers managed to stand on the podium at least once.
If history is indeed written by the victors, charting the season through the lens of those who triumphed at different stages reveals just how fiercely competitive the 2024 Formula 1 campaign was.
Here we name six grand prix victories that shaped the 2024 F1 World Championship...
1. Australian GP: Carlos Sainz
Prior to 2020, the Melbourne Grand Prix was the traditional curtain-raiser of the Formula 1 season. While recent years have seen the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GP precede it, Carlos Sainz's unexpected victory in Melbourne this year marked the true start of a season full of surprises.
While Red Bull dominated the first two races of the season with one-two finishes, Sainz's victory signalled the end of their reign over the past few years.ย
Remarkably, Sainz had missed the second round due to emergency surgery for appendicitis, completing an incredible fortnight turnaround from the hospital bed to pole position.
