F1 2024 is back! We are about to awaken from our post-summer break slumber as the Dutch Grand Prix approaches, so our writers have assembled to offer their big predictions for the remainder of the season. Whisper it, but there could even end up being a title race in what has been a thrilling year so far. With 10 races to go, anything could happen yet! Written by Henry Valantine One swallow does not a summer make, but three wins in four races prior to the break has quietly left Mercedes with all the momentum they were looking for after another slower-than-anticipated start to the year.
Hand on heart, who thought after testing we’d be talking at this point of the season about Mercedes having won more races than McLaren? While McLaren has shown multiple times this season they are still, in their words, a ‘young team’ when it comes to competing at the front, Mercedes showed no signs of ring rust when they finally came to fight for wins again. Learning from near-misses and their self-inflicted Hungarian Grand Prix politics will help McLaren in the long run, but Mercedes’ long-earned knowledge of how to win in multiple scenarios will be crucial in such a tight run-in. While McLaren remain confident in their hopes of reeling in Red Bull at the front, part of me thinks it’s still a season too soon for them.
Think of Red Bull themselves in 2009, winning races and getting used to glory before finally getting hold of a title a year after. I could be wrong (I have been many, ma.