Like McLaren, the team it was ultimately defeated by, Ferrari has come a long way over the past 18 months. But the Italian squad fell just short of conquering the 2024 constructors' title after keeping its chances alive until the very end.
Ferrari was the only team to prevent Red Bull from a clean sweep in 2023, with Carlos Sainz taking a cunning victory in Singapore. But the huge discrepancy between its one-lap and race day performance left the team unsure of where it would stack up in 2024 and how much it had solved its tyre overheating issues.
