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Oscar Piastri enjoyed a great second F1 season and made a valuable contribution to the end of McLaren’s long wait for a constructors’ title.

If 2024 was a year when Ferrari made it clear exactly how much Charles Leclerc means to the team – signing him to a new contract and leaving Carlos Sainz exposed when Lewis Hamilton became available – then he too showed how much the Prancing Horse means to him.

Carlos Sainz has topped the morning hours of Formula 1's 2024 post-season Abu Dhabi test for his new Williams team.

After a nine-month, 24-race season, The Independent selects the stars and moments that stand out

The Red Bull driver overcame an ‘undriveable monster', McLaren delivered and Lewis Hamilton ended win drought

And breathe. Formula 1's 24-race marathon is done, dusted, and to be firmly ensconced in the history books; it's already gone from present to past tense on Wikipedia.

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.

Lando Norris has insisted "no one has a nice time" racing Max Verstappen after a number of run-ins with the four-time Formula 1 world champion across the past season.

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren beating Ferrari to the top spot in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rival, while the previous weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix saw…