Lando Norris heads into the summer shutdown 78 points behind Max Verstappen. He’s extremely unlikely to win the 2024 championship from here. Kimi Raikkonen came back from a similar margin in 2007 (relative to the scoring system), but that stands out as an extraordinary feat. Norris would need to gain 7.8 points per race just to equal the Red Bull driver. That means that, even if he won every single Grand Prix between now and the end of the season, Verstappen could take the title by finishing second each time (fastest lap-dependent). As such, the constructors’ battle is likely to be a bigger st…
